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Terms Used In Utah Code 54-4-2

  • Commission: means the Public Service Commission. See Utah Code 54-2-1
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Eligible customer: means a person who:
(a) on December 31, 2013:
(i) was a customer of a public utility that, on December 31, 2013, had more than 200,000 retail customers in this state; and
(ii) owned an electric plant that is an electric generation plant that, on December 31, 2013, had a generation name plate capacity of greater than 150 megawatts; and
(b) produces electricity:
(i) from a qualifying power production facility for sale to a public utility in this state;
(ii) primarily for the eligible customer's own use; or
(iii) for the use of the eligible customer's tenant or affiliate. 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
  • (a)  The commission may conduct an investigation if the commission determines an investigation:

    (i)  is necessary to secure compliance with this title or with an order of the commission;

    (ii)  is in the public interest; or

    (iii)  should be made of any act or omission to act, or of anything accomplished or proposed, or of any schedule, classification, rate, price, charge, fare, toll, rental, rule, regulation, service, or facility of any public utility.

    (b)  If the commission conducts an investigation under Subsection (1)(a), the commission may:

    (i)  establish a time and place for a hearing;

    (ii)  provide notice to the public utility concerning the investigation; and

    (iii)  make findings and orders that are just and reasonable with respect to the investigation.

    (2)  This chapter does not apply to a schedule, classification, rate, price, charge, fare, toll, rental, rule, service, facility, or contract of an entity described in Subsection 54-2-1(9)(b)(iii) or (iv), (21), or (23)(i), or if the electricity is consumed by an eligible customer for the eligible customer’s own use or the use of the eligible customer’s tenant or affiliate.

    Amended by Chapter 314, 2022 General Session