Section Puc 203.20 - Settlement and Stipulation of Facts(a) All participants in settlement conferences shall treat discussions at settlement conferences as confidential and shall not disclose the contents of such discussions to third parties or seek to introduce them into evidence.(b) The commission shall approve a disposition of any contested case by stipulation, settlement, consent order or default, if it determines that the result is just and reasonable and serves the public interest.(c) The parties to any proceeding before the commission shall, by stipulation in writing filed with the commission or entered in the record at the hearing, agree upon the facts or any portion thereof involved in the hearing when such facts are not in dispute among the parties.(d) If a stipulation is filed and is not contested by any party, the stipulation shall bind the commission as to the facts in question, and the commission shall consider the stipulation as evidence in the decision of the matter.(e) Settlements and stipulations shall be filed no less than 5 days prior to the hearing, except as provided in (f).(f) The commission shall accept late-filed stipulations and settlements when such acceptance: (1) Promotes the orderly and efficient conduct of the proceeding; and(2) Will not impair the rights of any party to the proceedingN.H. Admin. Code § Puc 203.20