Section 5.202. Scheduling of hearing

(a) The Commission will schedule hearings other than those involving the lawfulness of rates and will maintain a hearing calendar of all proceedings set for hearing.

(b) Proceedings pending on the calendar will be heard so far as practicable, in their order of assignment to the calendar at the times and places fixed by the Commission or presiding officer, giving regard to the convenience and necessity of the parties and their attorneys.

(c) The Commission or the presiding officer in the exercise of discretion, for cause, may advance or postpone proceedings on the hearing calendar with notice to the parties.

(d) Subsections (a)—(c) supersede 1 Pa. Code § 35.102 (relating to hearing calendar).

The provisions of this § 5.202 adopted October 12, 1984, effective January 1, 1985, 14 Pa.B. 3819; amended April 28, 2006, effective April 29, 2006, 36 Pa.B. 2097. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (241192) and (225661).

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The provisions of this § 5.202 amended under the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa.C.S. § § 501, 504—506, 1301 and 1501.