I guess one could say that since the power cos. have been working on Y2K "for years," a few day heat wave wouldn't matter much...

But we are getting down to brass tacks here, 5 months and counting. Does the current power problem impact Y2K "testing?" <:)=

-- Sysman (y2kboard@yahoo.com), August 01, 1999

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Or, are they taking advantage of "rolling blackouts" to "install Y2K compliant systems"... <:)=

-- Sysman (y2kboard@yahoo.com), August 01, 1999.

Or are they installing "Y2K compliant" systems and taking advantage of the heatwave to disguise glitch caused rolling blackouts?

-- Linda (lwmb@psln.com), August 01, 1999.

been to the local power plant on a tour, they aren't doing anything but trying to keep the plant going. Nothing they don't just have to. Don't rock the boat, it loaded to heavy now.

-- sparky5 (sparky5@pwr.com), August 01, 1999.

What the billybob are you talking about Sparky? Please use the English language in a more conventional way, so that the rest of us can benefit from your wisdom.

-- PoohBah (poo@poo.poo), August 01, 1999.

Sparky said, "It's hard enough just keeping the electricity on with the summer load. THey are not testing at this time."

-- Mara Wayne (MaraWAyne@aol.com), August 01, 1999.

Hi Sysman. No, the current power problem does not impact Y2k testing, because the vast majority of companies are already finished. And the ones with items left will be doing upgrades in the fall when load is lighter. The full NERC report will be out by August 3.

A while back, you also asked about whether anyone found anything else out about the power plant Y2k test problem in South America. All attempts to get more information failed; that seems to be the way of these kinds of stories; they dry up when trying to get details. See you around.

-- Dan the Power Man (dgman19938@aol.com), August 01, 1999.

No y2k yet but this site offers some interesting stuff. Prices I've watched run from $999.9 to $27.9/MWhr. Outfit serves PA,DL,NJ & Maryland. Click *Energy Prices*. When there also scroll down to *information(mw)*. Gives max available vs usage. Hopefully this won't be as scary now with the NE heatwave breaking.

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-- Carlos (riffraff1@cybertime.net), August 01, 1999.

Sorry once again. Site is pjm.com

-- Carlos (riffraff1@cybertime.net), August 01, 1999.

Y2K: (Slow) Cure for Global Warming?

-- jor-el (jor-el@krypton.uni), August 02, 1999.

Thank God Dan,

Seeing I live near, countem, five, that's 5, nuke plants that are due to be done on 10/99, none done as we speak, I can now count on them being done, cause the NERC reports about due.

-- R. Wright (blaklodg@hotmail.com), August 02, 1999.

Funny you should mention that, jor-el. I've been discussing this with some of my green friends. Apparently (and I'll try to get the URL) ice-core evidence indicates an attenuation of both pollutants and CO2 corresponding to the 70's recession. Diminishing energy use associated with an economic decline might in fact, slow both climate change and delay the oil production peak.

On the other hand, both of my climatologist friends (one a registered meteorologist, the other working on his masters) subscribe to the theory that it is already too late. They assert that, even were we to stop burning hydrocarbon fuel tomorrow, the climate change would continue apace well into the middle of the 21st century before natural corrections would show any remediative influence.

We've already paid our money and made our choice--not the best one either, as I see it.

Hallyx

"Carried away, perhaps by His matchless creation, The Garden of Eden, He forgot to mention that all He was giving us was an interglacial."--- Robert Ardrey

-- (Hallyx@aol.com), August 02, 1999.

The USA power grid runs closest to, or at, its limits in summer not winter. This is because of (a) demand for airconditioning, and (b)because hot wires in the sun with no cooling breeze can carry a lot less power than cold wires exposed to an arctic gale. Therefore it's to be expected that a record heatwave that's making news even here on the other side of the atlantic (UK) will test the grid to its limit.

This could turn out to be a lucky break for you. If things go wrong in winter, there's a larger safety margin.

-- Nigel Arnot (nra@maxwell.ph.kcl.ac.uk), August 02, 1999.

I heard this on a program about our changing weather: "Get used to it folks; the summers will only get hotter and the storms more violent."

-- gilda (jess@listbot.com), August 02, 1999.