18 CFR 385.802 - Noncontested proceedings (Rule 802).
Noncontested proceedings. In any proceeding required by statute to be set for hearing, the Commission, when it appears to be in the public interest and to be in the interest of the parties to grant the relief or authority requested in the initial pleading, and to omit the intermediate decision procedure, may, after a hearing during which no opposition or contest develops, forthwith dispose of the proceedings upon consideration of the pleadings and other evidence filed and incorporated in the record: Provided, (a) The applicant or other initial pleader requests that the intermediate decision procedure be omitted and waives oral hearing and opportunity for filing exceptions to the decision of the Commission; and (b) no issue of substance is raised by any request to be heard, protest or petition filed subsequent to publication in the Federal Register of the notice of the filing of an initial pleading and notice or order fixing of hearing, which notice or order will state that the Commission considers the proceeding a proper one for disposition under the provisions of this subpart. Requests for the procedure provided by this subpart may be contained in the initial pleading or subsequent request in writing to the Commission. The decision of the Commission in such proceeding after noncontested hearing, will be final, subject to reconsideration by the Commission upon request for rehearing as provided by statute.
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The following are ALL rules, proposed rules, and notices (chronologically) published in the Federal Register relating to 18 CFR Part 385 after this date.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-00567 RIN Docket No. RM17-9-000 Order No. 834 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Final rule. This final rule is effective January 24, 2017. 18 CFR Parts 250 and 385 The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is issuing a final rule to amend its regulations governing the maximum civil monetary penalties assessable for violations of statutes, rules, and orders within the Commission's jurisdiction. The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended most recently by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, requires the Commission to issue this final rule.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2016-15947 RIN Docket No. RM16-16-000 Order No. 826 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Interim final rule. Effective Date: This interim final rule is effective July 6, 2016. 18 CFR Parts 250 and 385 The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is issuing an interim final rule to amend its regulations governing the maximum civil monetary penalties assessable for violations of statutes, rules, and orders within the Commission's jurisdiction. The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended most recently by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, requires the Commission to issue this interim final rule.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2015-15431 RIN Docket No. RM15-5-000 Order No. 811 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Final rule. This rule will become effective July 24, 2015. 18 CFR Part 385 In this Final Rule, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is amending Rule 508 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure to eliminate the requirement that participants in Commission trial-type evidentiary hearings must provide paper copies of all exhibits introduced as evidence. The Final Rule will facilitate a shift toward electronic hearing procedures which should improve the efficiency and administrative convenience of the Commission hearing process, reduce the burden and expense associated with paper exhibits, and facilitate the compilation and transmittal of the hearing record to the Commission in electronic format.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2015-06694 RIN Docket No. RM15-5-000 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Notice of proposed rulemaking. Comments are due May 26, 2015. 18 CFR Part 385 The Commission proposes to amend Rule 508 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure to eliminate the requirement that participants in Commission trial-type evidentiary hearings must provide paper copies of all exhibits introduced as evidence. The Proposed Rule will facilitate a shift toward electronic hearing procedures which should improve the efficiency and administrative convenience of the Commission hearing process, reduce the burden and expense associated with paper exhibits, and facilitate the compilation and transmittal of the hearing record to the Commission in electronic format.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2014-11767 RIN Docket No. RM01-5-001 Order No. 714-A DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Final rule. This rule will become effective June 20, 2014. 18 CFR Parts 35, 154, 341, and 385 The Commission is clarifying its regulations to make explicit that, consistent with Order No. 714 and its subsequent orders, statutory tariff and rate filings must be made electronically, according to the Commission's posted requirements for eTariff filings. Filings not made in proper electronic format will not become effective under the applicable statutes if the Commission fails to act by the proposed effective dates in the applicants' pleadings.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-27496 RIN Docket No. RM12-2-000 Order No. 769 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Final rule; correction. The effective date of this rule is December 28, 2012. 18 CFR Parts 4, 5, 16, 33, 34, 35, 157, 348, 375, 385 and 388 The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of October 29, 2012 (77 FR 65463). In this final rule, the Commission is revising its rules and regulations relating to the filing of privileged material in keeping with the Commission's efforts to comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Government Paperwork Elimination Act and the E-Government Act of 2002.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26126 RIN Docket No. RM12-2-000 Order No. 769 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Final rule. Effective Date: This final rule is effective December 28, 2012. 18 CFR Parts 4, 5, 16, 33, 34, 35, 157, 348, 375, 385 and 388 In this Final Rule, the Commission revises its rules and regulations relating to the filing of privileged material in keeping with the Commission's efforts to comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Government Paperwork Elimination Act and the E-Government Act of 2002. First, the Commission establishes two categories of privileged material for filing purposes: Privileged material and critical energy infrastructure information. This revision will expand the ability to file electronically by permitting electronic filing of materials subject to Administrative Law Judge protective orders as appropriate. Second, the Commission revises its regulations to provide a single set of uniform procedures for filing privileged materials. These revisions continue the Commission's effort to reassess and streamline its regulations to ensure that they are efficient, effective and up to date. Also, the Commission revises Rule 213(d) of its Rules of Practice and Procedure, which establishes the timeline for filing answers to motions, to clarify that the standard fifteen day reply time will not apply to motions requesting an extension of time or a shortened time period for action. Instead, the Commission proposes to set the time for responding to such motions at five days, unless another time period is established by notice based on the circumstances.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-1307 RIN Docket No. RM11-30-000 Order No. 756 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Final rule. Effective Date: The rule will become effective February 1, 2012. 18 CFR Parts 1b, 2, 3a, 4, 5, 11, 12, 131, 157, 284, 376, 380, and 385 The Commission is issuing this Final Rule to make minor changes to its regulations. This Final Rule revises a number of references that have become outdated for various reasons or contain typographical errors. Generally, these changes add or delete language in the current regulations by eliminating obsolete information, incorporating reference to updated electronic filing options, modernizing language, and correcting incorrect citations and clerical mistakes. The revisions are intended to be ministerial and/or informational in nature.