State ex rel. Utilities Commission v. Edmisten

MEYER, Justice.

The principal question raised by this appeal is whether the Commission erred as a matter of law in its order establishing Nantahala’s retail rates on a “stand-alone” basis by failing to accord more than minimal consideration to competent evidence suggesting the continued propriety of utilizing the “roll-in” rate making methodology applied by the Commission in two preceding *130general rate cases involving Nantahala, Tapoco, and Alcoa and affirmed by this Court in Utility Commission v. Nantahala Power and Light Co., 313 N.C. 614, 332 S.E. 2d 397 ("Nantahala I"), and Utilities…