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Several Utilities Report Year 2000 Compliance
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Utilities filed their reports to the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC), an industry group based in Princeton, N.J. A summary of the June 30 reports is not yet available.
Utilities issuing public statements that they had completed their work include the Dairyland Power Cooperative in La Crosse, Wis.; Orange & Rockland Utilities in Pearl River, NY; Baltimore Gas & Electric; Indianapolis Power & Light; OG&E Services in Oklahoma City, OK; and the New York Power Authority. The most recent NERC report states that, as of March 30, the industry had completed 75% of its year 2000 remediation and testing, but NERC noted that some utilities would not be able to schedule power plants for testing until a routine shutdown for maintenance later this year, and that some vendors would not have brought their products into compliance until after June 30.
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