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Vepco Refund
Struck Down
Virginia Electric *
Power Company doesn't
have to teAmd millions of
dollars to its retail
easterners in North
Carolina. That was the
rating of the N. C. Supreme
Court tost week which let
the Court of Appeals.
The Unities Commission,
after a lengthy investigation
at the request of Gov James
B. Hunt, Jr., had ruled in
July ISIS, that Vepco must
retand alleged overcharges
under a fuel-adjustment
ci ace The investigation
centered around claims that
Vepco was poorty managed.
"The Supreme Court
tfidnt speak to the question
ot mismanagement."
Robert Fischbach. of the
comnussmi's Public Staff
"They only said the com
mission used the wrong
legal mechanism.
"I's an unfortunate loss
of an opportunity to give
those people some relief
from a very heavy burden."
he said, referring to the
court's decision which af
fects Vepco customers in
Northeastern North
Carolina.
R. D. Mclver Yepco's
Southern Division vice
president, was elated over
the Supreme Court's action
"It is important for our
customers in North Carolina
to know that Vepco is ad
dressing the issues that
were before the commission
through aggressive
management of its day-to
day and long-term
operations." he said
Meanwhile. State Sen
Melvin Daniels, an out
spoken foe of Vepco's high
utility rates, said the
decision means "we ll have
to fight a little harder.'"
The Pasquotank County
legislator told The Daily 7
Advance in Elizabeth City
that he had already drafted
legislation which could
eventually give the Utilities
Commission power over
which Utilities do business in
the state.
Sen. Daniels has vowed
nut to turn the issue loose “I
recognize the power of
utility lobbyists in all areas
of government, he said. “I
question whether or not the
utility companies have
customers' interests in
mind when our money pays
for the most powerful
professional lobbyists I've
seen"
VA Reminders
Being Mailed
Thousands of elderly
veterans and survivors
throughout North Carolina
are getting reminders in the
mail that it's time once
again to take a look at their
income for this year to make
certain it still meets
Veterans Administration
pension requirements
The reminders come with
VA pension checks in the
form of a card explaining
that pensioners over 72 who
have been receiving VA
pensions for the last two
years must report certain
changes If the number or
status of their dependents
has changed or if annual
income has increased above
VA limits, the agency needs
to know, said VA Regional
Director Kenneth E. Mc-
Donald
The pensioners receiving
the reminder cards are
veterans or their survivors
who chose at the end of 1978
to remain under what is now
called the "old" VA pension
plan because it was to their
advantage to do so. Mc-
Donald said. Their pension
rates were frozen at the end
of the year, he added.
A smaller group of pen
sion recipients chose to
switch to a more recent plan
which offers higher rates to
some pensioners, depending
on individual cir-
Pension recipients
receiving the card need not
report cost of living in
creases ia their Social
Security income since VA
—tomanicalfy recortfc cost
of living rate increases,
according to McDonald
Should pensioners have
any questions regartfct* the
information ashed far on
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