A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT prohibiting unnecessary electric service lines, preserving customers right of choice in electric service, preserving the right to serve customers, and imposing civil penalties upon electric service providers for serving customers they are not authorized to serve.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 62‑110.2(a)(2) reads as rewritten:
"(2)	"Line" means any energized conductor for the distribution or transmission of electricity, other than
a.	For overhead construction, an energized conductor from the pole nearest the premises of a consumer to the premises, or an energized conductor from a line tap to the premises, and
b.	For underground construction, an energized conductor from the transformer (or junction point, if there be one) nearest the premises of a consumer to the premises."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 160A‑331(2) reads as rewritten:
"(2)	"Line" means any energized conductor located inside the city for distributing or transmitting electricity, other than
a.	For overhead construction, an energized conductor from the pole nearest the premises of a consumer to the premises, or an energized conductor from a line tap to the premises, and
b.	For underground construction, an energized conductor from the transformer (or the junction point, if there be one) nearest the premises of a consumer to the premises."
SECTION 3.  G.S. 160A‑332(a) is amended by adding the following new subdivision to read:
"(6b)	A primary or secondary supplier who serves or attempts to serve any premises initially requiring electric service after the determination and located within 300 feet of lines as described in subdivision (5) or (6) of this section without first apprising the consumer in writing that the consumer has a choice of supplier as required in subdivision (5) or (6) of this section shall lose the right to serve the premises."
SECTION 4.  G.S. 160A‑332 is amended by adding the following new subsection to read:
"(c)	It shall be unlawful for an electric service provider to serve or attempt to serve a customer that it does not have the right to serve under the provisions of this section. An electric service provider who violates the provisions of this subsection shall be assessed a civil penalty of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each violation."
SECTION 5.  This act is effective when it becomes law.