Ga. PSC Approves Industry Pact to Keep $1 Pole Attachment Policy

Georgia Public Service Commissioners voted 5-0 at a livestreamed meeting Tuesday to approve an industry agreement to forgo the first biennial review of the state’s $1 pole attachment policy (see 2212150008). In December 2020, the Georgia Public Service Commission required that ISPs pay only $1 per pole annually for attaching to electric co-op infrastructure. Staff doesn’t object to the agreement signed by AT&T, the Georgia Cable Association and Georgia Electric Membership Corporation, said Patrick Reinhardt, Georgia PSC public utilities engineer.