Except where otherwise specifically defined by law:
"Commission" means the Iowa utilities
commission or a majority thereof.
"Complainants" means persons who complain to
the commission of any act or thing done or omitted to be done in violation, or
claimed to be in violation, of any provision of Iowa Code chapters 476 through
476C, 477, 477A, and 477C through 479B or of any order or rule of the
commission.
"Consumer advocate" means the office of
consumer advocate, a division of the Iowa department of justice, referred to in
Iowa Code chapter 475A.
"Contested case" means a proceeding defined by
Iowa Code section 17A.2(5) and
includes any matter defined as a no factual dispute contested case under Iowa
Code section 17A.10A.
"Data request" means a discovery procedure in
which the requesting party asks another person for specified information or
requests the production of documents.
"Expedited proceeding" means a proceeding
before the commission in which a statutory or other provision of law directs
the commission to render a decision in the proceeding in six months or
less.
"Filed" means accepted for filing by the
commission as defined in rule
199-14.3 (17A,476).
"Intervenor" means any person who, upon
written petition, is permitted to intervene as a party in a specific proceeding
before the commission.
"Issuance" means the date on which an order is
uploaded into the commission's electronic filing system.
"Party" means each person named or admitted as
a party in a proceeding before the commission.
"Person" means the same as defined in Iowa
Code section 4.1(20) and
includes individuals and all forms of legal entities.
"Petitioner" or "applicant"
means any party who, by written petition, application, or other filing, applies
for or seeks relief from the commission.
"Presiding officer" means one commission
member or another person designated by the commission with the authority to
preside over a particular proceeding or matter before the commission.
"Proposed decision" means the presiding
officer's recommended findings of fact, conclusions of law, decision, and order
in a proceeding that has been assigned by the commission to the presiding
officer.
"Service" means service as prescribed in
199-Chapter 14.
