BPL at merging Duke Energy Corp. and Cinergy Corp.

The latest newsletter from the United Power Line Council ("Driving the Development of Broadband Over Power Line Solutions for Electric Utilities and Their Partners"), reporting on the BPL aspects of the Duke Energy/Cinergy merger, says:

"The merger is reportedly not expected to impact the BPL deployments at Duke or Cinergy, and a Cinergy spokesperson indicated that the merger may add impetus to their BPL effort."

For details about the extent and compatibility of the BPL operations at these two utilities, click here.

Broadband over Power Line Symposium at UTC Telecom 2005

Presented by the United Power Line Council and sponsored by Mitsubishi and HomePlug, the Broadband over Power Line Symposium will take place on May 25th and May 26th, 2005, at the Westin Long Beach at 333 East Ocean Boulevard in Long Beach California, as part of UTC Telecom 2005. Get more information about this event by clicking here

The IEEE BPL Study Group scheduled in conjunction with that event has been cancelled, but two of the three BPL Working Groups also scheduled for that time and place are still planned. Get details about this by clicking here.

U.S. Representative Mike Ross of Arkansas proposes that "the FCC should conduct a full and complete radio wave interference analysis," allow "extensive public review and comment" and publish the results "before broadband over power line systems are deployed"

U.S. Representative Mike Ross (D-AR) has introduced House Resolution 230, a bill "To express the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal Communications Commission should reconsider and revise rules governing broadband over power line systems based on a comprehensive evaluation of the interference potential of those systems to public safety services and other licensed radio services." Access the text of House Resolution 230 by clicking here.

Representative Ross' bill would express the sense of the House of Representatives that—

"(1) the FCC should reconsider and review the rules adopted pursuant to its October 28, 2004, action in the broadband over power line proceeding, which could disrupt public safety radio systems;

"(2) the FCC should conduct a full and complete radio wave interference analysis involving field studies and broadband over power line test demonstration systems, to determine the actual, measured effect of broadband over power line on public safety systems, and a comprehensive interference analysis, with the participation of public safety agencies and organizations, and other interested parties; and

"(3) the FCC should allow extensive public review and comment on this study, and the results of the study, and a summary of the public comment thereon should be published before broadband over power line systems are deployed pursuant to rules finally adopted in the FCC's ET Docket No. 04-37."

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