STATE EX REL. UTILITIES COM'N v. COOPER

No. 268A12-2.

766 S.E.2d 827 (2014)

STATE of North Carolina ex rel. UTILITIES COMMISSION; Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, Applicant; Public Staff — North Carolina Utilities Commission, Intervenor, v. Attorney General Roy COOPER, N.C. Waste Awareness and Reduction Network, N.C. Justice Center, and N.C. Housing Coalition, Intervenors.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 19, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

K & L Gates LLP, Charlotte, by Kiran H. Mehta ; Heather Shirley Smith , Deputy General Counsel, and Charles A. Castle , Associate General Counsel, Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; and Williams Mullen , Raleigh, by Christopher G. Browning, Jr. , for applicant-appellee Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC.

Antoinette R. Wike , Chief Counsel, and William E. Grantmyre and David T. Drooz , Staff Attorneys, for intervenor-appellee Public Staff — North Carolina Utilities Commission.

Kevin Anderson , Senior Deputy Attorney General; Phillip K. Woods , Special Deputy Attorney General; Michael T. Henry , Assistant Attorney General; and John F. Maddrey , Solicitor General; for intervenor-appellant Roy Cooper, Attorney General.

Law Offices of F. Bryan Brice, Jr., Raleigh, by Matthew D. Quinn , for NC WARN; and John D. Runkle for NC WARN, N.C. Justice Center, and N.C. Housing Coalition, intervenor-appellants.


In this case we consider whether the order of the North Carolina Utilities Commission ("the Commission") authorizing a 10.5% return on equity ("ROE") for Duke Energy Carolinas ("Duke") contained sufficient findings of fact to demonstrate that the order was supported by competent, material, and substantial evidence in view of the...

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