Verizon, Potomac Submit Petitions for Reconsideration of Pole Attachment Rates Finding

Reconsider "factual and legal errors" in finding that Potomac Edison charged Verizon unreasonably high rates (see 2011240037), Verizon urged the FCC. Verizon asked the commission to delete two findings saying the company is advantaged because it has guaranteed access to a subset of Potomac's utility poles under a joint use agreement and is allotted space on unused poles. Verizon also asked for clarification that rental rates be cost-based and that both parties "must conform their rate provision to the Commission's decision." Potomac also filed a petition for reconsideration, saying the FCC may have "overlooked" how it calculates its joint use attachment rates. The filings were in docket 19-355.