ARTICLE 1. Hearings

Article 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.

§§ 1701–1711 · 24 sections

§ 1701 (a) All hearings, investigations, and proceedings shall be governed by this part and by rules of practice and procedure adopted by the commission, and in the…
§ 1701.1 (a) The commission shall determine whether each proceeding is a quasi-legislative, an adjudication, a ratesetting, or a catastrophic wildfire proceeding. The…
§ 1701.2 (a) This section shall apply to adjudication cases only. (b) If the commissioner assigned pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 1701.1 has determined that an…
§ 1701.3 (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…
§ 1701.4 (a) This section shall apply only to quasi-legislative cases, except, if the commissioner assigned pursuant to Section 1701.1 has determined that a…
§ 1701.5 (a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), in a ratesetting or quasi-legislative case, the commission shall resolve the issues raised in the scoping memo…
§ 1701.6 (a) In addition to any penalty, fine, or other punishment applicable pursuant to Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 2100), the commission may assess civil…
§ 1701.7 (a) The Attorney General may bring an enforcement action in superior court against a decisionmaker or employee of the commission who knowingly and willfully…
§ 1701.8 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Covered wildfire” means any wildfire ignited on or after July 12, 2019, for which…
§ 1701.9 The following provisions apply during the pendency of a commission proceeding, except these provisions do not apply during an adjudicatory or quasi-legislative…
§ 1702 Complaint may be made by the commission of its own motion or by any corporation or person, chamber of commerce, board of trade, labor organization, or any…
§ 1702.1 (a) The commission shall entertain complaints against any electrical, gas, water, heat, or telephone company under Sections 734, 735, and 736 when the amount…
§ 1702.2 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any funds entrusted to the commission by any person or corporation filing a complaint against a public utility shall…
§ 1702.5 (a) The commission shall, in an existing or new proceeding, develop and implement a safety enforcement program applicable to gas corporations and electrical…
§ 1703 All matters upon which complaint may be founded may be joined in one hearing, and no motion shall be entertained against a complaint for misjoinder of causes…
§ 1704 Upon the filing of a complaint, the commission shall cause a copy thereof to be served upon the corporation or person complained of. Service in all hearings,…
§ 1705 At the time fixed for any hearing before the commission or a commissioner, or the time to which the hearing has been continued, the complainant and the…
§ 1706 A complete record of all proceedings and testimony before the commission or any commissioner on any formal hearing shall be taken down by a reporter appointed…
§ 1707 Any public utility may complain on any of the grounds upon which complaints are allowed to be filed by other parties, and the same procedure shall be adopted…
§ 1708 The commission may at any time, upon notice to the parties, and with opportunity to be heard as provided in the case of complaints, rescind, alter, or amend…
§ 1708.5 (a) The commission shall permit interested persons to petition the commission to adopt, amend, or repeal a regulation. (b) (1) The commission shall consider a…
§ 1709 In all collateral actions or proceedings, the orders and decisions of the commission which have become final shall be conclusive.
§ 1710 No documents or records of a public utility or person or corporation which purport to be statements of fact shall be admitted into evidence or shall serve as…
§ 1711 (a) Where feasible and appropriate, except for adjudication cases, before determining the scope of the proceeding, the commission shall seek the participation…