从2025年10月15日起,西弗吉尼亚州必须支付公用事业费用,而不是互联网服务提供者费用,以取代扩大宽带的不安全杆。 West Virginia rules utilities—not ISPs—must pay to replace unsafe poles for broadband expansion, effective Oct. 15, 2025.

西弗吉尼亚州公共服务委员会裁定,公用事业公司,而不是互联网服务提供商,必须支付在宽带扩张期间更换老化或不安全电线杆的费用。 The West Virginia Public Service Commission has ruled that utility companies, not internet service providers, must pay for replacing aging or unsafe utility poles during broadband expansion. 该决定自2025年10月15日起生效,要求电线杆所有者积极主动地确定并替换“红色标记”杆——那些由于年龄、损坏或恶化而被视为不安全的杆——不管新的宽带供应商是否正在安装设备。 The decision, effective October 15, 2025, requires pole owners to proactively identify and replace "red-tagged" poles—those deemed unsafe due to age, damage, or deterioration—regardless of whether a new broadband provider is attaching equipment. PSC强调,不采取行动延误关键的宽带部署,威胁联邦供资,并破坏在服务不足地区扩大高速互联网的努力。 The PSC emphasized that failure to act delays critical broadband deployment, threatens federal funding, and undermines efforts to expand high-speed internet in underserved areas. 裁决遵循宽带供应商与公用事业之间的争议,禁止使用先前存在的违规政策将替换成本转给互联网服务提供商。 The ruling follows disputes between broadband providers and utilities and prohibits using pre-existing violation policies to shift replacement costs to ISPs. 委员会还成立了一个杆子附着工作组,要求每年报告,并呼吁建立一个全州杆子检查数据库,以提高透明度和效率. The commission also established a Pole Attachment Working Group, mandated annual reporting, and called for a statewide pole inspection database to improve transparency and efficiency.