Ga. Cable, Electric Co-Op Groups Agree to Keep $1 Pole Attachments
Georgia cable and electric cooperatives agreed to keep the state’s $1 pole attachment policy. In December 2020, the Georgia Public Service Commission required that ISPs pay only $1 per pole annually for attaching to electric co-op infrastructure (see 2012150059). The…
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PSC required a biennial review of the policy. "The rates, terms, conditions, and specification" from the 2020 order would "remain in place" under a Tuesday stipulation by the Georgia Cable Association and Georgia Electric Membership. The current two-year review required by that order needn't continue, they said, though the commission "maintains the authority to review the status of broadband deployment in Georgia and the impact of the Commission’s order on that deployment if it so chooses at any time.” The Georgia PSC must decide whether to approve the pact.