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FCC Adopts Rules to Promote Fast and Efficient Broadband Deployment

At its July 24, 2025, Open Meeting, with enthusiastic support from all three Commissioners, the FCC adopted a Fifth Report and Order, Fourth Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and Orders on Reconsideration in WC Docket No. 17-84....more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

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

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

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FCC Confirms Utilities Demand Response Communications are Permissible Under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act

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On June 9, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (“Commission”) issued a declaratory ruling clarifying that utilities may send non-telemarketing, time-sensitive “demand-response” calls and texts to customers who have...more

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FCC Confirms that Utilities Can Send Non-Telemarketing Demand Response Alerts Without Additional Consent

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The FCC’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau adopted a Declaratory Ruling, adding demand response alerts to a list of utility communications deemed “closely related” to utility services....more

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Utilities Petition FCC for Updates to TCPA Guidelines to Allow “Demand Response” Calls and Texts

Edison Electric Institute (EEI), an association that represents all U.S. investor-owned electric companies, petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to permit calls and texts under the Telephone Consumer...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

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

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

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

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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

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N.Y. Public Service Commission Approves Pole Attachment Rental Rate Increase for Municipally Owned Utilities

The New York Public Service Commission ("Commission") entered an Order this month authorizing municipally owned electric utilities to significantly increase the annual rental rates charged to cable system operators and...more

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California Opens Rulemaking to Consider Extensive New VoIP Regulations

Today, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) unanimously voted to commence a rulemaking to consider new regulatory requirements for interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers in California,...more

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H1 2022 Energy and Infrastructure Round-up

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Welcome to our H1 2022 Energy and Infrastructure Round-up. Here we share our assessment of key legal and transactional developments in the energy and infrastructure market including: •Market Activity- •Market...more

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CPUC Announces 2022 Deadlines for Wireline Resiliency Filings

In February 2021, as part of it Rulemaking 18-03-011, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) adopted Decision 21-02-029, Decision Adopting Wireline Provider Resiliency Strategies (Decision). The Decision generally...more

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

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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

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[Webinar] Show Me the Money: How the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Will Benefit Public Projects - February 24th, 11:00 am...

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The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, hailed by the White House as a “once-in-a-generation investment in our nation’s infrastructure and competitiveness,” became law on November 15, 2021. This new $1.2 trillion policy...more

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COVID-19 Regulated Entities

Regulated Entities - The Vermont Public Utility Commission (“PUC” or “Commission”) is responsible for the general administration of Vermont public utilities, specifically including those responsible for electrical...more

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Understanding the current resources for expanding broadband connectivity

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The expansion in federal and state funding coupled with low interest rate financing options now promise to make the goal of “middle mile” and “last mile” broadband connectivity a reality for local communities. Whether your...more

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SCOTUS Denial of Certiorari in City of Portland v. FCC Renders Effective FCC's Rulings on Access to Municipal Utility Poles and...

On June 28, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the petition for certiorari filed by consortiums of various municipal governments and associations seeking to overturn the Ninth Circuit's decision in City of Portland v. FCC,...more

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Five States Advance Bills Regulating Pole Attachment Rates

This legislative session we're witnessing similar types of bills that aim to level the playing field between pole attaching entities and pole owners—including cooperatives and municipalities—by capping rates and requiring...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report — Legislative Day 13

The Super Bowl festivities of yesterday seemed like a decade ago as the General Assembly got down to business today with a large number of new bills entering the legislative process. Convening for Legislative Day 13, however,...more

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A black hole in the telecoms code: operators occupying under old agreements left without any protection

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The Upper Tribunal has, reluctantly it is fair to say, found that telecoms operators in situ under agreements granted under the old Code but which expired before the new Code came into force have no Code protection and are...more

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Vermont Regulated Entities (Update 5/21/20)

Regulated Entities - The Vermont Public Utility Commission (“PUC” or “Commission”) is responsible for the general administration of Vermont public utilities, specifically including those responsible for electrical...more

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National Investment Agreement in Infrastructure by the Private Sector

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On September 26, 2019, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, together with the private sector, presented the National Investment Agreement in Infrastructure by the Private Sector (the "Agreement"). As the first bundle of the...more

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A Declaration of Independence: Pennsylvania to Regulate Pole Attachments

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

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Proposed Credit Reporting Changes Pass House With Mixed Reviews

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Consumer advocacy groups are questioning the purported benefits of H.R. 435 the “Credit Access and Inclusion Act of 2017,” a bill that passed with bipartisan support in the House of Representatives in June, and is currently...more

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FCC Plans to Speed Broadband Deployment Through One-Touch Make-Ready Fastlane for Pole Attachments

After a year of heated debate between pole owners and service providers, the FCC is poised to adopt a one-touch make-ready (“OTMR”) process for the “vast majority” of pole attachments at its meeting on August 2, 2018. Late...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FCC Seeks “Large Step” Toward Advancing Broadband Infrastructure Goals With Draft One-Touch Make-Ready Order

Promoting infrastructure investment and broadband deployment has been a top priority for Chairman Ajit Pai’s FCC. On July 12, 2018, the Chairman took a significant stride in advancing his agenda by releasing a draft report...more

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