# Docket 26-001-U — Staff Procedural-Schedule Motion (Doc 160) A single-document retrieval from [[psc/docket-26-001-u-2026-05-22/_overview|Docket 26-001-U]] (the Entergy Arkansas base rate case): the General Staff's 2026-06-05 Motion to Adopt Procedural Schedule, which proposes the full calendar through an evidentiary hearing on **November 4–5, 2026** and — for the first time in this docket — names the **two public comment hearings** Order No. 4 required: **Batesville (2026-10-20)** and **El Dorado (2026-10-27)**. Retrieved 2026-06-10 from the APSC e-filing system. ## What's inside - `26-001-U_160_1.pdf` (3 pp.) — General Staff's Motion to Adopt Procedural Schedule, filed by Staff Attorney Clay Layson — see [[Staff Motion to Adopt Rate-Case Procedural Schedule]]. ## Key takeaways - Proposed schedule: Staff/Intervenor direct **2026-08-05**; EAL rebuttal **2026-09-02**; Staff/Intervenor surrebuttal **2026-10-02**; EAL sur-surrebuttal **2026-10-13**; issues list or settlement **2026-10-23**; opposition to settlement **2026-10-29**; evidentiary hearing **2026-11-04/05** (`26-001-U_160_1.pdf`, p. 2, ¶6). - Public comment hearings (EAL-proposed dates/locations, "to which Staff has no objection"): **Batesville, AR — Oct. 20, 2026; El Dorado, AR — Oct. 27, 2026** (pp. 2–3, ¶7). These are the rate case's only public-participation venues prior to the evidentiary hearing. - The 60-day intervention period has ended (p. 2, ¶4) — the party roster is now fixed (Staff, AG, Walmart, Kroger, FEA, HHEG, plus pending AAEA/AEEC/Scenic Hill/SREA petitions). ## People and orgs mentioned - Clay Layson — Staff Attorney, filer; [[APSC General Staff]]; [[Entergy Arkansas]]. ## Concepts invoked [[Cost-of-service study]] · [[Special rate contract]] ## Events documented - [[2026-06 Staff Proposes November Hearing Schedule in the Rate Case]] ## Cross-references - [[Order No. 4 Suspending Entergy's Rates]] — the order (Doc. 93) that directed a schedule with two public comment hearings. - [[Who Pays for Entergy's New Generation]] — the rate case is the proceeding where the class cost-of-service allocation is actually decided. ## Open questions / follow-ups - Watch for the ALJ's order adopting (or modifying) the schedule; the August 5 Staff/Intervenor direct testimony will be the first adversarial cost-allocation testimony in the rate case. - Venue/time details for the Batesville and El Dorado public comment hearings (TBD per the motion).