Pennsylvania Code
Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES
Part I - Public Utility Commission
Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities
Chapter 77 - POLE ATTACHMENTS
Section 77.5 - Resolution of disputes

(a) Persons and entities subject to this chapter may utilize the mediation, formal complaint and adjudicative procedures under 52 Pa. Code Chapters 1, 3 and 5 (relating to rules of administrative practice and procedure; special provisions; and formal proceedings) of the Commission's regulations to resolve disputes or terminate controversies.

(b) Parties before the Commission under this chapter shall employ the procedural requirements in 52 Pa. Code Chapters 1, 3 and 5, Title 66 Pa.C.S. (relating to the public utility code), and related Commission precedent except where silent, in which case 47 U.S.C. § 224 or 47 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter A, Part 1, Subpart J (relating to pole attachment complaint procedures) will control.

(c) When exercising authority under this chapter the Commission will consider Federal Communications Commission orders promulgating and interpreting Federal pole attachment rules and Federal court decisions reviewing those rules and interpretations as persuasive authority in construing the provisions of 47 U.S.C. § 224 and 47 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter A, Part 1, Subpart J.

(d) The Commission will take final action consisting of an order that will issue within 180 days of the filing of a formal complaint initiating a pole attachment dispute as required by 47 U.S.C. § 224(c)(3)(B)(i) except for good cause shown. If the Commission determines that a final action will not issue within 180 days, the Commission will issue a final action consisting of an order no later than 270 days from the filing of the formal complaint as permitted by 47 U.S.C. § 224(c)(3)(B)(ii).