SECTION 4.14 CLARIFICATION

PROPOSED (JANUARY 2008)

4.14 Purchase of Interest in Other than Wood Pole

Purchase or sale of interest in pole shall be initiated on a Joint Pole Authorization and shall be approved by all Members concerned.  The interest and price applying thereto shall be in accordance with Routine and schedule of structural values or other Authorized Costs and date Joint Pole Authorization is issued, unless otherwise agreed.

Any extension of line conductors by one Member upon one or more poles of another Member in any direction shall constitute a longitudinal line extension and all poles in such extension shall require purchase of interest, except as otherwise provided under Section 9.0.

	Additionally, the following cases shall require purchase:
(a)	Pole used for supporting line conductors
(b)	Pole used exclusively for services
(c)	Pole on which service is run to underground
(d)	Pole used for supporting street light wire
(e)	Pole used exclusively for guys
(f)	Pole used for guying with supporting guy to anchorage
(g)	Poles where guys are extended from pole to pole involving more than one span
(h)	Pole space used for supporting hardware, which occupies useable space.

Note 1: Purchase of entire interest shall be at structural value.

Note 2: For purchase into anchors, refer to Section 12.3.

Section 1.2 required for Engineered Steel Poles