West Virginia Code
Article 4. Make-Ready Pole Access
§31G-4-5a. Electric Cooperative Providing Broadband Services

An electric cooperative organized pursuant to state and federal law, including the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, may utilize its distribution system, poles, or rights of way to provide for critical infrastructure, which may include the construction or operation, or both, of a broadband infrastructure project consisting of middle mile or last mile services, or both.