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North Carolina Utilities Commission
| North Carolina Utilities Commission | |
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| General information | |
| Office Type: | Non-partisan |
| Office website: | Official Link |
| Total Seats: | 7 |
| Term limits: | None |
| Structure | |
| Length of term: | 8 years |
| Authority: | Chapter 62 of the North Carolina General Statutes |
| Leadership: | Edward Finley, Jr. |
| Selection Method: | Appointed by Governor |
| Other North Carolina Executive Offices | |
| Governor • Lieutenant Governor • Secretary of State • Attorney General • Treasurer • Auditor • Superintendent of Education • Agriculture Commissioner • Insurance Commissioner • Natural Resources Commissioner • Labor Commissioner • Public Service Commission | |
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Current officeholder
The current chairman is Edward Finley, Jr.. He serves alongside William Culpepper, Bryan Beatty, Susan Rabon, ToNola Brown-Bland, Lucy Allen, and Don Bailey.
Authority
Passed in 1963, Chapter 62 of the North Carolina General Statutes, more commonly known as the Public Utilities Act, created the Utilities Commission in order to regulate the rates, services, and operations of public utilities.
Qualifications
There are no specific qualifications for this office.
Appointments
The commissioners are appointed by the Governor, with consent of the general assembly, to eight year terms. The chairman, designated by the governor, for four-years.
Vacancies
In the event of a vacancy in the office, the governor appoints a new commissioner to finish the unexpired term of the vacated position. That individual may, then, be re-appointed to a full term.
Duties
The North Carolina Utilities Commission is charged with administering and enforcing the Public Utilities Act to ensure that the state has an efficient and economic public utility system. Duties of the commission include:
- Regulating electricity, telephones (including payphones), natural gas, water, wastewater, water resale, household goods transportation, busses, brokers, and ferryboats.
- Regulating, to a lesser extent, electric membership corporations, small power products, and electric merchant plants
- Administering programs to ensure the safety or natural gas pipelines
- Conducting administrative hearings
- Fixing the rates of public utilities
The commission does NOT regulate the following utilities:
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Divisions
There are three divisions within the commission:
- The Administrative Division includes the chief clerk's office and the legal, court reporter and computer support sections.
- The Financial Management Division manages the commission's budget and other fiscal matters. The staff handle the collection of a public utility regulatory fee from all jurisdictional utilities.
- The Operations Division provides regulatory, financial, cost accounting, financal, economic, engineering, statistical, and operations analysis support and councel to the commission.
Compensation
- See also: Compensation of state executive officers
2012
In 2012, the commissioners were paid an estimated $137,203. This figure comes from the Council of State Governments.
2010
In 2010, the Chair of the North Carolina Utilities Commission was paid an estimated $123,936 according to the Council of State Governments.[1]
Contact information
North Carolina Utilities Commission
430 North Salisbury Street
Dobbs Building
Raleigh, NC 27603-5918
Mailing address:
4325 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27603-4325
Phone: 919-733-7328
Fax: 919-733-7300
Email: Consumer Services
Departmental contact information
See also
External links
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