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Technology Stocks : Year 2000 (Y2K) Embedded Systems and Utilities -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: John Mansfield who wrote (15)	7/12/1998 4:34:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 89

' Third Y2K Workshop Preliminary Agenda Date: August 23-28, 1998 Location: San Diego, California Sunday Aug. 23 1 - 5 pm Primer (Generation) Mon. - Tues. Aug. 24 - 25 8 am - 5 pm Tracks 1 & 2: Generation (Non-nuclear & Nuclear Generation) Wed. - Fri. Aug. 26 - 28 8 am - 5 pm Track 3: Project Management Wed. Aug. 26 1 - 5 pm Primer (T&D) Thurs. - Fri. Aug. 27 - 28 8 am - 5 pm Track 4: T&D Return to San Diego Workshop announcement. year2000.epriweb.com

To: John Mansfield who wrote (15)	7/13/1998 1:17:00 PM
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'What is more, Wall Street's success at ushering in the millennium will also depend heavily on the year 2000 readiness of New York City's power, water and telecommunications utilities, of the elevators leading to the trading rooms and of countless other systems that are beyond its ability to test. ... exchange2000.com

To: John Mansfield who wrote (15)	7/13/1998 1:32:00 PM
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' Utilities confident after years of preparation By Debra Erdley TRIBUNE-REVIEW If preparation counts, Duquesne Light Co. and Allegheny Energy Inc. customers shouldn't be dancing in the dark when the clock turns on Jan. 1, 2000. The power companies began tackling the year 2000 computer bug, commonly known as Y2K, about five years ago. Company spokesmen say they should have all systems ready for the New Year's celebration of the century. Whether the dozens of other companies that share the region's massive power grid will be up to speed is something local utilities can't control. Therein, say skeptics, lies the great Y2K question. ... triblive.com

To: John Mansfield who wrote (15)	7/13/1998 1:38:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 89

'For utilities, there are two species of the Year 2000 bug: software-related programming bugs and ''embedded'' bugs. The latter are particularly nettlesome because they reside in the chips that contain computers' hardwired operating instructions. Embedded systems, which run many of the ''mission critical'' components of power plants, are such a big worry for utilities that the Electric Power Research Institute set up an information-sharing program devoted to that concern. Embedded systems are found in load dispatch computers, nuclear power plant safety systems and fossil plant boiler control systems, to name a few places. ... pilotonline.com