Vermont § 8091 - Access to facilities

§ 8091. Access to facilities

• (a) Any company shall allow and enable access to its plant and equipment where possible
  for the installation and maintenance of communications facilities by communications
  service providers. (b) When constructing or substantially reconstructing lines or structures used for electric
  or gas transmission or electric distribution, a company shall allow for the construction
  and maintenance of communications facilities if requested by a communications service
  provider. (c) Access and services required by this section shall be subject to regulation by the
  Public Utility Commission and the Department of Public Service and shall be offered
  on rates, terms, and conditions, including terms of ownership of facilities, established
  in section 8092 of this chapter, except that services under tariffs developed pursuant
  to Public Utility Commission rules regarding pole attachments shall be governed by
  those rules. (d) Owners of self-generation facilities, those not connected to the electric grid and
  net-metered generators, shall not be obligated to comply with this section. (e) If a communications service provider requests services from a company pursuant to
  this title, then the communications service provider shall be responsible for all
  of the costs the company incurs to obtain any easements or limited rights in property
  necessary to provide those services to the communications service provider, including
  compensation, legal fees, and the administrative costs of the utility. (Added 2007, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2023, No. 85 (Adj. Sess.), § 458, eff. July 1, 2024.)