{"data":{"id":"us-ca/puc-1701.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PUC § 1701.5","heading":"","body":"(a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), in a ratesetting or quasi-legislative case, the commission shall resolve the issues raised in the scoping memo within 18 months of the date the proceeding is initiated, unless the commission makes a written determination that the deadline cannot be met, including findings as to the reason, and issues an order extending the deadline.\n(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the commission may specify in a scoping memo a resolution date later than 18 months from the date the proceeding is initiated, if that scoping memo includes specific reasons for the necessity of a later date and the commissioner assigned to the case approves the date.","path":["Public Utilities Code - PUC","DIVISION 1. REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES [201. - 3299.100.]","PART 1. PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT [201. - 2120.]","CHAPTER 9. Hearings and Judicial Review [1701. - 1826.]","ARTICLE 1. Hearings [1701. - 1711.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"5667e282adcdfbf0992ad37e25163e8bcaf16c859f20aa4363acb32309070324","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/puc-1701.4","next":"us-ca/puc-1701.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}