Frontier Joins Settlement in W.Va. Pole-Attachments Case

The West Virginia Public Service Commission received a settlement proposal in a pole attachments case. Frontier Communications, Monongahela Power and Potomac Edison (MP/PE), Citynet, Micrologic and West Virginia PSC staff filed a joint stipulation on the pact Friday in case 22-0885-T-E-SC. The agreement responded to commission scrutiny about duplicative processes slowing pole-attachment application reviews (see 2302280046). “The Stipulating Parties undertook extensive discussions and meetings in an effort to resolve the issues raised by [PSC] Staff,” they said. They didn’t address every pole-attachment process issue and “reserve the right to bring those issues in a separate proceeding,” the parties said. Before the settlement can become final, PSC legal staff must respond and the commission must decide to approve or deny the agreement, an agency spokesperson said Monday.