California Public Utilities Commission Practitioner’s Page
Practice before the Commission is governed by the Public Utilities Code, the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure, specific Commission orders, and customs and practices developed over time to facilitate the efficient resolution of procedural matters that come up in the course of a proceeding. This page is designed to put useful information for both new and veteran practitioners in one place for easy access. If you find information here that you believe to be out of date or think of a topic on which a FAQ or Custom and Practice sheet would be helpful, please contact practitioners@cpuc.ca.gov. We value your feedback.
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CPUC Practitioner Frequently Asked Questions
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- Docket Office General FAQs: Docket Office handles the intake of all formal filings. If you have a question about the filing rules, try our Docket Office FAQs first.
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- How to Change a Party Representative on the Service List:
To change the representative for a party on the service list, you can submit the change request through the from in the link below,
then, send it to the process office e-mail (processoffice@cpuc.ca.gov)
OR, you can reach out directly to the process office e-mail with the request, without the form. The email should include all the same contact information required by the form.
Practitioner's Page
Please be advised that the process of assigning Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) and Commissioners is changed to expedite the assignment process. ALJ and Commissioner assignments are now posted on the Daily Calendar and on the Proceeding’s Docket Card on a rolling basis. Preliminary categorization of proceedings still occurs through the ALJ 176 resolution process (item 1 of each Commission meeting agenda).
Commissioner and ALJ assignments can be found in a new section of the Daily Calendar called “Commissioner and Administrative Law Judge Assignments.” For purposes of Rule 9.2(c), notice of the assignment is the day the assignment of the assigned ALJ appears in the Daily Calendar, consistent with prior practice.
This replaces the previous process of noticing Commissioner and Administrative Law Judge Assignments on the Daily Calendar after the preliminary categorization for the proceeding is approved by the Commission.