Duke Energy Making Poles Ready for 5G, Utility Tells FCC
Duke Energy is onboard with installing 5G cell nodes on utility poles, executives told staff for FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and Commissioner Brendan Carr. Duke built 380 sites “utilizing a variety of multi-purpose structures to support both lighting and small…
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cell collocation,” the utility said, posted Friday in docket 17-84. So far this year, Duke has constructed 400 sites “notwithstanding the challenges presented by COVID-19” and “is on pace to more than double the number of sites constructed in 2019.”