Re: question about notice

<<< PerlisM@DSMO.COM 10/29/01 01:30PM <<<
Could staff please confirm from the Judge that filing electronically with
the list serve will suffice for notice?
That depends on what you are noticing. Discovery is not to be filed with the Commission and the parties can agree to serve it electronically.
If something has to be filed with the Commission, it has to be filed.
If the filing is in a proceeding in which an ALJ has instituted a restricted service list, service on that restricted service list is enough.
If the filing covers a bunch of dockets, some of which do not have restricted service lists, or is going directly to the Commission, you're stuck with serving the whole official (unrestricted) service list.
Finally, (in my unofficial opinion) as a practical matter, considering the rate at which mail is moving around Washington, D.C. these days, use of the listserv may be the only way to give timely notice, no matter what the rules say.

If you have a specific kind of notice in mind, I'll be glad to pass it on to Judge Birchman (or you can send it to Bruce.Birchman@FERC.FED.US with a cc to the listserv, which is what I would do.)