Primer on Pole Attachments

Since the enactment of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, requests for attachments to utility poles, ducts, conduits, and rights of way have increased dramatically. As a result, electric utilities have had to balance their own need to maintain and operate their utility systems in a safe and reliable manner with the often competing needs of a variety of attaching communications entities.
These efforts were complicated by imperfections in the federal pole attachment rules, as interpreted by the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”).

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