Series Description
It has been a little over a year since the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted a sweeping new order that—for the first time—applied federal rules and regulations governing access by wireless telecommunications carriers to attachments on public power utility poles. This decision comes in the wake of a concerted effort on the part of the FCC, Congress, and many states to accelerate the widespread deployment of new small cell wireless broadband facilities.
As a result, public power utilities across the nation are facing increasingly complex wireless pole attachment issues as they respond to (and manage) requests for attachments of small cell facilities. These attachments are creating significant new challenges (and potential opportunities) for public power utilities.
Learn about the latest legal and regulatory developments, as well as the most significant issues facing public power utilities at the federal, state, and local levels with respect to these attachments—including an in-depth review of 5G wireless technologies (to separate fact from hype). The series will explore how public power utilities of all sizes are successfully negotiating agreements and managing wireless attachments and, in some case, seizing new business opportunities presented by these facilities.
The three-part series recorded in 2019, includes the following webinars:
- Legal and Regulatory Update on Wireless Pole Attachments: The FCC, the Courts, & Congress
- Negotiating, Adopting, and Implementing Wireless Pole Attachment Agreements
- Challenges and Opportunities with Wireless Pole Attachments
Recommended for:
Managers, engineers, lawyers, and other representatives of public power utilities that own or control poles, ducts, conduits, towers, buildings, or other facilities that support wireline or wireless communications attachments.
Speakers
- Jim Baller, President, Baller Stokes & Lide PC, Washington, D.C.
- Joanne Hovis, President, CTC Technology & Energy, Kensington, Maryland
- Sean Stokes, Principal, Baller Stokes & Lide PC, Washington, D.C.
Purchase the series: $275 for members; $550 for nonmembers
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Have questions? Contact 202/467-2997 or [email protected]
Return to webinar recordings
Webinar #1: Legal and Regulatory Update on Wireless Pole Attachments: The FCC, the Courts and Congress
Recording length: 1 hour, 24 minutes
It has been one year since the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted sweeping regulations related to 5G small cell wireless installations including on utility poles. The new rules for the first time subject public power utility poles and other government-owned facilities to federal “oversight” of rates, terms, and conditions. APPA is currently appealing the FCC's Order. At the same time, many states have adopted new wireless siting requirements and Congress has introduced legislation that would further restrict local government and public power control over utility infrastructure.
Topics
• Provide an overview of federal poles attachment regulations
• Discuss the FCC’s Small Cell Order and its requirements on public power utilities
• Status of the litigation of the FCC's Order, including APPA's legal arguments.
• Update on Congressional and state legislative activities with respect to small cell installations
Webinar #2: Negotiating, Adopting, and Implementing Wireless Pole Attachment Agreements
Recording length: 1 hour, 24 minutes
Public power utilities of all sizes are increasingly being approached by small cell wireless carriers seeking access to public power utility poles and streetlight poles. At the same time, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and many states have adopted sweeping regulations governing access small cell access to public power utility poles and facilities. Hear an overview of practical considerations in the development and implementation of wireless pole attachment agreements in conformance of the new FCC rules and state requirements.
Topics
• Overview of the FCC’s rules and regulations applicable to small cell
• Discuss the most recent technological, business and engineering information on 5G and small cell deployments.
• Overview of wireless attachment agreements, including key terms and provisions
• Practical considerations regarding the application of FCC’s “shot clock” deadlines and application fees to public power utilities
• Lessons learned and questions yet to be resolved by the growing body of public power utilities that have had experience with negotiating agreements with the wireless industry
Webinar #3: Challenges and Opportunities with Wireless Pole Attachments
Recording length: 1 hour, 24 minutes
While much of the attention on wireless small cell attachments has focused on the legal, regulatory, and operational impacts of addressing such attachments, the increased need for wireless attachments and associated communications infrastructure may also present public power utilities with significant business opportunities to provide broadband transport and other communications capabilities to help facilitate the deployment of such networks. The session will provide an overview of potential broadband opportunities and considerations for public power utilities that may arise from the widespread deployment of small cell facilities.
Topics
• Overview of small cell and 5G technologies and their need for fiber “backhaul” transport
• Discuss various business models and opportunities arising from small cell deployment
• Learn about legal and practical considerations surrounding such broadband business activities
Purchase the series: $275 for members; $550 for nonmembers
Contact Us
Have questions? Contact 202/467-2997 or [email protected]
