(1) This chapter implements chapter 80.54 RCW "Attachment to Transmission Facilities."

(2) The commission will consider Federal Communications Commission orders promulgating and interpreting its pole attachment rules and federal court decisions reviewing those rules and interpretations as persuasive authority in construing the provisions in this chapter.

(3) The rules in this chapter apply to all owners, occupants, and requesters as defined in this chapter without regard to whether those entities are otherwise subject to commission jurisdiction.