Hi,I'm an electrical engineer and work on Y2K just few weeks, could anyone tell me where I can find a typical procedure for test Y2K problem of power plant, in another word,what I want to know is how many part should be test,and how to test?

thanks CP

-- Anonymous, January 07, 1999

Answers

ChenPeng,

There is a wealth of information at the North American Electric Reliability Council's website, including sample test procedures and program plans. The website URL is:

http://www.nerc.com/~y2k/y2k.html

Best of luck.

-- Anonymous, January 07, 1999

Now this frightens me! At this late stage in the game a utility does not even know where to begin. I am so glad I bought a generator. Could you please tell me the name of the power plant or where in the country it's located? Are you checking software (ie. billing,payroll...) or embedded systems?

Go to http://www.euy2k.com/tools.htm and download everything from the "Toolbox". Then go to http://www.euy2k.com/links.htm and read as fast as you can.

-- Anonymous, January 07, 1999

In reference to the person who wrote "this frightens me", I think we can assume from the grammar and syntax of the question that English is not this person's first language. From this, we might therefore assume that this person does not work at a power plant in Canada or the US.

So, that may provide some comfort for us North Americans, but perhaps not so much for some other part of the world! I just hope he (or she) works in country with a climate a little milder than mine.

Mike Coulter Toronto (-16C last night)

-- Anonymous, January 07, 1999

CP (ChenPeng), I have admiration for your efforts to educate yourself about Y2K test procedures.

The link Rick provided will be the optimum for your needs, but here are some other links which you might find useful at some point:

http://www.annainc.com/powerpro.htm

That is "The Resource Spot for Power Plant Professionals".

http://www.gridwatch.com/

That is the "Global Power Directory".

http://www.vendor2000.com/

That site lists the status of various products as to their Year 2000 compliance. If you reside outside the U.S., I don't know if this will be of any use to you, but I put it here just in case.

Wherever you live and work, I wish you all good luck and success.

-- Anonymous, January 07, 1999

I agree that it is scary that an electrical engineer is asking for help with testing with only 255 working days to go. I am very grateful that Rick Cowles provides this forum and to people like Rick Cowles and Bonnie Camp who willingly provide information to people who need it.

I don't agree that we can assume that Chen Peng does not work at a US or Canadian utility. As an employee at a major telecom company, many of the developers that I work with are very intelligent and technically competent but are from many other countries including India, Taiwan, China, etc. English is not their specialty, programming is. Make no assumptions about where this brave soul is from!

-- Anonymous, January 07, 1999

Two testing references can be found at

http://www.selinc.com/year2000.htm

This is the market share leader of transmission system protective relays.

-- Anonymous, January 09, 1999