Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 54 > Chapter 17 > Part 3 - Resource Plans and Significant Energy Resource Approval

• Affected electrical utility: means an electrical corporation with at least 200,000 retail customers in the state. See Utah Code 54-17-102
• Benchmark option: means an energy resource against which bids in an open bid process may be evaluated that:

  (a)	could be constructed or owned by: (i)  an affected electrical utility; or (ii)  an affiliate of an affected electrical utility; or

  (b)

  may be a purchase of: (i)  electricity; (ii)  electric generating capacity; or (iii)  electricity and electric generating capacity. See Utah Code 54-17-102 Commission: means the Public Service Commission. See Utah Code 54-2-1 Integrated resource plan: means a plan that contains: (a)  the demand and energy forecast by the affected electrical utility for at least a ten-year period; (b)  the affected electrical utility's options for meeting the requirements shown in its load and resource forecast in an economic and reliable manner, including: (i)  demand-side and supply-side options; and (ii)  a brief description and summary cost-benefit analysis, if available, of each option that was considered; (c)  the affected electrical utility's assumptions and conclusions with respect to the effect of the plan on the cost and reliability of energy service; (d)  a description of the external environmental and economic consequences of the plan to the extent practicable; and (e)  any other data and analyses as the commission may require. See Utah Code 54-17-102 Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Solicitation: means a request for proposals or other invitation for persons to submit a bid or proposal through an open bid process for construction or acquisition of a significant energy resource. See Utah Code 54-17-102 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