State ex rel. Utilities Commission v. Carolina Industrial Group for Fair Utility Rates

TIMMONS-GOODSON, Judge.

Petitioner/complainant, Carolina Industrial Group For Fair Utility Rates (CIGFUR), appeals from orders issued by the North Carolina Utilities Commission (the Commission) denying CIGFUR’s Petition for Initiation of Investigation of Existing Rates and Complaint concerning the current rates of Carolina Power & Light Company (CP&L). For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the orders of the Commission.

On 19 July 1996, CIGFUR filed a petition/complaint with the Commission seeking an investigation of CP&L’s base rates or, in the alternative, to proceed as a complaint…