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UT Code § 54-1-6 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission|Section 6 - Employment of staff -- Status and compensation -- Employees not to be parties or witnesses and may not appeal commission decisions.

 Effective 7/1/2021  54-1-6. Employment of staff -- Status and compensation -- Employees not to be parties or witnesses and may not appeal commission decisions.    (1) The annual budget of the Public Service Commission shall provide sufficient funds for the commission to hire, develop, and organize an advisory staff to assist the commission in performing the powers, duties, and functions committed to it by statute.   (a) The commission may hire:   (i) economists, accountants, engineers, statisticians, lawyers, law clerks, and other professional and technical experts;     (ii) court reporters, transcribers of tape recordings, clerks, secretaries, and other administrative and support staff;     (iii) additional experts as required for a particular matter; and     (iv) administrative law judges, who shall be members of the Utah State Bar, and constitute a separate organizational unit reporting directly to the commission.       (b) The commission may provide for funds in the annual budget to acquire suitable electronic recording equipment to maintain a verbatim record of proceedings before the commission, any commissioner, or any administrative law judge.       (2)   (a) With the exception of clerical workers in nonconfidential positions, all staff of the Public Service Commission are exempt employees under the State Personnel Management Act and serve at the pleasure of the commission.     (b) Administrative law judges are exempt employees under the State Personnel Management Act and may only be removed from office upon due notice and by a unanimous vote of the commission.     (c)   (i) The Division of Human Resource Management shall determine pay schedules using standard techniques for determining compensation.     (ii) The Division of Human Resource Management may make the division's compensation determinations based upon compensation practices common to utility companies throughout the United States.         (3)   (a) The staff or other employees of the commission may not appear as parties or witnesses in any proceeding before the commission, any commissioner, or any administrative law judge.     (b) The staff or other employees of the commission may not appeal any finding, order, or decision of the commission.      Amended by Chapter 344, 2021 General Session
UT Code § 54-1-6.5 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission|Section 6.5 - Executive staff director -- Appointment -- Functions.

54-1-6.5. Executive staff director -- Appointment -- Functions.  The commission shall appoint an executive staff director, who shall serve at the pleasure of the commission and shall supervise and coordinate staff functions, assist the chairman of the commission with administrative duties, and perform any other duties the commission may direct.  Enacted by Chapter 246, 1983 General Session
UT Code § 54-1-7 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission|Section 7 - Secretary of commission -- Appointment -- Functions.

54-1-7. Secretary of commission -- Appointment -- Functions.  The commission may appoint a secretary of the commission, who shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. It shall be the duty of the secretary to keep a full and true record of all the proceedings of the commission and of all determinations, rulings and orders made by the commission, or by any of the commissioners, and of the approval and confirmation by the commission of the determinations, rulings and orders made by individual commissioners or administrative law judges. The secretary shall be the custodian of the records of the commission, and shall file and preserve at its general office all books, profiles, tariffs, schedules, reports, maps and documents, and all papers whatsoever filed with it or entrusted to its care, and the secretary shall be responsible to the commission for the custody thereof. Under the direction of the commission the secretary shall superintend its clerical business, conduct its correspondence, give notice of all hearings, determinations, rulings and orders of the commission, prepare for service papers and notices required by the commission, and perform other duties the commission may prescribe. The secretary shall have power to administer oaths in all parts of the state in all proceedings by or before the commissioners and in all cases or matters pertaining to the duties of the office of secretary. In the absence of the secretary, the commission may designate another individual to perform the secretary's duties.  Amended by Chapter 246, 1983 General Session
UT Code § 54-1-7.5 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission|Section 7.5 - Adoption of internal organization measures.

54-1-7.5. Adoption of internal organization measures.  The commission shall have authority to adopt internal organizational measures to effectuate efficiency and economy in the management and operations of the commission.  Enacted by Chapter 246, 1983 General Session
UT Code § 54-1-8 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission|Section 8 - Expenses of commission.

54-1-8. Expenses of commission.  The Public Service Commission shall be provided by the state with such offices, equipment and facilities as may be proper and necessary for the performance of its duties. All necessary expenses of the commission including salaries of the secretary, and the compensation of all other persons employed by the commission, and all expenses of every kind incurred in the administration of this title shall be paid from the funds appropriated for the use of the commission after being approved by the commission upon claims therefor to be duly audited by the proper authority. The commissioners and secretary and such clerks, experts, attorneys and other subordinates as may be employed by it, shall be entitled to receive their necessary traveling expenses for authorized travel on business of the commission.  No Change Since 1953
UT Code § 54-1-10 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission|Section 10 - Conservation planning -- Annual reports.

54-1-10. Conservation planning -- Annual reports.  The Public Service Commission shall engage in long-range planning regarding public utility regulatory policy in order to facilitate the well-planned development and conservation of utility resources. The commission shall make and submit to the governor and the Legislature an annual report containing a full and complete account of the transactions of its office, together with any facts, suggestions and recommendations it may deem necessary. The Division of Public Utilities shall provide any assistance the commission may require in the preparation of the annual report. The report shall be made and submitted by October 1 of each year or as soon after as may be feasible and shall be published as are the reports of other departments of the state.  Amended by Chapter 246, 1983 General Session
UT Code § 54-1-11 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission|Section 11 - Prohibited interests, relationships and actions by commissioners and employees.

54-1-11. Prohibited interests, relationships and actions by commissioners and employees.    (1) No person employed as a commissioner or as personnel of the commission shall, while so employed:   (a) 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;     (b) 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 commission;     (c) Accept any gift, gratuity, emolument or employment from any public utility or other entity subject to the jurisdiction of the commission or from any other officer, agent, or employee thereof; or     (d) 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.       (2) No officer, agent, attorney, or employee of any public utility shall directly or indirectly solicit, request, or recommend to the governor, any state senator, the commission, or the Division of Public Utilities the appointment of any person as a commissioner or as executive director of the commission, or the appointment of any person to any commission staff position.    Enacted by Chapter 246, 1983 General Session
UT Code § 54-1-12 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission|Section 12 - Deposit of funds.

54-1-12. Deposit of funds.  All money collected by the commission under any provision of this title shall be deposited without deduction in the state treasury on or before the 15th day of each month next succeeding the month in which the same was received, accompanied by a statement showing the date received.  Amended by Chapter 116, 2013 General Session
UT Code § 54-1-13 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission|Section 13 - Commission exploration and development of cleaner air options.

 Effective 5/14/2019  54-1-13. Commission exploration and development of cleaner air options.  The commission shall immediately initiate and conduct proceedings to explore and develop options and opportunities for advancing and promoting measures designed to result in cleaner air in the state through the enhanced use of alternative fuel vehicles, including:  (1) consideration of the role that gas corporations should play in the enhancement and expansion of the infrastructure and maintenance and other facilities for alternative fuel vehicles;     (2) the potential funding options available to pay for the enhancement and expansion of infrastructure and facilities for alternative fuel vehicles;     (3) the role local government, including any local government entity established for the purpose of facilitating conversion to alternative fuel vehicles and of promoting the enhancement and expansion of the infrastructure and facilities for those vehicles, can or should play; and     (4) the most effective ways to overcome any obstacles to converting to alternative fuel vehicles and to enhancing and expanding the infrastructure and facilities for alternative fuel vehicles.    Amended by Chapter 246, 2019 General Session
UT Code § 54-3-1 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 3 - Duties of Public Utilities|Section 1 - Charges must be just; service adequate; rules reasonable.

54-3-1. Charges must be just; service adequate; rules reasonable.  All charges made, demanded or received by any public utility, or by any two or more public utilities, for any product or commodity furnished or to be furnished, or for any service rendered or to be rendered, shall be just and reasonable. Every unjust or unreasonable charge made, demanded or received for such product or commodity or service is hereby prohibited and declared unlawful. Every public utility shall furnish, provide and maintain such service, instrumentalities, equipment and facilities as will promote the safety, health, comfort and convenience of its patrons, employees and the public, and as will be in all respects adequate, efficient, just and reasonable. All rules and regulations made by a public utility affecting or pertaining to its charges or service to the public shall be just and reasonable. The scope of definition "just and reasonable" may include, but shall not be limited to, the cost of providing service to each category of customer, economic impact of charges on each category of customer, and on the well-being of the state of Utah; methods of reducing wide periodic variations in demand of such products, commodities or services, and means of encouraging conservation of resources and energy.  Amended by Chapter 206, 1977 General Session
UT Code § 54-3-2 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 3 - Duties of Public Utilities|Section 2 - Schedules of rates and classification -- Right of inspection -- Changes by commission -- Online consumer access to usage data.

 Effective 5/14/2019  54-3-2. Schedules of rates and classification -- Right of inspection -- Changes by commission -- Online consumer access to usage data.    (1) Under the rules and regulations made by the commission, each public utility, shall file with the commission within the time and in the form as the commission may designate, and shall print and keep open to public inspection, schedules showing all rates, tolls, rentals, charges, and classifications collected or enforced, or to be collected or enforced, together with all rules, regulations, contracts, privileges, and facilities which in any manner affect or relate to rates, tolls, rentals, charges, classifications, or service.     (2) Except for motor carriers exempted under federal law, nothing in this section shall prevent the commission from approving or fixing rates, tolls, rentals, or charges from time to time greater, or less, than those shown by the schedules.     (3) The commission shall have power, in its discretion, to determine and prescribe, by order, changes in the form of the schedules referred to in this section as it may find expedient, and to modify the requirements of any of its orders or rules or regulations in respect to any matters described in this section.     (4)   (a) If requested by a nonresidential customer, and to the extent available through existing meters, each electrical corporation shall provide the nonresidential customer access to the customer's usage data.     (b) Each electrical corporation shall provide the access described in Subsection (4)(a) broken down into:   (i) 15 minute intervals; or     (ii) the shortest requested interval available through existing meters.       (c) If incremental costs are associated with providing the access described in this Subsection (4), the electrical corporation may charge the customer an amount determined by the electrical corporation's governing authority, as defined in Section 54-15-102.      Amended by Chapter 228, 2019 General Session
UT Code § 54-3-3 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 3 - Duties of Public Utilities|Section 3 - Changes by utilities in schedules -- Notice.

54-3-3. Changes by utilities in schedules -- Notice.  Unless the commission otherwise orders, no change shall be made by any public utility in any rate, fare, toll, rental, charge or classification, or in any rule, regulation or contract relating to or affecting any rate, toll, fare, rental, charge, classification or service, or in any privilege or facility, except after 30 days' notice to the commission and to the public as herein provided. Such notice shall be given by filing with the commission, and keeping open for public inspection, new schedules stating plainly the change or changes to be made in the schedule or schedules then in force, and the time when the change or changes will go into effect. The commission for good cause shown may allow changes, without requiring the 30 days' notice herein provided for, by an order specifying the changes so to be made, the time when they shall take effect and the manner in which they shall be filed and published. When any change is proposed in any rate, fare, toll, rental, charge or classification, or in any form of contract or agreement, or in any rule, regulation or contract relating to or affecting any rate, toll, fare, rental, charge, classification or service, or in any privilege or facility, attention shall be directed to such change on the schedule filed with the commission by some character to be designated by the commission immediately preceding or following the item.  No Change Since 1953
UT Code § 54-3-4 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 3 - Duties of Public Utilities|Section 4 - Joint tariffs.

54-3-4. Joint tariffs.  The names of the several public utilities which are parties to any joint tariff, rate, fare, toll, contract, classification or charge shall be specified in the schedule or schedules showing the same. Unless otherwise ordered by the commission, a schedule showing such joint tariff, rate, toll, fare, contract, classification or charge need be filed with the commission by only one of the parties to it, provided there is also filed with the commission, in such form as the commission may require, a concurrence in such joint tariff, rate, toll, fare, contract, classification or charge by each of the other parties thereto.  No Change Since 1953
UT Code § 54-3-7 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 3 - Duties of Public Utilities|Section 7 - Charges not to vary from schedules -- Refunds and rebates forbidden -- Exceptions.

54-3-7. Charges not to vary from schedules -- Refunds and rebates forbidden -- Exceptions.  Except as provided in this chapter or Chapter 8b, Public Telecommunications Law, no public utility shall charge, demand, collect or receive a greater or less or different compensation for any product or commodity furnished or to be furnished, or for any service rendered or to be rendered, than the rates, tolls, rentals and charges applicable to such products or commodity or service as specified in its schedules on file and in effect at the time; nor shall any such public utility refund or remit, directly or indirectly, in any manner or by any device, any portion of the rates, tolls, rentals and charges so specified; nor extend to any person any form of contract or agreement, or any rule or regulation, or any facility or privilege except such as are regularly and uniformly extended to all corporations and persons; provided, that the commission may, by rule or order, establish such exceptions from the operation of this prohibition as it may consider just and reasonable as to any public utility.  Amended by Chapter 5, 2005 General Session
UT Code § 54-3-8 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 3 - Duties of Public Utilities|Section 8 - Preferences forbidden -- Power of commission to determine facts -- Applicability of section.

 Effective 7/1/2020  54-3-8. Preferences forbidden -- Power of commission to determine facts -- Applicability of section.    (1) Except as provided in Chapter 8b, Public Telecommunications Law, a public utility may not:   (a) as to rates, charges, service, facilities or in any other respect, make or grant any preference or advantage to any person, or subject any person to any prejudice or disadvantage; and     (b) establish or maintain any unreasonable difference as to rates, charges, service or facilities, or in any other respect, either as between localities or as between classes of service.       (2) The commission shall have power to determine any question of fact arising under this section.     (3) This section does not apply to, and the commission may not enforce this chapter concerning, a schedule, classification, rate, price, charge, fare, toll, rental, rule, service, facility, or contract of an entity described in Subsection 54-2-1(8)(b)(iii) or (iv), (20), or (22)(h), or if the electricity is consumed by an eligible customer for the eligible customer's own use or the use of the eligible customer's tenant or affiliate.    Amended by Chapter 4, 2020 Special Session 5
UT Code § 54-3-8.5 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 3 - Duties of Public Utilities|Section 8.5 - Rate on electricity for agricultural irrigation or drainage.

54-3-8.5. Rate on electricity for agricultural irrigation or drainage.  The commission in approving any rate applicable to customers who use electric power for agricultural irrigation or soil drainage purposes which includes a demand or power charge as a separate charge shall take into consideration the productive utilization of agricultural water and electric energy.  Enacted by Chapter 249, 1983 General Session
UT Code § 54-3-9 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 3 - Duties of Public Utilities|Section 9 - Sliding scale of charges -- Control by commission.

54-3-9. Sliding scale of charges -- Control by commission.  Nothing in this title shall be taken to prohibit a corporation or person engaged in the production, generation, transmission, or furnishing of heat, light, water or power, or telegraph or telephone service, from establishing a sliding scale of charges, provided a schedule showing such scale of charges shall first have been filed with the commission and the rates set out therein are approved by it. Nothing in this title shall be taken to prohibit any such corporation or person from entering into an arrangement for a fixed period for the automatic adjustment of charges for heat, light, water or power, or telegraph or telephone service, in relation to the dividends to be paid to stockholders of such corporation or the profit to be realized by such person, provided a schedule showing the scale of charges under such arrangement shall first have been filed with the commission and each rate set out therein is approved by it. Nothing in this section shall prevent the commission from revoking its approval at any time and fixing other rates and charges for the product or commodity or service, as authorized by this title.  No Change Since 1953
UT Code § 54-3-10 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 3 - Duties of Public Utilities|Section 10 - Interchange of business required.

54-3-10. Interchange of business required.  Every telephone corporation and telegraph corporation operating in this state shall receive, transmit, and deliver, without discrimination or delay, the conversations and messages of every other telephone or telegraph corporation with whose line a physical connection may have been made.  Amended by Chapter 170, 1996 General Session
UT Code § 54-3-19 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 54 - Public Utilities|Chapter 3 - Duties of Public Utilities|Section 19 - Long and short distance service -- Through and intermediate rates.

54-3-19. Long and short distance service -- Through and intermediate rates.    (1) A telephone or telegraph corporation may not charge or receive any greater compensation, in the aggregate, for the transmission of any long distance message or conversation for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line or route in the same direction within this state, the shorter being included within the longer distance; or charge any greater compensation for a through service than the aggregate of the intermediate rates or tolls; but this shall not be construed as authorizing any telephone or telegraph corporation to charge or receive as great a compensation for a shorter as for a longer distance.     (2) Upon application to the commission any telegraph or telephone corporation may in special cases, after investigation, be authorized by the commission to charge less for a longer than for a shorter distance service for the transmission of messages or conversations, and the commission may from time to time prescribe the extent to which the telegraph or telephone corporation may be relieved from the operation and requirements of this section.    Amended by Chapter 316, 1995 General Session