ARRL is able to help electric utilities deal with power-line interference complaints involving Amateur Radio. It's staff can help complainants correctly identify noise sources and ARRL can offer some limited, no-cost consultation to utility staff.  The resources from this page that are generally the most useful to electric utility companies are listed in this section.  Utilities may contact ARRL's technical staff at [email protected].

• Transmission & Distribution World Magazine
  provides practical information and insight toward A Smarter Approach to Resolving Power-Line Noise. T&D Magazine is edited for engineers and operating professionals in the electric power industry. Expanded from this article with additional information is The Issue of Power-Line Noise A Smarter Approach. This expanded article covers all aspects of how best to handle and resolve a power-line noise complaint.
• Power-Line Noise Mitigation Handbook for Naval and Other Receiving Sites
• Gene Preston, K5GP provides power-line RFI information based on his many years of experience in the power utility industry in How To Quickly Locate And Fix Power Line Interference. Gene's PowerPoint RFI presentation given at the Midland ham fest is also available. Note: this is a 4 megabyte file.
• EMF-Link provides Questions and Answers About EMF Electric and Magnetic Fields Associated with the Use of Electric Power.  January 1995.

• KCBD-TV news story about the FCC citations to Lubbock Power and Light and Xcel Energy in Lubbock, TX 
  Local news coverage about the FCC Citation issued to Xcel Energy and Lubbock Power and Light in Lubbock, TX.  A video of the orginal news broadacst is made available with permission and courtesy of KCBD-TV Channel 11 in Lubbock, TX.
  (Play video):  KCBD-TV News Video Broadcast August 27,2007
• KCBD-TV news story video about the safety hazards of poorly maintained power lines in Lubbock, TX
  This followup story describes how power line noise is perceived as being related to maintenance of the power lines in Lubbock. KCBD-TV reports that 73 fires related to the power lines have occurred within the past year.  A video of the orginal news broadacst is made available with permission and courtesy of KCBD-TV Channel 11 in Lubbock, TX.
  (Play video):  KCBD-TV News Video Broadcast September 24, 2007

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• RFI Services - Power-line workshops and troubleshooting consulting.
  RFI Services provides classroom and on-site training for power-company personnel on the techniques used to identify and cure power-line interference. They can also troubleshoot electrical-noise problems in the field.  
• ARC Technical Resources, Inc.
  Providers of electromagnetic compatibility training, equipment, systems and services, including power-line noise locating.  

• FCC Enforcement Activities and the Electric Utility Industry
  The ARRL and FCC cooperative agreement following with a link list to FCC enforcement letters sent to electric-utility companies concerning harmful interference reports.  
• FCC Issues Two Citations in Longstanding Power Line Noise Case
• FCC Cites Florida Utility for Interference to Radio Amateur 
• Electric Power - Associations & Trade Organizations
• State Public Utility Commissions
• Consumer Affairs.Com provides a list of State Utility Commissioners