Sec.16-50j-12. Filing requirements

(a) Copies.

Except as may be otherwise required by these rules or by any other rules or regulations of the Council or ordered or expressly requested by the Council, at the time motions, petitions, applications, documents, or other papers are filed with the Council, there shall be furnished to the Council an original of such papers. In addition to the original, there shall also be filed 20 copies for the use of the Council and its staff, unless a greater or lesser number of such copies is expressly requested by the Council. An electronic version of the document may also be filed by e-mail if the parties and intervenors are reasonably able to do so. Electronic filing at [e-mail] is strongly encouraged.

(b) Forms.

Except for such forms as may from time to time be provided by the Council and used where appropriate, motions, petitions, applications, documents, or other papers filed for the purpose of any proceeding before the Council shall be printed or typewritten on paper cut or folded to letter size, 8 to 8½ inches wide. Width of margins shall be not less than one inch. The printed materials may be submitted double-sided and 1.5-line spaced. Maps, charts and other pictorial exhibits shall be submitted on only one side of the paper. All copies shall be clear and permanently legible. All such filings shall be sequentially paginated.

(c) Filing.

All motions, petitions, applications, documents, or other papers relating to matters requiring action by the Council shall be filed at the office of the Council, 10 Franklin Square, New Britain, Connecticut 06051.

(d) State Agency Notification.

Pursuant to Section 8 of Public Act 07-242, each application shall be accompanied by proof of service of a copy of the application on the Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, or its successor agency, and any other state or municipal body as the Council may require, in addition to proof of service of a copy of the application on the enumerated departments under Section 16-50l(b)(6) of the Connecticut General Statutes. The Council shall consult with and solicit comments from the Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, or its successor agency, and any other state agency as the Council may require, in the same manner as the Council consults with and solicits comments from the enumerated departments under Section 16-50j(h) of the Connecticut General Statutes. The Council shall request state agency comments at the time a hearing notice is published and at the conclusion of a public hearing.

(e) Service List.

The Council shall prepare and make available a service list for each proceeding. Persons on the service list may elect to receive documents by e-mail or by U.S. Mail. Each service list shall:

(1) contain the name of each party, intervenor and participant in the proceeding and the date upon which status was granted;

(2) contain the names and addresses of the representatives of each party, intervenor and participant in the proceeding, if applicable;

(3) indicate whether each party, intervenor and participant has elected to be served by e-mail; and

(4) provide the e-mail address of every person in the proceeding who has elected to be served by e-mail.

(f) Service requirements.

(1) Every person shall serve a copy of a filed document to every person on the service list of the proceeding in which the document is to be filed. This subsection shall not apply to the filing of proprietary or critical energy infrastructure information for which a protective order may be sought.

(2) Each document presented for filing shall contain the following certification: "I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document(s) was/were (method of service) to the following service list on (date)." Signature and printed name.

(Effective March 7, 1989; Amended September 7, 2012)