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 […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
Effective 5/8/2018 54-3-21. Commission to be furnished information and copies of records — Hearings before commission to be public — Privilege. (1) Every public utility shall furnish to the commission in such form and such detail as the commission shall prescribe all tabulations and computations and all other information required by it to carry into […]
54-3-22. Required reports. Every public utility shall furnish to the commission at such time and in such form as the commission may require a report in which the public utility shall specifically answer all questions propounded by the commission upon or concerning any matter upon which the commission may desire information. The commission shall have […]
54-3-23. Commission’s orders must be obeyed. Every public utility shall obey and comply with each and every requirement of every order, decision, direction, rule or regulation made or prescribed by the commission in the matters herein specified, or in any other matter in any way relating to or affecting its business as a public utility, […]
54-3-24. Hostage situation — Telephone communication prevention. The supervising law enforcement official having jurisdiction in a geographical area where hostages are held, who has probable cause to believe that the holder of one or more hostages is committing a crime, may order a previously designated telephone company security employee to arrange to cut, reroute or […]
Effective 5/10/2016 54-3-26. Retention of unclaimed capital credits by electric and telephone cooperatives — Use of retained money — Reporting requirements. (1) As used in this section: (a) “Cooperative” means a: (i) distribution electrical cooperative, as defined in Section 54-2-1, that is incorporated in the state; or (ii) telephone cooperative, as defined in Section 54-2-1, […]
54-3-27. Public utility easement. (1) As used in this section: (a) “Protected utility easement” means a recorded easement or right-of-way: (i) for the use and installation of a utility facility; and (ii) the ownership of which a gas corporation, electric corporation, or telephone corporation acquires and holds by any lawful means. (b) “Public utility easement” […]
Effective 7/1/2021 54-3-28. Notice required of certain public utilities before preparing or amending a long-range plan or acquiring certain property. (1) As used in this section: (a) (i) “Affected entity” means each county, municipality, local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities – Local Districts, special service district, school district, interlocal cooperation entity […]
54-3-29. Removal, relocation, or alteration of utility facility in public highway construction or reconstruction — Notice — Cooperation. (1) As used in this section: (a) “Design-build” means a design-build transportation project for which a design-build transportation project contract is issued, within the meaning of Section 63G-6a-1402. (b) “Municipality” is as defined in Section 10-1-104. (c) […]
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 […]
Effective 5/13/2014 54-3-30. Electric utility service within a provider municipality — Electrical corporation prohibited as provider — Exceptions — Notice and agreement — Transfer of customer. (1) This section applies to an electrical corporation that intends to provide electric service to a customer: (a) who is located within the municipal boundary of a municipality that […]
Effective 5/13/2014 54-3-31. Electric utility service within a provider municipality — Electrical corporation authorized as continuing provider for service provided on or before June 15, 2013 — Notice of service and agreement — Transfer of customer. (1) This section applies to an electrical corporation that: (a) (i) provides electric service to a customer on or […]
Effective 5/13/2014 54-3-32. Public utility duties — Procedure to transfer service to a nonutility energy supplier. (1) A transmission provider shall offer to an eligible customer available transmission service under the transmission provider’s applicable Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved open access transmission tariff. (2) Notwithstanding Section 54-3-1, and except for transmission service required to be […]
Effective 5/10/2016 54-3-33. Eligible customer energy supply contract. (1) The commission may approve a contract between a large-scale electric utility and a customer of a large-scale electric utility that is eligible to transfer electric service to a non-utility energy supplier under Section 54-3-32. (2) The commission shall exempt a customer that enters into a contract […]
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 […]
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 […]
Effective 5/4/2022 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 […]
