The regulatory fee legislation for public utilities and electric membership corporations was enacted by the North Carolina General Assembly to provide funding to pay the expenses incurred by the Commission and Public Staff in regulating public utilities in the interest of the using and consuming public. The regulatory fee requirements are administered in compliance with G.S. 62-302.
The Commission's Fiscal Management Division is responsible for the collection, deposit, accounting, and reporting of the regulatory fee for the Commission.
G.S. 62-302 and Commission Rule R-15 state in part that: "The regulatory fee imposed under this section is due and payable to the Commission on or before the 15th day of the second month following the end of each quarter. Each public utility subject to the regulatory fee shall on or before the date the fee is due for each quarter, prepare and render a report on a form prescribed by the Commission."
** Effective July 1, 2025, the Regulatory Fee Percentage Rate will remain at 0.17% (0.00170) for state fiscal year 2025-2026. The two rates for the telephone subsection (h) and (m) companies will remain the same as .04% (.0004) and .02% (.0002) respectively.
For assistance you can contact the following individuals in Regulatory Fees Reporting:
Also, you can contact the Fiscal Management Section at 919-733-7680 or email Fiscal Management at fiscalmanagement@ncuc.gov.
On this page you will find updated user guides to assist you with the various ways you can file and pay your Regulatory Fee Reports with the NC Utilities Commission. Below is a complete guide to all methods and then each section reiterates those instructions specific to how you are choosing to file your report.
Complete User Guide to Regulatory Fee Reporting
If you have filed online before and know what to do, click the Login button now.
Filing your Regulatory Fee Report online is fast and simple and the system keeps up with your year-to-date jurisdictional revenue so you only pay what is required.
Find below a Training Guide to assist you in this process.
Instructions for the Fillable PDF Regulatory Fee Report Form
Fillable PDF Regulatory Fee Report form for SFY 2025-2026 quarters
Fillable PDF Regulatory Fee Report form for SFY 2024-2025 quarters
When filing your regulatory fee reports, make sure you’re using browsers such as Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome.
You can go to our homepage at ncuc.gov and click on Regulatory Fee Reporting and a Login will be at the top right of the webpage. Click on the Login. It will direct you to the NCID Login, then click Register and follow the prompts.
You will need to call NCID and request the password to be reset. The number for NCID is 919-754-6000.
Each state fiscal year (July 1 to June 30) utility companies certificated by the NC Utilities Commission are required to file a Quarterly Regulatory Fee Report per General Statute 62-302.
The quarterly reports are due 45 days after the end of each quarter.
Utility companies can now pay outstanding balances on their account(s) at any time. This is available through the Regulatory Fee Filing History link. When you select your company, you will see any outstanding balance(s) you may have and you can make an electronic payment. This will allow companies that have separate staff filing the report verses staff that have authority to make payments to be able to do both pieces electronically/online. Please see this special section in the Complete User's Guide starting on page 38 for step-by-step instructions.
The filing history of any companies you are currently a contact for, including previously filed reports and invoices, is available through the Regulatory Fee Filing History link. If the filing history is not showing for the company you are looking for, please contact Fiscal Management at the contact information provided above.
The preferred method of payment is Visa, Master Card, Discover and e-Check online payments. We also accept checks and money orders. Please pay the correct amount. We don't return refunds. Overpayments will be applied to the next quarter.
Fiscal Management Division
NC Utilities Commission
4325 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-4300
If you Federal Express or UPS any mail, this should be sent to the following address:
Fiscal Management Division
NC Utilities Commission
430 N. Salisbury Street, Room 2074
Raleigh, NC 27603
Please be sure to carefully review your filings before submission as you must certify that the information contained in the report is correct. If you discover that an error has been made, contact our office immediately to discuss correction options.
If an overpayment was made to your account due to the incorrect filings of a regulatory fee report, then the surplus will be applied to your account to cover future filings.
Please note that no refunds will be issued.
The requirement to file begins in the quarter your certificate was issued and continues until the certificate is cancelled. If your certificate is cancelled, you will need to file a report for the quarter that it was cancelled.
If there are no jurisdictional revenues to report for a quarter, please enter the revenues as “$0.01” on the report form.