The Commission is hereby declared to be an administrative board or agency of the General Assembly created for the principal purpose of carrying out the administration and enforcement of this Chapter, and for the promulgation of rules and regulations and fixing utility rates pursuant to such administration; and in carrying out such purpose, the Commission shall assume the initiative in performing its duties and responsibilities in securing to the people of the State an efficient and economic system of public utilities in the same manner as commissions and administrative boards generally. In proceedings in which the Commission is exercising functions judicial in nature, it shall act in a judicial capacity as provided in G.S. 62-60. The Commission shall separate its administrative or executive functions, its rulemaking functions, and its functions judicial in nature to such extent as it deems practical and advisable in the public interest. (1963, c. 1165, s. 1; 2025-25, s. 29(6).)
§§ 62-24 through 62-29. Reserved for future codification purposes.
Article 3.
Powers and Duties of Utilities Commission.
Notes of Decisions
State ex rel. Utils. Comm'n v. Carolina Util. Customers Ass'n, 446 S.E.2d 332 (N.C. 1994).
· cites it 6× “§ 62-23 provides: The Commission is hereby declared to be an administrative board or agency of the General Assembly created for the principal purpose of carrying out the administration and enforcement of this Chapter, and for the promulgation of rules and regulations and fixing…”
State ex rel. Utils. Comm'n v. Nantahala Power & Light Co., 388 S.E.2d 118 (N.C. 1990).
· cites it 6× “” This statute provides in part: This Commission is hereby declared to be an administrative board or agency of the General Assembly created for the principal purpose of carrying out the administration and enforcement of this Chapter, and for the promulgation of rules and…”
State ex rel. Utils. Comm'n v. Carolina Water Serv., Inc., 738 S.E.2d 187 (N.C. Ct. App. 2013).
· cites it 2× “N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-23 . By enacting chapter 62, our General Assembly conferred *134 “broad powers to regulate public utilities and to compel their operation in accordance with the policy of the State .”
State v. Pub. Staff, 473 S.E.2d 661 (N.C. Ct. App. 1996).
· cites it 6× “N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-23 (1989); see also N.”
State ex rel. Utils. Comm'n v. Edmisten, 242 S.E.2d 862 (N.C. 1978).
“” G.S. 62-23, however, states that, “In proceedings in which the Commission is exercising functions judicial in nature, it shall act in a judicial capacity as provided in G.”
State ex rel. North Carolina Utils. Comm'n v. Mun. Corporations, 90 S.E.2d 519 (N.C. 1955).
· cites it 2× “The statute with respect to hearings before the Commission, G.S. 62-23, reads as follows: “All hearings before the Commission or its examiners shall be public, and shall be conducted in accordance with such general rules and regulations as the Commission may prescribe.”
State ex rel. Utils. Com'n v. Edmisten, 242 S.E.2d 862 (N.C. 1978).
“" G.S. 62-23, however, states that, "In proceedings in which the Commission is exercising functions judicial in nature, it shall act in a judicial capacity as provided in G.”
Stein v. Hall, 925 S.E.2d 832 (N.C. Ct. App. 2026).
· cites it 8× “” N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-23 (2023). Our General Statutes further provide: “The [Utilities] Commission shall separate its administrative or executive functions, its rulemaking function, and its functions judicial in nature to such extent as it deems practical and divisible in the…”
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