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To: David Schoenbach who wrote (12121)	3/3/1998 11:32:00 AM
From: Karl Drobnic	Respond to of 31646

David: Deregulation and Y2K. Power utilities have two problems. One is Y2K. The other is coping with the huge changes deregulation will bring to the way they do business. Y2K will introduce the utilities to TAVA. It is a foot in the door for TAVA. TAVA just has to do a good job. Utility deregulation will create demand for systems integration work for 10-15 years. It's sort of like Microsoft getting a contract with IBM just as personal computers were taking off. If you become one of the "go to" companies early in the game, a decade later you're one of the big shots.

To: David Schoenbach who wrote (12121)	3/3/1998 4:35:00 PM
From: paul boudreau	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 31646

Nuke plants cost alot more to operate than conventional plants. The dream of "too cheap to meter" never worked out. With deregulation smaller utilities with lower overhead can offer power at much lower prices than large utilities, so the larger utilities have been trying to cut costs over the last few years. The purse strings are very tight to start with and dealing with y2k is just one more thing that they have to deal with. Interestingly, a company doesn't even have to generate electricity to get into the business. They purchase excess capacity from low cost providers,say in the south and then resell it in the northeast,even though the utility they compete with owns and maintains the transmission lines. This state (NH) already is involved in a pilot dereg plan. I buy my elecricity from a reseller and pay my employer for the infrastructure. Overall my bill went down by 10% to 15%.