Duke Power Co. v. City of High Point

VAUGHN, Chief Judge.

I

We first address Duke’s appeal from the trial court order authorizing the City to extend its electric lines to an annexation area outside the corporate limits for the stated purpose of providing street lights. We have, in determining the City’s right to extend electric service, divided our analysis into three sections. In Section A, we discuss the pertinent statutory provisions contained in Chapter 160A of the General Statutes and specifically the two bases of authority under G.S. 160A-312 authorizing the extension of service outside of a municipality. In Section B, we…