Utah Code

Utah Code § 54-7-1.5 (2026)

Communications between commission personnel and parties restricted

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No member of the Public Service Commission, administrative law judge, or commission employee who is or may reasonably be expected to be involved in the decision making process, shall make or knowingly cause to be made to any party any communication relevant to the merits of any matter under adjudication unless notice and an opportunity to be heard are afforded to all parties. No party shall make or knowingly cause to be made to any member of the commission, administrative law judge, or commission employee who is or may reasonably be expected to be involved in the decision making process, an ex parte communication relevant to the merits of any matter under adjudication. Any member of the commission, administrative law judge or commission employee who receives an ex parte communication shall place the communication into the public record of the proceedings and afford all parties an opportunity to comment on the information.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1986–1988 · leading case: Williams v. Pub. Serv. Com'n of Utah, 720 P.2d 773 (Utah 1986).

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Williams v. Pub. Serv. Com'n of Utah, 720 P.2d 773 (Utah 1986). · cites it 10× “Section 54-7-1.5 provides in part: No member of the public service commission .”

Williams v. Pub. Serv. Com'n of Utah, 754 P.2d 41 (Utah 1988). · cites it 2× “In Williams I, we did not apply Utah Code Ann. § 54-7-1.5 , which governs communication between the PSC and parties before it, to the PSC’s acts because they should have been governed by the Administrative Rulemaking Act.”

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