Utah Code 54-7-9. Complaints against utilities — Scope
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(1) When any public utility violates any provision of law or any order or rule of the commission:
Terms Used In Utah Code 54-7-9
- City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section
10-3c-102 . See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 - Commission: means the Public Service Commission. See Utah Code 54-2-1
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Corporation: includes an association and a joint stock company having any powers or privileges not possessed by individuals or partnerships. See Utah Code 54-2-1
- Person: means :(24)(a) an individual;(24)(b) an association;(24)(c) an institution;(24)(d) a corporation;(24)(e) a company;(24)(f) a trust;(24)(g) a limited liability company;(24)(h) a partnership;(24)(i) a political subdivision;(24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and(24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- 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
- Telephone corporation: means any corporation or person, and their lessees, trustee, receivers, or trustees appointed by any court, who owns, controls, operates, manages, or resells a public telecommunications service as defined in Section 54-8b-2. See Utah Code 54-2-1
- Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section
10-3c-102 . See Utah Code 68-3-12.5(1)(a) the commission may file a notice of agency action; or(1)(b) any person, corporation, chamber of commerce, board of trade, or any civic, commercial, mercantile, traffic, agricultural, or manufacturing organization or association, or any body politic or municipal corporation may file a request for agency action.
(2) The notice or request shall specify the act committed or omitted by the public utility that is claimed to be in violation of the law or a rule or order of the commission.
(3) No request for agency action shall be entertained by the commission concerning the reasonableness of any rates or charges of any gas, electrical, water, sewerage, or telephone corporation, unless the request is signed by:
(3)(a) the mayor, the president or chairman of the board of trustees, or the commissioners, or a majority of the council, commission, or other legislative body of the city, county, or town within which the alleged violation occurred; or
(3)(b) by not less than 25 consumers or purchasers, or prospective consumers or purchasers, of the gas, electricity, water, sewerage, or telephone service.
(4) The commission need not dismiss any complaint because of the absence of direct damage to the complainant.