Scope

(1) 555 CMR 11.00 governs: (a) The submission, consideration and disposition of a petition requesting regulatory action, pursuant to M.G.L. c. 30A, § 4; (b) Regulatory action by the Commission other than in response to a petition, pursuant to M.G.L. c. 6E and c. 30A; (c) The submission, consideration, and disposition of a petition requesting the issuance of an advisory opinion, pursuant to M.G.L. c. 30A, § 8; and (d) The issuance of an advisory opinion by the Commission other than in response to a petition, pursuant to M.G.L. c. 6E, § 3(a). (2) Nothing in 555 CMR 11.00 is intended to: (a) Obligate the Commission to take or decline to take any regulatory action, or to issue or decline to issue any advisory opinion; (b) Preclude the Commission from taking regulatory action or issuing an advisory opinion in the absence of a request, or from issuing other types of opinions, answers to questions, or forms of guidance; (c) Create an attorney-client, principal-agent, or confidential relationship between the Commission, any Commissioners, or any member of the Commission’s staff and any petitioner, other person, or other entity; (d) Establish a standard of care or create any power, right, benefit, entitlement, remedy, cause of action, claim, defense, immunity, privilege, or protection on the part of any other person or entity, except as expressly provided; or (e) Otherwise waive any power, right, benefit, entitlement, remedy, cause of action, claim, defense, immunity, privilege, or protection that may be available to the Commission.