A. Administer oaths and affirmations.

B. Sign and issue subpoenas upon application of any interested party. In the case of an application for a subpoena duces tecum, the application shall identify with particularity the items sought to be produced and contain a brief statement indicating the materiality of the items sought for the proceeding.

C. Rule upon offers of proof and receive evidence.

D. Dispose of motions relating to the discovery and production of relevant documents and things for inspection, copying or photographing.

E. Regulate the course of the hearing, set the time and place for continued hearings, and fix the time for the filing of briefs and other documents.

F. Direct the parties to appear and confer to consider the simplification of the issues, admissions of fact or documents to avoid unnecessary proof, and limitation of number of expert witnesses.

G. Dispose of motions to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction over the subject matter or parties or for any other ground, motions to amend applications and other proceedings, motions to intervene, procedural requests, and similar matters.

H. Make initial or preliminary decisions.

I. Take any other action authorized by rule of the administrative body.