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To: C.K. Houston who wrote (79)	10/26/1997 3:32:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Respond to of 411

UTILITIES & POWER PLANTS: Embedded Systems (Revised 10/27/97) ================================================================ Power grid problems. Hawaiian Electric Company ran tests for Year 2000 compliance in a simulator and found that "it simply stopped working". Part of its generation and transmission system would stop, and part would deliver power "at higher frequencies". cv.nrao.edu Aug '97 Power Plant Failure. Embedded controller test shuts down 500 MW power plant.... exchange2000.com *Unexpected Gotcha's ... MORE* Problems exchange2000.com Control systems in power plants,T&D, and offices all depend on "embedded software" that might fail at the turn of the century. This "Year 2000 Problem" is quite different from the well-publicized Y2K problem in utility business software applications running on mainframe computers ... impact could potentially be severe and widespread. epri.com Letter & Questions for Engineers at Power Utilities Who are Dealing With Y2K & Embedded Systems ourworld.compuserve.com Knoxville Utilities Board offices will become a computerized time machine next Labor Day weekend as time leaps ahead more than 15 months ... That's when KUB will run computer system clocks forward to ensure that the utility is properly ''inoculated'' against a potentially fatal case of the ''millennium bug'' ..... 2 to 4 percent of computers with embedded microchips -- perhaps 2 million devices could fail, adversely affecting everything from telephone systems and fax machines to military messaging systems, automatic lawn sprinklers & medical pacemaker devices. knoxnews.com Year 2000 computer and embedded controls problem presents the most challenging USQ (unreviewed safety questions) in the history of nuclear energy. accsyst.com Doom & Gloom - But a lotta truth & excellent links here: garynorth.com ======================================================================= ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE EPRI proposes to work with electric utilities to resolve their Year 2000 embedded systems issues." 9/19/97: Removed Y2K Contractors page due to concerns about liability. epri.com FEI Y2K SITE (U.K., Federation of the Electronics Industry):** fm6.facility.pipex.com