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Vermont pole attachment rules, in writing and dated.

Who regulates the pole you are attaching to in Vermont, 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 13, 2026 · certified under Section 224(c) · 8 authorities cited
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Certified under Section 224(c)Record dated October 13, 2026
Cooperative poles
Yes, by express statute. Vermont PUC Rule 3.702(K) adopts 30 V.S.A. 201, whose definition of company names electric cooperatives under chapter 81, and the Commission's 2020 rulemaking listed two Vermont electric cooperatives as pole owners. No appellate decision was located
Municipal poles
Yes, by express statute. 30 V.S.A. 201 names municipalities, and a municipal utility contested the 2020 single rate's revenue effect with the Commission answering on the merits
Rate standard
A Vermont formula carried in each pole owner's tariff under Rule 3.706: a single rate for all attachers, a minimum of 1.25 feet of space occupied and a default of 16 feet of usable space. A contract displaces it under Rule 3.706(A)(1), but the Commission may review and modify a contract under Rule 3.704. No per attachment figure is published here; the pole owner's tariff governs
Where a dispute goes
The Vermont Public Utility Commission, by complaint or petition filed in ePUC under Rule 3.710 after telephone notice to the other party, the Commission to take final action within 30 days. No attacher filing deadline was located
Confidence
High confidence on the certification, the rule, the statutes and Commission practice; Provisional on the formula arithmetic and BEAD

Authorities30 V.S.A. 201Vt. PUC Rule 3.700Vt. PUC Rule 3.702(K)Vt. PUC Rule 3.704Vt. PUC Rule 3.706Vt. PUC Rule 3.710FCC DA 22-630FCC 07-187

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