Consumer Advocate Division, Office of the Attorney General v. Greer

OPINION

DROWOTA, Judge.

We granted this appeal to determine two issues: (1) whether the petition to intervene filed with the Tennessee Regulatory Authority (“TRA”), by the Consumer Advocate Division of the Attorney General’s Office (“Advocate”), constituted a written complaint; and (2) whether the TRA is statutorily required to hold a contested case hearing upon the filing of a written complaint.

After careful consideration, we first conclude that the petition to intervene filed by the Advocate in this case did not constitute a written complaint. Applying familiar rules of statutory…