Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 54 > Chapter 2 > Part 2 - Exemption from Commission Jurisdiction

• 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
• Distribution electrical cooperative: includes an electrical corporation that:
       (8)(a) is a cooperative;
       (8)(b) conducts a business that includes the retail distribution of electricity the cooperative purchases or generates for the cooperative's members; and
       (8)(c) is required to allocate or distribute savings in excess of additions to reserves and surplus on the basis of patronage to the cooperative's:

            (8)(c)(i) members; or

            (8)(c)(ii) patrons. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Independent energy producer: means every electrical corporation, person, corporation, or government entity, their lessees, trustees, or receivers, that own, operate, control, or manage an independent power production or cogeneration facility. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• Independent power production facility: means a facility that:
       (18)(a) produces electric energy solely by the use, as a primary energy source, of biomass, waste, a renewable resource, a geothermal resource, or any combination of the preceding sources; or
       (18)(b) is a qualifying power production facility. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• Property: includes both real and personal property. 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
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• real property: includes :
       (31)(a) land;
       (31)(b) a tenement;
       (31)(c) a hereditament;
       (31)(d) a water right;
       (31)(e) a possessory right; and
       (31)(f) a claim. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Road: includes :
       (33)(a) a public bridge;
       (33)(b) a county way;
       (33)(c) a county road;
       (33)(d) a common road; and
       (33)(e) a state road. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5