[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 18, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
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[CITE: 18CFR385.601]

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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 F--Conferences, Settlements, and Stipulations
 
Sec. 385.601  Conferences (Rule 601).


    (a) Convening. The Commission or other decisional authority, upon 
motion or otherwise, may convene a conference of the participants in a 
proceeding at any time for any purpose related to the conduct or 
disposition of the proceeding, including submission and consideration of 
offers of settlement or the use of alternative dispute resolution 
procedures.
    (b) General requirements. (1) The participants in a proceeding must 
be given due notice of the time and place of a conference under 
paragraph (a) of this section and of the matters to be addressed at the 
conference. Participants attending the conference must be prepared to 
discuss the matters to be addressed at the conference, unless there is 
good cause for a failure to be prepared.
    (2) Any person appearing at the conference in a representative 
capacity must be authorized to act on behalf of that person's principal 
with respect to matters to be addressed at the conference.
    (3) If any party fails to attend the conference such failure will 
constitute a waiver of all objections to any order or ruling arising out 
of, or any agreement reached at, the conference.
    (c) Powers of decisional authority at conference. (1) The decisional 
authority, before which the conference is held or to which the 
conference reports, may dispose, during a conference, of any procedural 
matter on which the decisional authority is authorized to rule and which 
may appropriately and usefully be disposed of at that time.
    (2) If, in a proceeding set for hearing under subpart E, the 
presiding officer determines that the proceeding would be substantially 
expedited by distribution of proposed exhibits, including written 
prepared testimony and other documents, reasonably in advance of the 
hearing session, the presiding officer may, with due regard for the 
convenience of the participants, direct advance distribution of the 
exhibits by a prescribed date. The presiding officer may also direct the 
preparation and distribution of any briefs and other documents which the 
presiding officer determines will substantially expedite the proceeding.

[Order 225, 47 FR 19022, May 3, 1982, as amended by Order 578, 60 FR 
19505, Apr. 19, 1995]