Digital Television Transition (DTV)
The Digital Television Transition is the nationwide, Congressionally mandated switch from analog to digital broadcast set to occur on June 12, 2009. In the “DTV Delay Act,” which was enacted into law on February 11, 2009, Congress extended the DTV transition deadline from February 17, 2009 to June 12, 2009, in an effort to provide consumers additional time to prepare for the transition. As of February 17, 2009, about one-third of the nation’s full-power TV stations had already gone all-digital.
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissions (NARUC), of which the NC Utilities Commission is a member, has agreed to become a partner with the DTV Transition coalition. The coalition is a group of private and public organizations working to assure a successful transition to digital television. NARUC has developed a website to serve as a compendium of DTV-related information. To learn more about Digital Television Transition, please visit http://www.naruc.org/DTV/
Other sources of information:
- National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Coupons
- Federal Communications Commission Consumer Facts
- Federal Communications Commission’s DTV Website
Electricity
Natural Gas
- Natural Gas Prices
- DOT Office of Pipeline Safety
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- NC State Energy Office
- Call Before You Dig - 1-800-632-4949
- NC One-Call Center, Inc.
Telecommunications
- Service Quality Report (pdf) Updated December 2, 2009
- National Do-Not-Call Registry
- FCC's Consumer Alerts and Factsheets
- FCC Issues of Interest
- New FCC Consumer E-Mail Service is Now Available
- Slamming Complaint Process
- Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced Services
- Toll Free Access to FCC Now Available
- Discount Local Telephone Service
Water/Wastewater
- SaveWaterNC
- NC Division of Water Resources -- Water Conservation
- NC Division of Water Resources – Ground Water
- NC Division of Water Quality
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- US Geological Survey – What is that slime or film in the creek?
- Educating Young People About Water
- National Drinking Water Clearinghouse
- Virginia Cooperative Extension – Household Water Treatment
- How Sewer and Septic Systems Work (from HowStuffWorks,com)
- Water Recycling
- Wastewater (from Pipeline* by National Small Flows Clearinghouse)
