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Committee advances bill directing PUC rulemaking on duplicative and "ghost" utility poles
Summary
House Bill 825, sponsored by Representative Rinkovich, passed the committee and would direct the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to initiate rulemaking on duplicative poles and require a statewide registry of pole attachments.
Representative Rinkovich brought forward House Bill 825, describing the measure as a continuation of work on a similar bill from the prior session.
"This was House Bill 1619 last session," Representative Rinkovich said, noting the prior bill had passed unanimously and that the current measure would address safety standards for poles left on downtown main streets and the…
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