State Ex Rel. Utilities Commission v. Carolina Utility Customers Ass'n

HUNTER, Judge.

Carolina Utility Customers Association, Inc. (“CUCA”) appeals an order of the North Carolina Utilities Commission (“the Commission”) denying CUCA’s petition to initiate a general rate proceeding and dismissing its complaint regarding unjust and unreasonable rates charged by Duke Power, a division of Duke Energy Corporation (“Duke”). For the reasons stated herein, we affirm.

CUCA is an association representing many of North Carolina’s largest industrial manufacturers. On 12 June 2002, CUCA filed a verified petition and complaint against Duke alleging that Duke’s base rates for…