Pa. PUC Should Wait to Reverse Pre-Empt FCC, Says Cable Group
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission should wait to reverse pre-empt the FCC on pole attachments until the dust settles on two recent FCC infrastructure orders taking effect early next year, replied the Broadband Cable Association of Pennsylvania, posted Monday in…
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docket L-2018-3002672. If the PUC must proceed, adopt all current and future FCC pole-attachment rules, it asked. Some want the state to adopt the FCC regulations including those orders and future ones, while others want the PUC to take parts of the federal rules, BCAP said. “To evaluate these proposals properly, the Commission would need to undertake a careful weighing of the costs and benefits,” it said. “Without data on the impact of the FCC’s recent amendments to its pole attachment rules, it would be premature for the Commission to attempt to resolve these disputes over the effectiveness of the FCC’s new regime overall or the benefits and drawbacks.” Reconsideration petitions and court appeals could mean the federal rules change again, the association noted.