62-79. Final orders and decisions; findings; service; compliance.
(a) All final orders and decisions of the Commission shall be sufficient in detail to enable the court on appeal to determine the controverted questions presented in the proceedings and shall include:
(1) Findings and conclusions and the reasons or bases therefor upon all the material issues of fact, law, or discretion presented in the record, and
(2) The appropriate rule, order, sanction, relief or statement of denial thereof.
(b) A copy of every final order or decision under the seal of the Commission shall be served in the manner prescribed by the Commission upon the person against whom it runs or his attorney and notice thereof shall be given to the other parties to the proceeding or their attorney. Such order shall take effect and become operative when issued unless otherwise designated therein and shall continue in force either for a period which may be designated therein or until changed or revoked by the Commission. If an order cannot, in the judgment of the Commission, be complied with within the time designated therein, the Commission may grant and prescribe such additional time as in its judgment is reasonably necessary to comply with the order, and may, on application and for good cause shown, extend the time for compliance fixed in its order. (1949, c. 989, s. 1; 1957, c. 1152, s. 4; 1959, c. 639, s. 4; 1961, c. 472, s. 1; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1; 1981, c. 193, s. 2; 2021-23, s. 9.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 4 - Procedure Before the Commission.
§ 62-60.1 - Commission to sit in panels of three.
§ 62-61 - Witnesses; production of papers; contempt.
§ 62-62 - Issuance and service of subpoenas.
§ 62-63 - Service of process and notices.
§ 62-65 - Rules of evidence; judicial notice.
§ 62-69 - Stipulations and agreements; prehearing conference.
§ 62-70 - Ex parte communications.
§ 62-71 - Hearings to be public; record of proceedings.
§ 62-72 - Commission may make rules of practice and procedure.
§ 62-73 - Complaints against public utilities.
§ 62-73.1 - Complaints against providers of telephone services.
§ 62-74 - Complaints by public utilities.
§ 62-76 - Hearings by Commission, panel of three commissioners, single commissioner, or examiner.
§ 62-77 - Recommended decision of panel of three commissioners, single commissioner or examiner.
§ 62-78 - Proposed findings, briefs, exceptions, orders, expediting cases, and other procedure.
§ 62-79 - Final orders and decisions; findings; service; compliance.
§ 62-80 - Powers of Commission to rescind, alter or amend prior order or decision.
§ 62-81 - Special procedure in hearing and deciding rate cases.