Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 54 > Chapter 17 > Part 4 - Voluntary Request for Resource Decision Review

• Commission: means the Public Service Commission. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• 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
• Dispatchability: means the extent to which an energy resource is dispatchable. See Utah Code 54-17-102
• Dispatchable: means available for use on demand and generally available to be delivered at a time and quantity of the operator's choosing. See Utah Code 54-17-102
• Energy utility: means one of the following with 200,000 retail customers in the state:
            (1)(a)(i) an electrical corporation; or
            (1)(a)(ii) a gas corporation. See Utah Code 54-17-401
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Resource decision: means a decision, other than a decision to construct or acquire a significant energy resource, involving:
            (1)(b)(i) an energy utility's acquisition, management, or operation of energy production, processing, transmission, or distribution facilities or processes including:

                 (1)(b)(i)(A) a facility or process for the efficient, reliable, or safe provision of energy to retail customers;

                 (1)(b)(i)(B) an energy efficiency and conservation program; or

                 (1)(b)(i)(C) rural gas infrastructure development; or
            (1)(b)(ii) a decision determined by the commission to be appropriate for review under this part. See Utah Code 54-17-401
• Risk: includes the probability that:
            (8)(b)(i) overreliance on intermittent resources will create instability or inadequacy in meeting electricity demand;
            (8)(b)(ii) the energy resource will be unable to provide a consistent and resilient supply of electricity to consumers; and
            (8)(b)(iii) electricity costs will become unsustainable for consumers. See Utah Code 54-17-102
• Rural gas infrastructure development: means the acquisition, planning, development, extension, expansion, and construction of natural gas utility facilities to serve previously unserved rural areas of the state. See Utah Code 54-17-401
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5