Section 37 – Definitions — Unauthorized charge to account — Penalties — Procedures for verification — Authority of commission and Division of Public Utilities.
54-4-37. Definitions — Unauthorized charge to account — Penalties — Procedures for verification — Authority of commission and Division of Public Utilities. (1) For purposes of this section: (a) “Agents” includes any person representing a public utility for purposes of billing for a service or merchandise from a third-party supplier. (b) “Billing aggregator” means any […]
Section 16 – Investigation and report of accidents.
54-4-16. Investigation and report of accidents. The commission shall investigate the cause of all accidents occurring within this state upon the property of any public utility, or directly or indirectly arising from or connected with its maintenance or operation, resulting in loss of life or injury to persons or property and requiring in the judgment […]
Section 18 – Electric, gas, and water service.
54-4-18. Electric, gas, and water service. The commission shall have power, after a hearing, to ascertain and fix just and reasonable standards, classifications, regulations, practices, measurements or service to be furnished, imposed, observed and followed by all electrical, gas and water corporations; to ascertain and fix adequate and serviceable standards for the measurement of quantity, […]
Section 19 – Right to enter upon public utility premises.
54-4-19. Right to enter upon public utility premises. The commissioners and officers and employees of the commission and the Department of Transportation, where public carriers are involved, shall have power to enter upon any premises occupied by any public utility for the purpose of making the examinations and tests and exercising any of the other […]
Section 20 – Consumer may have meter tested upon paying fee.
54-4-20. Consumer may have meter tested upon paying fee. Any consumer or user of any product, commodity or service of a public utility may have any appliance used in the measurement thereof tested, upon paying the fees fixed by the commission. The commission shall establish and fix reasonable fees to be paid for testing such […]
Section 21 – Valuation of public utilities.
54-4-21. Valuation of public utilities. The commission shall have power to ascertain the value of the property of every public utility in this state and every fact which in its judgment may or does have any bearing on such value. The commission shall have power to make revaluations from time to time and to ascertain […]
Section 22 – Statements of valuations — Affidavits — Records of valuation.
54-4-22. Statements of valuations — Affidavits — Records of valuation. The Public Service Commission must on or before the first day of December of each year furnish every public utility doing business in the state of Utah whose rates are based on the valuation of its properties or the amount of its investments with blank […]
Section 23 – Accounts and records of utilities.
54-4-23. Accounts and records of utilities. The commission shall have power to establish a system of accounts to be kept by public utilities subject to its jurisdiction, to classify said public utilities and to establish a system of accounts for each class and to prescribe the manner in which such accounts shall be kept. It […]
Section 24 – Depreciation accounts and fund.
54-4-24. Depreciation accounts and fund. The commission shall have power to require any or all public utilities to carry a proper and adequate depreciation account in accordance with such rules, regulations and forms of account as the commission may prescribe. The commission may from time to time ascertain, determine and, by order, fix the proper […]
Section 15.3 – Signals or devices at grade crossings — Apportionment of costs.
54-4-15.3. Signals or devices at grade crossings — Apportionment of costs. The Department of Transportation, in accordance with the provisions of Section 54-4-15, shall apportion the cost of the installation, maintenance, reconstruction or improvement of any signals or devices described in Section 54-4-15.1 between the railroad or street railroad and the public agency involved. Unless […]