XIV. Schedule

Respondents and interested parties may file and serve comments on the issues delineated herein no later than 30 days from the effective date of this order. Respondents and interested parties may file reply comments 15 days after the filing of comments.

Following review of the parties' submissions and opening comments, the assigned ALJ shall convene a prehearing conference to discuss the issues, scope, and schedule of this proceeding. After the prehearing conference, the Assigned Commissioner will issue a scoping memo that finalizes the category, scope, and schedule of this proceeding. (See Rules 6(c)(2) and 6.3.) After the scoping memo is issued, parties may file and serve an appeal to the Commission regarding the ruling on category. (See Rule 6.4.)

Consistent with rule 6(e), we expect this proceeding to be concluded within 18 months.