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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  03-  2590 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  matter  of 
 Inquiry  Regarding  Carrier  Current  Systems,  Including  Broadband  over  Power  Line  Systems 
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 ET  Docket  No.  03-  104 


 ORDER  GRANTING  AN  EXTENSION  OF  TIME  TO  FILE  REPLY  COMMENTS 
 Adopted:  August  1,  2003  Released:  August  1,  2003 
 By  the  Chief,  Office  of  Engineering  and  Technology: 
 1.  A  Notice  of  Inquiry  (NOI)  in  the  above  entitled  proceeding  was  adopted  by  the  Commission  on  April  23,  2003,  18  FCC  Rcd  28182  (2003).  Comments  in  this  proceeding  were  due  on 
 July  7,  2003,  and  reply  comments  are  due  on  August  6,  2003. 
 2.  On  July  30,  2003,  Southern  LINC,  Southern  Telecom,  and  Southern  Company  Services,  Inc.  (Southern)  requested  a  30  day  extension  of  the  reply  comment  period.  Southern  states  that  an 


 extension  is  necessary  to  provide  sufficient  time  to  analyze  the  large  number  of  pleadings  that  have  been  filed,  some  of  which,  Southern  states,  were  not  immediately  available  after  they  were  filed.  Southern 
 urges  the  Commission  to  grant  this  request  so  that  a  full  record  can  be  developed  in  this  proceeding. 
 3.  The  Commission  does  not  routinely  grant  extensions  of  time  in  rulemaking  proceedings.  However,  because  of  the  large  number  of  filings  received  so  far  and  the  complexity  of  the  subject,  we 


 believe  that  a  short  extension  of  the  reply  comment  period  will  provide  sufficient  time  for  concerned  parties  to  fully  analyze  the  information  submitted  in  the  comments. 


 4.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  pursuant  to  the  delegated  authority  contained  in  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.31  and  0.241(  a),  that  the  time  period  for  filing  reply  comments  in  the  above  captioned 
 proceeding  IS  EXTENDED  to  August  20,  2003. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Edmond  J.  Thomas  Chief 
 Office  of  Engineering  and  Technology 
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