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 Examples
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Below are stories relating to spreadsheet errors found
in utilities. Remember also, that these are the published stories only. We know of many
other that cannot be published, and it would surprise us if any large
organisation could claim to never having a spreadsheet error in the years
they have been operating. |
If you already know that spreadsheet errors are an issue, then why not
see how a tool like Spreadsheet Professional can assist you. See more on
the Spreadsheet Professional pages.
All
stories courtesy the European Spreadsheet Risks Interest Group Site www.eusprig.org
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June 03, 2003
TransAlta Corp takes a $24 million charge due to a spreadsheet
error that landed it more US power transmission hedging contracts
than it expected. The error appears to relate to a cut/ paste
or copy/ paste error.
To see how copy paste causes errors view the
Copy Paste error clip.
August 12, 2002
Widespread spreadsheet bad practice affects nuclear
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