Galen, W8LNA wrote:
Jeff Dieterle wrote:

...Do I have recourse if the power company doesn't fix the problem?


Keep in mind, also that the high tension lines are
NOT necessarily owned (or even controlled by
utilities! Further, some of these are feeders for
the interstate power grids, in the U.S./Canada.
For example, B.P.A. , or Bonneville Power
Administration, is a Federal agency, generateing ,
and selling their power to various utilities.
One, that I have had experience with is the 500KV line
they ran to Malin, Oregon, from the Columbia River
dams! A telephone line paralleling it for about 4
miles, could measure 400 Volts of Escape
(induction) at a office 25 miles away! Also, many
of these are D.C. (not A.C), to avoid the
situation just described (power loss via
radiation/induction)- these can run hundreds of
miles! There can be other things also, can cause
problems with open wire circuits paralleling
broadcast stations (yeh, I Know, it ain't supposed
to happen, especially in transposed circuits)!
In sum total, you may have to investigate just
WHO owns this line, and contact THEM- Your local
utility may have little to do with them- except
use the energy they supply! Jim NN7K