Re:	Rules Adopted in Public Utilities Commission Rulemaking Docket No. 06R-488ALL

RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE, 4 CCR 723-1.

BASIS AND PURPOSE
To codify and clarify Commission practices with regard to confidential filings and prohibited communications, require that certain information be included in the titles of petitions and applications, modify provisions relating to notice requirements, centralize various tariff and advice letter rules, clarify formal complaint rules, add procedures for receiving updated information from regulated entities, clarify the permissive intervention standard, refine discovery restrictions, include inadvertently eliminated subpoena procedures, make current emergency rules permanent, correct various typographical errors.; and update the rules to reflect the Commission’s new address.

STATUTORY AUTHORITY
The statutory authority for the rules adopted by this order are contained in §§ 40-2-108, 40-6-101(1), 40-6-108(2), 40-6-109(5), 40-6-109.5, and 40-6-114(1), C.R.S.

Federal Authority
N/A