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CERTIFIED MAIL-RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
March 2, 2011
Mr. Peter A. Darbee, Chairman
CEO & President
PG&E Corporation
One Market, Spear Tower, Suite 2400
San Francisco, California 94105-1126
Re: EB-10-GB-0072
Dear Mr. Darbee:
The Federal Communications Commission has previously notified you by
letter dated May 26, 2010, that it has received complaints of harmful
radio interference possibly caused by equipment operated by your company.
This interference has been reported by two operators in the Amateur Radio
Service. The complainants are:
(Name withheld) (Name withheld)
(Address withheld) (Address withheld)
(Address withheld) (Address withheld)
Tel: (Number withheld) Tel: (Number withheld)
In this letter, you were advised that this problem, if unresolved, could
be a violation of Commission rules and could result in a monetary
forfeiture. For this reason, we encouraged the parties involved to
voluntarily resolve this matter without Commission intervention. If
however it became necessary to facilitate a resolution, the Commission
might investigate possible rules violations and address appropriate
remedies, including monetary forfeiture.
You were further advised that the Commission expects that most cases can
be resolved within 60 days of the time they are first reported to the
utility company. In addition, if you were unable to resolve this matter by
July 30, 2010, you were directed to inform this office about the nature of
the problem, the steps being taken to resolve it and the estimated time in
which those steps could be accomplished. You were further advised to
inform the complainant of what steps would be taken to correct this
reported interference problem.
On August 2, 2010, you reported to the Commission that you had worked with
both licensees on locating and resolving their interference. With respect
to Mr. (name withheld), your staff was able to trace the source(s) of the
interference to three poles. You indicated that you were scheduling the
necessary repairs for those poles and would report back to the Commission
as soon as the repairs had been completed. With respect to Mr. (name
withheld), you reported that you had repaired one source of interference
near Mr. (name withheld) home but that Mr. (name withheld) continued to
experience ongoing interference. You indicated that it was the intent of
your staff to return and investigate these additional source(s) of noise
and that you would update the Commission as the company continued to
troubleshoot and conduct the necessary repairs.
You failed to report back to the Commission as to the status of the
repairs. In order to avoid enforcement action on this matter, you have
thirty (30) days from the date of receipt of this letter to respond to
this office at the following address: 1270 Fairfield Road, Gettysburg, PA
17325. The response must contain a statement of the specific action(s)
taken to identify and eliminate the source(s) of Mr. (name withheld) and
Mr. (name withheld) radio interference. Your response must also include a
carbon copy to Mr. (name withheld) and Mr. (name withheld) so that they
can confirm any statement that you make regarding resolution of the
interference. If you have any questions about this matter, please contact
me at 717-338-2577.
Sincerely,
Laura L. Smith, Esq.
Special Counsel
Enforcement Bureau
cc: San Francisco Field Office
Western Regional Director
Jonathan D. Pendleton, Esq.