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Delaware pole attachment rules, in writing and dated.

Who regulates the pole you are attaching to in Delaware, what rate standard applies, where a dispute actually goes and whether cooperative and municipal poles are covered. This is the record we work from, published so you can read it yourself.

Record dated September 24, 2026 · certified under Section 224(c) · 6 authorities cited
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Certified under Section 224(c)Record dated September 24, 2026
Cooperative poles
No. Delaware cooperatives are exempted from Commission jurisdiction under 26 Del. C. 202(g), so a cooperative pole is governed by the attachment contract
Municipal poles
No. Municipal electric poles sit outside Commission jurisdiction under 26 Del. C. 202(a) and are governed by the attachment contract
Rate standard
State formula setting a ceiling. The Commission's pole attachment rules set a maximum just and reasonable rate that assures the host utility recovery of its costs, with a presumptive bare pole deduction, rather than adopting the FCC formula by reference
Where a dispute goes
Delaware Public Service Commission. Where the parties cannot agree, either may petition the Commission to resolve the dispute over the rates, terms or conditions of an attachment under 26 DE Admin. Code 1004 section 8.1
Confidence
High confidence on certification, on all ten sections of 26 DE Admin. Code 1004 read in full twice, and on 26 Del. C. 201 and 202 read in full; Provisional on the owner map, the counts, the Delaware case law and the BEAD figures

Authorities26 DE Admin. Code 100426 DE Admin. Code 1004 section 8.126 Del. C. 201(a)26 Del. C. 202(a)26 Del. C. 202(g)FCC DA 22-630

Read the chip above as one fact and no more: whether Delaware has certified under Section 224(c) that it regulates pole attachments itself. It does not settle your pole. Cooperative and municipal poles sit outside federal jurisdiction whether or not a state has certified, so the two owner class lines are the ones that answer the question for the invoice in front of you.

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