City of New Bern v. Carteret-Craven Electric Membership Corp.

LAKE, Chief Justice.

The question presented for review in this case is whether a new building constructed by an electric customer remained part of an existing, adjoining “premises” requiring continued electric service from its original supplier, or whether such building became a “premises initially requiring electric service” under the terms of the Electric Territorial Assignment Act of 1965 (the “Electric Act”), and thus was eligible to receive electric service from a new supplier, Carteret-Craven Electric Membership Corporation. See N.C.G.S. § 160A-332(a)(3) (2001). The Court of Appeals…