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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-30 (2026)

General powers of Commission

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The Commission shall have and exercise such general power and authority to supervise and control the public utilities of the State as may be necessary to carry out the laws providing for their regulation, and all such other powers and duties as may be necessary or incident to the proper discharge of its duties. (1933, c. 134, s. 2; 1941, c. 97; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1.)

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 38 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1947–2025 · leading case: State of NC ex rel. Utils. Comm'n v. N.C. Waste Awareness & Reduction Network, 805 S.E.2d 712 (N.C. Ct. App. 2017).
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State of NC ex rel. Utils. Comm'n v. N.C. Waste Awareness & Reduction Network, 805 S.E.2d 712 (N.C. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 10× “N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-30 (2015). A “public utility” as defined by our General Assembly is any entity which “own[s] or operate[s]” “equipment or facilities” that provide “electricity” “to or for the public for compensation.”
State Ex Rel. Utils. Comm'n v. Nantahala Power & Light Co., 332 S.E.2d 397 (N.C. 1985). · cites it 10× “powers and duties as may be necessary or incident to the proper discharge of its duties.”
State Ex Rel. Utils. Comm'n v. S. Bell Tel. & Tel. Co., 299 S.E.2d 763 (N.C. 1983). · cites it 6× “"The Commission is hereby vested with all power necessary to require and compel any public utility to provide and furnish .”
State ex rel. Utils. Comm'n v. Buck Island, Inc., 592 S.E.2d 244 (N.C. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 10× “By declaring Buck Island a public utility, the Utilities Commission obtained the power and authority to supervise and control it, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-30 (2003), including, inter alia, reserving the right to determine whether the agreement between Buck Island, Monteray Shores…”
State Ex Rel. Utils. Comm'n v. Nantahala Power & Light Co., 388 S.E.2d 118 (N.C. 1990). · cites it 6× “The general powers of the Utilities Commission are set out in N.C.G.S. § 62-30: “The Commission shall have and exercise such general power and authority to supervise and control the public utilities of the State as may be necessary to carry out the laws providing for their…”
State ex rel. Utils. Comm'n v. Edmisten, 333 S.E.2d 453 (N.C. 1985). · cites it 6× “It is evident from this finding that the Commission’s decision not to adopt the roll-in methodology rests, in part, upon its erroneous assumption that it is powerless to compel Alcoa’s financial support of its subsidiary Nantahala’s future rates.”
State Ex Rel. Utils. Comm'n v. Carolina Power & Light Co., 588 S.E.2d 77 (N.C. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 4× “Thus, the NCUC, in this case, concluded "it has jurisdiction and authority under State law [N.C. Gen.Stat.§§ 62-30 and 62-32] to review, before they are signed, proposed wholesale contracts by a regulated North Carolina public utility granting native load priority to be supplied…”
Duke Power Co. v. Blue Ridge Elec. Membership Corp., 117 S.E.2d 812 (N.C. 1961). · cites it 3× “G.S. § 62-30. This section expressly declares the Commission is vested "with all power necessary to require and compel any public utility or public service corporation * * * to provide and furnish to the citizens of this State reasonable service of the kind it undertakes to…”
State ex rel. Utils. Comm'n v. Edmisten, 242 S.E.2d 862 (N.C. 1978). · cites it 2× “Actions of an administrative agency which involve the exercise of a legislative rather than a judicial function are not res judicata.”
Wayne Street Mobile Home Park, LLC v. North Brunswick Sanitary Dist., 713 S.E.2d 748 (N.C. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 7× “Instead, the 1950 version of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-30 listed the supervisory powers of the Commission and stated that the Utilities Commission shall have general supervision over rates charged and the service given, as follows, to wit: (3) By electric light, power, water, and gas…”
State Ex Rel. Utils. Comm'n v. S. Bell Tel. & Tel. Co., 391 S.E.2d 487 (N.C. 1990). · cites it 3× “N.C.G.S. § 62-30 (1989) (emphasis added).”
State Ex Rel. Utils. Comm'n v. MacKie, 338 S.E.2d 888 (N.C. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 2× “as may be necessary or incident to the proper discharge of its duties.”
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— N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-30(1) — 1 case
State Ex Rel. Utils. Comm'n v. Gulf-Atl. Towing Corp., 110 S.E.2d 886 (N.C. 1959).
— N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-30(3) — 3 cases
Wayne Street Mobile Home Park, LLC v. North Brunswick Sanitary Dist., 713 S.E.2d 748 (N.C. Ct. App. 2011). “Instead, the 1950 version of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-30 listed the supervisory powers of the Commission and stated that the Utilities Commission shall have general supervision over rates charged and the service given, as follows, to wit: (3) By electric light, power, water, and gas…”
Town of Grimesland v. City of Washington, 66 S.E.2d 794 (N.C. 1951).
Univ. of North Carolina v. Town of Carrboro, 190 S.E.2d 231 (N.C. Ct. App. 1972).
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