§ 62-158 isN.C.G.S. Thereafter, the evidence that was in the nature of rebuttal testimony was admitted, and the new testimony that was in the nature of additional direct testimony was excluded.Heath and Associates' conclusions were based on a more conservative system development, which projected by year five 418 miles of distribution main, serving 5,154 residential customers and 215 poultry farms, at a cost of $44 million. Find an authorized HVAC dealer. The orders of the Utilities Commission are thereforeIn addition to the market study, Heath testified that Heath and Associates performed a detailed feasibility study using (1) information provided in the market study, (2) construction and other costs developed after review of Frontier's design of the pipelines necessary to serve the Four-County area, (3) the costs of gas supply and capacity, and (4) the proposed retail rates Frontier would offer to its customers. The Heath study, on the other hand, was done on the basis of actually driving down each road within the fifty-three study areas and counting houses, a method which obviously produces a more precise calculation. A public hearing was set for 1 December 1994 in Wilkesboro, with the hearing continuing in Raleigh on 31 January 1995. Piedmont now argues that the Commission exceeded its statutory authority by permitting Frontier's independent consultant to evaluate a smaller, more expensive proposal, in effect allowing Frontier to substantially alter its proposal, without affording Piedmont a similar opportunity to change its proposal.By its final assignment of error, Piedmont argues that the Commission's interpretation of N.C.G.S. *595 Petree Stockton, L.L.P. § 62-158 to allow expansion funds to be used in this case because an alternative that appeared to be feasible is available."
In this section you will find: About Piedmont Natural Gas. Founded in 1950, the company serves homes and businesses, as well as the new construction market. On 30 January 1996 the Commission issued an order awarding a final certificate to Frontier to provide natural gas service to the Four-County area.The evidence indicates that Oxford, president of Frontier, initially identified Wilkes County as one of the larger unserved counties in the eastern United States. § 62-158 was consistent with the language and intent of chapter 62 and of the policy of this state; that the Commission's final order contains findings sufficient to justify its conclusion that Frontier should be awarded the final certificate of public convenience and necessity to provide natural gas service to Surry, Wilkes, Watauga, and Yadkin Counties; and that the Commission did not err in its conduct of the proceedings.