State research record

Oregon pole attachment rules, in writing and dated.

Who regulates the pole you are attaching to in Oregon, 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 25, 2026 · certified under Section 224(c) · 15 authorities cited
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Oregon

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Certified under Section 224(c)Record dated August 25, 2026
Cooperative poles
Yes, on identical terms to investor owned poles. ORS 757.276 reaches consumer-owned utilities and ORS 757.270(2) defines that term to include an electric cooperative organized under ORS chapter 62. There is no opt out and no broadband affiliate condition
Municipal poles
Yes, under the same section and on the same terms. ORS 757.270(2) names a people's utility district organized under ORS chapter 261 and a municipal utility organized under ORS chapter 225, so Oregon reaches municipal poles on the same footing as investor owned poles
Rate standard
A distinct Oregon formula rather than either FCC formula. OAR 860-028-0110(2) sets the rental rate per foot as pole cost times carrying charge divided by usable space, and the rate per pole as the rate per foot times the licensee's authorized attachment space. ORS 757.282(1) bounds a just and reasonable rate between an incremental cost floor and a fully allocated cost ceiling. ORS 757.285 presumes a negotiated agreement just, fair and reasonable unless the Commission finds it both adverse to the public interest and non compliant, a conjunctive test that is the main brake on a complaint
Where a dispute goes
The Oregon Public Utility Commission for every non federal owner class, with no split, under ORS 757.279 and OAR chapter 860 division 28. Before a complaint may be filed, one party must request negotiations in writing and ninety calendar days must pass from the other party's receipt of that request. Where an order applies to a consumer-owned utility, ORS 757.279(2) requires the order to allocate the cost of the hearing among the parties, so the cooperative and municipal remedy is real but not free. The Bonneville Power Administration sits outside both the federal and the Oregon regime
Confidence
High confidence on certification, on all ten sections of ORS 757.270 to 757.290 read section by section, on ORS 759.650, and on OAR 860-028-0000, 0020, 0070, 0100, 0110, 0115 and 0195 read in full; Provisional on BEAD, the utility counts, the federal entity, the Commission docket negatives and the champerty and engineering flags. Every administrative rule text was read from a mirror at a June 2025 register stamp, and a September 2024 stamp for OAR 860-028-0110, because the Oregon Secretary of State rules database returns an empty body to an unauthenticated fetch. No Oregon attacher limitation period was located and none is stated here

AuthoritiesORS 757.270ORS 757.272ORS 757.273ORS 757.276ORS 757.279ORS 757.282ORS 757.285ORS 757.287ORS 759.650OAR 860-028-0020OAR 860-028-0070OAR 860-028-0100OAR 860-028-0110OAR 860-028-0195FCC DA 22-630

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