N.D. Cent. Code § 49-03.1-03
Application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity shall be made upon forms prescribed by the commission. The commission shall make regulations for the filing of such application. The application must contain a financial statement, a description of the type of service to be offered, a map and description of the area to be served, and a list of all other public utilities providing similar service in the area. Upon the filing of an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity, the commission shall set a hearing date which shall not be less than twenty days after the filing. The commission shall cause notice of the hearing to be served by certified mail, at least ten days before the day of hearing, upon every public utility which is operating, or which has applied for a certificate of public convenience and necessity, in the area proposed to be served by the applicant, and on other interested parties as determined by the commission. The commission shall impose an application fee of up to ten thousand dollars for an application under this chapter. With the approval of the emergency commission, the commission may impose an additional amount. The commission shall pay the expenses of processing an application under this chapter from the application fee paid by the public utility in accordance with section 49-02-02.
N.D.C.C. § 49-03.1-03