HomeMy WebLinkAbout11 - Attachment 2C - ATT Case - FCC 01-170 Reconsideration Order (Excerpt) Federal Communications Commission FCC 01-170
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of ) CS Docket No. 97-98
Amendment of )
Rules and Policies )
Governing Pole Attachments )
)
In the Matter of ) CS Docket No. 97-151
Implementation of Section 703(e) of )
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 )
CONSOLIDATED PARTIAL ORDER ON RECONSIDERATION
Adopted: May 22, 2001 Released: May 25, 2001
By the Commission:
Table of Contents
Paragraph
I. INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………… 1
II. BACKGROUND …………………………………………………………………. 7
III. ORDER ON RECONSIDERATION……………………………………………… 10
A. COMPLAINT PROCEDURES AND NEGOTIATED AGREEMENTS……... 10
B. BASIC CONCEPTS USED IN THE FORMULA …………………………… 15
1. Use of Actual Costs………………………………………………………. 15
2. When Net Pole Investment is Zero or Negative………………………….. 22
3. Case by Case Applications……………………………………………….. 39
C. THE SPACE FACTOR……………………………………………………….. 42
1. Average Pole Height ……………………………………………………. 46
2. Safety Space……………………………………………………………… 47
3. Minimum Ground Clearance……………………………………………... 48
4. Telecom Formula Space Factor…………………………………………… 49
a. Counting Attaching Entities………………………………….. 49
b. Average Number of Attaching Entities……………………….. 50
i. Geographic Areas ………………………………… 60
ii. Presumptive Averages ……………………………. 65
D. OVERLASHING ……………………………………………………………... 69
1. Space Occupied by Third Party Overlashing ……………………………… 69
2. What the Third Party Overlasher Pays…………………………………….. 72
3. Wind and Weight Load Factors ……..…………………………………….. 73
4. Shared One-Foot Usable Space …………………………………………… 75
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Appendix D-2
Section 224(d) Cable Formula for Determining Maximum Rate for Use of Electric Utility
Poles
Using FERC Form 1 Accounts
Where:
And:
Rate
Charge
Carrying
x 0.85x
Poles ofNumber Total
Investment PoleNet x
Space Usable
Occupied Space = Poleper
Rate Maximum
)rebuttablebut (presumed,foot 1 = Occupied Space
)rebuttablebut (presumed,feet 13.5 = Space Usable
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Deferred dAccumulate
_
)108)(Poles(AccountonDepreciati
dAccumulate
_
364)(Account Investment
Pole Gross
=
Investment
PoleNet
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Carrying
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lant)(ElectricP Taxes
Deferred dAccumulate
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= Element
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-
369 & 365, 364, Accounts
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Deferred dAccumulate
_ 369 & 365, 364, Accounts
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in Investment Pole
593 Account = Element
eMaintenanc
Investment Pole Grossfor
Rateon Depreciati x
Investment PoleNet
364)(Account Investment Pole Gross = Element
onDepreciati
)283281,190(Account
(Plant) Taxes Deferred dAccumulate _ 108)(Account
onDepreciati dAccumulate _t)(TotalPlan
InvestmentPlant Gross
411.1 411.4 + 410.1 + 409.1 + 408.1 Accounts
= Element
Taxes
-
-
11.25%) (default Return of Rate Applicable = Element
Return