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To: E who wrote (15490)	4/25/1998 5:54:00 PM
From: jwk	Respond to of 31646

as posted earlier today, you'd think the companies spending huge y2k bucks would start pressuring their utility suppliers (gas, eletric, water, waste, etc.) to givthem some guarantees about their service infastructure. "Hey boss, we just spent the $500 millionth buck and were now totally y2k prepared, but.....there's no lights, heat, or power and the drains are backing up!" mega-UFF DA!

To: E who wrote (15490)	4/25/1998 5:56:00 PM
From: W.F.Rakecky	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 31646

Seeing as there appears to be no cheap "silver-bullet software" solution to the problem. Why wouldn't the companies upgrade the hardware!!...thus bypassing the TAVA solution.

To: E who wrote (15490)	4/25/1998 10:15:00 PM
From: JRobinson	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.<< We are in an outage at the nuclear plant where I work. Litton Industries is here assessing all of our controllers for Y2K compliance. I haven't heard of any results yet. I just know I don't want to be on watch New Years Eve 1999 :) (just kidding) We have already replaced the majority of computer OS's with Windows NT, and the mainframe work is nearing completion. Altogether, our mid size power company is well poised to be finished and tested with time to spare. I showed the Plant Manager the Fortune article. That's when I found out about Litton. I'm glad to see they were on the ball with this even if they didn't use TAVA :). I would expect to see the NRC take a deeper interest in what power plants are doing to be Y2K compliant.