Utah Code 54-10a-203. Attorney general to represent office

(1)	The attorney general shall assign at least one attorney to the office to represent the office.

Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
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

(2)	An attorney assigned to the office under Subsection (1) shall represent the office at a hearing or other proceeding affecting the services, rates, or charges of an applicable public utility.

(3)	An attorney assigned to the office may prosecute an action that the office considers necessary to enforce the rights of residential consumers and small commercial consumers of an applicable public utility.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 237, 2009 General Session