We decline to adopt PR 5 to the extent it seeks the same amendments to Rule 31.1 that we adopt for Rule 18-A(2)(a)(ii) in Section 4.2.3.3.2 of today’s Decision. We find that it would be redundant for Rule 31.1 to contain the same text as Rule 18A(2)(a)(ii). We reject the remainder of PR 5 for the same reasons we reject the corresponding parts of PR 3 in Section 4.2.3.3.2 of today’s Decision. Proposed Regulation 6 re: GO 95, Rule 31.5 Summary of Proposal Rule 31.5 of GO 95 requires utilities to consider the joint use of poles when constructing or reconstructing overhead facilities. Rule 31.5 further states that herein shall be construed as... granting authority for the use of any “[n]othing poles without the owner’s consent (see Rule 32.2 and Section IX).” In PR 6, SDG&E proposes to Rule 31.5 to state that all pole attachments in Tiers 2 and 3 of the High Fire-Threat District have the “must consent of a pole owner or granting authority prior to any construction,” and that any attachment without such consent may be reported to the Commission. The text of SDG&E’s proposed revisions to Rule 31.5 is contained in Appendix A of today’s Decision. SDG&E recommends that its proposed revisions take effect upon the Commission’s adoption of PR 6. SDG&E opines that PR 6 should not result in increased costs. Positions of the Parties In support of its PR 6, SDG&E asserts there have been incidents—notably the Malibu Canyon Fire in October 2007—in which poles failed because, in part, unauthorized attachments overloaded the poles. SDG&E posits that obtaining
We decline to adopt PR 5 to the extent it seeks the same amendments to Rule 31.1 that we adopt for Rule 18-A(2)(a)(ii) in Section 4.2.3.3.2 of today’s Decision. We find that it would be redundant for Rule 31.1 to contain the same text as Rule 18A(2)(a)(ii). We reject the remainder of PR 5 for the same reasons we reject the corresponding parts of PR 3 in Section 4.2.3.3.2 of today’s Decision. Proposed Regulation 6 re: GO 95, Rule 31.5 Summary of Proposal Rule 31.5 of GO 95 requires utilities to consider the joint use of poles when constructing or reconstructing overhead facilities. Rule 31.5 further states that “[n]othing herein shall be construed as... granting authority for the use of any poles without the owner’s consent (see Rule 32.2 and Section IX).” In PR 6, SDG&E proposes to Rule 31.5 to state that all pole attachments in Tiers 2 and 3 of the High Fire-Threat District “must have the consent of a pole owner or granting authority prior to any construction,” and that any attachment without such consent may be reported to the Commission. The text of SDG&E’s proposed revisions to Rule 31.5 is contained in Appendix A of today’s Decision. SDG&E recommends that its proposed revisions take effect upon the Commission’s adoption of PR 6. SDG&E opines that PR 6 should not result in increased costs. Positions of the Parties In support of its PR 6, SDG&E asserts there have been incidents—notably the Malibu Canyon Fire in October 2007—in which poles failed because, in part, unauthorized attachments overloaded the poles. SDG&E posits that obtaining
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