Archived Issue Briefs
Archived Issue Briefs
Below is an archived listing of the Issue Briefs created to date, click on each one to read it.
UTC Public Policy staff will update these Issue Briefs on a quarterly or as needed basis.
Spectrum Issues
- FCC Threatens Interference to Utility Systems in the 6 GHz Band
- 700 MHz Public Safety Broadband Network Issue Brief
- 900 MHz Realignment Issue Brief
- Can Private LTE Networks Replace Utility 6 GHz Microwave Systems?
- 3.5 GHz Issue Brief
- 4.9 GHz Issue Brief
- 406-420 MHz Issue Brief
- ITU and Spectrum Access Issue Brief
Broadband Issues
Infrastructure Optimization Issues
General UTC Issues
- About UTC Issue Brief
- White Paper: Utility Network Baseline – 2019 Update
- White Paper: Cutting Through the Hype–5G and Its Potential Impact on Electric Utilities
- Utility Communications 101
- Glossary of Terms
- Why Utilities Need Communications Networks
- Why Do Utilities Need Access to Spectrum?
- Joy Ditto Oct. 11, 2018 Testimony before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Hearing to Examine Blackstart
- (26 April 2021) UTC, EET File comments in FCC Wireless Network Resilience Proceeding (PS Docket No. 11-60)
- (8 February 2019) UTC, EEI, NRECA, GridWise Alliance comments in FCC Wireless Network Resilience Proceeding (PS Docket No. 11-60)
- Reply Comments filed (Feb. 25, 2019)
Security and IT/OT Issues
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
- For more information, contact the UTC Legal/Regulatory department legal@utc.org