[RFI] PG&E

[Ed K0iL]

Mark,  

I recommend you ask for their department or group responsible for their FCC licensed 2-way radio and microwave radio systems.  Ask if they have a telecommunications group maybe within their Info Technology or Business Technology division.  Mention you'd rather deal with them directly than to call the Federal Communications Commission resulting in citations and expensive fines for PG&E to respond to their problem.  Those folks should be either knowledgeable about power line RFI (and might have a ham working there), or they would know where their RFI technicians work assuming they have one.

Charlie,  

http://www.arrl.org/FCC-Enforcement-Activities-and-the-Electric-Utility-Industry 

This link doesn't show PG&E getting any citations unless it was very recent, but they have had 13 FCC complaints in the last 16 years.  More than most other power companies.  Even the company I work for has one listed.  We have had to hire Mike Martin twice in 20 years to get new management to come back to discussions to resolve long-term problems that should have been resolved internally.  For some reason they won't believe the internal engineer maybe because he's a licensed ham, but they'll pay big bucks to hire a consultant (also a ham) and listen to him say the exact same things.  It is very tiring to have to train new and clueless management periodically.  

73,  de ed -K0iL
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-----Original Message-----
From: RFI [mailto:rfi-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of n0tt1 at juno.com
Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2017 5:58 PM
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Subject: Re: [RFI] PG&E

**IF** my memory serves, PG&E was fined $10K by the FCC some years ago for not cleaning up RFI caused by their lines.

With my local service, I call the business office and politely ask to speak with the "line supervisor"....works for me to get RFI cleaned up.

73,
Charlie, N0TT


On Sun, 19 Mar 2017 13:14:16 -0700 "AA6DX - Mark" <aa6dx at arrl.net>
writes:
> I am having a PITA with a pole alongside my back yard, with it 
> creating annoying RFI from arcing..have major voltage line adjacent   
> but, not my service source.  Several years back I whined to PG&E, 
> telling them about arcing, and the chance of  FIRE  .. and got an 
> almost immediate response, and the insulators and connections were 
> replace.  Solved the issue, for the most part.  Now, a few years 
> later, back to the NOYZE and I don t know whether or not there is any 
> chance of fire.  I have contacted PG&E via phone, and had a young 
> repairman have a peek, said he would report it .. NIL ..
> and have called their  hot line  .. talked to a youngster who had not 
> a clue of which I spoke..suggested I had two radio receivers too close 
> together causing the problem ... AAARRRGGGHHH..
> My query is can somebody here tell me a way to communicate to them 
> short of going to the FCC?d
> 73  Mark  AA6DX   Eureka, FAR Northern California
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