2015 energy regulation course board practice and procedure peter w. gurnham, qc
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2015 ENERGY REGULATION COURSE
Board Practice and Procedure
Peter W. Gurnham, QC
RULES GOVERNING REGULATORY BODIES
• Procedural Fairness• Bias• Duty to Give Reasons for Decisions
IMPORTANT PRINCIPLES
• Clarity of the issues to be adjudicated• Disclosure• Fairness to various participants • Credibility • Timely Decision-Making
BASIC STEPS TO A HEARING• Pre-Hearing
– Application– Hearing Order– Notification– Interventions– Issues List– Discovery– Pre-Hearing Conference– Settlement
BASIC STEPS TO A HEARING (Cont’d)
• Public Hearing– Registration of Appearances and
Preliminary Matters– Opening Statements– Presentation of Evidence– Cross-Examination– Argument
SPECIFIC ISSUES
1. Narrowing of the Issues
2. Standard Filing Requirements
3. Settlement Process
4. Concurrent Expert Evidence – “Hot Tubbing”
5. Enabling Projects to Proceed
SPECIFIC ISSUES (cont’d)
6. Issues to be addressed in Argument
7. Consumer and Small Business Advocates
QUESTIONS?
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