Utah Office of Consumer Servs. v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n of Utah

Associate Chief Justice Lee, opinion of the Court:

¶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 authority to impose "interim" rates as an element of the energy balancing account procedures described in UTAH CODE section 54-7-13.5. We hold that the Commission lacks this authority.

¶2 The interim rates at issue were imposed without a requirement that the…