9. Need for Hearing

In OIR 08-11-005, the Commission preliminarily determined that hearings are not needed in this proceeding. Parties were provided an opportunity by the Phase 1 Scoping Memo and the Phase 2 Scoping Memo to request evidentiary hearings, but no such requests were submitted. Today's decision affirms that there is no need for evidentiary hearings in Phase 2 of this proceeding.