(1) RCW 34.05.464 governs the review of initial orders.

(2) Any party to an adjudicative proceeding may file a petition for review of an initial order. Parties must file the petition for review with us within 20 days of the date of service of the initial order unless otherwise stated. Parties must serve copies of the petition to all other parties or their representatives at the time the petition for review is filed.

(3) Petitions must specify the portions of the initial order the parties disagree with and refer to the evidence in the record on which they rely to support their petition.

(4) Any party to an adjudicative proceeding may file a reply to a petition for review of an initial order. Parties must file the reply with us within 30 days of the date of service of the petition and must serve copies of the reply to all other parties or their representatives at the time the reply is filed. The commission will only consider a petition and a reply to a petition; any other replies or responses will not be considered unless granted for good cause. If the reply falls within 15 days of the next regularly scheduled commission meeting, then the matter will be heard at the following regularly scheduled commission meeting unless otherwise scheduled.

(5) Any party may file a cross appeal. Parties must file cross appeals with us within 10 days of the date the petition for review was filed with us.

(6) Copies of the petition or the cross appeal must be served on all other parties or their representatives at the time the petition or appeal is filed.

(7) After we receive the petition or appeal, the commissioners review it at a regularly scheduled commission meeting within 120 days and make a final order.

(8) The commission or the commission's designee shall have the authority, subject to the other provisions of these rules, to rule on all procedural matters.