The Utilities Commission calendar includes proceedings involving electric, natural-gas, water and sewer providers, but the listed applications remain under review.
RALEIGH — North Carolina utility regulators have scheduled a series of public and expert-witness hearings in pending cases that could affect electric, natural-gas, water and sewer charges in parts of the state.
The N.C. Utilities Commission calendar lists an expert-witness hearing Sept. 29 in Cardinal Pipeline Company’s application to adjust its rates and charges. The proceeding is scheduled for 10 a.m. in the commission’s hearing room at the Dobbs Building in Raleigh under Docket G-39, Sub 52.
The commission also has scheduled public-witness hearings in Dominion Energy North Carolina’s electric-rate case. A remote hearing is listed for Oct. 5, followed by in-person hearings Oct. 13 in Manteo and Oct. 14 in Williamston. An expert-witness hearing is scheduled Nov. 18 in Raleigh. The Dominion proceeding is listed as Docket E-22, Sub 765.
Additional fall hearings involve several regulated water and sewer providers. The calendar lists proceedings involving Royal Gorge Water Utility, Old North State Water Company, Rock Creek Environmental Company and an Aqua North Carolina proposal to acquire the public-utility franchise of KRJ Utilities.
The hearing calendar identifies the matters as applications. Their inclusion on the calendar does not mean the commission has approved the requested rates or other relief. The commission may receive testimony, documentary evidence and public comments before deciding a case.
North Carolina law gives the commission authority over the rates and services of investor-owned public utilities. Its jurisdiction includes investor-owned electric companies and certain natural-gas, water and wastewater providers. Municipal utilities and electric membership corporations generally fall outside the commission’s rate-setting authority.
Customers should check the commission’s calendar before attending because hearing dates, locations and formats may change. The calendar includes docket numbers that can be used to locate case filings and orders through the commission’s docket portal.
Editor’s note:
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