Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 54 > Chapter 14 > Part 1 - General Provisions

• 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
• Board: means the Utility Facility Review Board. See Utah Code 54-14-103
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Facility: includes a high voltage power line route as defined in Section 54-18-102. See Utah Code 54-14-103
• Gas pipeline: means equipment, material, and structures used to transport gas to the public utility's customers, including:
            (6)(a)(i) pipe;
            (6)(a)(ii) a compressor;
            (6)(a)(iii) a pressure regulator;
            (6)(a)(iv) a support structure; and
            (6)(a)(v) any other equipment or structure used to transport or facilitate transportation of gas through a pipe. See Utah Code 54-14-103
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Land: includes :
       (18)(a) land;
       (18)(b) a tenement;
       (18)(c) a hereditament;
       (18)(d) a water right;
       (18)(e) a possessory right; and
       (18)(f) a claim. 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
• Standard cost: means the estimated cost of a facility, including any necessary right-of-way, if constructed in accordance with:
            (9)(a)(i) the public utility's normal practices; and
            (9)(a)(ii) zoning, subdivision, and building code regulations of a local government, including siting, setback, screening, and landscaping requirements:

                 (9)(a)(ii)(A) imposed on similar land uses in the same zone; and

                 (9)(a)(ii)(B) that do not impair the ability of the public utility to provide service to its customers in a safe, reliable, adequate, and efficient manner. See Utah Code 54-14-103
• Substation: means a separate space within which electric supply equipment is located for the purpose of switching, regulating, transforming, or otherwise modifying the characteristics of electricity, including:
            (10)(a)(i) electrical equipment such as transformers, circuit breakers, voltage regulating equipment, buses, switches, capacitor banks, reactors, protection and control equipment, and other related equipment;
            (10)(a)(ii) the site at which the equipment is located, any foundations, support structures, buildings, or driveways necessary to locate, operate, and maintain the equipment at the site; and
            (10)(a)(iii) the structure intended to restrict access to the equipment to qualified persons. See Utah Code 54-14-103
• Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Transmission line: includes , for purposes of Title 54, Chapter 18, Siting of High Voltage Power Line Act, an electrical line as described in Subsection (11)(a) operated at a nominal voltage of 230 kilovolts or more. See Utah Code 54-14-103