Third party attachers include telephone, cable TV and fiber optic companies. As a third party attacher you will need to sign a Pole Attachment Agreement before applying to attach any facilities to poles owned by Wellsboro Electric Company.
New Applications to Attach
All third party attachers are not currently setup with a Pole Attachment Agreement will need to contact the Wellsboro Electric Company office at (570) 724-3516. Business hours are Monday through Friday 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Attachment Application Process
- A third party attacher will need an executed Pole Attachment Agreement in place before attaching any facilities.
- Upon completion of Step 1, a third party attacher will need to submit an Attachment Application and pay any applicable fee.
- Wellsboro Electric Company will evaluate the application and notify attacher if it is complete. Upon completion of Step 3, Wellsboro Electric Company will develop a make ready quotation and provide it to the third party attacher within a defined timeline as established in the Pole Attachment Agreement.
- The third party attacher will notify Wellsboro Electric Company that they accept the make ready quotation and pay any applicable cost.
- Upon acceptance by the third party attacher Wellsboro Electric Company will schedule and perform the make ready work.
- Upon completion of the make ready work, Wellsboro Electric Company will notify third party attacher that they are ready to attach.
- Third party attacher will notify Wellsboro Electric Company when they intend to start and when they have completed their work.
Removal of Attachments
Third party attachers that will be removing attachments from Wellsboro Electric Company poles shall perform their removal work prior to sending in a removal application. This will include all bolts, cabinets and guy wires that the third party attacher owns.
Upon completion of the field work the third party attacher can submit a removal application. Once Wellsboro Electric Company has confirmed the removal is complete then our records will be updated to remove the attachment(s).