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Ohio pole attachment rules, in writing and dated.

Who regulates the pole you are attaching to in Ohio, 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 19, 2026 · certified under Section 224(c) · 8 authorities cited
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Certified under Section 224(c)Record dated August 19, 2026
Cooperative poles
No. The Ohio regime reaches only an electric light company that is a public utility, and ORC 4905.02(A) excludes a member owned not for profit utility, so cooperative poles sit outside both the state rule and Section 224. Contract only, and the exclusion is unconfirmed by case law or commission practice
Municipal poles
No. ORC 4905.02(A)(3) excludes a utility owned or operated by a municipal corporation, and municipal poles sit outside Section 224. Contract and ordinance only
Rate standard
The FCC cable formula, applied by the Commission through a filed tariff under OAC 4901:1-3-04(D)(2) with the federal presumptions and a mandatory deduction of excess accumulated deferred income tax. The filed rate figures themselves are not established well enough to publish
Where a dispute goes
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, by complaint under ORC 4905.26 or ORC 4927.21, because Ohio is certified. For a cooperative or municipal pole, no commission and no FCC
Confidence
High confidence on certification proved two independent ways, on the tariff and formula mechanism, on the Commission complaint forum, and on the cooperative and municipal exclusions as statutory and regulatory text; Provisional on the filed rate figures, which are deliberately not published, and on system counts. The exclusions are unconfirmed by case law or commission practice, and no Ohio limitation period was found

AuthoritiesORC 4905.71ORC 4905.02(A)ORC 4905.26OAC 4901:1-3-04OAC 4901:1-3-0547 U.S.C. 224(c)(2)47 CFR 1.1406FCC DA 22-630

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