Electronic Signatures on Initial and Recommended Decisions; Doc. No. M-2013-2344553 [43 Pa.B. 944]
[Saturday, February 9, 2013]By this Secretarial Letter, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (Commission) announces that effective February 1, 2013, the Commission will begin issuing initial decisions (IDs) and recommended decisions (RDs) of the Office of Administrative Law Judge with electronic signatures. Rather than IDs and RDs containing manually written signatures of the Administrative Law Judges (ALJ) and Special Agents (SA), they will display the ''/s/'' on the signature line above the ALJ's or SA's typewritten name.
Besides enhancing internal efficiencies, this change will enable the Commission to publish signed IDs and RDs to the web site and to eServe the IDs and RDs through the eFiling system on parties who accept eService. By receiving IDs and RDs through eService, parties will have the opportunity to review them immediately upon issuance, which can be very valuable given the time periods for filing exceptions.
When parties establish an eFiling account, they are permitted to change the default setting and decline eService. Parties who opted out of eService and now wish to revise that setting to accept eService may do so by logging into their account, choosing ''Modify Account'' and checking the box next to ''I wish to be included in eService.'' Parties who may have misplaced their user name or password may contact the Commission's help desk at ra-PUCHelpDesk@pa.gov or (717) 787-8227.
ROSEMARY CHIAVETTA,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 13-253. Filed for public inspection February 8, 2013, 9:00 a.m.]
