PROTECT RURAL TEXANS: JOIN US IN TAKING ACTION AGAINST HARMFUL LEGISLATION
United Cooperative Services is a champion of providing safe, reliable, competitively priced power to communities across the state. But unfair legislation that targets our members and rural Texans will increase costs and impact landowner rights.
A harmful bill, HB 3448, has been proposed that would force co-ops to allow the big, for-profit telecom companies to attach their equipment to our poles at rates so low they don’t cover the costs necessary to maintain the poles. This would increase costs for all electric co-op members and create unsafe conditions by allowing telecom companies to bypass our safety standards and easement requirements, hijacking private property without the owners’ permission.
This legislation puts corporate profits above the needs of our communities, and it risks the reliability and affordability of the energy we provide. We cannot let that happen.
I urge you to stand with our co-op and the communities we serve by taking action today. Please click this link or the "Act Now" image above to visit Voices for Cooperative Power. By adding only your name, ZIP code and email address, you can quickly send a message to your legislator asking them to oppose HB 3448.
Thanks for your consideration to join this effort opposing HB 3448.