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Select Board approves National Grid pole permit for East Stahl Road
Summary
The Sheffield Select Board voted July 6 to approve a permit for a jointly owned National Grid/Verizon utility pole on East Stahl Road after a brief public hearing; the pole is intended for the company’s AMI project to improve customer energy monitoring and outage response.
The Sheffield Select Board voted to approve a National Grid/Verizon permit to install a jointly owned utility pole on East Stahl Road after a brief public hearing on July 6.
Nicholas Spooner, a contractor for National Grid, told the board the pole is part of the utility’s AMI project “to give customers more control, more feedback on their energy usage, and quicker response times to things like power outages.” He identified the location as approximately 430 East Stahl Road and offered a map to board members.
The board opened the hearing, invited public questions and heard no objections. The chair moved to close the public hearing and then made a motion to accept the application; the board voted in favor. The record includes two affirmative “Aye” responses during the roll call.
Why it matters: advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) projects generally allow utilities and customers to monitor usage in closer to real time and can speed outage detection and restoration. The board did not place additional local conditions on the permit during the meeting.
What comes next: with the permit approved, National Grid may proceed with scheduling installation and coordinate any required local inspections or road work ahead of field operations.
Note on transcript variations: the transcript contains inconsistent spellings of the road (appearing as “East Stull,” “East Stahl,” and “East Stell”). This article uses the spelling recorded most frequently in the hearing transcript (East Stahl Road) and notes the variants in clarifying details.
