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Solar Activity Alert (2 March2000)
Oyster Creek Hot Shutdown
OT: Post-Chernobyl Genetic Disaster In Belarus
Short circuit strains Kauai Electric; plantation generator goes down
OT?: San Diego: 36 million gallon raw sewage spill
Pigeons in league with Squirrel King
Five Injured in British Airways 747 Jolt:--unspecified technical problem
Unit 3 of Chernobyl nuclear power plant stopped for repairs
Robots Used to Study Radiation Leak at Indian Point Plant
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Shut Down for Repairs to Defective Safety Valve
Ukrainian nuclear power station generator closed for check
Update: Fire at Onagawa reactor put out, no radioactive leaks
Data Problems hit power firm - UK Computer Weekly
Fire at Japan Nuke Plant
Second blow to British Nuclear Fuels with false data discovery at German firm
Electricity industry confident about Leap Year
UK: Group claims recent accident at nuclear power station was more serious than originally reported.
Baltimore: Some city residents told to boil water after workers discover broken filter
Bulgarian committee permits restart of nuclear reactor which was shut down due to problems with checks on reactor shell
Point Beach Reactor shut down following unusual vibration in steam generator
Second unit of Leningrad nuclear plant shuts down
Head of Ukranian Nuclear Energy Firm Fired Following "Damning Report"
OT?: Japan boosts Chernobyl safety aid
Experts to probe water fouling
British Nuclear Fuels LTD discovers more nuclear fuel with falsified data: KEPCO
UK nuclear plant safety condemned
Texas utility threatens to shut down power plant in Dominican
Situation back to normal at Russia's Smolensk NPP after incident
Kiev: Yuzhnaya Reactor Shuts Down for Fourth Time in One Week
Major water leak could be fixed tonight
Sewage Pipe Breaks: 700,000 Gallons of Waste Flows Into Mississippi River
Ukraine: Chernobyl nuclear station back in operation after water leak
Update: Radioactive Steam Leaks Near NYC--alert was the first in the Indian River 2 plant's 26 years of operation
Radioactive water leak causes South-Ukrainian nuclear power station reactor to shut down again
Indiana: Wastewater plant sends foamy discharge into creek
Alert Declared at Nuclear Plant (New York)
Maine: Aging water mains leaking in Dexter: Officials puzzled
Water main break in Quincy forces workers to go home
Ukrainian nuclear power stations reduce output as frequency inthe grid drops
CATAWBA CALLAWAY 1 Nuclear Plant problems
Missouri Utilities Commission anticipating grid problems this summer?
Grand Rapids, MI: Downtown businesses flooded by watermain break
Ukranian Nuclear Plant cannot be re-started--Lack of fuel and need for additional safety equipment cited
Ukraine: Reactor at Chernobyl power plant stopped for repairs to weld in reactor safety unit
Significant (KP7) Solar Storm
Update Chicago Watermain Rupture--Mayor says old pipes not probable cause
Boise, Idaho: Million gallons of water flow from downtown watermain break
Washington Gas Statement Errors
Malfunctioning water level indicator results in reservoir emptying unnoticed and temporary water shortage
20" Watermain Break Floods Pittsburg Neighborhood
UK nuclear plant back on line after hydrogen leak problem
A 14-month Count of Nuclear Plant Shutdowns
Update: Chicago dwontown streets closed until monday to repair 36" water er main
Sierra Leone: Water shortage Hit Capital--burst pipe near main storage facility cited as cause
Ukraine: Reactor disconnected from grid due to accident at Rivne nuclear plant
Cleveland: Street collapses at water main break site
Update: Chicago Water Main Break creating transportation chaos in Chicago
Chicago Area sewage plant gets stench under control Officials say air scrubber mechanism(Chemical Feed Pump) had broken
OT?: Electricity blackouts resumed in Russia's Far Eastern MaritimeTerritory
Ukraine: Nuclear reactor decreases output due to fault
Opis Alert update on Clark refineries
HOW MUCH LONGER????Just back from the pumps diesal fuel $2.39.9 gal upstate NY.
OT?: Philippines' National Power Retires 6 Oil Plants at CDC
WI: Software Glitch at Nuclear Power Facility Takes Sirens Off Line
PA: Wintry gurgle: more water mains break
OT?: Strike by workers at Leningrad Nuclear Power facility could cause energy crisis--declared illegal by courts
OT: Nuclear Plant Fine Proposed for retaliating against whistleblower
Ukrainian reactor to be taken down for one-day safety test
Owner of 175 sewage treatment plants pleads guilty to federal charges
END IN SIGHT?????? upstate NY just back from the pumps diesal fuel $2.09.9
Officials Ask Columbia, Ill., Residents To Conserve Water During Repair Work
Fort Worth: 94 watermain breaks in 4 days
Australia: Electricity rationing, rolling blackouts, and power generating problems
59 water main breaks in one week in Columbus, Ohio: Winter weather said cause
NINE MILE POINT reactor 65% power
Victoria Power Problems, not just the labor dispute
Siberians Facing Winter Without Heat or Food
New Problem with Chernobyl nuclear plant--excessive pressure in water system
CA: 1.7 million gallon sewage line rupture taints creek and beaches
Ukraine repairs Chernobyl after new problem (shutdown for the second time within days)
Update, Canadian Train Collision--Manual Switch Left in Wrong Position Caused Wreck
Pump failure causes sewage spill near Portland
D.C: 30inch watermain breaks
Paging Squirrel Hunter - Squirels found - Lot's of 'em!
Unspecified Infrastructure problems in Albania and Macedonia impacting power problems in Kosovo
Colorado Gas Company moves to stem leaks from huge underground facility
Ukraine: Nuclear power plant decreases output for preventive measures
gas line explosion
Chernobyl Reactor Shut Down: Faulty Safety Valve To Be Repaired
Power shortages in Russian Far East region reach critical point
Blackout for 200,000 households in South East Queensland : Technical Faults cited
Grid power down
Weather financia crisis threaten Ukraine power loss
Hatch nuclear power plant scram - Farley 57%
John H Krempaskys nuclear plant predictions
UK Government: Nuclear power stations `unsafe'
Azerbaijan schedules reduced electricity supply due to unpaid bills
Romania stops electricity supply to Moldova
Ukraine: Khmelnytskyy and Rivne nuclear power stations reduce output
Flint River still roils with pollution
ARE NUCLEAR PLANTS SUPPOSED TO TRIP AUTOMATICALLY?
turkey point power reactor down, internal problems versus control problems
Any update on Puerto Rican water outage?
NJ: Nuclear reactor shutdown kills fish in nearby waters
Weird electric bill
Weather Channel, 8 AM, ET: 250,000 homes without power in Atlanta area alone
Coal - the alernate source
Power question in West Virginia
About 500,000 Without Water in Puerto Rico's Capital
O'Hare Airport Electrical Power Outage
Channel 9 in Cadillac MI explains the high price of gasoline
Update: Cleveland Water Main Failure Now Repaired (and Links to Previous Threads)
Indianapolis: MILLION GALLON SEWAGE SPILL INVESTIGATED
Massive Sewage Spill fouls Australian Tourist Town
Australia: Switching yard failure blamed for north-east NSW blackout
SEQUOYAH 2 01/18/00 Hot Standby
Oil Insider's opinion
250 to 300,000 Gallon Sewage Spill in Colorado
Update: Delay in fixing Cleveland Water Main
Australia meetings on power outages
Adelaide Australia: Electricity Blackout in southern suburbs
Fuel Cells: see www.motherearthnews.com/altenergy/altenergy176.cells.middle.html
OT? India's Most Populous State Hit by Power Outage
Repair of water main expected to take 5 days
ATTENTION FORUM: Wager on Y2k and Power Between Robert Cook and Dan the Power Man to be Settled on this Thread
2 people burned at San Diego Substation
"Don't blame old lines for flood in Downtown Cleveland, experts say
PG&E Billing problems
Byron IL Nuke power plant in hot standby 1/13/00, main generator trip/turbine trip/reactor trip.
Dirty Power in Fairfax County VA
Odd events
Huge water main break in Cleveland, Ohio
Houston fficials not sure why wastewater lines are breaking at higher than normal rate
More problems with mobile phone in Australia
BUT IS IT OVER? - from PG&E WEEK 1-10-2000
Can someone summarize Rick Cowles' recent interview
Update on Australian Sewage spill
911 failure causes phones to freeze when dialed
Old Power Industry Report
Problems - Coal-fired Power Plant -- tick, tick, tick
MSNBC reports that the US power grid has become "UNRELIABLE"
Reward offered in Y2K tower tipping
Cross post - nuke plant down?
Power Grid Stressing Out?
Be aware that shutdown nukes are normally 100% power again in a few days...
Power grid is stressing out, U.S. says
Power grid is stressing out, U.S. says
I'm issuing a precise, date-specific PREDICTION for Y2K nuke problems....
Apology for an inadvertent error in a previous post of mine....
Rick Cowles's Interview
Six UNPLANED [so far] nuclear reactor shutdowns in one week!
To Jim Lord: What does "Mr. CEO" have to say about the situation now?
The FULL scope of the Delhi/Indian power crisis including RIOTS!
Full US nuke shutdown comparison 1/1-1/6 1997-2000
Nuke plant shutdown info...
Paging Pliney -- any update on sewage spill?
OT: Competition May Affect Electricity
AP: "Report says rush to competition reduces electrical reliability"
OT: French Nuclear reactors were damaged by the European hurricane
[Utilities]Power spikes and flucuations (BTW: Where'd Q. original go?)
Where did all the water come from?
POWERSPIKE IN CONNECTICT ANGERS RESIDENTS
Nuclear plant glitches
Nuclear Plants Status
Power Grid Configuration
Power out in West Austin, Texas
Longview TX water/sewage problem
R.C and Jim Lord: What do sources now say?
Status of U.S. Nuclear Plants?
Power out in Japan and Cebu, Philippines
Just one of the issues for which this forum is well suited--water
Couple receives shock with $27,700 utility bill
Catawba reactor shutdown not blamed on Y2k (SC)
oil & gas
St. Louis area can't make long distance phone calls
Any truth to the statements that electric utilities reset their clocks backwards?
Power Industry - Do you have a windowing standard?
Power plants..
3k people out of power in Columbus (of 500k+)
Power Outage in North Carolina
Minor Glitch In US Power Plant
Per the Leading Expert in Electric Utilities, the grid will be most at risk TWO WEEKS from now
Now, WHAT did "doomers" like Rick Cowles actually SAY about electricity and Y2K?
NZ / AUS? Any word on water treatment?
Limerick nuke plant hot shutdown; main transformer failure
How are the Water Desalination Plants in Middle East???Anyone know...
Sirens at Jap. Nuc Plant--False alarm apparently
Do other power grids use GMT?
Ok, is our grid like NZ and Aus or is Mr. CEO just wrong?
y2k related??
Post from NZ--Not Good Outllok for Electric
One Small Town's Water Preparation
Power down on 12/31 - rumor.
Surges caused electrical fires here today
Any Additional Info Re: Ga Power?
Alaskans keep watch on Russian reactor (switched on in '73 & '76...designed to work for 30 years)
To Rick Cowles: As the Leading Expert in Electric Utilities, Is this still your basic assessment?
FRANCE: ONE-QUARTER OF GRID AFFECTED, LITTLE HOPE OF RESTORATION BEFORE WEEKEND
What the electric utilities are telling their employees!!
Eleventh hour question #2: If the lights are on at 7 p.m. Eastern time (Midnight Greenwich Meantime), are we justified in breathing a sigh of relief?
Nuclear plants wary of Y2k moment
Meeting halfway: Midpoint between three-day-storm and 40-60% of nations' power out for 2 weeks.
Experts suggest: have water on hand for Y2K -- By LARRY SCHUSTER
Iranian power plants threatened by natural gas shortage
***Nuclear Plants: Post-Y2K Stress - It Is As Bad As You Thought It Was*** ---
Nuke plant
Chlorine is poisonous. If embeddeds fail, the fail mode in drinking water systems is too much chlorine. Beware. If the water
Nuclear Power Plants in Phx?
Comanche Peak Y2K Concerns, front page Waco paper
Nuclear Plants: Post-Y2K Stress
Clock drift?
What's that sound? It's (Toronto) Hydro, sucking wind (aka Another polly comes on over)
Airport security breach
Water firm's sewage blowback fear (Scotland)
Dec 26th Power Grid Test-Power Surges Expected
Testing Generators on Sewage Lift Stations in Milton, FL
Status Of nuclear power plants~up to the minute
Repost - Christmas rolling blackouts in Florida
New ComEd site provides information on outages (chicago)
The power grid: Enormous, vulnerable, and poorly understood
Status of CAL_ISO 69 KV Lines at Rollover, et. al.
Map of 3 U.S. Regional Electric Grids?
We just had a power outage here in CNY, a substation went off-line!
Fill tub on Dec. 31, Detroit water system says
Detroit Water and Sewerage Department Emphasizes Customer Preparedness for Y2K
I want the straight dope on grid timing
We've been without water for about 8 hours now...
PNM braces for potential minor Y2k problems (For the next two weeks, the utility company will be looking for power surges.)
Not a Rumor: Boron will experience problems
Grid test on the 26th?
When The Power Goes Off.
Indian Power Utilities - 100% Compliant. (errh.., well, only 635 MW to go.)
A simple question
Power firms blasted (Tas)
DOD's Hamre on Utilities: "It's probably places... like the United States that are going to have problems."
NC utilities say they're ready for Y2K
Is there any truth to the US power grid(s) running on GMT?
The "New Pentagon Papers": Master Utility List: An Interim Report
3 officials indicted on Federal charges of falsifying water plant reports
New info on Jim Lord Navy documents
On Jan 1st if power grid crumbles, how do power companies do remediation of code when their own power is down?
"Y2K Compliant" vs. "Y2K ready"
Does anyone else remember?
Shearon Harris reactor shut down
Y2K issues jeopardize 3 nuclear plants
Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies August 1999 Follow Up Survey
How to prevent sewer backup into basement?
Paging Flint -- response on water issues?
Nuclear power plant malfunctions in the Ukraine (Zaporizhia power plant)
(Reuters) "Israeli Nuclear Reactor to Shut Down for New Year"
NY--Y2K-Utilities-Glance
Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant Malfunctions in Ukraine
When, or will the public be informed of pre-rollover power plant shutdowns?
cpr calls water report "OUT AND OUT CRAP"
Less Than Half of Water Utilities Ready - Only 14% of Wastewater Plants Ready: Industry and Government Botched Reporting Of Y2k Readiness
Jellyfish rally at the command of the Squirrel King
Fwd: Japanese Nukes Shutting Down?
PG&E (utilities) Bill Late this Month
*Y2K study: Water supplies are vulnerable - USA Today* - Also: CNN Headline News Reporting Same Story Today -
How would a temporary shutdown of natural gas product lines affect the consumer?
Disruption of your natural gas supply is rare..........
MASSIVE POWER OUTAGE IN PHILLIPPINES
Relative radiation effects: Frequent flier miles more dangerous than power plants?
Water supplies in question
Chicago's ComEd gives potential failure %s: 30K embeddeds inspected, ~1500 problems (5%).
Local water agency update - or "Oops, we bought the wrong computer and now have HOW MANY days to buy another for our billing and meter reading interpretation!"
Energy Dept. expects Y2K gas-use spike
Telecoms and Electric Utilities to be compliant in June 2000!?!
CU piles up extra tons of coal
*Denver Post* - *No Danger From Dams - Probably* --
Electric utilities 60% complete, rest to finish June 2000, did YOU see this TV news clip?
Mr .Sun Poses New Y2K Concerns
Utility safety issue.
Allegheny Power says it's Y2k compliant (Staggers cautions customers not to panic if the power goes off New Year's Eve...)
Police Ready for Y2K Hysteria
For those who want more info on NPP by Country.
GPU is not sure of their Y2K status
Soviet-era nuclear reactors gear up for Y2K test
Coloradan's take heed!
Questions about Dirty Power /SPUR of "What's Dirty Power"
Someone please review Edison Electric claims
Y2K In Asia's Nuclear Neighbors: Where Uncertainty And Uncooperation Reign: India & Pakistan [Also Airports] (AP)
KOSKINEN WARNING ON 3 WEEK POWER OUTAGES - second source...
Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff, effective 1-1-2000
Y2K Statement from a manufacturer of components for the Electric Power Industry
ACE satellite and "graceful?" power grid shutdown
TURN OUT THE LIGHTS. THE PARTY'S OVER!
North American Electric Reliability Council - Chart of "Generic Inventory of Components that may be Y2K Susceptible"
Goin Off The Grid....When?
Is Argentina covering up Y2K Tests with Terrorism?
Grocery stash just a Y2k precaution: Transalta rep (Utility hoards groceries)
What's "Dirty Power"
Wisconsins Alliant Power
IS 300: Noncompliant Information System, controls waste, oil, and food industries
Letter from my Electric Co.
Texas Co-op Power Magazine Y2K Update: Navy Refutes Y2K Panic Claim by Doomsayer
Power grid structure
Jim Lord Provides Additional Information on Mr. CEO and responds to a critic.
The District in Brief (Washington, D.C. - toll free line to report power outages)
Power Grid on *Greenwich Mean Time*
High and dry in Y2k ("If public service is down for more than 48 hours, we're basically out of water..."
Y2k work too fast for council (Officials with the Public Service Company of New Mexico said they expect a "high probability" that local electrcal service will be cut off for a few hours...)
Chernobyl reactor shutdown following malfunction
Repost from June 30: Utilities Ready, but Blackouts Expected.
Panic in Snot Holler Michigan!!!
POWER OUTAGE, (Large)
Jim Lord Clarifies. Mr. CEO WILL NOT Appear
Chinese Nuclear Station To Serve As "Guinea-Pig" For Y2K in France
Disconnecting from the Grid
Florida Power Outage nothing to Crow about -
Edison too often powerless
Are Feds Taking Over the Propane Supply????
Slightly OT: Gas Shortage in Pipeline from Russia to Turkey Ripple effects - a Window into the Future
Yet another schizophrenic elec/power article.
OT. Sun acting up
What government officials really think of the power grid
Z1X4Y7 and Brian -re:BC Hydro
how will you know the water is safe?
Oil and Natural Gas:Are They the Real Problems in Y2K?
Russian utility says no blackouts
How long is a "winter storm?"
Mr. CEO has changed his mind
Water @ $50/gallon ?!
Ukraine To Restart Chernobyl Reactor
UK Gas Co. Admits There Might Be Troouble
Refinery shutdowns?
Scottish Power Compliant but issues disclaimer
+ COOPERATIVE PREPS : Katadyn Water Filters for less than suggested retail price
PG&E billing computer glitched
PG&E Calls Nuke Worker/Whistleblower Mentally Ill
Remember my post about my elec co-op saying I was screwed?
Nuke Reactor at 50% because of ocean swells?
U.S. electric utilities now saying there are other dangers larger than Y2K
Iraq Halts crude Exports
Massive power failure in Tokyo
City of DETROIT: Water & Sewerage Dept. Installs Diesel Generators For Standby Electric Power
Utilities that are expected to go ?:
Remember this man later!
So, The Lights Will Stay On???
Detroit Edison Not Y2K ready
30,000 Without Heating in Oblast
Thirteen U.S. Utilities may not be ready
New NERC report to DOE
Japanese utilities (electricity and gas) are compliant?
Our neighborhood added a generator . . .
Less Than 60 Days: Oil (Part Four of a Five-Part Series)
NIRS Press Release: NRC Response to US Senate
Crude Oil Futures Advance On Y2K Concerns
WATER SHORTAGES STARTING DECEMBER 1??
PGW puts computer snafu at $30M
home solar system available
Company plans to idle its entire oil products pipeline system, which feeds the U.S. Midwest, for 20 hours starting on New Year's Eve
Citgo cuts Y2K cost estimate in half
Local utility propaganda story
Doomlit Scientists trying to FUD us with solar-flare power outage predictions.
Protesters want Millstone shut down before New Year's Eve
CONSOLIDATED NATURAL GAS CO (Egads) Y2K disclosure
an electric company advises 6 months preparation....
Y2K-wary hospital digs own water well - Charlotte, NC
Alberta, Canada Utility has problem
How can I ignite my gas furnace without electricity?
My electric co-op says I'm screwed.
Regarding Electricity Generation and Distribution 101
OIL AND GAS The International Energy Agency's Y2K Website
Syracuse Online: "Oil to Halt for Y2K: Flow to stop for 4 to 8 hours just to be safe"
Will Electric Utilities be allowed to "Island"
Anyone notice more blackouts/brownouts?
Best way to protect appliances in brownouts?
Turning up the heat (huge computer snafu - PGW
Americans are being encouraged to get ready for local problems by stocking up on drinking water in case community treatment plants aren't ready for 2000
Nuclear power plants Y2k readiness questioned
Y2K - KOSKINEN WARNING STATES TO PREPARE FOR POWER OUTAGES OF UP TO THREE WEEKS
Safety system shuts down reactor at Russia's nuclear plant
OT?PG&E Announces 3,500 to be Layed Off
Global Utility Vulnerability to Y2K Interruptions
Oil Industry Register Professional (Chemical) Engineer shares his opinion
anybody else receive a letter from their propane supplier
Ok2000
Y2K - Growing Unease In The UK
Pennsylvania PUC denies petition for y2k readiness
Y2K Power Grid Truths On Jeff Rense Nov 4
Try pollifying this....
PG&E: would you want your daughter to marry this company?
How do I avoid frying my refrigerator?
****Chevron 10 - Q Y2K disclosure****
If you're worried about Y2K complacency, don't go to Indonesia!
Grid Obligations
GartnerGroup: Millennium Won't Plunge the World into Darkness
Who knows who to Believe...
BTW Grid tied to GMT, not local time
How many Doomers are not backing off the blackouts at midnight scenario?
Electricity Generation and Distribution 101
My power company is NOT Y2k compliant!!!!!!!!
TrendMonitor: Countdown to Meltdown? How to prevent the unthinkable from happening
Hearing on Nukes Oct. 26
Government Urges More U.S. Nuclear Y2K Precautions
U.S. officials confidant nuclear plants ready for Y2k
Listen to this load of crap from FPL
Nuke-2K OK, Says Nuclear Energy Institute Official
Brownout in progress in San Francisco
Most Small Chemical Plants Surveyed Not Y2K-Ready; Temporary Shutdown Urged to Minimize Chemical Accident Risks
Latest statement from the Oil & Gas Task Group - Contingencies ? Compliance ?
Countdown to meltdown? How to prevent the unthinkable from happening
"Your City Water - Getting ready for the year 2000"
What my friend told me ...
Pinched from CSY2K: Hacker says he could down 30 elec. utilities
What effects, if any, from deregulation of electricity?
PG&E 13 hour outage - Sierra Foothills
Water Pressure
[Utilities] "TV Stations Begin Y2K Testing" (AP) "... Southern Company, which provides electricity to 3.8 million customers in the southern United States, was blindsided recently by an unexpected Y2K bug." ... Or, the Y2K Duh Files" ...
Potassium Iodide Pills Recommended
[Utilities] Request assistance re: ... understandable, quantifiable explanation of the (percentage) liklihood of "local" (southeast Michigan; providers: DTE and MichCon) power grid brown-outs and/or black-outs ...
Roman Empire (Bad Water)
Philidelphia - PGW puts calls, bills, pipes on hold - MASSIVE COMPUTER SNAFU)
Dick Mills done gone 'n messed my head up again (not hard to do.) 'The Engineer': ven aqui, por favor.
Utility Manager tells customers to shut up on Y2K
Asia imports more coal to guard against Y2K bug
Activists reveal naked truth about nuclear catastrophes (naked apes side with squirrel king)
One-third of Gazprom's computers vulnerable to Y2K
French nuclear power plants, they will stop them ???
October 1 NEI Update: 95 of 103 Nuclear Plants Y2K Ready
Glitch results in $50 billion power bill
a jeff rense article = insider confirms oil/gas problems
S.F. Bay Area: PG&E Has A Hands-On Policy--Utility Will Have Staff Available Over The New Year's Weekend To Run The System Manually In Case There Are Problems
Non-compliant Power Plants
Russia Gas Seeks Y2K Upgrade
Nuclear Accident in Japan Injures 3 Workers
Why does PSE&G web page show April 12 as MOST RECENT STATUS?
Connecticut Utility Pleads Guilty: Can we trust that utilities are Y2K compliant?
Rather flippant remark from Gene Gorzelnik, NERC's Spokesman re: laggard elec utilities.
FYI: PG&E Insert - Y2K Briefing
OT: Honduras hydroelectric in trouble: possible electric rationing
5 mill. tires burn in CA: What are affects on the CA elect. grid?
I don't believe them when they say the power will stay on
Water plant unexpectedly shuts down
Fairfax County Issued RFP to have generators delivered, IF THEY NEED THEM
Fix on Failure ~ proof it is a viable option
DogGone: Heard Anymore Re Saudi Oil Ports??
Y2K consultant says power outages are likely at the turn of the century
Dick Mill's 1997 comments on Yourdon's Fallback (TB2000) Book.
NC: Fresh water not only temporarily lost but polluted long-term
Use of solar electricity heats up
Japanese mom-flutist proposes y2k nuke stand-down
ot???????brownout in bothell
Mrs. NERC asks Mr. NERC an important question
Power Outage Hits LAX
USFilter Water & Wastewater
Water Plant Failures South of Houston Tx
Feeling compassion for the Electric Co. (today)
Text: Energy's Richardson Names Electric Utilities Not "Y2K-Ready" (USIS Washington File)
NERC - inside info from May 12, 1999
Utility Offiicals Discount DOE Report of Y2K Readiness
Pranksters and 9999
NC Utilities, Survey Results
US frets over Y2K, utilities amid new grid test
OT? Wow, talk about a brownout!!!
NERC September 8 - 9, 1999 Y2k Drill Initial Results
OT: Mother Natures Northern California 9/9/99 Test...
power failures this morning in Arvada, Colorado
OT? Parasites Found in Water Supply --Greeley, Colorado
Y2k Prof: Power Industry Misrepresents New Year's Party as Y2k Test
Power Industry Misrepresents New Year's Party
password for Rick Cowles EU forum?
NRC says 28 U.S. nuclear reactors still need Y2K fix
Hackers and risk to the electrical systems
Solution to power grid?
CASE Ex. WATER SUPPLY& WASTEWATER
Power out in London for days due to Y2K
WATER: BIG DISTRICT: ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT
Houston/Power Loss....AGAIN
Assorted Water Utilities & Y2k work
OT: SeriousTrouble with Chernobyl today.
Electrical Glitches and How They Happen
gas leak
Washington Gas Participates in Region's Largest Y2K Drill
Will the grid be okay? Read THIS and decide for yourself!
Nerc test/no power outages will be caused. Guaranteed.
Houston/Power Loss
Has anyone heard of a nation-wide NERC drill on 9/9/99?
de Jager STILL dancing, tackles British powerkey snafu today.
the governor's response to my analysis of oklahoma utilities readiness disclosures (and my response to his email)
Red China is testing electric grid better than we are??
Head of BONNIVILLE POWER gets home generator for "winter storm" preparation!
Midwest Energy (Kansas: Electric and Gas utility)
Bonneville Power ("y2k ready") TODAY warns us to prepare and expect loss of power this winter from "other causes".
Transcript: Worldnet With Energy Official On Y2K And The Energy Sector (USIA/USIS)
questions about Oklahoma City's y2k readiness disclosure
Request that Santa Cruz stop using chlorine in the water treatment plant, due to chlorine's toxicity.
Electric utilities merge
Only "Little Cities" will have problems...like CHICAGO
SJ Water Co Y2k statment (short)
Water conservation
American Water Works Association (AWWA) survey of water utilities
: Power failure leads to Boil water order for 4 days
Man arrested for plot to blow up energy supply systems
If major cities lose power or water, impact on distribution networks?
Sewage Back Up/How do we plug it?
Water is life
Tenneco Officer Blasts Com Ed; doubts Y2K remediation status.
What if the Electricity stays ON ???
Lithuania Debugs Nuclear Plant
REMC statement
What If the GPS Rollover Brings Down the Grid???
Y2K Ready - Or Not?
Analysis of Oklahoma Gas & Electric y2k readiness disclosure (long)
Analysis of Oklahoma Natural Gas y2k readiness disclosure
Asia to Grind to A Halt---Y2K
GMT and the grid question.
Our plan for LA: Set clocks ahead in Oct to fool computers
How Y2K preps helped some Chicagoans make it thru blackout.
Andy's Thread: Endemic Distortions to the U.S. Economy and the Chicago Blackout
The latest in GI headgear
Power Outage in Dowtown Chicago-Turn Your Radio On
Russian Nuclear Plants getting Y2K remediation help from Denver Firm - GOOD!
Article: Power Failure Shuts Down 911 Emergency Phone System in Phoenix: Foretaste of Y2K
The grid.
Power questions remain unanswered -- Senators cancel hearing on utilities
Two nuclear plants close to having to shut down their reactors
more evidence for pessimism: Missouri Gas Energy y2k pamphlet
Rick Cowles take on the latest NERC report
Mid American Energy y2k statement
Question about Eletric Util and y2k forum
Tonight the lights went out in London....
a year after telling the milwaukee sentinal that alliant energy users should have a backup source of heat and electricity,Alliant Energy appeals decision of Public Service Commission
Florida Power & Light Letter - Are They Covering Their Butts?
Have you spoke with your local water or wast plant?
22 NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS WILL PUSH Y2K READINESS ENVELOPE
RC, Andy, anyone else - re: WND "article"
Senate Testimony, Surveys and the Gas Industry, is there time enough?
Senate Site now has Utilities Hearing Info
Have these been answered?
Federal Officials Still Cautious On Electricity Industry Y2K Compliance
Electric Utilities, AT&T, and Bell Atlantic Conduct Year 2000 Interoperability Verification Tests
FEMA Left In The Dark: Power companies cover up Y2K troubles
WATER UTILITIES ARE TESTING NOW...What a bunch of crap!
DRUDGE REPORT: Y2K GRID TEST SET FOR NEXT MONTH
WND: Cover-up of Laggards Continues: Is Electric Industry's Report Intentionally Confusing?
Electric Utilities Y2K Status Report on CSPAN (on soon)
DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC (or "how to fool some of the peope some of the time")
ELECTRIC UTILITIES: REPORT TO GOVT SHOWS INDUSTRY IS READY FOR Y2K
(OT) Site for daily solar activity
More on the Taiwan blackout from c.s.y2k
Does anyone have Information On Houston Utility Prepardness for Y2K?
Heat wave... "grid" maxed out... doin' anything about Y2K???
GPS Rollover and the US Grid---Ouch!
pittsburgh blackout from storm
NERC results
Help! I need WATER links!
108,000 DARK IN THE BURGH,,,,, 60,000 without water,,,,,,,,, 911 jammed. y2k?
Taiwan elevator kills with power out, why?
Update on Taiwanese black-out--domino effect
NERC Files - Aug 5 Report to the Senate
Taiwan island wide grid down also 3 nuclear plants
power out in taiwan, 23 million affected
August 21, Y2K and the Grid
Utilities --- How did they get ready?
Electric Utility announces plants are y2k ready
Plants on St. Croix pumping chlorine-treated sewage into Caribbean sewage into
US Nuclear Plants: The Weakest Link -- -- Emergency Diesel Generators
Power Supply Problems
Power Supply Problems
Weiss Ratings: AT&T, SBC, US West
Call for shutdown of nuke plants (from WorldNetDaily)
NRC Reported Diesel Generator Failures...Not Good!
Y2K deadlines in the electric industry
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ESTIMATES
OT - Power Brownouts/parts of SE Texas
Nuclear Regulatory Commission issues interim enforcement policy on Y2K
New spin on electricty
Unusual phrasing in article re: Power Outages circa the Rollover.
U.S. Nukes Lag in Y2K Security, Monitoring
Unsafe Nukes
Oil companies and Power Failures: More Info...... Bad News
This is fascinating. How many of you have received a letter from your utility
NY Nuke delays restart (OT??)
Expect Deadly Energy Shortages - They Are Here to Stay, ABI Says
Today - Rick Cowles on Y2K News Radio
Japan nuclear leak serious
OT? - NYC says will sue Con Ed for heat wave blackout
CIO of CDC has ominous utility engineer story.
Power line voltage regulators
saw Bellingham, WA damage first hand!
y2k readiness report from my Electric Utility
Good Fight Underway Over on Rick Cowles Forum Centering on right to even question NUC Status
New Berlin Wis. Water facility Failure during Y2K tests noted..
June NERC Spreadsheet
Japan Reactor Shut Down After Water Coolant Leak
Scared Of Y2k? Head For A Nuclear Reactor
Rep. Grindley's response
links to IEEE, please
Westergaard Preview
Store water if only because of the possibility of terrorists poisoning the water supply: more doomer paranoia. . . right?
Good News? Good explanation?
NERC response indicates increased death rate from non-preparation
Y2k Ready Generation Tables
NIRS press release
Y2k Ready Power Generation
Water emergency blamed on new "compliant" system
Berlin cutting 4,000 power jobs(ok guy's --go manual)
Canadian scenarios - sewage treatment, water purification
NEI: Nuclear Energy Industry Closes in on Year 2000 Readiness;
Power Out, Looting Occurs
Outages That Could Last Up To Several Weeks
Was This a Brownout?
A Public Demand for a Public Apology from Stephen M. Poole
Electricity Power Out--A Dead Squirrel Teaches Y2K Lessons In Fragility & Connectedness
Help finding IEEE article
Eau Claire's water problem 1999-07-02
Question for Hoff re Electric industry and metrics
"Backlash"?
Electric Utilities "Y2k Ready" List
Turning the power back on? - II
Turning the power back on?
Nuclear Power Industry Works To Allay Y2K Fears (Reuters--WP)
April 9th NERC Electrical Utility Industry Drill
Why The Power Will Fail In 2000
Oil, gas industries still working on Y2K issues
India's power companies unprepared, most industries "still not serious" about Y2k
Nuclear Power Industry Works To Allay Y2K Fears
ABB Report
Ontario Hydro says its Y2K
to mb in Nc about sewage backup
Interesting timeline of NRC activities lately
Pennsylvania & Y2K Nuke Secrets
[Utilities]Flint River (MI) polluted after Y2K sewage treatment test(?)...
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS ON TRACK FOR ACHIEVING Y2K COMPLIANCE
PBS just showed an hour long documentary on 3 Mile Island! Why now? Are they preparing us for a possible SHUTDOWN OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS?
Power Co. offers generator hook-up?
Why aren't the latest NERC results being dismissed as "spin"?
Why so much concern over sewer plants?
Kansas City Power & Light
USDA Rural Utility Service readiness report
6 month minimum delivery times for new chips
Tell me about pipeline software?
where are the water pumps
need a water pump 75' to 100'
where can i get a water pump 75' to 100'
Dick Mills: "Gary North has less good sense than the average 8th grade science student"
Dick Mills' Y2K Power Prognosis
It's the end of the world as we know it ...
Received from Electric Company
NRC sets backup plans in case Y2K hits nuke plants
fyi:Latin America Bracing For Y2K Problems
Pipe Line Disaster
Wildfire Threatens Alaska Oil Pipeline Pump Station
Incident in Chicago
Audit of CT utilities now available. Needs review by Big Iron types, but at first glance..
India's power ministry "casual and complacent" about Y2k
Questions we should be asking our utilities?
Rumor: NRC shuts down nukes July or August
My stupid electric company...
Is This A Preview Of Things To Come?
Are you impressed with my gas company?
Tap water
Finding an old well
Who Is in Charge Here? Nobody. That's Why We're All on Our Own.
EPA Y2K and Water - Waste Water
Water and Electricity - Someone please answer!!!!
Calif. Water board "in the trenches" info
Dan, the Power Man or somebody else: what's this?
EU Worried About Y2K Hitting Nuclear Power Plants
Electric Line "Conditioner" For Home????
A taste of things to come
OT? Water Restrictions during Winter
60 days without power ?
USIA May 11 conference call transcript re: telcom
Items from Alexander's Gas and Oil Connections
Will nukes shut down?
Water, water everywhere ...
Dad's worried about frozen pipes. Any suggestions?
Statement of Bonneville Power Administration
MAKE PLANS FOR A 9.0 ON THE DISASTER SCALE: WATER (PART I)
Y2K CONSEQUENCES TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS & CITIZENS
Utilities Pose Biggest Worldwide Y2K Threat
GAO SAYS HALF THE ELECTRICAL UTILITIES WILL MISS THE DEADLINE
Y2K Booby Traps -- Nuclear
Evidence for Canadian-U.S. Water Meeting: is there a link?
April NERC Results
Utility says they can and will "island". True?
Natural Gas (a bit of information)
After this, how can ANYone question my doubt about local response to Y2K?
AEP 10Q question - What is "midstream gas operations"
AEP Tests Readiness at Generating Plants
Ridiculous Y2K statement from a small municipal utility
Phones messing up......
Extracted from "NRC Information Notice 99-12: Year 2000 Computer Systems Readiness Audits"
ConEds response to concerning thier Y2K status
Canadian electricity industry will be prepared for the Year 2000
Superb ABB paper on Y2K & power grid
PSE&G Y2K Info (care to comment Dan-the-power-man?)
How to protect from high/low voltage?
GAO water report. Must read.
Texas refinery explosion
"The Trigger Effect"
Wisconsin Residents - Heads UP! WEPCO utility wants you to pay 16 Million $ for Y2K preps
early problems?
PG&E: Lights out Jan. 1? Maybe yes, maybe no
Low Voltage problems
Water Supplies and Sodium Hypochlorite
Ross Perot on Larry King - no big problem
FREE FIREWOOD ALL OVER THE COUNTRY!!!
The NERC Report: You asked for it, you got it! Y2k and Power
Reliant Energy Minnegasco Confirms Y2K Readiness of Its Natural Gas Distribution System
And yet another Power Plant Test...
NERC Coverup: REVEALED!!!
Pacific N.W. Electric (and other) Industry Conf. on TVW-even admitted faults and expected failures
GAO report on Utilities
Y2K Experts still needed
Overkill?????
NERC Report to DOE
Cowles vs Dan The Power Man
Anyone have information about wind turbines?
Dan the Power Man Is A Real Power Man
Pedal-powered washer, butter churn or saw
water wells?
How we use energy
Good article on Texaco
The latest NERC report will be available Friday, April 30
chernobyl
Senate hearings on Oil Production (with statement URLs)
Sewer backup during Y2K? NO PROBLEM! Put bike innertube in sewer pipe and start pumping!
my town approves 35,000.00 for generator
My notes from 4/21/99 Boston utility forum (long)
Britain: "Water firms fall behind in bug battle"
UK: Water firms fall behind in bug battle
If there's no threat to utilities, why are "experts" saying there will likely be massive outages in Russia, etc.?
My view on the GAO report summary, Army presentation, and a plea to the poster named "A"
GAO Says the lights might go out
electric utilities
TV powered by pedals
Power companies miss deadlines Power firms face Y2K woes GAO report says nearly half of electric utilities will miss preparation deadline
Power firms face Y2K woes--GAO report says nearly half of electric utilities will miss preparation deadline
Paul Davis, Stephen M. Poole, RMS, Dan, ... please enlighten me!
UTIL - Link Needed to Canada and U.S. Water Summit
Things that go *BOOM* in the night, take 2
NERC's second drill: September 8-9, 1999
NERC--National Electric (Energy) Regulatory Committee nt
****Industrial Chemical Safety Report****
attention brooksbie: here is info on y2k utilities debate in boston
NERC to coverup?
problems found in NIMO power billing, are they y2k problems???
Another NERC drill question for Dan
Electricity providers successful in Y2K communications test, but.......
Mills: More Guesses, The Days After 2000-01-01
North American Power Grid Passes First y2k Drill (That's what it was designed to do, right?)
ComEd joins Y2K drill --- Chicago Sun Times
NERC press release for April 9 test
Straight Info on Refineries
Mass. Utilities: Jan 1, 2000 same as any other day
Utilities roll the clocks forward and leave them
Sprint
Bresnahan at WorldNetDaily.com puts his spin on 4/9 NERC drill
Power TV with your bath water
Florida Power and Light urges customers to conserve
"Bad data translated into nuclear accident" at TMI - more nukes at risk due to Y2K bugs.
PREPARING IN GLENDALE, CA ?
Local utility began in '95, is now 76% done, but will finish in 2 months!
More Power Plant Testing...
Location, Location, Location. . .
NERC Form For Reporting Power Outages Which Will Not Occur
Water: Determination of Due Care
Cinergy to build new electric plant w/start date June 2000
Way cool drill down map for Nuclear Reactors
PG&E Blasted By CA Public Utilities Commission Over Errors That Caused San Francisco Blackout --140 Mistakes Prolonged Blackout By Seven Hours
CP&L's 10Q Statement Raises Question About Cost of Remediation
water
Jim Lord comes right out and says it...without the usual Westergaard disclaimers
ADVISORY/Y2K May Pose Threat of Power Plant Malfunctions
A Question for Robert A. Cook
NRC Audit WNP-2 Some questions for the professionals on this forum.
KeySpan Energy and LIPA To Host Y2K Conference
did you all notice this y2k power plant example in that chicago trib story?
How scary is this?
Who Makes State of the Art Photovoltaic Panels?
NERC knows where Murphy's hiding!! He's in Y1K!!! GET READY NOW!!!
Retraction: Fatality Cited Yesterday Was Not near Raleigh Nuke; It was near a South Carolina nuke owned by same company.
I have a very important question
NERC reporting requirements
Ontario Hydro's Response to y2k
A comment on the April 9 NERC test
Calling all Plumbers! How do you stop your toilet and drains from backing up?
Did anyone else see this about Florida Power?
Used woodstoves and woodsstove inserts are still available in the classified ads!
Chernobyl Restart affects all.
What do you think of this? Weasel Words or Progress?
Raleigh Nuke Shuts Down AGAIN after second valve failure.
Need advice with nuclear plant fact finding.
Of more general interest - Bell Atlantics Y2k Status reports to the FCC
More on the gas supply to NYC
Electricity in New Mexico -- Safeguard your electronics?
Will my natural gas co. be compliant?
Effect of solar flares on power transformers?
PG&E's Y2K Statement In Latest Bill (& California Energy Links)
DOE contract with NERC
Press updates on Nukes, March 9
A Crude Question For Morgan (Oil that is, Black Gold, Texas Tea...)
July 1,1999-Nuclear Regulatory Commission will shut down all NON-Compliant Nuclear Power Plants! Prepare for Chaos!!!
IT'S HYDRO NITE - ARE THEY FEELIN RIGHT? - hydro rolls their computer over TONITE - 11:55pm
5 month electric bill came yesterday!
Electrical explosions
Old (Aug 1998) but good info on the power grid from Dick Mills
Need some help with things that go BOOM in the night
link for ONTARIO HYDRO TEST
ONTARIO HYDRO is rolling the computers over MAR 6!! - test for Y2K ? when did they finish repair code?!
3 weeks of power outages?
What about the coal mines?
Feb 8,1999- y2k test incident at PEPCO Peach Bottom #2 (nuke)
Information on Florida Electric Co's
notes on R.Cowles' "Will the Lights Stay On in the Year 2000?" presentation on 2/26/1999
Did anyone go to ' Rick Cowles Speaks in Maryland ' last night??
Arab States not ready for Y2K
WSCC Contingency Plan (Western Grid)
ComEd apologizes for jolting customers with billing bugs (y2k related)
Smoke Testing
Allegheny Power (PA..and elsewhere)
U.S. Electrical Reliability
Rick Cowles Speaks in Maryland.
Explosion at FPL plant
Tu Electric's responce to my e-mail.
If an owner of a large office or apartment building has concluded that electic power will not be available after 1-1-2000, what are those owners planning to do about it? Is it cost feasible or even doable to provide
Guerrilla Power
NERC preps companies for drill on April 9, 1999
More About PG&E & Y2K
Latest NERC report
Loss of Power = Protests in Buenos Aires
NEW SURVEY SHOWS OIL AND GAS INDUSTRIES PREPARED FOR Y2K
Considerations when replacing furnace
What's the status of Niagara Mohawk Utility?
UK--"Utilities told: Tackle Y2K bug"
Power: NERC Should Abdicate
Phildelphia: good and bad news about Peco Energy Co.
How does the power grid work, and why is it so vulnerable
Peoples Gas (what they didn't say)
How would power rationing affect you?
A taste of what rolling blackouts are like
Propane Heater Help Needed
Oil & Gas September Survey Results, Next one in February
It's that darned reporting thing again...
IS Sta-Bil really BHT?
SO Nuke plants are SAFE? Big Deal,But will they WORK??
Houston Industries FAQ...I'm confused....Help!
NRC Contingency Plan online
The Cowles interview will remain online
Gas Ranges and Power Failures
Will Nukes make the June certification?
Article in Power Magazine
Electicity near dam?
How come "Their" Oil Refineries and not "Ours?"
some good news - finally
A Plea to Natural Gas Engineers and Line Workers
Another view of England (from csy2k)
You tell me if this is a major problem!
They rolled the clocks forward in Utah, and here's what happened...
Nuclear Power and Roleigh Martin - Facts not Fiction
Letter to ComputerWorld Editor...
how long to shut down a typical nuclear plant ?
Local Electric Company provides info on safe generator use
Examples of Y2K affecting water systems from mainstream media
NERC and electricity-good news?
Nukes Y2K OK? Yes and no, who knows?
How do I keep sewage from backing up into my home?
Alliant Energy: Memo To Employees On Y2K
An Application Of The NERC Report
NERC's contingency plan
What do you think....?
Analysis: 66% of power utilities have completed less than 50% of work
Couple of interesting sidelights on the power companies
Nuclear Power Plants Still Assessing Y2K Problems
best news stories on NERC report
Wall St Journal: experts question electric industry's progress
Venezuela will shut down 60% of its refineries. Does that matter?
Boston Area Utilities announce that they will miss y2k deadline
BestPlace to Live For Electricity
Nat'l Power Grid Not Likely To Go Down Says Leading Expert
Employees don"t know
NRC Nuclear Plant Audits - bad news
"Official" Status of Niagara Mohawk
Power: (Iowa) Des Moines Register article
Y2K compliant power plants
Cowles Y2K/Electricity Interview- Heavy Traffic
Blackout Preparedness Seminar
Info on oil delivery through pipelines
PG&E Shutting Offices
In-depth interview with Rick Cowles on Y2K & electricity
Water purification site found
Attack of the Dung Beetles - electricity
Rainwater Harvesting Info
Local electric company deletes link to Y2K page
Utility BOMB
Abrams report - something else very disturbing
could voltage swings affect low-wattage fluorescents?
European utilities and non-compliance
Rick Cowles says "not enough time" for mini utilities...
Three months with no electric (bill)
Nuclear Risk Proof?
Utility contingency plans are essential to restore power (y2k)
Kilpinger's article re:natural gas problems, Gartner Group on personal preparedness.
Houston Chronicle - "Audit raises red flag...."
Texas power looks good, so far?
NZ utility Y2K test
Electric Utility's Contingency Plan
Natural Gas problem if Y2K shuts electrical power grid
Power: Sudden DROP in demand can cause grid outage
Tree Huggers Want Nuclear Plants Shut Down...
nuclear power Y2K alert
"TVA Tennessee Valley Authority Y2K Testing"
PLEASE COMMENT on what my electric company told us
NERC Numbers Game Proves "Liars, Damn Liars and Statistics"
Great website to check for Y2K info on your utilities, banks, ...
Water utility report - dismal
CNG, East Ohio Gas, the laundry list of Gas Co's; The 10-Q
Found a Water/Sewer Site
Nuclear Reactors
MSNBC news story....
Confidential to Consumer reports and the rest of the Cleveland Gang: Your wish........ (WARNING LO-O-O-N-N-NG POST)
SCE Southern California Edison Companys 10-Q and Y2K
PG&E, SEC 10-Q, Y2K And Now A National Energy Provider?
Link -- Get the dirt on your electric utility
utilitie compliance
Power: 10-Q, Delaware's Connectiv Corp
How do renters heat their apts?
Documented Utilities failure?
water towers
propane conversions for small gas-powered generators
Power: Dick Mill's Latest
Going to a local panel discussion in my town, and need your help.
Power: Alliant acknowledges potential...
80,000+ without power in Wisconsin--time for a Y2K drill!!
Major Water Problem we've overlooked
Major Water Problem we've overlooked
Is this another problem to worry about - the timing is all wrong!
Sewers Backing Up Into Houses?
Will insurance companies shut down Nuclear plants?
will gps rollover affect SCADA systems/electric generation?
Will natural gas fail if grid goes down?
Will natural gas fail if grid goes down?
Electrical Grid
Nuclear Power: NRC & July 1, 1999 deadline
Is YOUR computer complient? FREE check-up software!!!
Electric grid, more of same bad news.
More news on if the grid will be ready
Power: Can we live without SCADA and EMS?
Utility spokesflak waffles. Surprised?
Cheese in the Dark?
Turn Out the Lights, The Party's Over
What's the news on oil and gas?
Australian Information
On Power: Would Massive Conservation Help?
Greed may save us!
Some Dam Good News in Central Texas!?
Australian gas crisis... early effects?
North Carolina Utilities Commission Y2K Initial Report now online
How likely are brownouts?
Portable washing machine
Got a letter back from the president of our power company
NERC report - spin or not?
Am I grasping at electric straws?
Good news for electric utility
no threat to power found
Website Map showing Nuke locations?
Furnace blower motor question
still antsy about nukes, despite NERC report
Feel like being scared??
Will NRC withhold '00 nuclear plant licenses if operators can't demonstrate Y2K compliance?
nuclear plant shutdown in99?
How do you get best surge protection?
Info to help convince naysayers
PGE story in news
natural gas/propane briggs and stratton carburetors?
Minnesota Utilities
Auckland back to normal after powercuts?
Water - Is this correct?
You've gotta read this...
Oil shortages
Government (In)Action
Lessons learnt from Aukland Power Outage last year
Has anyone considered: No heat = frozen pipes?
Connect energency generator into gas line--what are chances of Y2k-related failure cutting off gas?
Diesel generators
Dams
Wanted: Checklist
Any body worried about computer controlled water supply?
Jumping ship?
can methane gas from my septic system be accumulated and used
How vulnerable are railroads to a downed utility on "the path"?
Is there any chance that the power grid will NOT collapse?
If what happened in Aukland NZ is any indication have we got any light at the end of the tunnel?
Continuity of unlinked electrical power systems.
battery inverters
fuel availability
How will fuel availability vary with fuel types?
will residential natural gas flow?
Sewer Systems
Natural Resources
Mystery blackouts hit West, USA Today July 3-4,1997
What if the ice storm hit 1-7-2000?
set back clock to fool computer
CH03 (utilities) pointer from author...
Moderation questions? read
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