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* In late 1998, [[Commonwealth Edison]] reported a computer upgrade intended to prevent the Y2K glitch caused them to send the village of [[Oswego, Illinois]] an erroneous electric bill for $7 million.<ref name=Testing>{{Cite news |last=Chandrasekaran |first=Rajiv |authorlink=Rajiv Chandrasekaran |date=1999-03-07 |title=Big Glitch at Nuclear Plant Shows Perils of Y2K Tests |language=en-US |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1999/03/07/big-glitch-at-nuclear-plant-shows-perils-of-y2k-tests/a148232f-5760-403c-bc14-b00382b6852d/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=2023-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314172027/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1999/03/07/big-glitch-at-nuclear-plant-shows-perils-of-y2k-tests/a148232f-5760-403c-bc14-b00382b6852d/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* On 1 January 1999, taxi meters in Singapore stopped working, while in Sweden, incorrect taxi fares were given.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://money.cnn.com/1999/01/12/technology/y2k_moneyline/ |title=Y2K bug rears its ugly head |date=12 January 1999 |access-date=30 December 2019 |publisher=CNN |___location=New York |archive-date=2021-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817124943/https://money.cnn.com/1999/01/12/technology/y2k_moneyline/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* At midnight on 1 January 1999, at three airports in Sweden, computers
* On 8 February 1999, while testing Y2K compliance in a computer system monitoring nuclear core rods at [[Peach Bottom Nuclear Generating Station]], Pennsylvania, instead of resetting the time on the external computer meant to simulate the date rollover a technician accidentally changed the time on the operation systems computer. This computer had not yet been upgraded, and the date change caused all the computers at the station to crash. It took approximately seven hours to restore all normal functions, during which time workers had to use obsolete manual equipment to monitor plant operations.<ref name=Testing/>
* In November 1999, approximately 500 residents in [[Philadelphia]] received jury duty summonses for dates in 1900.<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 November 1999 |title=Philly Not Fully Y2K-Ready, as 1900 Jury Notices Prove |language=en-US |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-nov-28-mn-38339-story.html |access-date=8 March 2023 |archive-date=2023-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308135218/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-nov-28-mn-38339-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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