Section Puc 203.15 - Prehearing Conference(a) In order to facilitate proceedings and encourage informal disposition, the presiding officer shall, upon motion of any party, or upon the presiding officer's own motion, schedule one or more prehearing conferences.(b) The commission shall provide notice to all parties prior to holding any prehearing conference.(c) Prehearing conferences shall include consideration of any one or more of the following: (1) Offers of settlement;(2) Simplification of the issues;(3) Stipulations or admissions as to issues of fact or proof, by consent of the parties;(4) Limitations on the number of witnesses;(5) Consolidation of examination of witnesses by the parties; and(6) Any other matters which aid in the disposition of the proceeding.(d) Initial prehearing conferences convened at the commencement of proceedings shall also include consideration of any one or more of the following: (1) Statement of preliminary, non-binding positions and other issues of concern of the parties identified after initial review of the filing;(2) Consideration of any petitions for intervention and any objection filed thereto;(3) Changes to standard procedures desired for discovery or during the hearing, if requested by a party;(4) Establishment of a procedural schedule to govern the remainder of the proceeding; and(5) Motions for confidential treatment of matters raised in the proceeding and otherwise to facilitate discovery.(e) The commission shall issue and serve upon all parties a prehearing order addressing the matters raised at any prehearing conference.N.H. Admin. Code § Puc 203.15
#2912, eff 11-26-84; ss by #4998, eff 11-26-90; ss by #6365, INTERIM, eff 11-18-96, EXPIRED: 3-18-97
New. #6559, eff 8-19-97, EXPIRED: 8-19-05
New. #8420, INTERIM, eff 8-23-05, EXPIRED: 2-19-06
New. #8657-A, eff 6-10-06