Legal Opinion

State of NC ex rel. Utils. Comm'n v. N.C. Waste Awareness & Reduction Network

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided September 19, 2017No. COA16-811PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MURPHY, Judge.

*614Plaintiff North Carolina Waste Awareness and Reduction Network ("NC WARN") appeals from an order of the North Carolina Utilities Commission (the "Commission") concluding that NC WARN was operating as a "public utility," subject to the Commission's jurisdiction, when it entered into an agreement with a Greensboro church (the "Church") to install and maintain a solar panel system on the Church's property and to charge the Church based on the amount of electricity that the system generated. The Commission also concluded that NC WARN's actions constituted a provision of "electric…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Utilities Commission v. Lumbee River Electric Membership Corp.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1969
  2. State Ex Rel. Utilities Commission v. Carolina Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1966
  3. Taylor v. City of LenoirCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1998
  4. State ex rel. North Carolina Utilities Commission v. New Hope Road Water Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1958
  5. State Ex Rel. Utilities Commission v. Environmental Defense FundCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2011

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. In re De Luca USMCRCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2018
  2. Onnipauper LLC v. DunstonCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2023
  3. State ex rel. Utils. Comm'n v. NC WARNSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2018
  4. State ex rel. Utils. Comm'n v. SteinSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2020
  5. State ex rel. Utils. Comm'n v. SteinSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2020

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