PG&E

PG&E responds that GTN's claims of due process violations are misplaced. The ALJ rejected many of GTN's motions to compel as overly broad, and at one point the ALJ had to admonish GTN on its discovery tactics.

PG&E says GTN was not deprived of the opportunity to cross-examine Ruby LLC's main witness. Rather, GTN failed to complete its cross-examination in the time allotted by the Joint Hearing Management Plan - to which GTN had previously agreed. The ALJ informed GTN's counsel that "you are past your 1-hour allotted time, so I'd appreciate any efficiencies you can do to wrap this up."⁸⁶ Several minutes later the ALJ issued a second warning to GTN that "you have five minutes to wrap it up."⁸⁷ PG&E states the ALJ's actions were warranted because at the time the cross-examination was being conducted, the time estimates of cross examination for the remaining witnesses indicated the hearing would not finish within the timeframe set by the Scoping Memo.

⁸⁶ 5 TR 580: 10-12.

⁸⁷ 5 TR 580: 2-3.