Golden Valley Electric Association

June 1999 NERC Filing

Substation Controls, System Protection and Distribution

1. Date? 06/30/99
 
2. Are the following (mission critical facilities) Y2K ready?
  % Complete  
 
N/A
I
A
R
N/A=Not Applicable
Customer Information Systems 100100100I=Inventory
Call Center Systems 100100100A=Assessment
Financial & Cost Management Systems 100100100R=Remediation & Testing
Plant Maintenance Systems 100100100
Distributed Work Management 100100100
Geographical Information Systems/Distribution Assets 100100100
Accounts payable/purchasing/inventory 100100100
Electronic Data Interchange Systems 100100100
Transmission Work Management 100100100
Fixed Asset Systems 100100100
Security Systems (e.g., System & Facility Access) 100100100
Facility Operating Systems (e.g., HVAC, Lighting Controls) 100100100
(% Complete - Report as amount of work completed in each phase divided by total amount of work to do in that phase. If no remediation and testing is required in an area that was inventoried and assessed, then show remediation and testing as 100% complete.)

3. What percentage of your mission-critical systems in generation facilities do you expect to be Y2K ready by the end of:?
First Quarter 1999: 95%Second Quarter 1999: 100%
Third Quarter 1999: 100%Fourth Quarter 1999: 100%
 
4. What percentage of your supporting infrastructure (e.g. Data Center, CPUs, System Software, LAN/WAN) for the systems listed in Question 2 do you expect to be Y2K ready by the end of:?
First Quarter 1999: 100%Second Quarter 1999: 100%
Third Quarter 1999: 100%Fourth Quarter 1999: 100%

5. Have you completed necessary integrated system (multi-component) testing of the facilities listed in 2 above?
Yes
 
6. How will your organization measure Y2K readiness for components/systems in 2 above? (Check all that apply)
Component TestX
SimulationsX
Outside Testing 
Vendor VerificationX
Other 
7. How will the Y2K Readiness of business systems outsourced by your organization be determined?
N/A
 
8. If your organization has found a unique/creative solution (a good idea we want to share) to a Y2K business system problem, please first describe the problem and then the solution to that problem.
No
 
9. Have you encountered any Y2K business system problem(s) that are particularly difficult to resolve and would like to collaborate with others in resolving? If so, please describe.
No
 
10. Any comments? Enter below:
None.