20:10:24:17Utility investigation fund -- Allocation of

share to other parties. The mere filing of a written or oral protest or statement of interest or the voluntary offering of written or oral testimony at the request of the commission or of an acknowledged participant in a proceeding is not participation of such magnitude or extent as to subject the party who made the filing or offered the testimony to the assessment of an allocated share of the proceeding. Such a determination shall be made by the commission using the criteria set forth in § 20:10:24:15.

Source: 16 SDR 106, effective December 27, 1989.