To: C.K. Houston who wrote (86 ) 9/1/1999 11:15:00 AM From: C.K. Houston Read Replies (1) | Respond to
Electric Industry Prepares for North American-wide Y2k Readiness Drill Sept 8-9 This drill will not affect delivery of electricity to any customers. "From page 3 of NERC's "September 8-9, 1999 Y2K Drill Guide" The September 8-9 drill is NOT a "Y2K test" in the sense that digital systems and devices are being tested for their ability to handle certain date manipulations. While date changes on some devices or systems could be appropriate during the drill, it is not a primary purpose of the drill to test Y2K-related date manipulations on individual components or integrated systems ..."Y2K Operating Plan Deployment Rehearsal: procedures without the insertion of artificial failures, contingency scenarios, or testing - in essense participants are standing in a heightened readiness posture as they would on December 31. This portion of the exercise accmplishes two results: deployment of readiness plans can be effectively practiced and lessons learned without added complexity from simulated failures; and systems will be in a true heightened state of readiness during the rollover into September 9 without the possible confustion of artificially injected problems ...nerc.com This is NOT a test to ensure that electricity will work during/after Jan 1 roll-over. End-to-end testing won't be done UNTIL Dec 1 - Jan 1 ... in "real time".
