North Carolina Utilities Commission

In 1893, the commission gained jurisdiction over telephone companies, and four years later it regulated street cars.

[1] In 1941, the General Assembly created the North Carolina Utilities Commission, composed of three commissioners serving six-year terms.

[2] Two years later the General Assembly created the Public Staff of the Utilities Commission to supply it with technical advice.

It is required to publish two annual reports every year, one summarizing the legal and economic state of utilities in North Carolina and the other listing all of its rulings.

[7] It employs about 71 staffers in four divisions: Legal & Administration, Operations, Clerk & IT Services, and Fiscal Management.

Led by an executive director appointed by the governor,[6] it advises the commission on the appropriateness of rates charged and quality of service delivered by utilities.