20:10:26:06.  Notice requirements if no hearing is requested. If the applicant has not requested a hearing, the commission must serve notice on the affected utility company and all parties within fifteen days after receipt in the commission's offices of a variance application that is in compliance with the provisions of § 20:10:26:05. The parties served notice of the variance request have fifteen days to respond to the notice. Failure of the parties to request a hearing within fifteen days after service of the notice is considered a waiver of hearing.

    If the hearing is waived, the commission must consider the application without a hearing and enter its decision.

    Source: 18 SDR 26, effective August 7, 1991; 50 SDR 125, effective May 6, 2024.

    General Authority: SDCL 49-34A-4, 49-34A-27.

    Law Implemented: SDCL 49-34A-27.

    Collateral References: In the Matter of the Investigation of Master Metering, Docket F-3237, Decision and Order dated June 13, 1980 (Errata Notice dated December 22, 1980); In the Matter of the Investigation of Master Metering , Docket F-3237, Decision and Order dated July 24, 1981; In the Matter of the Petition For Declaratory Ruling by S&D Metering, Ltd., F-3621, Declaratory Ruling and F-3237, Modifying in Part, Decision and Order dated October 2, 1986.