The commission is authorized and directed to employ a competent court reporter or stenographer, whose salary shall be paid out of the general appropriations for the commission, and whose duties shall be to attend all sessions of the commission, to take down and transcribe all testimony offered in contested cases, to prepare the official record of all contested cases, which record shall include all petitions, applications, testimony, exhibits and such other matters as required by law or as the commission may direct, and to perform such other duties as the commission may direct; provided, that the commission may, in its discretion, direct the reporter not to transcribe particular proceedings if it appears that no such transcript is necessary; and provided further, that any party to a contested case may obtain copies of the transcript of testimony made by the commission's reporter upon the payment to the commission of the cost of same at such rate as the commission may determine.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers
Chapter 2 - Procedure Before the Tennessee Public Utility Commission
§ 65-2-101. Chapter Definitions
§ 65-2-104. Petition for Declaratory Ruling by the Commission
§ 65-2-105. Declaratory Judgment on Validity of Rules
§ 65-2-107. Parties to Contested Cases
§ 65-2-108. Notice and Hearing in Contested Cases
§ 65-2-109. Rules of Evidence — Judicial Notice — Burden of Proof
§ 65-2-110. Commission Reporter — Preparation of Official Record
§ 65-2-111. Proceedings Before Hearing Examiners
§ 65-2-112. Decisions and Orders in Contested Cases
§ 65-2-113. Publication of Decisions and Orders in Contested Cases
§ 65-2-114. Petitions for Rehearing in Contested Cases
§ 65-2-115. Effect of Filing of Petition for Rehearing
§ 65-2-116. Grounds for Rehearing
§ 65-2-117. Replies to Petitions for Rehearing
§ 65-2-118. Disposition of Petitions for Rehearing
§ 65-2-119. Proceedings Upon Granting of Petition for Rehearing