Terms Used In Utah Code 54-7-5

  • Commission: means the Public Service Commission. See Utah Code 54-2-1
  • Commissioner: means a member of the commission. See Utah Code 54-2-1
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • 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
  • Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
     Every order, authorization or certificate issued or approved by the commission under any provision of this title shall be in writing and entered on the records of the commission. Any such order, authorization or certificate, or a copy thereof or a copy of the record of any such order, authorization or certificate certified by a commissioner or by the secretary or the assistant secretary under the official seal of the commission to be a true copy of the original, may be recorded in the office of the recorder of any county in which is located the principal place of business of any public utility affected thereby or in which is situated any property of any such public utility, and such record shall impart notice of its provisions to all persons. A certificate under the seal of the commission that any such order, authorization or certificate has not been modified, stayed, suspended or revoked may also be recorded in the same manner and with like effect.

No Change Since 1953