62-117. Same or similar names prohibited.
No public utility holding or operating under a franchise issued under this Chapter shall adopt or use a name used by any other public utility, or any name so similar to a name of another public utility as to mislead or confuse the public, and the Commission may, upon complaint, or upon its own initiative, in any such case require the public utility to discontinue the use of such name, preference being given to the public utility first adopting and using such name. (1947, c. 1008, s. 15; 1949, c. 1132, s. 15; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 6 - The Utility Franchise.
§ 62-110 - Certificate of convenience and necessity.
§ 62-110.2 - Electric service areas outside of municipalities.
§ 62-110.3 - Bond required for water and sewer companies.
§ 62-110.4 - Alternative Operator Services.
§ 62-110.5 - Commission may exempt certain nonprofit and consumer-owned water or sewer utilities.
§ 62-110.6 - Rate recovery for construction costs of out-of-state electric generating facilities.
§ 62-110.7 - Project development cost review for a nuclear facility.
§ 62-110.8 - Competitive procurement of renewable energy.
§ 62-111 - Transfers of franchises; mergers, consolidations and combinations of public utilities.
§ 62-113 - Terms and conditions of franchises.
§ 62-115 - Issuance of partnership franchises.
§ 62-116 - Issuance of temporary or emergency authority.