Section 3.10. Commission review of interim emergency orders

(a) An order granting or denying interim emergency relief is immediately effective upon issuance by the presiding officer. No stay of the order will be permitted while the matter is being reviewed by the Commission.

(b) When the presiding officer rules upon the petition for an interim emergency order, the presiding officer will also certify the question of the grant or denial of relief to the Commission as a material question in the form set forth in § 5.305 (relating to interlocutory review of a material question submitted by a presiding officer). Thereafter, the parties and the Commission shall follow the procedures in § 5.305, if applicable.

The provisions of this § 3.10 adopted November 21, 1986, effective November 22, 1986, 16 Pa.B. 4564; amended December 2, 1988, effective January 3, 1989, 18 Pa.B. 5451; amended January 24, 1997, effective January 25, 1997, 27 Pa.B. 414; amended April 28, 2006, effective April 29, 2006, 36 Pa.B. 2097. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (263606) and (225593).

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The provisions of this § 3.10 amended under the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa.C.S. § § 309–311, 315, 331—335, 501, 504—506, 701—703, 1101—1103, 1301 and 1501.