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161683P.pdf 07/31/2017 Ameren Corporation v. FCC
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 16-1683
Petition for Review of an Order of the Federal Communications Commission
[PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Murphy and Colloton, Circuit Judges]
Petition for Review - Federal Communications Commission. In this petition
for review, Utility companies seek review of a November 2015 FCC order
governing the rates utility companies may charge telecommunications
companies for attaching their networks to utility-owned poles; the word
"cost" used in the Pole Attachments Act, 47 U.S.C. Sec. 224, is ambiguous,
and the same "cost" definition need not be used to determine the upper
bound for cable rates under Section 224(d) and the rate for
telecommunication providers under Section 224(e);the November 2015 order
constitutes a reasonable interpretation of the ambiguity in Section
224(e), and the petition for review is denied.