State Ex Rel. Utilities Commission & Duke Power Co. v. Eddleman

EXUM, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the North Carolina Utilities Commission in a general rate case. Numerous questions concerning the legality of the order have been raised by appellant intervenors and will be treated seriatim.

Procedurally, the case comes to this Court as follows:

On 15 February 1985, Duke Power Company filed an application with the North Carolina Utilities Commission seeking to increase electric utility rates for North Carolina retail customers effective 17 March 1985. The rates sought would have produced approximately $339,980,000 in additional revenues…