Pole Attachments
Pole Attachment Final Rulemaking
Final Rulemaking Order - Order on the assumption of Commission Jurisdiction over pole attachments from the FCC. Public Meeting of August 29, 2019 at Docket No. L-2018-3002672 and entered on September 3, 2019.
- Ordering Paragraph 5 of the Commission’s Final Rulemaking Order states that the final regulations will become effective upon publication in the PA Bulletin (January 18, 2020). However, the final regulation at Section 77.3(a) states that the Commission establishes regulatory authority over the rates, terms and conditions of access to and use of utility poles as of 60 days after the effective date of Chapter 77 – that would be March 18, 2020.
Pole Attachment Comments & Reply Comments
At the June 14, 2018 Public Meeting, Commissioner Kennard made a motion initiating a rulemaking to assert the Commission's jurisdiction over pole attachments and create a form for dispute resolution. Press Release
Comments for L-2018-3002672
- COMMENTS - IIRC
- COMMENTS-BCAP
- COMMENTS- CROWN CASTLE FIBER LLC ET AL.,
- COMMENTS-CBPA
- COMMENTS-PPL ELECTRIC
- COMMENTS - CENTURYLINK
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- COMMENTS - CWA
- COMMENTS - DUQ LT
- COMMENTS - PA TELEPHONE ASSOC
- COMMENTS - DUQ LT
- COMMENTS - OCA
- COMMENTS - FULL SERVICE NETWORK LP
- COMMENTS - FIRST ENERGY COMPANIES
- COMMENTS - CTIA
- LTR IN LIEU OF COMMENTS - PA RURAL ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION
- COMMENTS - PECO
- COMMENTS - VERIZON
- COMMENTS - MAW COMMUNICATIONS
- COMMENTS - NETSPEED LLC
Reply Comments for L-2018-3002672
- REPLY COMMENTS-BCAP
- REPLY COMMENTS - CROWN CASTLE
- REPLY COMMENTS-PREA
- REPLY COMMENTS-DUQUESNE LIGHT
- REPLY COMMENTS-PECO
- REPLY COMMENTS-CENTURYLINK
- REPLY COMMENTS-MAW
- REPLY COMMENTS-JOHN BOOSE
- REPLY COMMENTS - FIRSTENERGY COMPANIES
- REPLY COMMENTS - ROSEMARIE KEEN
- REPLY COMMENTS - CTIA
- REPLY COMMENTS-PPL ELECTRIC
- REPLY COMMENTS-CAROLYN ROBBINS
- REPLY COMMENTS-VERIZON
- REPLY COMMENTS - SIEGRIST
- REPLY COMMENTS-DAVID KOB
- REPLY COMMENTS - TREVOR ROY
- REPLY COMMENTS - HOMMEL
- REPLY COMMENTS - MAW COMMUNICATIONS
- REPLY COMMENTS - CHARLES LARDNER
- REPLY COMMENTS - NETPEED LLC
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