Utility regulatory intervention is an effective way to make your voice heard and encourage support for utility investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency. Here are some ways to get involved:

1. Learn more about how the Utility Regulatory Process Works.
2. Sign up to receive emails from the Public Service Commission on dockets of interest by sending an email with the Docket number in the subject line of the email. Click here for a list of current dockets of interest.
3. Contact Utah Clean Energy to receive regular updates on action items and opportunities for input on certain issues.
4. Contact the Committee of Consumer Services to let them know what is important to you as a consumer. A quick email or letter can go a long way. Learn more about how you can be heard by the Committee.
5. Contact the Utah Public Service Commission or the Utah Division of Public Utilities to express what is important to you and/or to request more information on current issues.

How does the Utility Regulatory Process Work?
In Utah, utility regulatory proceedings are conducted by the Utah Public Service Commission.

Each Commission proceeding involves a utility and a number of other parties, including the Division of Public Utilities and the Committee of Consumer Services.  Proceedings are assigned a Docket number. Formal testimony of expert witnesses is taken and cross-examined. A court reporter transcribes the proceeding and produces a transcript. Commission hearings are open to the public. Following the hearing, the Commission, with the assistance of its technical staff, analyzes the case record, deliberates, and renders its decision in the form of an "Order." Any party in a proceeding can appeal a Commission decision to the Utah Supreme Court.

The Utah Public Service Commission has jurisdiction over investor owned and cooperative owned public utilities. Utah Code 54 § 2 defines a public utility to include:

"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 . . . where the service is performed for, or the commodity delivered to, the public generally."

The term corporation "does not include towns, cities, counties, conservancy districts, improvement districts, or other governmental units created or organized under any general or special law of this state." In general, the following entities are regulated by the Public Service Commission:

• Electric Power Utilities
• Telecommunication Utilities providing local service
• Natural Gas Utilities
• Water & Sewer Utilities
• Railroads
• Safety of intrastate natural gas pipelines