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F <br />Year 2000 Issues for the Electric Utility Industry 10 <br />TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE! <br />Unfortunately, operations -related Y2k problems have only very recently begun to be <br />identified by utilities. Even fewer utilities have taken action to address these critical <br />risks. <br />If operational systems are critical to power plant operations, and power plant <br />operations are critical to company viability, then why aren't utilities acting quickly to <br />ME address Y2k risks? <br />A CALL TO ACTION <br />TAVA/R. W. Beck, LLC is. ready to share its knowledge and experience with utility <br />operations -related Y2k issues and risk exposures. We can use ourrn oven Y2k products <br />and services to mitigate your Y2k challenges. Remember, <br />■ The non-IT/operations-related portion of a utility's enterprise Y2k concern is very <br />real and significant ... and very neglected. For a utility, company viability is at <br />stake. <br />■ Your plants will have problems. Those problems may range anywhere from erratic <br />annoyances to serious safety/quality problems and long-term generating disruptions. <br />■ Concurrent problems will cause various breakdown scenarios. <br />Copyright 1998. TAVA/R. W. BeckL,e <br />All rights reserved. CTAVA RWBECK <br />Because resolution of the Y2k issue has not been identified as "urgent" by the utility: <br />Time Activity <br />January, 2000 Completion required. <br />- Ten Months (minimum) Remediation Implementation: depends on many things such as amount <br />of non-compliant critical exposures, complexity, amount of integration, <br />availability of code and specifications, ability to test in place, vendor <br />support, company support, time, other dependencies, numbers of sites, <br />degree of standardization and managed implementation, locations and <br />logistics, etc. Every situation is unique and must be understood for the <br />most effective resolution. <br />- Five Months Conversion and Remediation Planning <br />- Five Months Inventory and Assessment <br />91 <br />- Two Months Pilot Program <br />- One Month Identifying, then negotiating an agreement with a key products/services <br />11 <br />partner <br />= February, 1998 Latest required Y2k start date. This has passed. You're already too <br />late. <br />11 <br />You have less time than you think!!! No company has time to spare. In fact, for many <br />of our clients we are acting rapidly to repair only critical systems. Large, multi -plant <br />utilities, which do not plan to act now, should develop disaster recovery plans for critical <br />operations. <br />A CALL TO ACTION <br />TAVA/R. W. Beck, LLC is. ready to share its knowledge and experience with utility <br />operations -related Y2k issues and risk exposures. We can use ourrn oven Y2k products <br />and services to mitigate your Y2k challenges. Remember, <br />■ The non-IT/operations-related portion of a utility's enterprise Y2k concern is very <br />real and significant ... and very neglected. For a utility, company viability is at <br />stake. <br />■ Your plants will have problems. Those problems may range anywhere from erratic <br />annoyances to serious safety/quality problems and long-term generating disruptions. <br />■ Concurrent problems will cause various breakdown scenarios. <br />Copyright 1998. TAVA/R. W. BeckL,e <br />All rights reserved. CTAVA RWBECK <br />