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To: C.K. Houston who wrote (5874)	5/30/1999 1:02:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Respond to of 9818

Koskinen tells state officials to make contingency plans for 3-WEEK power outage. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ April 5, 1999 Dear Bill, I did indeed make the statement that you attributed to me. John Koskinen is using three weeks as the outside possibility, but I think things could get ugly. I wouldn't give you any odds that nuclear power will be working by then. The feds have said they must be compliant by July 1, or shut down. It takes about 4 months to totally shut down a plant. Personally, I believe a serious concern is the cyber terrorism of the power grid. The department of defense is really concerned that this is being planned. This could last awhile under these conditions. The truth is ... no one really knows for sure. Prepare for the worst, hope for the best, and weigh the risk of preparation with the risk of non-preparation.. Yours in service, George Grindley State Representative - District 35 Marietta Ga -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From Rick Cowles 1. Expect serious problems with power for about a month. No guarantees one way or the other but prepare for black outs, brown outs, rolling black outs, voltage spikes, and other problems. 2. For about a year, the power will be unstable. There might be occasional outages, dirty power, your refrigerator might blow up, more black outs but not as frequent as in the first month. 3. Some places will have more problems than others. home.ica.net -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The feds have said they must be compliant by July 1, or shut down. It takes about 4 months to totally shut down a plant. Hmmm ... Remember this? PSE&G: Public Service Electric & Gas Company Largest New Jersey Utility serving 3/4 of state "By July of 1999, all utility critical systems are scheduled to be Y2K compliant, except for a small percentage of our nuclear systems which will be remediated during planned maintenance in NOVEMBER 1999." techstocks.com Really good discussion linked here. Sounds like they're gonna have to take some reactors down for remediation. Well, OK. But still - November sounds like they're cutting it real close. Cheryl 215 Days till ... Have a good weekend all. Need to get ready for BBQ.