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■ <br /> ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT ICY <br /> 306F REVERE ROAD <br /> HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27278 <br /> , A <br /> N2 rk ,+ <br /> l <br /> O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br /> INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM <br /> 8707-1501 <br /> _ TO: Marvin Collins, Planning Director <br /> FROM: Emily Crudup, Planner II <br /> SUBJECT: North State Utilities , Inc . <br /> DATE : July 29 , 1987 <br /> As you requested , today toda I contacted Mr . Jerry Tweed of the <br /> North Carolina Utilities Commission . His comments regarding <br /> utility franchise def aul P o <br /> Utilities, Inc . are as follows : <br /> ( 1 ) The North Carolina State Le g recently <br /> passed a law which requires a utility <br /> o <br /> post a performance bond ( $10 ,000 minimum) with the <br /> N . C. Utilities Commission when applying for a <br /> utility franchise. <br /> (2) In the event that a particular utility franchise is <br /> not properly operated or maintained resulting in an <br /> emergency situation , the N. C. Utilities Commission <br /> will appoint a trustee to take over resp <br /> for the system. This designated "emergency <br /> operator" will use the money guaranteed by the <br /> required bond to bring the utility into operating <br /> order . The trustee may be another utility company , <br /> or possibly an individual customer or Home Owners <br /> Association that would contract out operation of <br /> the utility . Although the original utility company <br /> ( designated as a "troubled operator" ) still retains <br /> ownership of the franchise, the trusteeship con- <br /> tinues until the emergency is over and that company <br /> agrees to resume operation and maintenance. There <br /> are an estimated fifteen emergency operators in <br /> North Carolina primarily involved with older water <br /> supply systems that were not being regulated . <br /> (3) When a utility company is granted a franchise, the <br /> N. C. Utilities Commission issues a docket number as <br />