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CERTIFIED MAIL-RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
February 28, 2011
Mr. Peter A. Darbee
Chairman, CEO & President
PG&E Corporation
One Market, Spear Tower, Suite 2400
San Francisco, California 94105-1126
RE: EB-09-GB-0106
Dear Mr. Darbee:
The Federal Communications Commission has previously notified you by
letter on May 4, 2009, that it has received complaints of harmful radio
interference possibly caused by equipment operated by your company. This
interference has been reported by an operator in the Amateur Radio
Service. The complainant is:
(Name withheld)
(Address withheld)
(Address 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
June 30, 2009, 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. Although you have responded to both this
office and Mr. (name withheld) within the specified time period, the
harmful interference he reported to this office still remains unresolved
after 21 months.
Given the fact this case has been ongoing for quite some time without
resolution and PG&E has had ample time to locate the instances of
interference and make the necessary repairs, you are directed to respond
to the undersigned within 30 days of receipt of this letter detailing what
steps you have taken to resolve the remaining instances of interference
that are reported as being caused by PG&E equipment. Please direct your
response to the following address: 1270 Fairfield Road, Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania 17325. Should the remaining interference problems not be
resolved within those 30 days, PG&E will be required to provide the
undersigned with a status update every two (2) weeks going forward as to
what progress, if any, has been made to resolve the matter.
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