Section 3.05. Processing of applications.

 

(1)  Within 15 days of submission, if practicable, the commission employee assigned to process the application shall submit it and other relevant material to the commission. The employee may include a recommendation as to whether, and to what extent, the applicant should be compensated.

(2)  The assigned employee may request additional information necessary to process the application and may call a conference among applicants to promote and coordinate joint presentations, if similar interests exist. The commission may require cooperative efforts as a condition of compensation.

(3)  The assigned employee may recommend approval of all or part of an application for compensation only if he or she finds that the applicant has met the eligibility requirements of s. PSC 3.02 and the application has met the requirements of s. PSC 3.03 .

(4)  The assigned employee may prepare a written recommendation that compensation should be granted in a given amount or denied. The recommendation shall be forwarded to the commission for its approval or modification. The commission shall mail its decision to the applicant and the utility which is the subject of the proceeding.

(5)  Staff may approve compensation requests for $500 or less and requests to transfer funds from one accounting category to another.

(6)  The commission may, on request or on its own motion, reconsider a decision regarding any application for compensation.

History: Cr. Register, May, 1995, No. 473 , eff. 6-1-95.