EEI to Seek Pole Attachment Refund Declaratory Ruling

The Edison Electric Institute asked FCC Wireline Bureau staff to "clarify its refund rules" for pole attachments, because current rules "[lead] to unfair and discriminatory refund periods for identical claims against electric utilities based on the luck of geographic location," said a filing posted Wednesday in docket 17-84. EEI said it plans to seek a declaratory ruling clarifying a two-year statute of limitations for all pole attachment complaint proceedings and that "refunds in pole attachment complaint proceedings are not 'appropriate' for any period preceding good faith notice of a dispute."