§  1.273   Waiver of initial or recommended decision.

   When the Commission serves as the presiding officer, it will not issue
   an initial or recommended decision. When the Commission is not the
   presiding officer, at any time before the record is closed all parties
   to the proceeding may agree to waive an initial or recommended
   decision, and may request that the Commission issue a final decision or
   order in the case. If the Commission has directed that its review
   function in the case be performed by a commissioner or a panel of
   commissioners, the request shall be directed to the appropriate review
   authority. The Commission or such review authority may in its
   discretion grant the request, in whole or in part, if such action will
   best conduce to the proper dispatch of business and to the ends of
   justice.

   [ 85 FR 63178 , Oct. 6, 2020]