[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: 18CFR385.209]

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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 B--Pleadings, Tariff and Rate Filings, Notices of Tariff or Rate 
Examination, Orders To Show Cause, Intervention, and Summary Disposition
 
Sec. 385.209  Notices of tariff or rate examination and orders to show cause (Rule 209).

    (a) Issuance. (1) If the Commission seeks to determine the validity 
of any rate, rate schedule, tariff, tariff schedule, fare, charge, or 
term or condition of service, or any classification, contract, practice, 
or any related regulation established by and for the applicant which is 
demanded, observed, charged, or collected, the Commission will initiate 
a proceeding by issuing a notice of tariff or rate examination.
    (2) The Commission may initiate a proceeding against a person by 
issuing an order to show cause.
    (b) Contents. A notice of examination or an order to show cause will 
contain a statement of the matters about which the Commission is 
inquiring, and a statement of the authority under which the Commission 
is acting. The statement is tentative and sets forth issues to be 
considered by the Commission.
    (c) Answers. A person who is ordered to show cause must answer in 
accordance with Rule 213.

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