Joint Use Agreement
Gridlync land and infrastructure glossary.
A joint use agreement lets two parties, such as an electric utility and a telecom provider, share the same poles or infrastructure under defined terms and fees. It governs space allocation, safety, and cost sharing. It allocates designated space on each pole, sets who owns and maintains the poles, and divides costs and liability between the parties. Such arrangements let the parties share infrastructure rather than each building its own pole line.
Pole and infrastructure sharing creates many recurring obligations. Gridlync keeps each joint use agreement and its payments organized across the network.
Example
Riverside Electric and Summit Telephone sign a joint use agreement covering 12,000 shared poles, with Riverside owning the poles and taking the top space for power, Summit attaching lower for phone lines, and the two splitting replacement costs 60/40.