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W <br />J <br />Year 2000 Issues for the Electric Utility Industry 2 <br />TAVA/R. W. Beck, LLC has been created to assure our clients' long-term success <br />by providing an approach and solution to operations -related Y2k issues. We <br />consider the overall Y2k issue as a critical concern for all of us to survive ... <br />together. <br />GROUND ZERO: JANUARY 19 2000 <br />Many organizations are addressing Y2k problems within corporate business systems, <br />administrative systems, and internal IT systems. Some of these Y2k projects even <br />address the issues with partners, customers and other associations. However, this typical <br />scope does NOT cover the full range of issues at the power plant, switchyard, relay <br />station and control centers where many of the "ground zero" effects will 'be experienced. <br />OPERATIONS AND THE YEAR 2000 <br />In Figure 1, operations Y2k issues are part of the problem which is out in the field and <br />needs to be addressed by another side of the utility organization... from senior <br />management of operations to instrumentation and control technicians. <br />j�"�, Iyritegrated <br />nJsr3�i`i�',.a!tl <br />” <br />Supply <br />Production <br />CFialn <br />�fCF�gA9r�4 <br />�"-rt�S�✓% <br />��d%�_�'��'t'2¢.�.�sr-!'tea-4:r <br />Planning & <br />InfonnaFion <br />' <br />IManagement <br />,q,���y„�,��Y4��^�Z� <br />i -a id^"5R? Y��u3w,`'jaz <br />P---------------�,' <br />P° <br />Production <br />Operations <br />' <br />Information <br />Planning & <br />InfonnaFion <br />' <br />IManagement <br />Scheduling <br />Managameni <br />' <br />' <br />GeneraF'ron <br />'I <br />supply Chain <br />Transmission <br />. <br />Supply Chain <br />Disfibution <br />Figure 1- Spectrum of Operations -Related Y2k Issues <br />Copyright 1998, TAVA/R. W. Beckr,r,c <br />All rights reserved. e/TAVA RW BECK <br />