10. Filing and Service of Documents
All formally filed documents must be filed in hard copy at the Commission's Docket Office. Except as noted below, any document that is filed at the Docket Office must also be served electronically. The formal service of documents shall comply with the protocols in Rule 2.3.1. This Rule requires that the service of documents be performed electronically, in a searchable format. If no email address is available, service should be made by United States mail. Parties should provide concurrent email service to all persons on the service list, including those listed in the Information Only portion of the service list.3
When serving documents as attachments to an email, the serving party must include the following information in the subject line of the email in the following order: the docket number, a brief name of the proceeding, a brief identification of the document being served, and the name of the serving party (Rule 2.3.1(c)). In addition to other requirements, the serving party must provide the following to the assigned ALJ: (1) a paper copy of all documents served by email; and (2) an electronic copy of all documents in Microsoft Word and/or Excel format, to the extent practical.
3 When serving documents, parties should always use the most current service list, which is available at the Commission's website. ( http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/published/service_lists/A0603005_71186.htm)
