§ 62-54 – Notification of opportunity to object to telephone solicitation.
62-54. Notification of opportunity to object to telephone solicitation. The Commission shall require each local exchange company and each competing local provider certified to do business in North Carolina to notify all telephone subscribers who subscribe to residential service from that company of the provisions of Article 4 of Chapter 75 of the General Statutes […]
§ 62-42 – Compelling efficient service, extensions of services and facilities, additions and improvements.
62-42. Compelling efficient service, extensions of services and facilities, additions and improvements. (a) Except as otherwise limited in this Chapter, whenever the Commission, after notice and hearing had upon its own motion or upon complaint, finds: (1) That the service of any public utility is inadequate, insufficient or unreasonably discriminatory, or (2) That persons are […]
§ 62-43 – Fixing standards, classifications, etc.; testing service.
62-43. Fixing standards, classifications, etc.; testing service. (a) The Commission may, after notice and hearing, had upon its own motion or upon complaint, ascertain and fix just and reasonable standards, classifications, regulations, practices, or service to be furnished, imposed, observed or followed by any or all public utilities; ascertain and fix adequate and reasonable standards […]
§ 62-44 – Commission may require continuous telephone lines.
62-44. Commission may require continuous telephone lines. The Commission may, upon its own motion or upon written complaint by any person, after notice and hearing, require any two or more telephone or telegraph utilities to establish and maintain through lines within the State between two or more localities, which cannot be communicated with or reached […]
§ 62-45 – Determination of cost and value of utility property.
62-45. Determination of cost and value of utility property. The Commission, after notice and hearing, may ascertain and fix the cost or value, or both, of the whole or any part of the property of any public utility insofar as the same is material to the exercise of the jurisdiction of the Commission, make revaluations […]
§ 62-46 – Water gauging stations.
62-46. Water gauging stations. The Commission may require the location, establishment, maintenance and operation of any water gauging station which it finds is needed in the State over and above those required by federal agencies, and the Commission may cooperate with federal and other State agencies as to the location, construction and reports and the […]
§ 62-47 – Reports from municipalities operating own utilities.
62-47. Reports from municipalities operating own utilities. Every municipality furnishing gas, electricity or telephone service shall make an annual report to the Commission, verified by the oath of the general manager or superintendent thereof, on the same forms as provided for reports of public utilities, giving the same information as required of public utilities. (1933, […]
§ 62-48 – Appearance before courts and agencies.
62-48. Appearance before courts and agencies. (a) The Commission is authorized and empowered to initiate or appear in such proceedings before federal and State courts and agencies as in its opinion may be necessary to secure for the users of public utility service in this State just and reasonable rates and service; provided, however, that […]
§ 62-49 – Publication of utilities laws.
62-49. Publication of utilities laws. The Commission is authorized and directed to secure publication of all North Carolina laws affecting public utilities, together with the Commission rules and regulations, in an annotated edition, and the Commission may adopt rules for distribution of said publication and may republish said laws at such times as may be […]
§ 62-36 – Reports by utilities; canceling certificates for failure to file.
62-36. Reports by utilities; canceling certificates for failure to file. The Commission may require any public utility to file annual reports in such form and of such content as the Commission may require and special reports concerning any matter about which the Commission is authorized to inquire or to keep informed, or which it is […]