A bomb threat was received at the Southeastern Power Administration Thurmond 322 MW hydroelectric power station in South Carolina at 15:00 EST, December 30, 1999. The incident is under FBI and local LE investigation.  The Pacific NW DC Intertie was taken out of service at 20:53 PST, December 30, 1999 by physically loosened tower guy wires. The tower is on the ground. This appears to be a deliberate sabotage incident. Repair is under way. There has been no loss of customer load.  Limerick Nuclear Unit No. 2 tripped at 01:10 EST, December 31, 1999. The cause of the trip is known and is not Y2k related. Power supplies remain adequate due to moderate loads and available generating capacity in the area.

-- Arte Overby (a_overby@fafc.org), December 31, 1999

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Response to direct quote from source- nerc.com status page - plants going out

Can you tell me the URL where you got this? I went to the Nerc.com site and could not find it. I even executed several searches for both Thurmond and Limmerick and turned up nothing. Please confirm.

-- meg davis (meg9999@aol.com), December 31, 1999.

Response to direct quote from source- nerc.com status page - plants going out

http://www.nerc.com/y2k/status/

-- Arte Overby (a_overby@fafc.org), December 31, 1999.

The correct URL is http://www.nerc.com/~y2k/status/

-- John Barry (jbiv@ti.com), December 31, 1999.