Utah State Coalition of Senior Citizens v. Utah Power & Light Co.

ZIMMERMAN, Justice:

Plaintiffs are several nonprofit organizations that represent elderly or low-income consumers of electric power. These groups include the Utah State Coalition of Senior Citizens, the Utility Consumer Action Group, the Salt Lake Community Action Program, the Utah Issues Information Program, the Utah Welfare Rights Organization, and the Crossroads Urban Center. Defendant Utah Power and Light Company (“UP & L”) is a regulated electric utility.

In November of 1979, plaintiffs petitioned the Utah Public Service Commission (“PSC”) to issue a moratorium on all involuntary utility…