I just found this site myself and thought that anyone who lives in Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation's service area may be interested.

As you would expect, the only phase completed in inventory.

-- Ron Southwick (southwick@macconnect.com), January 08, 1999

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PS Niagara Mohawk is a large utility servicing much of upstate New York.

-- Ron Southwick (southwick@macconnect.com), January 08, 1999.

Oops, let me try again. I just found this site myself and thought that anyone who lives in Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation's service area may be interested. NMPC services much of upstate New York.

NMPC Y2K Status

As you would expect, the only phase completed is inventory.

-- Ron Southwick (southwick@macconnect.com), January 08, 1999.

QUICK FACTS Overall Completion: July 1, 1999 Inventory Phase: Completed September 1998 Assessment Phase: Completion expected November 1998 Remediation Phase: Completion expected April 1999 Testing Phase: Completion expected May 1999 Validation Phase: Completion by May 1999 Contingency Planning: Completion by June 1999 Estimated Cost: $40 million

Did I read this right? Only one month allowance for testing??

-- Chris (catsy@pond.com), January 08, 1999.

It's January, and they haven't updated the Assessment portion to complete, as they projected it would be by November 1998. I'd-a thunk they'd be real eager to proclaim any good news; wouldn't you?

Plus, I can't help but notice that they allowed from June - November 1998 for Assessment (how long for inventory, and what exactly is the difference???) 5 months. They expect to be able to perform all of their remediation between Dec 1998 and April 1999, another 5 months. How could they know how long remediation would take when they hadn't completed their Assessment?

Oh, I guess I'm just splitting hairs, huh? I should know better than to doubt them, right? Right?

BTW, did you notice that they sold all of their fossil fuel plants? Why come? Me not know. Me also not know why my electric bill is 8 (yes, I said 8!) times higher than our chums in a nearby community that operates their own hydro plant. Maybe cause it's so far for the little kilowatts to travel from Niagara Falls to my house?

Me sleepy. Sorry! (Me spending too much time with Furby. No, I paid a normal price. Just in right place at right time. Not worth $29.95, either, unless you like retro-language development)

-- Arewyn (nordic@northnet.net), January 08, 1999.

Was told by a fellow that should know that the NYC areas electric bills and 'accounting', esp. by Con Ed was 'interesting' to say the least. Much is due to some sort of 'hidden' city and state fees the public does not see on their bills - paid by the co. and then passed along.

-- Paul Davis (davisp1953@yahoo.com), January 10, 1999.

I was just over at an analysis page of Dr. Ed Yardeni's on what percent of their total estimated budget for Y2K has already been spent by Fortune 500 companies. Figures are for the Third Quarter of 1998.

http://www.webcom.com/yardeni/public/y_19981208.pdf

Niagra Mohawk Power said it had spent $4.8 million so far of the total amount of $40.0 million it estimates it will have to spend to take care of Y2K. Again, these figures are Third Quarter, 1998.

Here are a few more S&P 500 companies that had spent very small percentages of their estimated total amount that will have to be spent on Y2K (3rd Quarter, 1998):

Polaroid - 16.0%

Boeing Company - 15.2%

Unocal Corp. - 14.3%

Intel Corp - 14.0%

Chevron Corp. - 13.3%

Niagra Mohawk Power - 12.0%

Union Carbide - 11.7%

BellSouth - 11.4%

Marriott Intl. - 8.4%

This report by Yardeni is definitely worth checking out. The financial sector is furthest along. Utilities are the sector furthest behind.

-- Kevin (mixesmusic@worldnet.att.net), January 10, 1999.