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House adopts changes to utility regulation standards, codifies settlement findings
Summary
The House passed a second substitute to HB276 on a 56–13 vote to adjust how the Public Service Commission may select test years and adopt settlements; debate centered on whether codification weakens the evidentiary record required for future judicial review.
The Utah House approved a second substitute to House Bill 276 on a 56–13 vote after several hours of debate about utility regulation standards and evidentiary protections for rate cases.
Sponsor Representative Yer (floor designation "Representative Yer") described the bill as giving the Public Service Commission (PSC) flexibility to consider future test years and to codify factors the Utah Supreme Court had previously…
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