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Terms Used In Utah Code 54-14-204

  • Actual excess cost: means the difference in cost between:
         (1)(a) the standard cost of a facility; and
         (1)(b) the actual cost of the facility, including any necessary right-of-way, as determined in accordance with Section 54-14-203. See Utah Code 54-14-103
  • Facility: includes a high voltage power line route as defined in Section 54-18-102. See Utah Code 54-14-103
  • Pay: includes , in reference to a local government paying the actual excess cost of a facility, payment by:
         (8)(b) a special service district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act; or
         (8)(c) a private entity other than the public utility pursuant to a regulation or decision of the local government. See Utah Code 54-14-103
  • Public utility: includes every railroad corporation, gas corporation, electrical corporation, distribution electrical cooperative, wholesale electrical cooperative, telephone corporation, telegraph corporation, water corporation, sewerage corporation, heat corporation, and independent energy producer not described in Section 54-2-201 where the service is performed for, or the commodity delivered to, the public generally, or in the case of a gas corporation or electrical corporation where the gas or electricity is sold or furnished to any member or consumers within the state for domestic, commercial, or industrial use. See Utah Code 54-2-1

     Any requirement or condition in any permit, authorization, approval, exception, or waiver of a local government for a facility that imposes an actual excess cost shall be considered waived if the local government does not pay the public utility for the actual excess cost, except any actual excess costs specified in Subsection 54-14-201(2)(a) or (2)(b), within 30 days before the date construction of the facility should commence in order to avoid a significant risk of impairment of safe, reliable, and adequate service to customers of the public utility.