§ 62-10 Number; appointment; terms; qualifications; chairman; vacancies; compensation; other employment prohibited
§ 62-11 Oath of office
§ 62-12 Organization of Commission; adoption of rules and regulations therefor
§ 62-13 Chairman to direct Commission
§ 62-14 Commission staff; structure and function
§ 62-15 Office of executive director; Public Staff, structure and function
§ 62-17 Annual reports; monthly or quarterly release of certain information; publication of procedural orders and decisions
§ 62-18 Records of receipts and disbursements; payment into treasury
§ 62-19 Public record of proceedings; chief clerk; seal
§ 62-20 Participation by Attorney General in Commission proceedings
§ 62-22 Utilities Commission and Department of Revenue to coordinate facilities for ratemaking and taxation purposes
§ 62-23 Commission as an administrative board or agency
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Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 62 > Article 2 - Organization of Utilities Commission

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Certificate: means a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Commission to a person or public utility or a certificate of authority issued by the Commission to a bus company. See North Carolina General Statutes 62-3
  • Commission: means the North Carolina Utilities Commission. See North Carolina General Statutes 62-3
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Impeachment: (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate.
  • Joint resolution: A legislative measure which requires the approval of both chambers.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Motor vehicle: means any vehicle, machine, tractor, semi-trailer, or any combination thereof, which is propelled or drawn by mechanical power and used upon the highways within the State. See North Carolina General Statutes 62-3
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Panel: means a panel of three commissioners, a division of the Utilities Commission authorized for the purpose of carrying out certain functions of the Commission. See North Carolina General Statutes 62-3
  • Person: means a corporation, individual, copartnership, company, association, or any combination of individuals or organizations doing business as a unit, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, lessee, or personal representative thereof. See North Carolina General Statutes 62-3
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.
  • property: shall include all property, both real and personal. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • public utility: except as otherwise expressly provided in this Chapter, shall not include the following:

    1. See North Carolina General Statutes 62-3

  • Rate: means every compensation, charge, fare, tariff, schedule, toll, rental and classification, or any of them, demanded, observed, charged or collected by any public utility, for any service product or commodity offered by it to the public, and any rules, regulations, practices or contracts affecting any such compensation, charge, fare, tariff, schedule, toll, rental or classification. See North Carolina General Statutes 62-3
  • seal: shall be construed to include an impression of such official seal, made upon the paper alone, as well as an impression made by means of a wafer or of wax affixed thereto. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • Securities: means stock, stock certificates, bonds, notes, debentures, or other evidences of ownership or of indebtedness, and any assumption or guaranty thereof. See North Carolina General Statutes 62-3
  • Service: means any service furnished by a public utility, including any commodity furnished as a part of such service and any ancillary service or facility used in connection with such service. See North Carolina General Statutes 62-3
  • State: means the State of North Carolina; "state" means any state. See North Carolina General Statutes 62-3
  • United States: shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3