5. Proceeding Category and Need for Hearing

Rule 7.1(d) of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (Rules) specifies that an OIR will preliminarily determine the category of the proceeding and the need for hearing. Pursuant to Rule 7.1(e), we determine that this proceeding is ratesetting as defined in Rule 1.3(e). At this time, we believe that a full review of the PRM issues may involve adjudication of factual questions for which it may be necessary to employ our evidentiary hearing process.