Dennis v. Duke Power Co.

WHICHARD, Justice.

This case arose from four complaints filed in the North Carolina Utilities Commission (“the Commission”) on behalf of over nine hundred electric power consumers who were customers of respondent Haywood Electric Membership Corporation (“Haywood”) in Haywood’s Transylvania and Jackson County service areas. These consumers sought a transfer of their electrical service from Haywood to respondent Duke Power Company (“Duke Power”) or respondent Nantahala Power and Light Company (“Nantahala”).

On 30 July 1990 Delora Dennis and approximately 640 other customers of Haywood filed a…