January 9, 2003

Mr. Keith Hulbert, Managing Director
Lakeland Electric Company
501 East Lemon Street
Lakeland, FL 33801

RE: Radio frequency interference

Dear Mr. Hulbert:

The Federal Communications Commission has previously notified you by letter on June 10, 2002 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:

Mr. J.C. Flynn, W4FGC
827 Susan Drive
Lakeland, FL 33803

In this letter, you were advised that this problem, if unresolved, could be a violation of FCC rules and could result in a monetary forfeiture. For this reason, we encouraged the parties involved to voluntarily resolve this matter without FCC intervention.

You were further advised to inform the complainant within 30 days of what steps your utility company would take to correct this reported interference problem. In addition, if unable to resolve this matter within 90 days, you were advised 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 can be accomplished. Although you have responded to Mr. Flynn within the specified time period, the harmful interference he reported to this office still remains unresolved after 90 days.

In order to avoid possible enforcement action, please advise this office within 30 days of receiving this letter of what action you have made, or intend to make, in order to identify and correct the source of these radio emissions if they are being caused by your equipment.

If you have any questions about this matter, please contact me at 717-338-2502.

CC: FCC Southeastern Regional Director