Each utility shall maintain a Hire North Carolina list consisting of resident contractors, including women- and minority-owned businesses, determined by the utility to be qualified to perform contracts within the scope of proposed utility projects. The utility shall publish on its website a notice requesting names of qualified resident contractors. A contractor wishing to be included on the Hire North Carolina list may certify to the utility that the contractor is a resident contractor as defined in Rule R25-1 above by any means the utility deems reasonable. Upon such certification, the utility shall add said contractor to the Hire North Carolina list.
04 N.C. Admin. Code 11 R25-03