Any market participant can ask for a ruling.

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Any defendant in a Bureau enforcement proceeding can now ask for a court ruling suspending that proceeding until the Bureau has a confirmed Director.

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And while no utilities have announced plans to ask the feds to step in (it's still a bit early for that), no one seems to be ruling out that possibility either.

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