Terms Used In Utah Code 54-4-28

  • Commission: means the Public Service Commission. 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
     No public utility shall combine, merge nor consolidate with another public utility engaged in the same general line of business in this state, without the consent and approval of the Public Service Commission, which shall be granted only after investigation and hearing and finding that such proposed merger, consolidation or combination is in the public interest.

Amended by Chapter 9, 2001 General Session