Case
A Case is a set of related issues to be decided by the Commission at a public meeting.
Example case number: 99-X-1234
Case numbers have the following parts:
- They begin with the last two digits of the year they were opened. (e.g. 99)
- A dash (-)
- A letter indicating the service type for the case
- C - Communication
- E - Electric
- F - Facility
- G - Gas
- M - Miscellaneous
- S - Steam
- T - Transmission
- V - Cable
- W - Water
- A dash (-)
- A four digit sequence number that will be reset to 0001 for the first case of the year.
Matter
A Matter is a set of related issues to be examined or decided by the Department, without the need for a public meeting.
Example matter number: 99-12345
Matter numbers have the following parts:
- They begin with the last two digits of the year they were opened. (e.g. 99)
- A dash (-)
- A five digit sequence number that will be reset to 00001 for the first case of the year.
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