CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Public Service Commission is out with a clarification in connection with a recently ruling on pole attachments connected to the expansion of broadband in West Virginia.

The commission says it’s order means poles that have be red-flagged because they are in poor condition are the responsibility of the pole owner to pay for their replacement but the company that’s hooking up broadband or other devices to poles are responsible for those costs.

The PSC’s clarification said “It is the Commission’s intention to protect new attachers from unreasonable responsibility for pole replacement costs, not to insulate them entirely from expenditures on poles from which they benefitted.”

The commission’s original October order indicated it no longer wanted disputes between

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