Why is NERC conducting a test on 9/9/99 of all dates?

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NERC sent this message out (but for the life of me, I can't figure out why they would pick a (considered vulnerable date like 9/9/99) to run it on. Isn't that asking for possible complications?

NERC has issued a press release saying that electric utilities will conduct a North American-wide Year 2000 (Y2k) readiness drill on September 8-9, 1999 as a rehearsal for the transition from December 31, 1999 to January 1, 2000. The drill is intended to simulate as realistically as possible the exercise of operating, communications, administrative, and contingency plans for the Y2k transition. This drill will not affect delivery of electricity to any customers.

-- Anonymous, September 01, 1999

Answers

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch- msg.tcl?msg_id=001Bln

-- Anonymous, September 01, 1999

Great thread on this topic:

Why would the industry pick these dates?

-- Anonymous, September 01, 1999


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