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To: John Mansfield who wrote (15488)	4/25/1998 5:37:00 PM
From: E	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 31646

On National Public Radio just a few minutes ago, there was an interview with representatives of PG&E and the Electric Power Research Institute. Some points that were made: There are nine thousand power companies in the U.S. A large percentage of the smaller companies are unprepared for y2k. The specific problem is embedded computer chips acting as sensors and control elements. Larger systems like Pacific Gas & Electric are receiving requests for help from the smaller companies they hook up with. The large companies lack the resources for this assistance. There is a genuine threat to the national power grid in 2000 from the smaller links in the system. [I guess they'd better hurry up and get the resources to help with the embedded chip problem, then.] E.