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CUC is Y2K ready
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Posted on Dec 03 1999
The power, water and sewer operations as well as all divisions of the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation are now Y2K compliant, assuring island residents of continuous service over the new year, according to Executive Director Timothy P. Villagomez.
“There will be no interruption in utility services over the new year resulting from computer glitches or the Y2K bug,” he said in a statement released yesterday.
The government-owned utility corporation also has ensured that its billing system is compliant so that “meters will continue to be read and bills rendered in the normal course of business,” added Mr. Villagomez.
The millennium bug could jeopardize CUC operations because computers may fail to fix dates, calculate transactions and perform other operations by the turn of the year 2000. Experts say that without taking necessary measures, computers can read “00” as year 1900.
According to CUC, while reviewing its readiness for the year 2000, it found out that most of its automated systems, including its IBM AS/400 billing and its power transmission SCADA or the Supervisory Control and Sata Acquisition computer are relatively new and were already Y2K compliant when acquired.
“We are very pleased with our staff’s foresight by having purchased quality systems and having avoided the need to buy costly updates or fixes for our computers,” said Mr. Villagomez.
Almost all government agencies in the CNMI are already Y2K compliant, easing fears that there will be major public service disruption due to failure of computer systems to recognize the year 2000, according to the task force created by the Office of the Governor. (BS)
