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Utah law currently allows private parties to use eminent domain — the legal power to take private property for public use — to acquire land for pipelines. This bill adds a new restriction: a private person or company cannot use eminent domain to obtain pipeline rights on property that is used or planned for energy generation, such as a solar farm or wind facility, when that pipeline would serve only that single energy generator. The restriction does not apply if the pipeline would run within an existing utility easement or roadway corridor, or if the pipeline is designed to serve more than one customer. The prohibition takes effect immediately for both new and already-pending eminent domain cases.