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Terms Used In Utah Code 54-4-4- Commission: means the Public Service Commission. See Utah Code 54-2-1
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- 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
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The commission shall take an action described in Subsection (1)(b), if the commission finds after a hearing that:
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the rates, fares, tolls, rentals, charges, or classifications demanded, observed, charged, or collected by any public utility for, or in connection with, any service, product, or commodity, including the rates or fares for excursion or commutation tickets, or that the rules, regulations, practices, or contracts affecting the rates, fares, tolls, rentals, charges, or classifications are:
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otherwise in violation of any provisions of law; or |
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the rates, fares, tolls, rentals, charges, or classifications described in Subsection (1)(a)(i) are insufficient. |
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If the commission makes a finding described in Subsection (1)(a), the commission shall:
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determine the just, reasonable, or sufficient rates, fares, tolls, rentals, charges, classifications, rules, regulations, practices, or contracts to be thereafter observed and in force; and |
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fix the determination described in Subsection (1)(b)(i) by order as provided in this section. |
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