The North American Electric Reliability Council will hold a news conference regarding its latest electric industry Y2k preparedness report on 1/11/1999 at 1:30PM, National Press Club, Washington, DC. A "star studded" list of industry attendees will be on hand. Does that give you an idea of what the report is going to contain? I'm sure that the backdoor schmoozing for this report has been ongoing for some time now. This is a calculated media event, and nothing more. It will be another "feel good" report with happy face stickers slapped all over it. Please, God, let all the reporters be at the Clinton trial. Here's the press release:
> From: Jon C. Arnold[SMTP:JARNOLD@eei.org]
> Reply To: Technology Section
> Sent: Monday, January 04, 1999 9:57 PM
> To: Technology Section
> Subject: [technology] Electric Power Industry and Y2K: Press
> Conference Notice
>
> Please be advised that the Electric Power Industry has scheduled a
> press conference on the Year 2000 State of
> Readiness for the Electric Industry in North America on January 11,
> 1999, 1:30 PM at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. At this
> press conference, North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC)
> will present to U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Bill Richardson
> the electric industry's second report on its state of readiness for
> the year 2000. John Koskinen, Chair of the President's Council on the
> Year 2000 Conversion will participate in the press conference.
>
> NERC will be hosting the event and will be joined by its partners in
> the process which includes the Edison Electric Institute, Nuclear
> Energy Institute, American Public Power Association, National Rural
> Electric Cooperative Association and others.
>
> A copy of the first report, "Preparing the Electric Power Systems of
> North America for the Transition to the Year 2000" which was presented
> to the Department of Energy on September 17, 1998, is available from
> NERC (www.NERC.COM) & EEI (www.EEI.ORG) web sites along with other
> electric industry year 2000 related information. The latest
> (January 1999) Y2k report will be updated on the Web sites during the
> afternoon
> of January 11, 1999.
>
> It is anticipated that the event will be covered by C-SPAN. - Jon
>
>
>
> Jon C. Arnold
> Chief Technology Officer
> Edison Electric Institute
> www.EEI.ORG
> JArnold@EEI.ORG
> Phone (202)508-5432
> Fax (202) 508-5032
>
-- Anonymous, January 07, 1999