CCTA May Not Withdraw ROW Petition, CPUC Draft Says
It’s faster to deny a petition on right-of-way rules by the California Cable and Telecommunications Association than to allow CCTA to withdraw it, the California Public Utilities Commission said in a proposed decision released Monday. Commissioners are to vote on…
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denying the CCTA petition at their Thursday meeting. After learning last month that the CPUC planned to deny, CCTA asked to pull the petition to extend right-of-way (ROW) rules for commercial mobile radio services to cable (see 1701240038). Allowing the association to withdraw “would require the Commission to expend significant additional time and resources, including issuance of a new proposed decision that grants CCTA’s motion to withdraw Petition 16-07-009,” the draft said. The commission proposed to deny the petition without prejudice. “Upon receipt of further information in another proceeding, the Commission may choose to revisit its holding in today’s decision to deny the Petition,” the draft said. The draft didn’t address a similar petition by the Wireless Infrastructure Association to extend the CMRS right-of-way rules to wireless pole attachments by CLECs. CCTA declined to comment.