Go to:

http://www.maininc.org/committees/oc/725/Y2KJuly15.pdf

This report is for the MAIN region's own systems, not for individual electric utilities. The many details should satisfy anyone. I can't believe they left this as a clickable .pdf file on their public domain list of documents, but unfortunately I'm not so nice that I won't take advantage of it.

-- Anonymous, August 02, 1999

Answers

Can someone print this. My computer(one of the 1997 Compaq duds) is going nuts on me. I now do not have a program for opening this file. Sure would like to read it. Thanks bunches.

Taz

-- Anonymous, August 02, 1999

Good find, sleuth Bonnie. I wish that everyone would post their full Y2K status, it would take the mystery out of it. This ones a bit behind, but I don't see anything alarming though.

Regards,

-- Anonymous, August 02, 1999

"..a little behind..", Factfinder? Yeah, I guess you could say that "Y2K Status Unknown" for a couple of systems, PC's ready by 11/30/1999, two other systems expected to be ready by 11/01/1999 (one waiting on vendor), the network equipment and office servers expected to be ready September 1, and a few other "minor problems" could be said to be "behind" some -- especially since NERC has been so very Y2K Aware for at least a couple of years now.

What concerns me is that the NERC Regions are the ones who supposedly brought Y2K to the attention of many utilities who didn't have it in their awareness zone, and pressed them to get a move on. It would seem they should be ahead of the pack in investigating/fixing their own systems. To me, this does not bode well for the average Joe out there - in the utility industry or out of it. It says awareness and smooth talk does not necessarily equal timely action.

I also wish everyone would post their full Y2K status, but I'd bet if they did that we'd both be likely to have some big surprises. Some would be a lot better off than I think they are, and some would be a lot worse off than you think they are.

-- Anonymous, August 02, 1999

Another Oops! --This one mine. Should have been a "bit behind". Sigh. Human error is just endemic, isn't it? No matter how hard you try, it jumps up and gets ya!

-- Anonymous, August 02, 1999

Bonnie,

I must compliment you on this find. If one really looks at those products and what they are used for it should not really impact the utilities, but it puts the regional councils in a very bad light. These are products used by the regional councils. They are missing every deadline imposed by NERC for the utilities.

-- Anonymous, August 03, 1999

Guess what? It's gone! This is the response I got when I tried to go to Bonnie's URL: /committees/oc/725/Y2KJuly15.pdf This report is for the MAIN region's own sys

-- Anonymous, August 03, 1999

No, it's there.

http://w ww.maininc.org/committees/oc/725/Y2KJuly15.pdf

-- Anonymous, August 03, 1999

Also got a successful download on Wed. 4 Aug. 0735 PDT.

Good luck all.

-- Anonymous, August 04, 1999