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UT Code § 54-4-31 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 4 - Authority of Commission Over Public Utilities|Section 31 - Electrical corporation to issue securities only on consent of commission -- Exceptions -- Validity of securities.

54-4-31. Electrical corporation to issue securities only on consent of commission -- Exceptions -- Validity of securities.    (1) Except as provided by Subsection (2) or (4), without prior written approval of the commission, no electrical corporation may:   (a) issue any security; or     (b) assume any obligation or liability as guarantor, endorser, surety, or otherwise, for any security of another person relating to the financing of pollution control revenue bonds.       (2)   (a) Authorization of the commission is not required for the issuance or renewal of, or assumption of liability on, a note or draft if:   (i) the maturity date of the note or draft is not more than one year after the date of the issue, renewal, or assumption of liability; and     (ii) the aggregate value of the note or draft together with all other outstanding notes and drafts of a maturity of one year or less on which the public utility is primarily or secondarily liable is not more than 5% of the par value of the other outstanding securities of the public utility.       (b) In the case of securities having no par value, the par value for the purpose of this section is the fair market value as of the date of issue.       (3) Any securities issued pursuant to an order entered by authority of this section shall be valid notwithstanding the outcome of any further proceedings, unless:   (a) application for stay is filed with a court of competent jurisdiction within five days following the issuance of the order; and     (b) a stay is entered by the commission or a court of competent jurisdiction within 10 days after the order is issued.       (4) The commission may by rule, or by order pursuant to standards promulgated by rule, exempt any security, class of securities, electrical corporation, or class of electrical corporation from the requirement of Subsection (1), subject to any terms and conditions prescribed in the order or rule, if it finds that the application of Subsection (1) to the security, class of securities, electrical corporation, or class of electrical corporation is not required by the public interest.    Amended by Chapter 206, 1997 General Session
UT Code § 54-4-39 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 4 - Authority of Commission Over Public Utilities|Section 39 - Natural gas derived from new technologies -- Long-term contracts.

54-4-39. Natural gas derived from new technologies -- Long-term contracts.    (1) As used in this section:   (a) "Coal-to-liquid" means the process of converting coal into a liquid synthetic fuel.     (b) "Long-term contract" means a contract greater than five years in duration, but no greater than 10 years in duration.     (c) "Oil shale" means a group of fine black to dark brown shales containing bituminous material that yields petroleum upon distillation.     (d) "Tar sands" means impregnated sands that yield mixtures of liquid hydrocarbon and require further processing other than mechanical blending before becoming finished petroleum products.       (2) The commission shall approve a long-term contract for the sale of natural gas derived from coal-to-liquid, oil shale, or tar sands technology to a utility if the commission considers the contract prudent.    Enacted by Chapter 346, 2006 General Session
UT Code § 54-4-40 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 4 - Authority of Commission Over Public Utilities|Section 40 - Approval of certain agreements between an electrical corporation and a municipality.

 Effective 5/12/2015  54-4-40. Approval of certain agreements between an electrical corporation and a municipality.    (1) The commission shall review an agreement entered into between an electrical corporation and a municipality if the electrical corporation is required to obtain commission approval in accordance with Section 10-8-14, 54-3-30, or 54-3-31.     (2) The requirements of Subsection (1) do not confer jurisdiction on the commission to regulate any electric service provided by a municipality.     (3) The commission shall provide public notice of an agreement described in Subsection (1) no later than three business days after the day on which the commission receives an application to approve the agreement.     (4) An agreement described in Subsection (1) is approved 20 days after the day on which the commission posts the notice described in Subsection (3) unless, before the agreement is approved:   (a) the commission:   (i) determines that additional time is warranted and in the public interest; and     (ii) notifies the parties to the agreement of the commission's determination; or       (b) a person that the agreement affects submits a request to the commission, in writing, that the commission:   (i) hold a public hearing regarding the agreement; or     (ii) provide additional time for the person to investigate the agreement.        Amended by Chapter 318, 2015 General Session
UT Code § 54-4a-2 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 4a - Division of Public Utilities|Section 2 - Director of division -- Appointment -- Authority and responsibility.

54-4a-2. Director of division -- Appointment -- Authority and responsibility.  The director of the Division of Public Utilities shall be appointed by the executive director of the Department of Commerce and shall serve at the pleasure of the executive director. The director of the Division of Public Utilities is subject to the administrative authority of the executive director of the Department of Commerce and is responsible for the administration and supervision of the division. The director of the Division of Public Utilities shall have authority to adopt internal organizational measures to effectuate efficiency and economy in the management and operation of the division.  Amended by Chapter 225, 1989 General Session
UT Code § 54-4a-3 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 4a - Division of Public Utilities|Section 3 - Budget of division -- Employment of personnel.

 Effective 7/1/2021  54-4a-3. Budget of division -- Employment of personnel.    (1) The annual budget of the Division of Public Utilities shall provide sufficient funds for the division to hire, develop, and organize a technical and professional staff to perform the duties, powers, and responsibilities committed to it by statute.     (2) The division director may:   (a) hire economists, accountants, engineers, inspectors, statisticians, lawyers, law clerks, and other technical and professional experts as may be required;     (b) retain additional experts as required for a particular matter, but only to the extent that it is necessary to supplement division staff in order to fulfill its duties; and     (c) employ necessary administrative and support staff.       (3)   (a) The Division of Human Resource Management shall determine pay schedules using standard techniques for determining compensation.     (b) The Division of Human Resource Management may make the division's compensation determinations based upon compensation common to utility companies throughout the United States.      Amended by Chapter 344, 2021 General Session
UT Code § 54-4a-4 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 4a - Division of Public Utilities|Section 4 - Legal counsel.

54-4a-4. Legal counsel.  The attorney general shall appoint sufficient full time legal counsel to assist, advise, and represent the division and its staff in the discharge of its duties and in all proceedings before the Public Service Commission, and in all other proceedings.  Enacted by Chapter 246, 1983 General Session
UT Code § 54-4a-5 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 4a - Division of Public Utilities|Section 5 - Interests, relationships, and actions by employees prohibited.

54-4a-5. Interests, relationships, and actions by employees prohibited.  No employee of the Division of Public Utilities shall, while so employed:  (1) have any pecuniary interest, whether as the holder of stock or other securities, or otherwise have any conflict of interest with any public utility or other entity subject to the jurisdiction of the commission;     (2) have any office, position, or relationship, or be engaged in any business or avocation which interferes or is incompatible with the effective and objective fulfillment of the duties of office or employment with the division;     (3) accept any gift, gratuity, emolument, or employment from any public utility or any other entity subject to the jurisdiction of the commission or from any officer, agent, or employee thereof; or     (4) solicit, suggest, request, or recommend, directly or indirectly, the appointment of any person or entity to any office or employment with any public utility or other entity subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission.    Enacted by Chapter 246, 1983 General Session
UT Code § 54-4a-6 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 4a - Division of Public Utilities|Section 6 - Objectives.

54-4a-6. Objectives.  In the performance of the duties, powers, and responsibilities committed to it by law, the Division of Public Utilities shall act in the public interest in order to provide the Public Service Commission with objective and comprehensive information, evidence, and recommendations consistent with the following objectives:  (1) promote the safe, healthy, economic, efficient, and reliable operation of all public utilities and their services, instrumentalities, equipment, and facilities;     (2) provide for just, reasonable, and adequate rates, charges, classifications, rules, regulations, practices, and services of public utilities;     (3) make the regulatory process as simple and understandable as possible so that it is acceptable to the public; feasible, expeditious, and efficient to apply; and designed to minimize controversies over interpretation and application;     (4) for purposes of guiding the activities of the Division of Public Utilities, the phrase "just, reasonable, and adequate" encompasses, but is not limited to the following criteria:   (a) maintain the financial integrity of public utilities by assuring a sufficient and fair rate of return;     (b) promote efficient management and operation of public utilities;     (c) protect the long-range interest of consumers in obtaining continued quality and adequate levels of service at the lowest cost consistent with the other provisions of Subsection (4).     (d) provide for fair apportionment of the total cost of service among customer categories and individual customers and prevent undue discrimination in rate relationships;     (e) promote stability in rate levels for customers and revenue requirements for utilities from year to year; and     (f) protect against wasteful use of public utility services.      Enacted by Chapter 246, 1983 General Session
UT Code § 54-5-2 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 5 - Public Utilities Regulation Fee|Section 2 - How gross operating revenue is determined.

54-5-2. How gross operating revenue is determined.    (1) Gross operating revenues of public utilities shall be determined by the executive director of the Department of Commerce from:   (a) the annual gross revenue reports filed with the Public Service Commission; and     (b) other sources of information as the Public Service Commission may by rule prescribe.       (2) If any public utility liable for the payment of the fee assessed under Section 54-5-1.5 fails to file a report showing its gross operating revenue from business derived from its operations within the state for the preceding calendar year on or before April 15th, the executive director of the Department of Commerce shall:   (a) compute or make an estimate of the amount of the fee to be paid by the utility from available information, records, and data; and     (b) assess the fee against the utility.      Amended by Chapter 214, 1993 General Session
UT Code § 54-5-3 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 5 - Public Utilities Regulation Fee|Section 3 - Default in payment of fee -- Procedure to collect -- Penalties.

54-5-3. Default in payment of fee -- Procedure to collect -- Penalties.    (1) If the public utility fee is due and the payment is in default, a lien in the amount of the fee may be filed against the property of the utility and may be foreclosed in an action brought by the executive director of the Department of Commerce in the district court of any county in which property of the delinquent utility is located.     (2)   (a) If the fee computed and imposed under this chapter is not paid within 60 days after it becomes due, the rights and privileges of the delinquent utility shall be suspended.     (b) The executive director of the Department of Commerce shall transmit the name of the utility to the Public Service Commission, which may immediately enter an order suspending the operating rights of the utility.      Amended by Chapter 214, 1993 General Session
UT Code § 54-5-4 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 5 - Public Utilities Regulation Fee|Section 4 - Penalties.

 Effective 5/8/2018  54-5-4. Penalties.  Any person or corporation which exercises or attempts to exercise any right or privilege as any such utility during the period for which the operating rights of any such utility are suspended as provided in Section 54-5-3 is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. Each day's violation shall constitute a separate offense. Jurisdiction of such offense shall be held to be in any county in which any part of such transaction of business occurred. Every contract made in violation of this section is unenforceable by such corporation or person. Amended by Chapter 148, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 54-7-1 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 7 - Hearings, Practice, and Procedure|Section 1 - Settlement -- Limitation of issues.

54-7-1. Settlement -- Limitation of issues.    (1) Informal resolution, by agreement of the parties, of matters before the commission is encouraged as a means to:   (a) resolve disputes while minimizing the time and expense that is expended by:   (i) public utilities;     (ii) the state; and     (iii) consumers;       (b) enhance administrative efficiency; or     (c) enhance the regulatory process by allowing the commission to concentrate on those issues that adverse parties cannot otherwise resolve.       (2)   (a) The commission may approve any agreement after considering the interests of the public and other affected persons to use a settlement proposal to resolve a disputed matter.     (b) The commission shall reserve to the parties the right to maintain appropriate confidentiality in the negotiation process even when the commission uses a settlement proposal to resolve a disputed matter.       (3)   (a) At any time before or during an adjudicative proceeding before the commission, the parties, between themselves or with the commission or a commissioner, may engage in settlement conferences and negotiations.     (b) In accordance with this Subsection (3), the commission may adopt any settlement proposal entered into by two or more of the parties to an adjudicative proceeding.     (c) The commission shall notify all parties to an adjudicative proceeding of the terms of any settlement proposal related to the adjudicative proceeding.     (d)   (i) The commission may adopt a settlement proposal if:   (A) the commission finds that the settlement proposal is just and reasonable in result; and     (B) the evidence, contained in the record, supports a finding that the settlement proposal is just and reasonable in result.       (ii) When considering whether to adopt a settlement proposal, the commission shall consider the significant and material facts related to the case.       (e)   (i) The commission may adopt a settlement proposal related to an adjudicative proceeding at any stage of the adjudicative procedure.     (ii) The commission shall conduct a hearing before adopting a settlement proposal if requested by:   (A) any party initiating the adjudicative proceeding;     (B) any party against whom the adjudicative proceeding is initiated; or     (C) an intervening party to the adjudicative proceeding.         (f) The commission shall accept or reject a settlement proposal within a reasonable time.       (4) In cases or procedures involving rate increases as defined in Section 54-7-12, the commission may limit the factors and issues to be considered in its determination of just and reasonable rates.    Amended by Chapter 200, 2003 General Session
UT Code § 54-7-1.5 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 7 - Hearings, Practice, and Procedure|Section 1.5 - Communications between commission personnel and parties restricted.

54-7-1.5. Communications between commission personnel and parties restricted.  No member of the Public Service Commission, administrative law judge, or commission employee who is or may reasonably be expected to be involved in the decision making process, shall make or knowingly cause to be made to any party any communication relevant to the merits of any matter under adjudication unless notice and an opportunity to be heard are afforded to all parties. No party shall make or knowingly cause to be made to any member of the commission, administrative law judge, or commission employee who is or may reasonably be expected to be involved in the decision making process, an ex parte communication relevant to the merits of any matter under adjudication. Any member of the commission, administrative law judge or commission employee who receives an ex parte communication shall place the communication into the public record of the proceedings and afford all parties an opportunity to comment on the information.  Enacted by Chapter 246, 1983 General Session
UT Code § 54-7-2 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 7 - Hearings, Practice, and Procedure|Section 2 - Process -- Service -- Fees.

54-7-2. Process -- Service -- Fees.  The process issued by the commission or any commissioner shall extend to all parts of the state, and may be served by any person authorized to serve process of courts of record, or by any person designated for that purpose by the commission or a commissioner. The person executing any such process shall receive such compensation as may be allowed by the commission, not to exceed the fees prescribed by law for similar services in civil actions, and such fees shall be paid in the same manner as provided herein for payment of the fees of witnesses.  No Change Since 1953
UT Code § 54-7-3 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 7 - Hearings, Practice, and Procedure|Section 3 - Subpoena -- Witness fees -- Depositions.

54-7-3. Subpoena -- Witness fees -- Depositions.    (1)   (a) The commission and each commissioner may administer oaths, certify to all official acts, and issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers, waybills, books, accounts, documents, and other evidence in any inquiry, investigation, hearing, or proceeding in any part of the state.     (b)   (i) Each witness who appears by order of the commission or a commissioner shall receive the same fees and mileage for his attendance that are allowed by law to a witness in the district court.     (ii) The party at whose request the witness is subpoenaed shall pay the witness and mileage fee.     (iii) When any witness who has not been required to attend at the request of any party is subpoenaed by the commission, his fees and mileage shall be paid from the funds appropriated for the use of the commission in the same manner as other expenses of the commission are paid.     (iv) Any witness subpoenaed, except one whose fees and mileage may be paid from the funds of the commission, may at the time of service, demand the fee to which he is entitled for travel to and from the place at which he is required to appear and one day's attendance.     (v) If the witness demands the fees at the time of service and they are not paid at that time, he is not required to attend the hearing.     (vi) All fees or mileage to which any witness is entitled under the provisions of this section may be collected by action instituted by the person to whom the fees are payable.     (vii) No witness furnished with free transportation receives mileage for the distance he may have traveled.         (2) The commission or any commissioner or any party may in any investigation before the commission cause the depositions of witnesses residing within or without the state to be taken in the manner prescribed by law for depositions in civil actions in the district courts of this state, and may compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, waybills, documents, papers, and accounts.    Amended by Chapter 161, 1987 General Session
UT Code § 54-7-4 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 7 - Hearings, Practice, and Procedure|Section 4 - Copies, competent evidence.

54-7-4. Copies, competent evidence.  Copies of any official documents or orders filed or deposited according to law in the office of the commission, certified by a commissioner or by the secretary or the assistant secretary under the official seal of the commission to be true copies of the originals, shall be evidence in the same manner as the originals.  No Change Since 1953
UT Code § 54-7-5 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 7 - Hearings, Practice, and Procedure|Section 5 - Orders and certificates to be in writing and entered on records of commission -- Recordation.

54-7-5. Orders and certificates to be in writing and entered on records of commission -- Recordation.  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