State research record

Utah pole attachment rules, in writing and dated.

Who regulates the pole you are attaching to in Utah, 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 October 12, 2026 · certified under Section 224(c) · 7 authorities cited
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Certified under Section 224(c)Record dated October 12, 2026
Cooperative poles
Conditional, and yes on the text. Utah Code 54-2-1(23)(a) puts distribution and wholesale electrical cooperatives inside public utility, R746-345 reaches every public utility pole owner, and PSC Docket 17-030-T01 of 2021-02-16 states that distribution cooperatives are public utilities within Commission jurisdiction, 54-7-12(7) exempting only their rate change procedure. No cooperative pole tariff or order was found, and the question is untested on a pole
Municipal poles
No. Utah Code 54-2-1(6)(b) excludes cities and other governmental units, so a municipal pole is contract only
Rate standard
A state formula that is presumptive and required to conform to the FCC rules except as modified, under R746-345-5(A): a one space allocation, one foot for cable and telecommunications alike, the rule's own height presumptions, and net cost of a bare pole. A filed tariff or statement of generally available terms is mandatory under R746-345-3(A). Municipal poles are contract. No per foot figure is published here; the pole owner's filed tariff governs
Where a dispute goes
The Utah Public Service Commission, under R746-345-3(B)(1) and R746-345-6, which run mediation and then a hearing. Never the FCC, Utah being certified. State court on a municipal pole
Confidence
High confidence on the certification, the official text of R746-345, the 1982 decision and the Title 54 texts; Provisional on the pole owner inventory, BEAD, municipal case law and the risk flags

AuthoritiesUtah Code 54-2-1(23)(a)Utah Code 54-2-1(6)(b)Utah Code 54-7-12(7)Utah Admin. Code R746-345Utah Cable Television Operators Ass'n v. Public Service Comm'n, 656 P.2d 398 (Utah 1982)Utah PSC Docket 17-030-T01FCC DA 22-630

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

This record is worked from the statute and the order that made it rather than from a summary of one. The confidence line is tied to its source: where a conclusion rests on weaker ground the record says so, because a hedge you can see is what makes the confident answers worth believing. The method is set out in how PoleProof researches and verifies, and how a cleared rule enters an audit is on the methodology page.

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