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To: John Mansfield who wrote (18511)	6/16/1998 6:11:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 31646

'CHAIRMAN ROBERT Bennett, R-Utah, said a survey his office sent to 10 of the nation's largest electric, oil and gas utilities showed their preparations to ward off Year 2000 bugs were lagging. Eight of the companies had not even finished assessing their automated systems, a first step in tackling the problem, Bennett said. "I had anticipated that I would be able to provide a positive report on the Year 2000 status of these public utilities," he said. "Instead, based on the results of this survey, I am genuinely concerned about the very real prospects of power shortages as a consequence of the millennial date change." And it was Bennett who warned that he felt there was "a 100 percent chance" the U.S. power grid would collapse if today were Jan. 1, 2000. ... msnbc.com