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ST. EX REL. UTIL. COM'N v. CENTRAL TEL. CO.

No. 8210UC372.

299 S.E.2d 264 (1983)

STATE of North Carolina, ex rel. UTILITIES COMMISSION and the New Telephone Company v. CENTRAL TELEPHONE COMPANY.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

January 18, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul L. Lassiter and Antoinette R. Wike, Raleigh, for the North Carolina Utilities Commission-Public Staff, intervenor-appellee.

Kimzey, Smith & McMillan by James M. Kimzey, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.

ARNOLD, Judge.

Before deciding the issue in this case, we note that the Utilities Commission has broad authority over regulated utilities in North Carolina under G.S. 62-30 and -32. The burden of proof is upon the utility seeking a rate increase to show that the proposed rates are just and reasonable. G.S. 62-75. State ex rel. Utilities Comm'n v. S. Bell Tel. & Tel. Co., 24 N.C. App. 327, 210 S.E.2d...

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