§ 62-52. Interruption of service. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 62‑52. Interruption of service.

The Utilities Commission may adopt appropriate rules and regulationswhich would allow public utilities to temporarily interrupt service when astructure is moved by the owner of such structure (or by a licensed mover authorizedand acting on behalf of the owner) over or along public roads or streets andthere are public utility facilities in place which would impede the movement ofsuch structure. Such rules and regulations shall require:

(1)        The owner to demonstrate that the public health and safetyof the utility's customers and that of the general public will not be affectedby the interruption of such service,

(2)        That the inconvenience to said customers and the generalpublic can be fully anticipated and reduced to a minimum,

(3)        The utility cooperate with the owner in furnishinginformation relative to (1) and (2), and

(4)        An initial application fee be paid the utility toward itscost to be incurred in investigating and planning.

Should the owner and the public utility be unable to agree on apractical procedure and/or the direction to follow in overcoming the impedingfacilities in order that the public health and safety of the utility'scustomers and that of the general public will not be affected, then and in suchevent the owner may petition the Utilities Commission to require the utility totemporarily interrupt its service to its customers by disconnecting theimpeding facilities, provided the owner can demonstrate to the satisfaction ofthe Commission that the public health and safety of the utility's customers andthat of the general public will not be affected by such interruption of serviceand that the public utility was unreasonable in the procedure, direction andcost proposed to the owner to overcome the impeding facility.

In any event, the owner of said structure shall reimburse the utilityits full cost involved in such disconnection and reconnection including but notlimited to planning, engineering, notification and administrative costs, labor,material and equipment. Should the impeding facility be overcome other than bydisconnection, the owner shall nevertheless reimburse the utility its full costrelated thereto. (1981 (Reg. Sess.,1982), c. 1186, s. 1.)