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Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1982.tb04967.x
Subject(s) - duty , supreme court , contradiction , commission , payment , business , law , economics , actuarial science , law and economics , political science , finance , philosophy , epistemology
In the absence of contradiction of challenge by affirmative evidence offered at a rate proceeding, a public utility commission has no duty, although it had the authority, to investigate the reasonableness of charges or fees paid to companies affiliated with the petitioning utility, according to the Supreme Court of North Carolina.