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Utah Code § 54-1-1 (2026)

Establishment of commission -- Functions -- Participation in Risk Management Fund

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The Public Service Commission of Utah is established as an independent agency.
The Public Service Commission is charged with discharging the duties and exercising the legislative, adjudicative, and rule-making powers committed to it by law and may sue and be sued in its own name.
Subject to Subsection 63E-1-304(2), the Public Service Commission may participate in coverage under the Risk Management Fund created by Section 63A-4-201.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1942–2025 · leading case: Utah Dep't of Bus. Reg., Div. of Pub. Utils. v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 614 P.2d 1242 (Utah 1980).
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Utah Dep't of Bus. Reg., Div. of Pub. Utils. v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 614 P.2d 1242 (Utah 1980). · cites it 4× “? Emphatically, yes! Section 54-1-1 confers on the P.S.C. the power to sue and be sued.”
Beehive Tel. Co. v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 2004 UT 18 (Utah 2004). · cites it 4× “Utah Code Ann. § 54-1-1 (2000) (“The [Commission] is established as an independent agency .”
Salt Lake Citizens Cong. v. Mountain States Tel. & Tel. Co., 846 P.2d 1245 (Utah 1992). · cites it 2× “Since 1917, the Commission has been required to institute an action against a public utility if it violates or threatens to violate “anything required of [the utility] by law, or by any order, decision, rule, direction or requirement of the commission.”
Critchlow v. Monson, Sec'y of State, 131 P.2d 794 (Utah 1942). · cites it 2× “” Section 54-1-1, R. S. U. 1933, enacted under the foregoing constitutional provision, specifies the exemptions from militia service, but it will be noted that in times “of war, insurrection, invasion, tumult, riot or public disaster, or imminent danger therof” not even judges…”
White River Shale Oil Corp. v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 700 P.2d 1088 (Utah 1985). “, 1953, §§ 54-1-1 to -11-10 (1974 & Supp.1983), must be considered in determining whether there are sufficient guidelines established by the legislature.”
Questar Gas Com. v. Pub. Ser. Com., 175 P.3d 545 (Utah 2007). “The Utah Code references either the term "customer” or the term "ratepayer” six times. Utah Code Ann. §§ 54-2 -l(15)(e) (Supp.”
Comcast of California/Massachusetts/Michigan/Utah v. FirstDigital Commc'ns (D. Utah 2025). · cites it 2× “’ Nor does a complaint suffice if it tenders ‘naked assertion[s]’ devoid of ‘further factual enhancement.”
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