Terms Used In Utah Code 54-7-24

  • Commission: means the Public Service Commission. See Utah Code 54-2-1
  • Department: means the Department of Transportation created in Section 72-1-201. See Utah Code 54-2-1
  • Public utility: includes every railroad corporation, gas corporation, electrical corporation, distribution electrical cooperative, wholesale electrical cooperative, telephone corporation, telegraph corporation, water corporation, sewerage corporation, heat corporation, and independent energy producer not described in Section 54-2-201 where the service is performed for, or the commodity delivered to, the public generally, or in the case of a gas corporation or electrical corporation where the gas or electricity is sold or furnished to any member or consumers within the state for domestic, commercial, or industrial use. See Utah Code 54-2-1
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
     Whenever the commission, or the Department of Transportation where the safety of public carriers is involved, shall be of the opinion that any public utility is failing or omitting, or is about to fail or omit, to do anything required of it by law, or by any order, decision, rule, direction or requirement of the commission, or where applicable, the department, or is doing anything, or is about to do anything, or is permitting anything, or is about to permit anything, to be done, contrary to or in violation of law or of any order, decision, rule, direction or requirement of the commission or department, it shall direct the commencement of an action or proceeding in the name of the state, for the purpose of having such violations or threatened violations stopped or prevented.

Amended by Chapter 9, 1975 Special Session 1
Amended by Chapter 9, 1975 Special Session 1

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