State ex rel. Utilities Commission v. Carolinas Committee for Industrial Power Rates & Area Development, Inc.

Protestants contend that the judgment below should be reversed and the cause remanded to the Commission for further proceedings. They maintain that the Commission erred as a matter of law in that it (1) restricted the cause to a “complaint proceeding” *562when the facts alleged by protestants made a “general rate case” mandatory, (2) refused to admit evidence offered by protestants tending to show an excessive rate of return to Carolina, and (3) made findings of fact not supported by competent, material and substantial evidence.

A summary of proceedings before the Commission is necessary to an…