West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 150 - Public Service Commission › Title 150 - EXEMPT LEGISLATIVE RULE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Series 150-37 - Rules Governing the Occupancy of Customer-Provided Conduit › Section 150-37-4 - General Practices

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
4.1.
				Coordination of activities of multiple Service Providers.
When multiple Service Providers are involved, the
				  coordination of their activities should be guided by section 3 of this rule and
				  the general practices of the industry, which include but are not limited
				  to:
4.1.a. Reasonable advance notice
				shall be provided to affected parties of work in the Customer-Provided Conduit
				or Other Underground Construction.
4.1.b. After the effective date of these
				rules, new Intercepts are permitted only in instances when the affected parties
				agree and where it is not feasible to access the Customer-Provided Conduit or
				Other Underground Construction at the UAP. The only acceptable basis for
				disagreement by a Service Provider shall be that the proposed Intercept (i)
				will pose an imminent threat to the existing facilities or (ii) would
				constitute a violation of any of the standards, practices, rules and orders
				with which compliance is required by these rules.
4.1.c. The design of the new Intercept shall
				follow generic engineering drawings as agreed to by the Customer and will be
				provided to the affected parties.
4.1.d. Customer-Provided Conduit or Other
				Underground Construction shall have a Universal Access Point to facilitate the
				Customer's receipt of service from multiple Service Providers. The UAP shall
				permit ready access by each user to the Conduit system, and shall minimize
				interference with, and avoid danger to, other Service Provider facilities. It
				is desirable that the UAP be provided at the time of the initial installation
				of the Conduit.
4.1.e. Installation
				of a Universal Access Point shall provide access for multiple Service Providers
				to the Customer-Provided Conduit or Other Underground Construction and shall:
4.1.e.1. provide adequate working space to
				avoid interference with, or damage to, existing installed cables or the
				Conduit,
4.1.e.2. maintain seal
				integrity of the Conduit system, and
4.1.e.3. be agreed to by the
				Customer.
4.1.f. It is
				desirable in the future that the UAP be supplied and installed by the Customer
				as part of the general installation of the Customer-Provided Conduit or Other
				Underground Construction. Thereafter, all Service Providers shall enter the
				Customer-Provided Conduit or Other Underground Construction through the UAP,
				which shall:
4.1.f.1. permit ready access by
				each user to the capacity in the Customer-Provided Conduit or Other Underground
				Construction and
4.1.f.2. minimize
				interference with, and avoid danger to, other Service Provider
				facilities.
4.1.g.
				Whenever feasible, telecommunications or other Service Provider facilities
				owned or belonging to the same entity shall be installed and maintained within
				the same Duct within Customer-Provided Conduit or Other Underground
				Construction, considering the need to separate different cable types and
				materials.
4.1.h. Companies should
				reasonably allow shared cable installations in Ducts where Duct access is
				restricted by available capacity.
4.1.i. When needed to provide necessary
				capacity, unused cables in Customer-Provided Conduit or Other Underground
				Construction should be extracted in a reasonably expeditious manner at no cost
				to the Customer.
4.1.j. Initial and
				subsequent installations into new Customer-Provided Conduit or Other
				Underground Construction should use separate Ducts when feasible.
4.1.k. Upon request by the Customer, a
				Telephone Public Utility or other Service Providers shall examine and report
				the status of their existing entrance paths into Customer-Provided Conduit or
				Other Underground Construction in a reasonably expeditious manner.
4.1.l. Whenever technically feasible, a
				Telephone Public Utility or other Service Provider shall consolidate or
				minimize entrance points into the Customer-Provided Conduit or Other
				Underground Construction.
4.1.m. A
				Service Provider should not bill another Service Provider for access to or
				occupancy of Customer-Provided Conduit or Other Underground
				Construction.