It is now time to shift emphasis from repair to triage and contingency planning and to make appropriate preparations for risk management against massive loss of infrastructure. I had anticipated that I would be able to provide a positive report on the Y2K status of these public utilities. Instead, based on the results of this survey, I am genuinely concerned about the prospects of power shortages as a consequence of the millennium date change. One firm did not even know how many lines of computer code it had. My concern is that they probably don't know what contingencies to prepare for.
Extensive blackouts are the nightmare of the power industry.
The Knowers Ark Educational Foundation, 1999.