The ERCOT outage completed at approximately 10:20 PM today, Saturday, September 27, 2008.  All systems and transaction processing were reinstated at that time. 
 
As always, connectivity issues such as NAESB or TML can be reported to the ERCOT Help Desk at 512-248-6800 or [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>  or to your ERCOT Account Manager.
 
DP


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From: ERCOT Client Relations 
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 11:30 AM
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Subject: M- B091708-02 REMINDER: Release - Retail - ERCOT has an Off-cycle Retail Release planned for 12:00 PM Saturday, September 27, 2008 through 12:00 AM Monday, September 29, 2008


NOTICE DATE:  September 26, 2008 

NOTICE TYPE:  M- B091708-02 REMINDER:  Release - Retail   

CLASSIFICATION:  Public

SHORT DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT has an Off-cycle Retail Release planned for 12:00 PM Saturday, September 27, 2008 through 12:00 AM Monday, September 29, 2008.

INTENDED AUDIENCE:  All Market Participants        

DAY AFFECTED:  12:00 PM Saturday, September 27, 2008 through 12:00 AM Monday, September 29, 2008. 

LONG DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT has an off-cycle Retail Release scheduled from 12:00 PM Saturday September 27, 2008 through 12:00 AM Monday, September 29, 2008. During this time, ERCOT will perform the migration for PR40066_04:  the Settlements and Billing database and application upgrade.

JUSTIFICATION:  This is a rescheduled release due to Hurricane Ike. Please refer to Market Notice M-A081408-03 sent on September 11, 2008.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:  During the outage the following functions will be affected:      

·        Market Participants utilizing NAESB to send/receive transactions to/from ERCOT will be able to send/receive transactions to/from ERCOT during the outage.  This includes all retail transactions. 

·        814_20 transactions will be held within ERCOT during the outage

·        867 transactions WILL be forwarded during the outage. 

·        997 Functional Acknowledgements WILL be sent during the outage. 

·        Components of the TML and Commercial API will NOT be available including: 

·        Find ESI ID 

·        Find Transaction 

·        Submit Transactions 

·        USA Functionalities 

·        Report Explorer, including 

·        Reports 

·        Extracts 

·        Invoices 

·        Settlement Statements 

·        Extract Scheduler 

·        Web Services Data Requests 

 

·        ERCOT Internet Services below WILL  be available 

·        ERCOT.com - www.ercot.com <http://www.ercot.com/>  

·        MarkeTrak - https://marketrak.ercot.com:8443/tmtrack.dll <https://marketrak.ercot.com:8443/tmtrack.dll> ? 

·        TCR - https://tcr.ercot.com <https://tcr.ercot.com/>  

·        Texas Renewables - www.texasrenewables.com <http://www.texasrenewables.com/>  

MOS, Scheduling API, MOSTML, MOSPUBLIC, and Outage Scheduler will not be affected as there will be a DNS failover from Taylor to Austin. 

CONTACT:  If you have any questions, please contact your ERCOT Account Manager. You may also call the general ERCOT Client Services phone number at (512) 248-3900 or contact ERCOT Client Services via e-mail at [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .

 

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JR/DH/DP