State ex rel. Utils. Comm'n v. Cooper, Att'y Gen.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA No. 12A14 Filed 23 January 2015 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA ex rel. UTILITIES COMMISSION, PUBLIC STAFF – NORTH CAROLINA UTILITIES COMMISSION, and DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS, LLC v. ATTORNEY GENERAL ROY COOPER and NORTH CAROLINA WASTE AWARENESS AND REDUCTION NETWORK On direct appeal as of right pursuant to N.C.G.S. §§ 7A-29(b) and 62-90(d) from a final order of the North Carolina Utilities Commission entered on 24 September 2013 in Docket No. E-7, Sub 1026. Heard in the Supreme Court on 8 September 2014. Troutman Sanders LLP, by Kiran H. Mehta; Heather Shirley…