Connecticut 2021 2021 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05254 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/21/2021

                     
 
LCO No. 538   	1 of 1 
 
General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5254  
January Session, 2021  
LCO No. 538 
 
 
Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY  
 
 
Introduced by:  
REP. HORN, 64th Dist.  
 
 
 
AN ACT REQUIRING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY 
AUTHORITY TO AMEND THE PROCESS OF ATTACHING EQUIPMENT 
TO PUBLIC UTILITY POLES. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
That title 16 of the general statutes be amended to require that the 1 
Public Utilities Regulatory Authority initiate a docket and adopt 2 
regulations to amend the process of attaching equipment to public 3 
utility poles, including 5G mobile telephone wiring and fiber wires for 4 
high-speed broadband Internet infrastructure. 5 
Statement of Purpose:   
To require the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to initiate a docket 
and adopt regulations to amend the process for attaching equipment to 
public utility poles.