Enron Mail

From:andrew.parsons@enron.com
To:joseph.sutton@enron.com, richard.causey@enron.com, philippe.bibi@enron.com,steven.kean@enron.com, kelly.kimberly@enron.com, mark.koenig@enron.com, mike.mcconnell@enron.com, mark.palmer@enron.com
Subject:Summary of Y2K Glitches
Cc:alberto.gude@enron.com, robert.johansen@enron.com, karen.denne@enron.com
Bcc:alberto.gude@enron.com, robert.johansen@enron.com, karen.denne@enron.com
Date:Sun, 2 Jan 2000 05:12:00 -0800 (PST)

Following please find a summary of the minor Y2K related glitches that=20
various business units experienced following the rollover. As you can see,=
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the problems we encountered were minimal indeed. Testing of less critical=
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functions is ongoing and will continue through normal operations.


Enron Europe
ETOL - Power Station Optimizer application is not accepting data. The=20
application is used for informational purposes only, and has no control=20
functionality. Operations are not affected. ETOL will have the applicatio=
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repaired early next week.

London - Enpower Europe deal selection criteria is not working with date=20
criteria. The application does function with deal numbers, however. The=
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Houston application team is currently working on the problem.=20

London - Global Products Accounting has a minor data import problem. The=
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problem does not impair daily operations. Repair date is set for January 4=
.

Enron House - Fire detection system alarm lights do not turn off following=
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tests. The problem is cosmetic only. Also, remote alarm systems skipped=
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forward to the date January 31, 2000. It is believed the problem is also=
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cosmetic only.

EOTT
Ticketing entry system had a minor problem which has already been repaired.

General ledger application has a program that displays the year 1900. The=
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extent of the issue and whether the problem is cosmetic only, is being=20
pursued.

International Regions
Transredes, Columbia - The pipeline SCADA (Supervisory, Control, and Data=
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Acquisition) system failed shortly after midnight. This means the pipeline=
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control center is not automatically receiving pipeline information. The=20
system is used for information purposes only and has not affected operation=
s.

Enron North America=20
ENA - Enpower deal selection criteria is not working with date criteria. Sa=
me=20
as item two of Enron Europe. ENA has already repaired the problem for North=
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American operations. Currently discussing European implementation timeline.

ENA - SIFT application has a Microsoft Import problem. This process is not=
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critical to daily processes conducted by Global Products. Same issue as Enr=
on=20
Europe item three. Repair date is January 4.

FacSys 4.1 passing wrong date, 01/01/100 instead of today=01,s date of=20
01/01/2000, to the fax machine which prints on the banner information.=20
Remediation scheduled before January 4.

Remediated three Excel macros in the non-commodity trading function.