Duke Power Co. v. City of Morganton

PHILLIPS, Judge.

This dispute is over the right to provide electric service to property in the City of Morganton on which the Bush-Denny automobile dealership is situated. The case is governed by the 1965 Electric Act (G.S. 62-110.2, G.S. 160A-331 to 160A-338), which was enacted at the behest of virtually all the State’s suppliers of electric power. Domestic Electric Service, Inc. v. City of Rocky Mount, 285 N.C. 135, 203 S.E. 2d 838 (1974). The act has two purposes, to curtail litigation and prevent wasteful duplication of transmission and distribution systems, Domestic Electric Service, Inc.…