Ky. Legislature Directs PSC to Reduce Pole Attachments Backlog
The Kentucky Public Service Commission should make emergency rules within 45 days that streamline pole attachments for broadband providers, state lawmakers said in a resolution passed last week. The House voted 94-0 on Friday, while the Senate supported the measure…
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33-0 on March 1. The PSC should remove “any utility pole attachment-related impediments to the deployment of broadband service” and set “parameters for expediting and processing pole attachment requests for unserved and underserved areas … in accordance with” NTIA’s broadband equity, access and deployment program, the resolution said. Also, the emergency rules should aim to reduce the backlog of attachment requests.