R746-1-601. Identification of Information Claimed to Be Confidential or Highly Confidential in Commission Proceedings

  (1) A party to a docket may request that information provided to another party or included in the record be treated as confidential by:

  (a) placing the information on a document with yellow background;

  (b) highlighting the information with shading, text boxes, borders, asterisks, or other conspicuous formatting; and

  (c) including the following designation, as applicable, on each page containing confidential information:

  (i) "CONFIDENTIAL - - SUBJECT TO UTAH PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION RULES R746-1-602 and 603"; or

  (ii) "CONFIDENTIAL - SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER".

  (2)(a) A person that files or is requested to provide information that the person considers to be highly confidential shall promptly:

  (i) negotiate with the other parties mutually agreeable protections; or

  (ii) petition the Commission for an order granting additional protective measures.

  (b) The petitioning party shall set forth:

  (i) the particular basis for the claim;

  (ii) the specific, additional protective measures requested, which may include restricting or prohibiting specific individuals from accessing information; and

  (iii) the reasonableness of the requested, additional protection.

  (c) Any other party may oppose the petition or propose alternative protective measures.

  (d) If the Commission grants a petition for additional protective measures, the party providing the highly confidential information shall:

  (i) place the information on a document with a pink background;

  (ii) highlight the information with shading, text boxes, borders, asterisks, or other conspicuous formatting; and

  (iii) include the following designation, as applicable, on each page containing highly confidential information:

  (A) "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL - - SUBJECT TO UTAH PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION RULES R746-1-602 and 603"; or

  (B) "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL - SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER".

  (3) A person that files with the Commission a document containing confidential or highly confidential information shall:

  (a) file a redacted version for public access; and

  (b) ensure that the line numbering and formatting in the redacted version match, as closely as practicable, that appearing in the unredacted version.