[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 18, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 18CFR385.102]

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           TITLE 18--CONSERVATION OF POWER AND WATER RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
PART 385--RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart A--Applicability and Definitions
 
Sec. 385.102  Definitions (Rule 102).

    For purposes of this part--
    (a) Decisional authority means the Commission or Commission employee 
that, at the time for decision on a question, has authority or 
responsibility under this chapter to decide that particular question.
    (b) Participant means:
    (1) Any party; or
    (2) Any employee of the Commission assigned to present the position 
of the Commission staff in a proceeding before the Commission.

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    (c) Party means, with respect to a proceeding:
    (1) A person filing any application, petition, tariff or rate 
filing, complaint, or any protest under section 19a(i) of the Interstate 
Commerce Act (49 U.S.C. 19a(i));
    (2) Any respondent to a proceeding; or
    (3) Any person whose intervention in a proceeding is effective under 
Rule 214.
    (d) Person means an individual, partnership, corporation, 
association, joint stock company, public trust, an organized group of 
persons, whether incorporated or not, a receiver or trustee of the 
foregoing, a municipality, including a city, county, or any other 
political subdivision of a State, a State, the District of Columbia, any 
territory of the United States or any agency of any of the foregoing, 
any agency, authority, or instrumentality of the United States (other 
than the Commission), or any corporation which is owned directly or 
indirectly by the United States, or any officer, agent, or employee of 
any of the foregoing acting as such in the course of his or her official 
duty. The term also includes a foreign government or any agency, 
authority, or instrumentality thereof.
    (e) Presiding officer means:
    (1) With respect to any proceeding set for hearing under subpart E 
of this part, one or more Members of the Commission, or any 
administrative law judge, designated to preside at such hearing, or, if 
no Commissioner or administrative law judge is designated, the Chief 
Administrative Law Judge; or
    (2) With respect to any proceeding not set for hearing under subpart 
E, any employee designated by rule or order to conduct the proceeding.
    (f) Respondent means any person:
    (1) To whom an order to show cause or notice of tariff or rate 
examination is issued by the Commission;
    (2) Against whom a complaint is directed; or
    (3) Designated as a respondent by the Commission or by the terms of 
this chapter.

[Order 225, 47 FR 19022, May 3, 1982, as amended by Order 606, 64 FR 
44405, Aug. 16, 1999]