OAR 860-090-0040: Procedures for Public Participation

(1) Following the filing of an IRP, CEP, or IRP Update, a procedural schedule and any necessary revisions thereto will be submitted by Commission Staff and approved as necessary by the assigned administrative law judge. (a) For each type of utility filing, the procedural schedule must allow, at minimum, for: (A) The filing of written public comments on the utility’s filing including priorities for subsequent filings by the same utility under this Division; and (B) The filing of a response by the utility to those public comments. (b) In the case of an IRP or CEP, the procedural schedule should provide for the comment period, including initial and any subsequent rounds of comments, to be completed generally within six months of the filing date of the IRP or CEP. (2) The Commission may suspend or modify the procedural schedule as necessary.