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House Energy panel advances H.527, directs PUC to hold workshops on cell‑tower siting
Summary
The House Energy and Digital Infrastructure subcommittee voted to report H.527 (draft 5.1), which directs the Public Utility Commission to hold two public workshops on cell‑tower siting, extends the PUC deadline to Dec. 2027 and moves the bill sunset to 2030; the report passed 5–3–1.
The House Energy and Digital Infrastructure subcommittee on an unnamed date advanced H.527 (draft 5.1) and directed the Public Utility Commission to hold two public workshops examining rules and procedures for siting wireless infrastructure, the committee’s chair said.
The chair said the bill grew from five weeks of testimony about the Act 248 siting process and aims to balance the public benefit of expanded wireless coverage with residents’ and municipalities’ desire for meaningful input on where towers and antennas are placed. “The bill that we wound up developing, with input from a lot of people, will ... require the PUC to hold 2 public workshops on this issue and, make sure that not just the telecom, companies are there at these workshops, but also that most importantly, I think that the…
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