Telecommunications, Utilities Sector, Public Utility

Reverse Preemption Roundup: Two States Poised To Enact Pole Attachment Legislation

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 7/8/2025

Pole attachment legislation is moving through the state legislatures of both Pennsylvania and New York. In Pennsylvania, House Bill 825 would direct the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission ("PUC") to conduct a rulemaking...more

FCC To Vote on New Pole Attachments Rules to Promote Broadband Expansion

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 12/4/2023

After more than three years of consideration, amidst the largest federal and state investment in broadband deployment, and anticipating disputes between broadband providers and utility pole owners concerning the terms and...more

Georgetown Broadband LLC Secures Utility Pole Attachment Authorization for Community Broadband Project

Verrill on 3/16/2023

On February 17, 2023, Georgetown Broadband LLC (GBLLC) became the latest community broadband entity to receive pole attachment authorization from the Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to deploy a fiber broadband...more

CPUC to Consider Expansion of Service Quality Standards to Internet-Based Telecommunications Providers

Downey Brand LLP on 3/10/2022

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued a Proposed Decision on March 7 that, if adopted, would expand the service quality standards that currently apply to telephone companies that provide standard telephone...more

A Declaration of Independence: Pennsylvania to Regulate Pole Attachments

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 9/10/2019

Pennsylvania will become the twenty-first state to certify to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that it regulates third-party attachments to electric utility and telephone poles. ...more

Back To The Future: FCC Returns To Light Touch Regulation Of The Internet

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/14/2018

This week, the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC’s”) Restoring Internet Freedom Order took effect, rolling back the public-utility style regulation of Internet service providers (“ISPs”) pursuant to title II of the...more

Impact of Reclassification on Pole Attachments

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 3/17/2015

The Order recognizes that the deployment of communications networks and broadband infrastructure depends heavily on access to utility poles on reasonable rates, terms and conditions. Accordingly, the Order declined to...more

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