(a) To provide certainty to the regulated public and support efficient operations and administration, the Commission authorizes the Director to issue Executive Orders, as needed. Executive Orders shall have the same force and effect as these Rules.

(b) The Director shall provide the Commission with forty-eight hour prior notice of any Executive Order before such Order's final publication on the Commission's website. Email notice sent to each Commissioner shall suffice.

(1) The Director shall provide a report to the Commission concerning any Executive Orders issued at next regularly scheduled Commission meeting, or at an earlier meeting as directed by the Chair or a majority of Commission members.

(2) Executive Orders expire after one year unless otherwise stated by the Director at the time of the entry of the Order and as approved by the Commission or as otherwise adopted as a Rule by the Commission.

(3) The Director shall approve and sign every Executive Order that issues; approval and execution of Executive Orders is non-delegable.

History Note: Authority G.S. 18C-114(a)(14);

Previously adopted as Rule 1A-007;

Eff. January 8, 2024;

Readopted Eff. March 27, 2024.