Minnesota Office of Administrative Hearings

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Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101

 

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St. Paul, Minnesota 55164-0620                                                                                                                                                     Fax:       (651) 361-7936

 

January 13, 2010

 

To All Parties Listed on the OAH

E-Docket System Service List

 

Re:     In the Matter of the Application for a Route Permit for the

          Monticello to St. Cloud 345 kV Transmission Line Project

          OAH 15-2500-20665-2; PUC No. E-200-/TL-09-246

 

To The Parties:

 

The direct testimony in this matter is to be filed by January 28, 2010.  Please follow the guidelines below in preparing and e-filing the testimony and associated exhibits so that documents will be easy to locate and to reference in the e-dockets system and at hearing.

 

Pre-filed testimony:  Each witness’s testimony should be separately e-filed and have its own e-docket identification number.  The description of the filing should include the witness name.  Ordinarily, the last name is sufficient (e.g., Heydinger Direct).  If the exhibits to the testimony are included, state that in the document name (e.g. Heydinger Direct and Exs.)  If the exhibits are lengthy (in excess of 50 pages), they should be included in a separate e-filing (e.g., Heydinger Direct, Exs. 1-5).  If any one exhibit is lengthy (in excess of 50 pages), it should be e-filed separately (e.g., Heydinger Direct, Ex. 3). 

 

Any correction to previously filed testimony or exhibits shall be separately e-filed and identify the specific document it corrects (e.g., Heydinger Direct, Errata).

 

At the hearing:  A hard copy of the e-filed testimony and exhibits shall be provided for introduction into the record at hearing.  Include the PUC docket number and e-docket document identification number on the first page of the testimony and each associated exhibit.  Each party should also prepare an exhibit list that includes the document name and the e-docket document identification number, and have sufficient copies of the list for each party and the court reporter.  This will assist the court reporter and the other parties to locate documents electronically and to assure that all exhibits offered at hearing have been correctly e-filed.  The hearing exhibit number will be assigned at hearing by the ALJ.

 

Following the hearing:  The court reporter will e-file any documents offered at hearing that were not previously e-filed.  A complete exhibit list will be prepared that includes the document name and e-docket identifier for each document.  The exhibit list with links to the hearing exhibits will be separately e-filed following the conclusion of the hearing.

 

          Please let me know if you have questions. 

 

                                                                      Sincerely,

 

                                                                      s/Beverly Jones Heydinger

 

                                                                      BEVERLY JONES HEYDINGER

                                                                      Administrative Law Judge

 

                                                                      Telephone: (651) 361-7838

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