In re Application of Duke Energy Corp. & Progress Energy, Inc.

McCullough, Judge.

Intervenors City of Orangeburg, South Carolina (“Orangeburg”) and N.C. Waste Awareness and Reduction Network (“NC WARN”) appeal from order of the N.C. Utilities Commission (the “Commission”) entered 29 June 2012. For the following reasons, we affirm the Commission’s order and dismiss Orangeburg’s appeal.

I. Background

In accordance with N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-lll(a), on 4 April 2011, Duke Energy Corporation (“Duke”) and Progress Energy, Inc. (“Progress”) (collectively the “applicants”) submitted an application to the Commission for authorization to: “engage in a business…