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The California ISO will hold media briefings at its Folsom command center beginning December 31, 1999 at 10:00 a.m. and continue them throughout the day and overnight to keep the public informed about the status of the ISO power grid and other grids. Members of the media planning to attend on site are asked to assist the ISO with accommodating press by notifying them in advance 888/516-NEWS. A news teleconference line is available during briefings for media who cannot be present at the facility. Call 1-800/521-5414 and give the passcode "ISO News", if you would like to participate in the teleconference. Additionally, the ISO will be keeping the 6 media and the public informed during the transition by providing an easy-to-access location on its web site to view updates. Simply click on "Y2K Transition Status" at www.caiso.com.

Command Center Media Briefing Room Schedule:

Friday, December 31, 1999

10:00 a.m. Report on Cal-ISO Y2K status and foreign power grid rollovers

5:00 p.m. Report on Cal-ISO Y2K status and Europe's power grid rollovers

10:00 p.m. Report on Cal-ISO Y2K status and Eastern Time Zone power grid rollovers

11:00 p.m. Report on Cal-ISO Y2K status and Central Time Zone power grid rollovers

12:30 p.m. Report on Cal-ISO, Western and Mountain Time Zone power grid rollovers

The ISO briefings will cover the status of the transmission systems (69 kilovolt and above). Questions relating to the distribution systems that deliver electricity locally to homes and businesses should be directed to local utilities. Here are the media contact numbers for the major utilities serving customers within the ISO power grid:

Pacific Gas & Electric 415/973-5930 Southern California Edison 626/302-2255 San Diego Gas & Electric 877/866-2066

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-- pho (owennos@bigfoot.com), December 22, 1999