[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 18, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 18CFR157.11]

[Page 514]
 
           TITLE 18--CONSERVATION OF POWER AND WATER RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
 PART 157_APPLICATIONS FOR CERTIFICATES OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY 
 
   Subpart A_Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and
 
Sec. 157.11  Hearings.

    (a) General. The Commission will schedule each application for 
public hearing at the earliest date possible giving due consideration to 
statutory requirements and other matters pending, with notice thereof as 
provided by Sec. 1.19(b) of this chapter: Provided, however, That when 
an application is filed less than fifteen days prior to the commencement 
of a hearing theretofore ordered on a pending application and seeks 
authority to serve some or all of the markets sought in such pending 
application or is otherwise competitive with such pending application, 
the Commission will not schedule the new application for hearing until 
it has rendered its final decision on such pending application, except 
when, on its own motion, or on appropriate application, it finds that 
the public interest requires otherwise.
    (b) Shortened procedure. If no protest or petition to intervene 
raises an issue of substance, the Commission may upon request of the 
applicant dispose of an application in accordance with the provisions of 
Sec. 385.802 of this chapter.

[17 FR 7386, Aug. 14, 1952, as amended by Order 225, 47 FR 19057, May 3, 
1982]