Power Companies Say Small-Cell Street Light Rules Must Be Case-Specific
Utility companies are voluntarily and proactively facilitating the collocation of small-cell wireless technology on utility-owned street lights, but some collocation will require cooperation among multiple stakeholders, Xcel Energy posted Tuesday in FCC docket 17-84. Because street lights may be installed,…
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owned and maintained by a variety of entities, converting a street light into a small cellsite can require cooperation among the street light customer, a municipality, an electric utility and the wireless provider, it said. "To the extent that an attacher is concerned about the lawfulness of a particular standard adopted by a specific utility ... this is best resolved in an as-applied, case-specific context, rather than through an overly broad petition for declaratory ruling." Xcel and Georgia Power executives met last week with Wireless Bureau staff. The utility industry wants the FCC to deny a CTIA petition for a declaratory ruling to remove barriers to wireless deployment (see 1911200033).