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                           Before the
               Federal Communications Commission
                     Washington, D.C. 20554

                                   )
Cable Telecommunications Association of      )
Maryland, Delaware & the District of Columbia, et al.  )
     Complainant,                       )
                                   )    PA No. 2000-001
          v.                       )
                                   )
Baltimore Gas & Electric Company and              )
     Bell Atlantic-Maryland, Inc.,           )
          Respondent.                   )
                              )


                             ORDER

       Adopted:  March 1, 2000                               Released:  March 2, 2000 

By the Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau:

1.   By this Order, we deny a Motion for an extension of time to file a response  filed by Baltimore Gas &
Electric Company, ("BG&E") in a pole attachment complaint proceeding filed by the Cable
Telecommunications Association of Maryland, Delaware & the District of Columbia, et al. ("Complainant")
In the Matter of Cable Telecommunications Association of Maryland, Delaware & the District of Columbia,
et al, v. Baltimore Gas & Electric Company and Bell Atlantic-Maryland, Inc.("Complaint").  BG&E moves
for an extension of time within which to file its response to the Complaint until we rule on issues of jurisdiction
raised in the Motion to Dismiss ("Motion to Dismiss").  Complainant filed an Opposition to BG&E's Motion
to Dismiss or in the Alternative for an Extension of Time ("Opposition"). 






2.   Our rules provide that a response to a pole attachment complaint must be filed within thirty (30) days
of the filing of the complaint.  Under our rules, a response to the Complaint would be filed on or before March
3, 2000.  It is the policy of the Commission that extensions of time shall not be routinely granted.  

3.   BG&E has not provided us with any compelling reason that would warrant an extension of time.
Section 1.1407(a) of our Rules provides for a response to a complaint and a reply by the complainant to the
response, and further provides that "[e]xtensions of time to file are not contemplated unless justification is
shown pursuant to Section 1.46 [and e]xcept as otherwise provided in Section 1.1403, no other filings, and no
motions other than for extensions of time will be considered unless authorized by the Commission."  We will
rule on the jurisdictional issue in our normal course of consideration of the Complaint based on our three
established pleadings, and when we have a full record on which to base our consideration.  We therefore deny
an extension of time in which to file a response.  A timely response is due on or before March 3, 2000.  

4.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 1.46 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. Section
1.46, and Subpart J of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R., Subpart J, that the Motion for an Extension of
Time to file a response IS DENIED 

5.   This action is taken pursuant to delegated authority under Section 0.321 of the Commission's Rules, 47
C.F.R. Section 0.321. 

                          FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                          William H. Johnson
                          Deputy Chief
                          Cable Services Bureau