Commission may Make Rules and Establish Fees

(a)In the hearings before it, the Commission is not bound by the procedures set out in 5 GCA Chapter 5, Article 2, but may establish its own procedures for the conduct of hearings and the admission of evidence. It shall establish its own procedures however, by promulgating rules according to the rule-making procedures set out in 5 GCA Chapter 5, Article 3 (Administrative Adjudication Law).

(b)The Commission shall not be bound by the strict rules of the common law relating to the admission or rejection of evidence, but may exercise its own discretion in these matters with a view to doing substantial justice.

(c)The Commission may establish and amend a schedule of reasonable fees and costs for copies of papers and records requested by interested parties, and for the filing and serving of papers and documents required of public utilities by this Chapter. COL6/24/2021 CH. 12 PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION AND THE GUAM TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 2004 All such fees and costs charged and collected shall be paid into the Public Utilities Commission Fund.