California Public Utilities Code

§ 1701.3

PUC § 1701.3 Effective Jan 1, 2024Div. 1 · Part 1 · Ch. 9 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)Except as specified in subdivision (h), this section shall apply only to ratesetting cases, except, if the commissioner assigned pursuant to Section 1701.1 has determined that a ratesetting case does not require a hearing, the procedures prescribed by subdivisions (b), (d), (f), and (i) shall not apply.

(b)The assigned commissioner shall determine before the first hearing whether the commissioner or the assigned administrative law judge shall be designated as the principal hearing officer. The principal hearing officer shall be present for more than one-half of the hearing days. The decision of the principal hearing officer shall be the proposed decision.

(c)An alternate decision may be issued by the assigned commissioner or the assigned administrative law judge who is not the principal hearing officer. Any alternate decision may be filed with the commission and served on all parties to the proceeding any time before the issuance of a final decision by the commission, consistent with the requirements of Section 311.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 826, Sec. 1. (AB 1068) Effective January 1, 2024.