The Power Company Assurrance is: "The clocks were turned to Dec.31, 1999 some months ago, ticked over into 2000 and are there now and working fine". The Town Manger says so, everybody reads the brochure in the bills and says so, NO PROBLEM? 101 days to go.

-- Anonymous, September 21, 1999

Answers

Charles, Why should the power companies lie?

We did the same clock changing here. Both forwards and backwards. Everything is still running OK. Some date are in 2000 and other dates are in 1998.

Sure we have made comprehensive contingency plans, but in our hearts we know the year end roll over will be without any disruption to the electricity which we distribute.

James Prosser Durban Metro Electricity Year 2000 Project Manager

-- Anonymous, September 21, 1999

James...does the company PRODUCE POWER or just distribute. Not clear from your answer to Charles. If you just distribute, how positive are you that the guy upstream is going to send you the power? Are their any circumstances where they wouldn't other than total grid failure? My power company just distributes and this makes me a little nervous. I believe them when they say they are ready...but they don't have the control of the situation.

Taz

-- Anonymous, September 22, 1999

James: With all due respect given the body of information on the "interconnectiveness" to quote IBM's alert to heed RED CROSS Y2K alert you sound like a Polly PR person. I bought off the shelf personal PC test program, Results, old 486 failed, Pentium I, 100mhz failed, purchased about 1995, 1999,June purchase -AMD--K6 450Mhz processor with all the latest hardware failed ALL ROLLOVER TESTS. Are you really the confident?????????I'm not,especially when my newest PC isn't compliant.

-- Anonymous, September 22, 1999