No electric membership corporation shall, as to rates or services, make or grant any unreasonable preference or advantage to any member or subject any member to any unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage. No electric membership corporation shall establish or maintain any unreasonable difference as to rates or services either as between localities or as between classes of service. No electric membership corporation shall give, pay, or receive any rebate or bonus, directly or indirectly, or mislead or deceive its members in any manner as to rates charged for the services of such electric membership corporation.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 117-16.1
Discrimination prohibited
Known as the Electric Membership Corporation Act
The act spans §§ 117-10 to 117-9 (26 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 451 F. Supp. 2d 736 - Time Warner Entertainment-Advance/Newhouse Partnership v. Carteret-Craven Electric Membership Corp. (2006)
Most recently applied in 451 F. Supp. 2d 736 - Time Warner Entertainment-Advance/Newhouse Partnership v. Carteret-Craven Electric Membership Corp. (August 2006)
1965, c. 287, s. 11.
Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.