Connecticut Agency Seeks to Mitigate Pole Attachment Delays
Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority plans to respond at its Jan. 15 meeting to a surge in pole-attachment applications causing delay. The agency Monday asked parties to file any exceptions or present oral argument by Jan. 10 to a proposed…
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interim order in docket 19-01-52 that would “authorize applicants to employ third-party contractors to perform surveying and engineering work in order to mitigate the delay by the Single Pole Administrators (SPAs) in completing this task.” SPAs would have to preapprove contractors, and within 30 days of the interim decision should file a list of preapproved contractors and a procedure for qualifying contractors not on the list, PURA said. PURA also ordered SPAs to develop engineering templates, forms and guidelines for applicants and contractors. “Application fees associated with pre-engineered applications will need to be reduced to more accurately reflect the SPA’s investment in time and resources,” so within 60 days of the interim order, SPAs must file “a consensus, non-discriminatory application fee structure for pre-engineered pole attachment applications,” PURA said. “The fee structure shall be designed such that the applicant can determine the appropriate fee based on objectively quantifiable criteria (e.g. number of poles) and submit payment contemporaneously with the pre-engineered application.” Pole riders had sought rule changes to deal with the rush of applications (see 1906270027).