Section 113.0707. Radio and television interference.

 

(1)  Each utility shall own or otherwise arrange to have available when needed, suitable monitoring equipment for surveying its lines and equipment for possible radio and/or television interference.

(2)  Each utility shall establish and routinely utilize in the course of regular operation, means whereby the presence of radio and/or television interference may be detected.

(3)  Each utility shall, upon notification or detection of the presence of radio and/or television interference, survey its lines and equipment for possible sources of radio and television interference. When significant interference is found, reasonable measures shall be taken to locate the source and, if on the utility's system, to mitigate the interference. Where the magnitude and nature of the interference is found to be so small, intermittent or insignificant that it affects only a few customers or a particular, unique piece of customer equipment that may have limited capabilities to receive weak signals, it may be necessary to limit the utility's responsibility for mitigation to reasonable, cost-effective measures.

(4)  Where the source of interference is determined to be equipment owned by a specific customer, the customer shall be so advised and informed of his or her responsibility to correct the problem (see s. PSC 113.0201 ).

Cr. Register, July, 2000, No. 535 , eff. 8-1-00.

Note

In some cases, some interference from the utility's system may be detected, but found to be insignificant and inconsequential for the majority of customers. Its elimination or mitigation may still not result in adequate reception of some signals. In many areas, radio or television reception of some transmissions is normally inadequate due to frequency, weak signal strength, high ambient noise, distance from the source, terrain or other obstacles beyond the utility's control. The capabilities and limitations of the customer's receiver should also be evaluated and considered in determining the nature, extent and cost of the utility's mitigation activities. Also, other options may be available and more feasible, for example, applying the mitigation to the customer's equipment or substitution of cable television (CATV) or digital satellite service for local antenna systems. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1