North Carolina Electric Membership Corp. v. North Carolina Department of Economic & Community Development

WYNN, Judge.

The basis of this appeal concerns documents filed by the plaintiff, North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation (“NCEMC”), with the defendant, North Carolina Rural Electrification Authority (“NCREA”), which documents the intervenor, Duke Power Company (“Duke”), has requested be disclosed pursuant to the Public Records Act. See N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-6 (1991).

NCEMC is a cooperative electric membership corporation which provides electric energy at wholesale prices to twenty-seven members, which in turn supply electricity to approximately 500,000 North Carolina retail customers.…