PURA Won't Appeal Connecticut Muni Gain Ruling
Connecticut's Public Utilities Regulatory Authority won't appeal the state Superior Court's November decision that PURA overreached when it ruled 2-0 last year that “municipal gain” space on utility poles or underground ducts -- reserved by a 2013 law “for any…
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purpose” -- can't be used to provide muni broadband (see 1911130037). "PURA has elected not to appeal the Superior Court’s decision," Chairman Marissa Paslick Gillett emailed Monday. Industry that supported the PURA order could still appeal or take the fight to the legislature or a federal court. "Federal litigation could occur at any time," emailed Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel Principal Attorney Joe Rosenthal, who supports the Superior Court ruling for muni broadband. "That would be brand new litigation, likely in response to an actual municipal construction that intends to offer services to the public."