Procedure Rules of Practice and

1 State of California California Public Utilities Commission Rules of Practice and Procedure California Code of Regulations Title 20, Division 1, Chapter 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) Title Page - i - 5/1/2021 ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS ..1 (Rule ) Ethics..1 (Rule ) Construction..1 (Rule ) Definitions..1 (Rule ) Party Status..2 (Rule ) Form and Size of Tendered Documents..3 (Rule ) Title Page Requirements..4 (Rule ) Scope of Filing..4 (Rule ) Signatures..5 (Rule ) Service Generally..6 (Rule ) Electronic Mail Service..9 (Rule ) Verification..10 (Rule ) Amendments and Corrections.

2 11 (Rule ) Tendering of Document for Filing..11 (Rule ) Review and Filing of Tendered Documents ..13 (Rule ) Computation of Time..14 (Rule ) Filing Fees..15 (Rule ) Daily Calendar ..15 (Rule ) Public Participation in Proceedings ..15 ARTICLE 2. APPLICATIONS GENERALLY ..16 (Rule ) Contents..16 (Rule ) Organization and Qualification to Transact Business..17 (Rule ) Financial Statement..17 (Rule ) CEQA Compliance..18 (Rule ) Fees for Recovery of Costs in Preparing EIR..18 (Rule ) Protests, Responses, and Replies..20 (Rule ) Copy of Document on Request..21 (Rule ) Voluntary Dismissal of Application.

3 21 (Rule ) Requests for Expedited Schedule ..21 ARTICLE 3. PARTICULAR APPLICATIONS ..22 (Rule ) Construction or Extension of Facilities..22 (Rule ) Authority to Increase Rates..26 (Rule ) Certificate to Operate..30 (Rule ) Abandon Passenger Stage Service..31 (Rule ) Debt and Equity..33 (Rule ) Transfers and Acquisitions..35 (Rule ) Public Road Across Railroad..36 (Rule ) Alter or Relocate Existing Railroad Crossing..37 (Rule ) Railroad Across Public Road..37 TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) Title Page - i - 5/1 (Rule ) Railroad Across Railroad..38 (Rule ) Light-Rail Transit System Crossings..38 (Rule ) Exemption from Underground Rules .

4 39 ARTICLE 4. COMPLAINTS ..41 (Rule ) Who May Complain..41 (Rule ) Form and Contents of Complaint..42 (Rule ) Service of Complaints and Instructions to Answer..42 (Rule ) Answers..42 (Rule ) Voluntary Dismissal of Complaint..43 (Rule ) Expedited Complaint Procedure ..43 ARTICLE 5. INVESTIGATIONS ..44 (Rule ) Investigations..44 (Rule ) Responses to Investigations..45 ARTICLE 6. RULEMAKING ..45 (Rule ) Rulemaking..45 (Rule ) Comments..45 (Rule ) Petition for Rulemaking..46 ARTICLE 7. CATEGORIZING AND SCOPING PROCEEDINGS ..47 (Rule ) Categorization..47 (Rule ) Prehearing Conference..48 (Rule ) Scoping Memos.

5 48 (Rule ) Consolidation..49 (Rule ) Quasi-Legislative Proceedings..49 (Rule ) Appeals of Categorization..49 ARTICLE 8. COMMUNICATIONS WITH DECISIONMAKERS AND ADVISORS ..50 (Rule ) Definitions..50 (Rule ) Ex Parte Requirements..52 (Rule ) Communications at Conferences..55 (Rule ) Reporting Ex Parte Communications..55 (Rule ) Ex Parte Requirements Prior to Final Categorization..56 ARTICLE 9. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES AND COMMISSIONERS ..57 (Rule ) Authority..57 (Rule ) Motion for Reassignment on Peremptory Challenge..57 (Rule ) Motion for Reassignment for Prior Service..58 (Rule ) Motion for Disqualification of Administrative Law Judge for Cause.

6 59 (Rule ) Motion for Disqualification of Commissioner for Cause..60 (Rule ) Circumstances Not Constituting Cause..61 (Rule ) Prior Rulings..61 TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) Title Page - i - 5/1/2021 ARTICLE 10. DISCOVERY ..61 (Rule ) Discovery from Parties..61 (Rule ) Subpoenas..62 (Rule ) Computer Model Documentation..63 (Rule ) Computer Model and Data Base Access..64 ARTICLE 11. LAW AND MOTION ..65 (Rule ) Motions..65 (Rule ) Motion to Dismiss..66 (Rule ) Motion to Compel or Limit Discovery..66 (Rule ) Motion for Leave to File Under Seal..66 (Rule ) Motion to Seal the Evidentiary Record..67 (Rule ) Motion for Extension of Time.

7 67 (Rule ) Referral to Law and Motion Judge..67 ARTICLE 12. SETTLEMENTS ..68 (Rule ) Proposal of Settlements..68 (Rule ) Comments..69 (Rule ) Hearing Where Contested..69 (Rule ) Rejection of Settlement..70 (Rule ) Adoption Binding, Not Precedential..70 (Rule ) Confidentiality and Inadmissibility..70 (Rule ) Applicability..71 ARTICLE 13. HEARINGS, EVIDENCE, BRIEFS AND SUBMISSION ..71 (Rule ) Notice..71 (Rule ) Presiding Officer..72 (Rule ) Assigned Commissioner Presence..72 (Rule ) Order of Procedure ..73 (Rule ) Limiting Number of Witnesses..73 (Rule ) Evidence..73 (Rule ) Exhibits..74 (Rule ) Prepared Testimony.

8 75 (Rule ) Duty to Meet and Confer..75 (Rule ) Official Notice of Facts..76 (Rule ) Additional Evidence..76 (Rule ) Briefs..76 (Rule ) Oral Argument in Adjudicatory Proceeding..77 (Rule ) Oral Argument Before Commission..77 (Rule ) Submission and Reopening of Record..77 ARTICLE 14. RECOMMENDED DECISIONS ..78 (Rule ) Definitions..78 TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) Title Page - i - 5/1 (Rule ) Issuance of Recommended Decision..79 (Rule ) Comments on Proposed or Alternate Decision..80 (Rule ) Appeal and Review of Presiding Officer's Decision..81 (Rule ) Comment on Draft or Alternate Draft Resolution.

9 81 (Rule ) Reduction or Waiver of Review..82 (Rule ) Exemptions..84 ARTICLE 15. COMMISSION DECISIONS ..84 (Rule ) Commission Meetings..84 (Rule ) Meeting Agenda..85 (Rule ) Agenda Item Documents..86 (Rule ) Decision in Ratesetting or Quasi-Legislative Proceeding..87 (Rule ) Decision in Adjudicatory Proceeding..87 (Rule ) Service of Decisions and Orders..87 ARTICLE 16. REHEARING, MODIFICATION AND TIME TO COMPLY ..88 (Rule ) Application for Rehearing..88 (Rule ) Parties Eligible to File Applications for Rehearing and Responses..88 (Rule ) Oral Arguments on Application for Rehearing..89 (Rule ) Petition for Modification.

10 90 (Rule ) Correction of Obvious Errors..91 (Rule ) Extension of Time to Comply..91 ARTICLE 17. COMPENSATING INTERVENORS ..92 (Rule ) Notice of Intent to Claim Compensation..92 (Rule ) Eligibility in Phased Proceedings..93 (Rule ) Request for Award..93 (Rule ) Request for Compensation; Reply to Responses..94 ARTICLE 18. FORMS ..95 (Rule ) Forms..95 - 1 - 5/1/2021 TITLE 20. PUBLIC UTILITIES AND ENERGY DIVISION 1. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION CHAPTER 1. Rules OF Practice AND Procedure ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS (Rule ) Ethics. Any person who signs a pleading or brief, enters an appearance, offers testimony at a hearing, or transacts business with the Commission, by such act represents that he or she is authorized to do so and agrees to comply with the laws of this State; to maintain the respect due to the Commission, members of the Commission and its Administrative Law Judges; and never to mislead the Commission or its staff by an artifice or false statement of fact or law.