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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-32 (2026)
Supervisory powers; rates and service
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(a) Under the rules herein prescribed and subject to the limitations hereinafter set forth, the Commission shall have general supervision over the rates charged and service rendered by all public utilities in this State.
(b) Except as provided in this Chapter for bus companies, the Commission is hereby vested with all power necessary to require and compel any public utility to provide and furnish to the citizens of this State reasonable service of the kind it undertakes to furnish and fix and regulate the reasonable rates and charges to be made for such service. (1913, c. 127, s. 7; C.S., s. 1112(b); 1933, c. 134, s. 3; 1937, c. 108, s. 2; 1941, cc. 59, 97; 1959, c. 639, s. 12; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1; 1985, c. 676, s. 5.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 27
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1966–2026 · leading case: State Ex Rel. Utils. Comm'n v. S. Bell Tel. & Tel. Co., 299 S.E.2d 763 (N.C. 1983).
State Ex Rel. Utils. Comm'n v. S. Bell Tel. & Tel. Co., 299 S.E.2d 763 (N.C. 1983). “"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. Nantahala Power & Light Co., 332 S.E.2d 397 (N.C. 1985). “N.C.G.S. § 62-32. Under N.C.G.S. Chapter 62, the Commission is authorized to conduct hearings to investigate the propriety of proposed rate changes and to make such orders with regard to the proposed rate as may be just and reasonable.”
State Ex rel. Utils. Comm'n v. Carolina Power & Light Co., 614 S.E.2d 281 (N.C. 2005). “If NCUC finds that a utility’s service is “inadequate” or that “any other act is necessary to secure reasonably adequate service or facilities and reasonably and adequately to serve the public convenience and necessity,” the Public Utilities Act mandates that NCUC “enter .”
State Ex Rel. Utils. Comm'n v. Gen. Tel. Co. of the Se., 189 S.E.2d 705 (N.C. 1972). “), Book V, Chapter 1, pp. 143-144. To prevent such result, the Legislature has conferred upon the Utilities Commission the power to police the operations of the utility company so as to require it to render service of good quality at charges which are reasonable.”
State ex rel. Utils. Comm'n v. Edmisten, 242 S.E.2d 862 (N.C. 1978). “62-2 was amended to recognize that the availability of adequate and reliable supplies of electricity and natural gas are a matter of State public policy.”
State ex rel. Utils. Comm'n v. Edmisten, 263 S.E.2d 583 (N.C. 1980). “G.S. 62-32(b); G.S. 62-37. 8 And under the facts of this case, it would appear that the Commission also has jurisdiction to order Nantahala’s parent Alcoa to come forth with the needed information.”
State Ex Rel. Utils. Comm'n v. MacKie, 338 S.E.2d 888 (N.C. Ct. App. 1986). “" G.S. 62-32(b) specifically vests the Commission "with all power necessary to require and compel any public utility to provide and furnish .”
State Ex Rel. Utils. Comm'n v. TOWN OF KILL DEVIL HILLS, 670 S.E.2d 341 (N.C. Ct. App. 2009). “While the siting dispute between Dominion and the Town implicates a local zoning issue, the real issue decided by the Commission was whether the improvements Dominion sought to undertake were necessary and needed to be compelled pursuant to section 62-42, a decision which the…”
Wayne Street Mobile Home Park, LLC v. North Brunswick Sanitary Dist., 713 S.E.2d 748 (N.C. Ct. App. 2011). “The current version of the statute, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-32 , is entitled: “Supervisory powers; rates and service” and does not include the same language.”
State ex rel. Utils. Comm'n v. Buck Island, Inc., 592 S.E.2d 244 (N.C. Ct. App. 2004). “*581 Buck Island also argues that N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-32 (2003), which gives the Commission the power to require Buck Island to use the backbone facilities consistent with Commission rules, unlawfully impairs its contract in violation of Article I, Section 10 of the United…”
In Re Certificate of Need for Aston Park Hosp., Inc., 193 S.E.2d 729 (N.C. 1973). “G.S. 62-32, G.S. 62-42, G.S. 62-130. No comparable power to regulate hospital rates and services has been given to the Medical Care Commission.”
State Ex Rel. Utils. Comm'n v. Morgan, 177 S.E.2d 405 (N.C. 1970). “) G.S. 62-32 confers upon the Commission general supervision over the rates charged and services rendered by all public utilities in this State and vests in the Commission “all power necessary to require and compel any public utility to provide and furnish to the citizens of…”
— N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-32(a) — 2 cases
— N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-32(b) — 8 cases
State Ex Rel. Utils. Comm'n v. S. Bell Tel. & Tel. Co., 299 S.E.2d 763 (N.C. 1983). “"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. Edmisten, 263 S.E.2d 583 (N.C. 1980). “G.S. 62-32(b); G.S. 62-37. 8 And under the facts of this case, it would appear that the Commission also has jurisdiction to order Nantahala’s parent Alcoa to come forth with the needed information.”
State Ex Rel. Utils. Comm'n v. MacKie, 338 S.E.2d 888 (N.C. Ct. App. 1986). “" G.S. 62-32(b) specifically vests the Commission "with all power necessary to require and compel any public utility to provide and furnish .”
State Ex rel. Utils. Comm'n v. Carolina Power & Light Co., 614 S.E.2d 281 (N.C. 2005). “If NCUC finds that a utility’s service is “inadequate” or that “any other act is necessary to secure reasonably adequate service or facilities and reasonably and adequately to serve the public convenience and necessity,” the Public Utilities Act mandates that NCUC “enter .”
State Ex Rel. Utils. Com'n v. Edmisten, 263 S.E.2d 583 (N.C. 1980).
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