About the LPSC

A Stakeholder is any entity or individual that has a vested interest in the docket. That could include a housing organization concerned about impacts of utility costs on affordable housing, a neighborhood group interested in community solar or opposed to a new gas plant in their community, even an individual utility customer has a vested interest in what their utility is doing, or being required to do by the PSC.

​Dockets are published in the PSC bi-monthly Bulletin. These Bulletins are posted on the PSC website generally on the second and fourth Fridays of the month. Following publishing, stakeholders have 25 days to Intervene unless otherwise noted. Although, don’t be discouraged, late intervention is almost always allowed!

The full rules can be found here, but please feel free to use our Intervention and Cover Letter templates below. Once completed, they will need to be submitted to the LPSC Records & Recording Division by 4:30pm CST, the day of the deadline.

TEMPLATES:

• INTERVENTION
• INTERVENTION COVER LETTER

HOW TO SUBMIT INTERVENTIONS & COMMENTS

​Interventions, comments and testimony need to be filed with the PSC’s Records & Recording Division. They can be submitted via fax, hand delivery or by mail.

• Fax filing: This option is convenient if a deadline is quickly approaching, and is usually used for comments to maximize work time. With this option, the document needs to be faxed to the PSC’s Records & Recording Division by 4:30pm on the day of the deadline, and circulated (via email is fine) to the Service List. Following the fax submittal, the original document and two copies must be mailed to the PSC, along with the fax filing fee (a check to the PSC for $25) within five (5) business days. NOTE: filings done by fax cannot exceed 25 pages.
• Mail-in filing: This is the best option for Interventions! Just print out your documents, make two copies, drop it in the mail and circulate to the Service List. Overnight mail with services like FedEx and UPS are accepted as well.
• Hand Delivery: A self-explanatory option, although accessing the building can be tricky. You’ll need to go to the Galvez Building in Baton Rouge, check in with security and take the elevator up to the 11th floor.

LATE INTERVENTION AND/OR MISSED DEADLINES

​Maybe you missed the deadline, or are new to the PSC game, you can still jump in!
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You’ll just need to Petition the Commission to Intervene Out of Time. Feel free to use these templates below! Depending on the type of docket, the Petition is reviewed and other Stakeholders may be given the opportunity to object within a specified time period. Given no objections, you’ll be granted Intervenor status.

If you missed a comment deadline, you’ll follow a similar process. You’ll need to Petition the Commission to Leave Comment Out of Time, and yes, we have a template for that too! This is used if you miss a deadline by a day or so, not an opportunity to submit comments on something from months ago.

Petition the Commission to Intervene (or Leave Comment) Out of Time can be submitted at the same time as your Intervention or Comments, and the same submittal process used. Note, filing as an Interested Party does not have a deadline.

TEMPLATES:

• INTERVENE OUT OF TIME
• COMMENTS OUT OF TIME
• INTERVENE OUT OF TIME COVER LETTER
• COMMENTS OUT OF TIME COVER LETTER

This is a great way to keep up to date on open proceedings. You’ll be added to the Service List and receive emails when documents are filed in the docket, although Interested Parties do not have an opportunity to file comments, ask questions, or submit testimony. Feel free to use our Interested Party template, and follow the same process for submitting.

TEMPLATES:

• INTERESTED PARTY STATUS

(And other helpful tips for navigating the PSC website.)

​Each docket has a ‘Service List’ of Intervenors, Interested Parties, PSC Staff, Commissioners, Consultants, etc. It’s really just a contact list of stakeholders involved. This can be found in each docket, however like many governmental agencies, the PSC’s website is not exactly user-friendly.
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Here are the basics:

• The right-hand panel posts the most recent updates. This is where the Bulletin &LPSC agendas are posted.
• The left-hand column is the menu, with links to all sorts of interesting stuff, but we’re focused on the Service List right now, so click on ‘Document Access’. Then click ‘Search for Dockets’ at the top of the page and enter the docket number in the field on the left-hand side. The docket number will be published in the Bulletin, but if you missed it, just ask us! Honestly, I have yet to figure out the algorithms of those other search options.
• Let’s use the Energy Efficiency Rulemaking as an example, type in R-31106 into the Docket Number field, hit search, then click on the hyperlink with the docket number. You are now in the docket! This is where you can find all of the documents filed into the docket and if you scroll down, you have the Service List.