UT OFF. OF CONS SERV v. PUB. SERV. COM'N UT

No. 20170364.

445 P.3d 464 (2019)

2019 UT 26

UTAH OFFICE OF CONSUMER SERVICES and Utah Association of Energy Users, Petitioners, v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF UTAH, Utah Division of Public Utilities, and PacifiCorp d/b/a Rocky Mountain Power, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Utah.

Filed June 27, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Moore , Asst. Att'y Gen., Steven W. Snarr , Special Asst. Att'y Gen., Salt Lake City, for petitioner Utah Office of Consumer Services.

Gary A. Dodge , Phillip J. Russell , Salt Lake City, for petitioner Utah Association of Energy Users.

Melanie A. Reif , Salt Lake City, for respondent Public Service Commission of Utah.

Sean D. Reyes , Att'y Gen., Brent A. Burnett , Asst. Solic. Gen., Patricia E. Schmid , Asst. Att'y Gen., Justin C. Jetter , Asst. Att'y Gen., Salt Lake City for respondent Utah Division of Public Utilities.

R. Jeff Richards , Yvonne R. Hogle , D. Matthew Moscon , Bret W. Reich , Salt Lake City, for respondent PacifiCorp d/b/a Rocky Mountain Power.

Jenniffer Nelson Clark , Cameron L. Sabin , Salt Lake City, for amicus curiae Questar Gas Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Utah.

Associate Chief Justice Lee authored the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice Durrant, Justice Himonas, Justice Pearce, and Justice Petersen joined.


¶1 The Utah Office of Consumer Services and the Utah Association of Energy Users ("Consumer Groups") challenge orders from the Public Service Commission in two related cases. We consolidated these cases because they raise the same threshold legal question—whether the Commission has the...

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