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On a continuing basis the governor may obtain all necessary information from energy resource producers, manufacturers, suppliers, and consumers doing business within, and from political subdivisions in, this state as necessary to determine whether shortages or an emergency will require energy resource conservation measures. This information may include, but shall not be limited to:
Terms Used In Utah Code 53-2a-1004- Energy: includes the energy resources defined in this chapter. See Utah Code 53-2a-102
- energy resources: includes electricity, natural gas, gasoline and middle distillates, coal, wood fuels, geothermal sources, radioactive materials, and any other resource yielding energy. See Utah Code 53-2a-1003
- Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Political subdivision: means the same as that term is defined in Section 11-61-102. See Utah Code 53-2a-102
- 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
- State of emergency: means a condition in any part of this state that requires state government emergency assistance to supplement the local efforts of the affected political subdivision to save lives and to protect property, public health, welfare, or safety in the event of a disaster, or to avoid or reduce the threat of a disaster. See Utah Code 53-2a-102
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
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sales volumes; |
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forecasts of energy resource requirements; |
| (c) |
from manufacturers, suppliers, and consumers, an inventory of energy resources; and |
| (d) |
local distribution patterns of the information described in Subsections (1)(a), (1)(b), and (1)(c). |
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| (2) |
In obtaining information at any time from energy resource producers, manufacturers, suppliers, or consumers under Subsection (1)(c) and in obtaining any other information under Subsection (1) during a state of emergency proclaimed, the governor may subpoena witnesses, material and relevant books, papers, accounts, records, and memoranda, administer oaths, and cause the depositions of persons residing within or without the state to be taken in the manner prescribed for depositions in civil actions in district courts, to obtain information relevant to energy resources that are the subject of the proclaimed emergency. |
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In obtaining information under this section the governor shall:
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seek to avoid eliciting information already furnished by a person or political subdivision in this state to a federal, state, or local regulatory authority that is available for the governor’s study; and |
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cause reporting procedures, including forms, to conform to existing requirements of federal, state, and local regulatory authorities wherever possible. |
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Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 295, 2013 General Session
