I recall that about 10 years ago a very serious case of RFI from PG&E lines
in the California Sierra foothills was taken to Federal court because the
FCC wouldn't enforce the existing laws. The court refused to act - and as I
recall there was a suggestion that a case of ham radio interference wasn't
enough to require PG&E to spend the $100K or more it would have taken to fix
the problem (according to PG&E). I don't have the reference but I suspect
someone at ARRL HQ could dig it up.
73 Tom
--- On Tue, 22 Apr 1997 07:56:47 -0400 Tony Brock-Fisher
<fisher@hp-and2.an.hp.com> wrote:
>When I exhausted all reasonable telephone tactics with Mass Electric, I
sent
>two registered letters: One to the Public Utilities Commission of Mass, the
>other to the FCC Field-Engineer-in-Charge.
>
>You wouldn't believe the results this generated! The Electric company
>started calling me! Frequently! And I reached a whole new level of
>management!
>
>-Tony, K1KP, fisher@hp-and2.an.hp.com
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