FPL said it can prevent most complications arising from the so-called Year 2000 problem. But the electrical utility told state regulators Monday that it would be impossible to debug all of its information systems before the calendar change. FPL, a subsidiary of Juno Beach-based FPL Group, began looking at the problem in 1995 and said it would assign 80 workers to the issue.
Predictions vary on the potential fallout.
Computers not reprogrammed to distinguish between 1900 and 2000 could disrupt FPL's power delivery from 550 substations and switchyards, and trouble automated billing and payroll systems, among other things. All rights reserved.