I heard this on the local NPR radio station this morning. They made
BPL sound rosy. They did mention that the ham radio guys were against
it but came up with some "notching" solution that would take care of
ham radio guys concerns.

You can listen to the stream at:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...toryId=4801446

If would be great if a qualified ham could respond to their article.
They usually take listener comment and broadcast those comments the
next day or so.