State research record

Kentucky pole attachment rules, in writing and dated.

Who regulates the pole you are attaching to in Kentucky, 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 August 5, 2026 · certified under Section 224(c) · 4 authorities cited
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Certified under Section 224(c)Record dated August 5, 2026
Cooperative poles
Yes, and on the same footing as investor owned utilities, because KRS 279.210(1) makes cooperatives full PSC jurisdictional utilities. Five TVA supplied cooperatives sit outside PSC practice
Municipal poles
No. Cities are excluded from utility status by KRS 278.010(3), and municipal poles sit outside Section 224
Rate standard
A Kentucky formula, not the FCC formula. The methodology is Administrative Case No. 251, which expressly refused the FCC method
Where a dispute goes
Kentucky Public Service Commission for every jurisdictional owner, cooperative and investor owned alike, not the FCC, because Kentucky is certified
Confidence
High confidence on certification, the regulation and every state timeline, cooperative coverage, the municipal exclusion and the 1982 methodology; Good confidence on the TVA exclusion mechanism; Provisional on the municipal conclusion and the open TVA jurisdiction question

Authorities807 KAR 5:015KRS 279.210(1)KRS 278.010(3)Ky. PSC Admin. Case No. 251

Read the chip above as one fact and no more: whether Kentucky 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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