International Energy and Electric Power

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Energy Working Group - International Oil Coordination Council (December 11, 1998)

• Kendra Martin, Lisa Soda - American Petroleum Institute (API)
• Katie Hirning -  FERC
• John Koskinen - President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion
• Kent Hughes - Department of Commerce, International Trade Group
• John O'Keefe - Department of State
• Phil Swanson - International Energy Agency (IEA)
• Senate Y2K - Paul Hunter, John Stephenson
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission - Katie Hirning, Donna LaMay, Kathleen Sherman
• Oil Companies
  • Amoco - Joe Kramer
  • Anadarko Petroleum - Phil Sandoz
  • Mobil Oil - Arlene Czajczynski, Phyllis Nowack
  • Pennzoil Company - Mary Hall
  • Shell Services International - Ron Quiggins (Ron will coordinate collection of readily available information from international oil companies on Y2K readiness of host countries, and questions relevant to international oil which can be added to the State Department survey)
  • Texaco International Prod.- Janet Valades
• Other
  • Kerr-McGee - Mark Vanlandingham
  • MITRE Corporation Tom Carroll

International Energy Agency (IEA):

• Oil Supply Chain Hyperlinks
  • Oil Tankers & Ports
  • Oil Industry
  • Oil Company Websites
  • Electricity Industry
    • EUY2K.Com - Electric Utilities and the Year 2000
• The Oil Industry and the Year 2000 Problem

UNIPEDE-EURELECTRIC:

• UNIPEDE-EURELECTRIC member countries overall position on the Y2K problem (PDF)
  • Cross-border interconnections are not believed to be inherently at risk as they are not as a general rule computer-controlled, although cross-border integrated emergency plans do require further attention. The connections and communications between control centres are peripheral, providing extra information which does not affect the fundamental functions.
  • The individual electricity companies must now, on a regular basis, communicate their readiness to their customers and the public in order to contain any possible hysteria and ensure that efforts for finding solutions are focussed on critical issues.
  • Countries Represented: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, Estonia, Hungary, Israel, Japan, Lithuania, Norway, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia.

US Department of Energy: Year 2000 Website

• Year 2000 Conversion and the Electric Sector
  • The Electricity Working Group Meetings are chaired by DOE.
  • The Department of Energy has asked the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) to coordinate the industry's Y2K response and provide periodic reports to the Department. Other industry organizations that are partnering with NERC include the American Public Power Association (municipal utilities), the National Rural Electric Cooperatives Association (electricity cooperatives), the Edison Electric Institute (investor-owned utilities) , and the Nuclear Energy Institute (nuclear power issues).
  • The government itself is also an important part of the electricity industry through the activities of the Power Marketing Administrations, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Army Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of Reclamation (Department of the Interior), and the Rural Utility Service (Department of Agriculture) . The government also has direct regulatory authority in certain areas, such as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's oversight of nuclear power generation.
  • All of these agencies plus the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Federal Reserve Board, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Federal Emergency Managment Agency are members of the Electricity Working Group.
  • Representatives from DOE, NERC, BPA, USDA/RUS, DOI, and the Defense Logistics Agency were in attendance.

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC):

• FERC Y2K - FERC is a member of the President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion (Council) under the Energy Working Group. The Energy Working Group was split into the electric sector with the Department of Energy (DOE) as the lead agency and FERC as the lead agency for the oil and gas sector. The kick-off meeting for the oil and gas sector was held at FERC on June 5, 1998. FERC's Chairman, James Hoecker, is the sector leader for oil and gas. FERC's former Chief Information Officer, Katie Hirning, was instrumental in establishing the foundation for the oil and gas sector and has been an active participant in the Council.
• Year 2000 Conversion Oil and Gas Sector--Frequently Asked Questions
• Year 2000 Conversion- Oil and Gas Sector--Minutes of Meeting (3-25-1999)
• Because DOE has an extensive network of international resources which FERC, being a domestic regulatory body does not, FERC and DOE agreed to transfer facilitation of the International Oil Coordination Council (IOCC) to DOE. The group plans to meet quarterly with more work being done by smaller groups between meetings of the full IOCC
• FERC What's New On November 13, 1998, the President's Council on Year 2000 Oil and Gas Sector Working Group created the International Oil Coordination Council (Council) which consists of the American Petroleum Institute (API) international working groups, including a number of international oil companies, industry groups, and Federal and international governmental agencies. The Council will focus on collecting information globally and creating a public scorecard of international readiness. As a member of the Council, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's role is to facilitate communication with the Council and other government agencies and to enable information sharing with other sectors.

United Nations:

• International Atomic Energy Agency Report to UN Year 2000 National Coordinators' Plenary (11 December 1998)
• Report from the Oil Sector Contribution for United Nations' Year 2000 National Coordinators Plenary, December 11, 1998
  • American Petroleum Institute (API, Kendra L. Martin, martink@api.org ) has joined together with government agencies to form an International Oil Coordination Council under the Oil & Gas Sector Working Group. The group met in early November with the purpose of exchanging information on efforts made by the industry and government and plan for efforts to assess Year 2000 readiness internationally.
  • Subject: Worldwide Year 2000 Coordinating Committee  Issue: The API member companies are looking for a mechanism that will assist them in understanding the Year 2000 readiness of key infrastructure areas in countries in which they operate. It is desired that a reporting scorecard be created that will summarize the Year 2000 readiness of each country's key infrastructure areas to include telecommunications, power generation, and transportation. It is believed that in order to properly oversee such a process, a Worldwide Year 2000 Coordinating Committee operating under the United Nations umbrella should be created to manage such a reporting process.

President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion - The Energy Working Group oil & gas sector effort is being led by James Hoecker, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Chairman and member of the President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion

• Electric Power Organizations
  • Edison Electric Institute
    • EEI Members Y2K sites
  • Electric Power Supply Association
  • National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
  • North American Electric Reliability Council Year 2000 Web Site
  • The Electric Power Research Institute
    • EPRI Year 2000 Embedded Systems Project Participants
• Oil Industry Trade Associations
  • American Petroleum Institute - Tackling the Year 2000 Problem
    • Overall Survey Results (Ron Quiggins, Shell Services International and Gary Gardner, American Gas Association)
    • Contingency Planning (Bill Ingle, Gas Research Institute and Kirby Fortenberry, Shell Services International)
    • Embedded Systems (Janet Valades, Texaco
  • Association of Oil Pipe Lines
  • Australian Institute of Petroleum
  • Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
  • Independent Petroleum Association of America
  • Interstate Oil & Gas Compact Association
  • National Petrochemical Refiners Association
  • Petroleum Marketers Association of America
  • Petroleum Technology Transfer Council
  • U.K. Off-shore Oil Association
• Natural Gas Council
  • American Gas Association
  • Interstate Natural Gas Association of America
  • Independent Petroleum Association of America
  • Natural Gas Supply Association

The World Bank Group- The Year 2000

United Nations Y2K Site

• European Commission- Year 2000 and the Euro
• Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development- Year 2000 Links
• UNDP- Info 21 - the Year 2000
  • Info 21 Y2K problem and UN
    • the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
    • American Petroleum Institute
• United Nations ESCAP Year 2000 activities

US Agency for International Development Year 2000 Information Directory

Canadian Electricity Association-Release of Electric Utility Y2K Report

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Y2K Home - For questions on the NSNI Y2K Programme, please contact Morgan Libby

• Workshop on the Year 2000 Problem - The week of January 25-29, 1999 IAEA hosted a workshop to provide instruction regarding the Guidance Document. This workshop was attended by more than 40 people representing 27 Member States. The Scientific Secretary for the meeting, Morgan Libby was also the Co-Chairman. He shared the Chair with Richard Reister (U.S.-DOE). The trainers were Morgan Libby (IAEA), Jim Olsen (U.S.-DOE), and Marja-Leena Jarvinen, a regulator from Finland, and Brian Furamasu (U.S.-DOE). The Meeting was hosted by the Technical Co-operation Department of the IAEA, Jim Reed.
• Guidance Document
• Y2K Related Links
  • OECD Nuclear Energy Agency
  • The Year 2000 Problem in German Nuclear Power Plants - German Society for Nuclear Installation Safety [Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) mbH]
  • United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
  • United Kingdom Health & Safety Executive

Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI):  NEI Library Year 2000 Readiness

• Industry Manuals
  • Nuclear Utility Year 2000 Readiness (PDF)
  • Nuclear Utility Year 2000 Readiness Contingency Planning (PDF)

Nuclear Utilities Software Management Group (NUSMG)

Y2K Home Page-CIO Council

• GSA Office of Government-wide Policy: Y2K International Conference for G8
• G8 International Y2K Home page 

International Y2K Cooperation Center

Energy Information Administration (EIA): International Energy Outlook 1999

• Electricity
• Natural Gas
• Hydroelectricity and Other Renewable Resources
• Transportation Energy Use
• The World Oil Market
• Coal
• Inventory of Power Plants in the United States (Jan 1998)

ABB: ABB and the Year 2000 Problem

• The Y2K Threat to Electrical Grid - Dr. Klaus Ragaller, ABB Year 2000 Task Force

General Electric: Electrical Distribution and Control - Year 2000 Program

American Petroleum Institute - API Year 2000 White Paper - Oil and Gas Industry Prepares for Year 2000

Oil Company Y2K Sites:

• Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
• BP Amoco
• Chevron
• Conoco
• Elf
• El Paso Energy
• Marathon Oil Co.
• Mobil Year 2000 Project
• PDVSA
• PEMEX
• Phillips Petroleum
• Shell

World Oil magazine article (October 1998) - on gas pipeline Y2K problems (compressor controls, flow calculations, Supervisory Control and Data Acquistion Systems (SCADA), control computers, metering, mobile devices and electronic bulletin board systems used

Texas RailRoad Commission: Year 2000 Public Information Clearinghouse - Frequently Asked Questions

• The U.S. oil and gas industry is concerned about international oil production and shipping, especially in light of the lack of information available. Members of the American Petroleum Institute’s International Oil Y2K Task Force have joined with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and other Federal agencies, along with the International Energy Agency, to create an International Oil Coordination Council (IOCC). IOCC met in early November 1998 to exchange information on industry and government efforts and plan how to assess the industry’s Y2K readiness on an international scale. IOCC will focus on collecting information globally in 1999 and on creating a public scorecard of international readiness.

Electric Utilities and the Year 2000