State ex rel. Utilities Commission v. Public Staff-North Carolina Utilities Commission

HEDRICK, Judge.

We first note that the statute out of which the proceedings before the Commission, and from which the Commission’s order emanated, G.S. § 62434(e), has since been repealed by 1981 N.C. Sess. Laws Ch. 1197, § 2 (enacted 17 June 1982). The Chapter containing such repeal nowhere states the effect of the repeal on already pending G.S. § 62434(e) proceedings, but does state, “all rates and changes under G.S. § 62434(e) shall terminate not later than December 1, 1982.” 1981 N.C. Sess. Laws Ch. 1197, § 3 (enacted 17 June 1982). Since the rate increase challenged in the present case…