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From Antagonists to Partners – DAS on utility poles

From Antagonists to Partners – DAS on utility poles. Tim Gasser Project Manager, Wireless Co-location. June 22, 2011. About PSE.

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From Antagonists to Partners – DAS on utility poles

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  1. From Antagonists to Partners – DAS on utility poles Tim Gasser Project Manager, Wireless Co-location June 22, 2011

  2. About PSE • Puget Sound Energy is the largest combination natural gas and electric utility in the Pacific Northwest, serving nearly 1.3 million customers in 11 Washington State counties. • 6,000 square-mile service territory covers the largest metropolitan region north of San Francisco and west of Chicago. • 400,000 poles • 400 wireless collocation sites • 1 DAS network on air and 1 under construction • Based in Bellevue, Washington, Puget Sound Energy (PSE) is the utility subsidiary of Puget Energy. Company information is available at www.pse.com.

  3. Which is DAS? • Only one of these sites is a DAS node pole. • Can you identify it?

  4. How DAS differentiates from cable • RCW 80.54.010  Definitions.  • (1)  “Attachment” means any wire or cable for the transmission of intelligence by telecommunications or television, including cable television, light waves, or other phenomena, or for the transmission of electricity for light, heat, or power, and any related device, apparatus, or auxiliary equipment, installed upon any pole or in any telecommunications, electrical, cable television, or communications right of way, duct, conduit, manhole or handhole, or other similar facilities owned or controlled, in whole or in part, by one or more utilities, where the installation has been made with the consent of the one of more utilities

  5. Differentiation By Access, Engineering & Operations • Installations within or above the supply space are • Limited to “qualified workers” • Usually require upgrading of utility facilities • May require service outage to install/maintain

  6. What NOT to do when dealing with a utility • Tell utility they have to let you on • Pass yourself off as a cable company • Hint at (or threaten) going to the FCC or state commission • Pull a bait and switch • Assume that what is allowed by one utility is allowed by all utilities

  7. What To do when dealing with a utility • Ask for forms and processes • Bring on board people knowledgeable with the region and the utility • Check local jurisdictional codes • Have a design configuration ready to present • Provide specific examples and ask for specific reasons for rejection

  8. Examples of working in Partnership • Development of different rate tiers and structures • Waiving portions of the annual fee • Providing design and installation recommendations • Granting variances in clearances and method of attachment • Developing engineering analysis methodology that reduces need to analyze every structure • Allowing direct invoicing by service providers

  9. Conclusion • Always keep in mind the following: • Communications attachments will always be a secondary consideration • Even at market based rates, revenue to the utility will barely rise to the level of pocket change • Fairy Godmothers don’t exist • For a partnership to work both parties have to benefit

  10. Future DAS installations?

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