Terrific paper, *well* worth reading. It's from ABB, described by Rick Cowles as "one of *the* biggies in supplying electric industry equipment and components." If you have doubts about Y2K's power (so to speak) to cause problems with power, this paper will change that.

The URL for the paper:

http://www2.abb.ch/GLOBAL/CHIBM/CHIBM007.NSF/Y2K/F1

It was first found by Bonnie Camp (of course), and posted on the euy2k forum, where it "generated" (get it? :) some discussion, from both Rick C & Dan the Power Man, among a few others. That URL:

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=000pp5

Sorry, no time for hot links.

-- Drew Parkhill/CBN News (y2k@cbn.org), May 17, 1999

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No surprises therein. The info confirms what I expected.

Bottom line? If the utilitity assess enough, remediates thoroughly what it finds, then test very thoroughly, the problems can mostly be found and eliminated - given enough time, effort, and compnay support.

If power can get to the "fence" - then the network control stations are the vital link. Same results as above.

If enough network controls work adequately, and are tested thoroughly, then the regional issues can be mitigated.

Hey - be optimistic. There are only three "if's" in that string.......and a bunch of suppliers and support staffs and venders, and fuel....

-- Robert A. Cook, PE (Kennesaw, GA) (cook.r@csaatl.com), May 17, 1999.

Yes, well worth reading.

link for those who haven't learnt cut-and-paste

-- Nigel Arnot (nra@maxwell.ph.kcl.ac.uk), May 18, 1999.

To many words like (assuming-depends-sometimes-usually )used in this Company article for me to feel confindent in the electrical reliability. Also catch the disclaimer at the end " Readers must use their own independent judgement in assessing this information ". I guess basically you " get it " or you don't......

-- kevin (innxxs@yahoo.com), May 18, 1999.

Link to forum discussion.

-- Lilly (homesteader145@yahoo.com), May 18, 1999.