62-36. Reports by utilities; canceling certificates for failure to file.
The Commission may require any public utility to file annual reports in such form and of such content as the Commission may require and special reports concerning any matter about which the Commission is authorized to inquire or to keep informed, or which it is required to enforce. All reports shall be under oath when required by the Commission. The Commission may issue an order, without notice or hearing, canceling or suspending any certificate of convenience and necessity or any certificate of authority 30 days after the date of service of the order for failing to file the required annual report at the time it was due. In the event the report is filed during the 30-day period, the order of cancellation or suspension shall be null and void. (1931, c. 455; 1933, c. 134, s. 8; c. 307, s. 15; 1941, c. 97; 1959, c. 639, ss. 7, 8; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1; 1985, c. 676, s. 6.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 3 - Powers and Duties of Utilities Commission.
§ 62-30 - General powers of Commission.
§ 62-31 - Power to make and enforce rules and regulations for public utilities.
§ 62-32 - Supervisory powers; rates and service.
§ 62-33 - Commission to keep informed as to utilities.
§ 62-34 - To investigate companies under its control; visitation and inspection.
§ 62-36 - Reports by utilities; canceling certificates for failure to file.
§ 62-36B - Recodified as G.S62-36.01 by Session Laws 2015-264, s10, effective October 1, 2015.
§ 62-36.01 - Regulation of natural gas service agreements.
§ 62-38 - Power to regulate public utilities in municipalities.
§ 62-40 - To hear and determine controversies submitted.
§ 62-41 - To investigate accidents involving public utilities; to promote general safety program.
§ 62-43 - Fixing standards, classifications, etc.; testing service.
§ 62-44 - Commission may require continuous telephone lines.
§ 62-45 - Determination of cost and value of utility property.
§ 62-46 - Water gauging stations.
§ 62-47 - Reports from municipalities operating own utilities.
§ 62-48 - Appearance before courts and agencies.
§ 62-49 - Publication of utilities laws.
§ 62-50 - Safety standards for gas pipeline facilities.
§ 62-51 - To inspect books and records of corporations affiliated with public utilities.
§ 62-52 - Interruption of service.
§ 62-53 - Electric membership corporation subsidiaries.
§ 62-54 - Notification of opportunity to object to telephone solicitation.