NC General Statutes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-72 (2026)
Commission may make rules of practice and procedure
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Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, the Commission is authorized to make and promulgate rules of practice and procedure for the Commission hearings. (1949, c. 989, s. 1; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8
cases, 1959–1989 · leading case: State Ex Rel. Utils. Comm'n v. Gen. Tel. Co. of the Se., 189 S.E.2d 705 (N.C. 1972).
State Ex Rel. Utils. Comm'n v. Gen. Tel. Co. of the Se., 189 S.E.2d 705 (N.C. 1972). “Rule 1-21(b) (1) of the Rules of Practice Before the Utilities Commission, promulgated pursuant to G.S. § 62-72, requires that the exhibits and direct testimony of expert witnesses to be offered by the Commission's staff in a general rate case be reduced to writing, filed with…”
State Ex Rel. Utils. Comm'n v. Carolina Power & Light Co., 109 S.E.2d 253 (N.C. 1959). “G.S. 62-72 provides as follows: “Whenever the Commission, after a hearing had after reasonable notice upon its own motion or upon complaint, finds that the existing rates in effect and collected' -by any public utility for any service, product, or commodity, are unjust,…”
State Ex Rel. Utils. Comm'n v. Tidewater Nat. Gas Co., 131 S.E.2d 303 (N.C. 1963). “While Carolina proposes to raise most of the money allegedly needed for the continuing and successful operation of its business from two classes, (a) its own customers to whom it distributes gas, and (b) municipalities and utilities who purchase for resale to their customers,…”
State ex rel. Utils. Comm'n v. Nantahala Power & Light Co., 375 S.E.2d 515 (N.C. Ct. App. 1989). “62-136] provides as follows: ‘Whenever the Commission, after a hearing had after reasonable notice upon its own motion or upon complaint, finds that the existing rates in effect and collected by any public utility for any service, product, or commodity, are unjust, unreasonable,…”
State ex rel. Utils. Comm'n v. North Carolina Motor Carriers Ass'n, 117 S.E.2d 271 (N.C. 1960). “The Legislature, by G.S. 62-72, G.S. 62-121.29, has given the Commission authority to inquire into intrastate rates for the transportation by common carriers of petroleum products by truck or rail, or both.”
State ex rel. Utils. Comm'n v. Conservation Council, 307 S.E.2d 375 (N.C. Ct. App. 1983). “One, and that McGuire should not have been included in the rate base as “used and useful” utility property.”
State Ex Rel. North Carolina Utils. Comm'n v. W. Carolina Tel. Co., 132 S.E.2d 873 (N.C. 1963). “G.S. 62-72. In January 1962 petitioner .applied ¡to the Commission for permission to increase the rates charged for .”
State Ex Rel. North Carolina Utils. Comm'n v. City of Wilson, 114 S.E.2d 786 (N.C. 1960). “” Having made the determination that discrimination existed the Commission was bound by the terms of G.S. 62-72 which in pertinent *647 part provide: “Whenever the Commission, after a hearing * * * finds that the existing rates in effect * * * are unjust, unreasonable,…”
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