CPUC: application for rehearing, short-period orders (security transactions, utility property transfers, DWR, Art. 5.7/5.8, GO 131-D ED dispositions) (10 days after issuance)
10 days after date of issuance of the order, decision, or executive director disposition, under Pub. Util. Code 1731(b)-(e); CPUC Rule 16.1(a).
Rule text
Pub. Util. Code 1731(b)(1): "... or within 10 days after the date of issuance in the case of an order issued pursuant to either Article 5 (commencing with Section 816) or Article 6 (commencing with Section 851) of Chapter 4 relating to security transactions and the transfer or encumbrance of utility property." Pub. Util. Code 1731(d): "A cause of action arising out of an order or decision of the commission construing, applying, or implementing Article 5.7 (commencing with Section 849) or Article 5.8 (commencing with Section 850) of Chapter 4 shall not accrue in any court to any entity or person unless the entity or person has filed an application to the commission for a rehearing within 10 days after the date of issuance of the order or decision." Pub. Util. Code 1731(e): "A cause of action arising out of an executive director disposition of a protest to a General Order 131-D notice of proposed construction deemed exempt from the requirement to submit an application for a permit or certificate for an electrical transmission facility shall not accrue in any court to any entity or person unless the entity or person has filed an application to the commission for a rehearing within 10 days after the date of issuance of the disposition."
Pub. Util. Code 1731(b)-(e); CPUC Rule 16.1(a), official source
Calculate this deadline
- Trigger (Date of issuance of the order, decision, or executive director disposition): Friday, November 6, 2026.
- Exclude the trigger day and count 10 calendar days: Monday, November 16, 2026.
Pub. Util. Code 1731(b)-(e); CPUC Rule 16.1(a)
Pub. Util. Code 1731(b)(1): "... or within 10 days after the date of issuance in the case of an order issued pursuant to either Article 5 (commencing with Section 816) or Article 6 (commencing with Section 851) of Chapter 4 relating to security transactions and the transfer or encumbrance of utility property." Pub. Util. Code 1731(d): "A cause of action arising out of an order or decision of the commission construing, applying, or implementing Article 5.7 (commencing with Section 849) or Article 5.8 (commencing with Section 850) of Chapter 4 shall not accrue in any court to any entity or person unless the entity or person has filed an application to the commission for a rehearing within 10 days after the date of issuance of the order or decision." Pub. Util. Code 1731(e): "A cause of action arising out of an executive director disposition of a protest to a General Order 131-D notice of proposed construction deemed exempt from the requirement to submit an application for a permit or certificate for an electrical transmission facility shall not accrue in any court to any entity or person unless the entity or person has filed an application to the commission for a rehearing within 10 days after the date of issuance of the disposition."Official source
Gov. Code 6800; Gov. Code 6707 (filings with a state agency); CCP 12, 12a, 13; agency rules 8 CCR 10600 (WCAB), 8 CCR 32130 (PERB), 22 CCR 5000 'Holiday' definition (CUIAB)
Gov. Code 6800: "The time in which any act provided by law is to be done is computed by excluding the first day, and including the last, unless the last day is a holiday, and then it is also excluded." Gov. Code 6707: "When the last day for filing any instrument or other document with a state agency falls upon a Saturday or holiday, such act may be performed upon the next business day with the same effect as if it had been performed upon the day appointed." 8 CCR 10600: "(a) The time in which any act provided by these rules is to be performed is computed by excluding the first day and including the last. (b) Unless otherwise provided by law, if the last day for exercising or performing any right or duty to act or respond falls on a weekend, or on a holiday for which the offices of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board are closed, the act or response may be performed or exercised upon the next business day." 8 CCR 32130(a)-(b) (PERB): "(a) In computing any period of time under these regulations, except under Section 32776(c), (d), (e) and (f), the period of time begins to run the day after the act or occurrence referred to. (b) Whenever the last date to file a document falls on Saturday, Sunday, or a holiday, as defined in Government Code Sections 6700 and 6701, or PERB offices are closed, the time period for filing shall be extended to and include the next regular PERB business day. The extension of time provided herein shall be applied subsequent to the application of any other extension of time provided by these regulations or by other applicable law." CCP 12a(a): "If the last day for the performance of any act provided or required by law to be performed within a specified period of time is a holiday, then that period is hereby extended to and including the next day that is not a holiday. For purposes of this section, “holiday” means all day on Saturdays, all holidays specified in Section 135 and, to the extent provided in Section 12b, all days that by terms of Section 12b are required to be considered as holidays."Official source
- Alternative to cpuc_application_rehearing; use only for the listed order types. 1731(c) (DWR revenue requirement / bond charge orders) is also 10 days. Computation: CPUC Rule 1.15 (20 CCR 1.15) excludes the first day, includes the last, extends a last day on a Saturday, Sunday, holiday or other day CPUC offices are closed to the next day, and treats an act after 5:00 p.m. as done the next day. No mail-service extension was found in the Rules reviewed (1.15, 11.1, 14.3, 16.1); none is applied.
- If the clerk's office is closed or inaccessible on the last day (weather, emergency or local closure orders), the deadline may be extended. Check local orders.
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Worked example
Date of issuance of the order, decision, or executive director disposition on Monday, March 15, 2027, personal service: due Thursday, March 25, 2027.
- Trigger (Date of issuance of the order, decision, or executive director disposition): Monday, March 15, 2027.
- Exclude the trigger day and count 10 calendar days: Thursday, March 25, 2027.
Notes
Alternative to cpuc_application_rehearing; use only for the listed order types. 1731(c) (DWR revenue requirement / bond charge orders) is also 10 days. Computation: CPUC Rule 1.15 (20 CCR 1.15) excludes the first day, includes the last, extends a last day on a Saturday, Sunday, holiday or other day CPUC offices are closed to the next day, and treats an act after 5:00 p.m. as done the next day. No mail-service extension was found in the Rules reviewed (1.15, 11.1, 14.3, 16.1); none is applied.
Related deadlines
- OTA: petition for rehearing (30 days from date Panel Opinion is mailed) (30 days after)
- OTA: cure deficient petition for rehearing (30 days, per OTA notification) (30 days after)
- OTA: non-filing party reply brief to petition for rehearing (30 days from OTA acknowledgment of perfected petition) (30 days after)
- OTA: on granted rehearing, filing party opening brief (30 days from grant) (30 days after)
- OTA: on granted rehearing, non-filing party opening brief (30 days from OTA acknowledgment of filing party brief) (30 days after)
- OTA: on granted rehearing, filing party reply brief (30 days from OTA acknowledgment of non-filing party brief) (30 days after)
- CPUC: application for rehearing of Commission order or decision (30 days after date of issuance/mailing) (30 days after)
- CPUC: response to application for rehearing (15 days after application filed) (15 days after)
Rules current as of 2026-10-27. Confirm against the official source and any local rule or court order before relying on a date. Rules changelog.