NOTICE DATE:  February 7, 2014
NOTICE TYPE:  M-A010314-05 Release - Retail/Wholesale
SHORT DESCRIPTION:  Changes to Implementation of market-facing changes for February 2014
INTENDED AUDIENCE:  ERCOT Market Participants
DAYS AFFECTED:  February 6-7 and February 10-11, 2014
LONG DESCRIPTION:  Due to extreme cold weather conditions on February 6 and 7, 2014, the planned  changes to the Market Management System (MMS) are being delayed until February 10, 2014.  This delay will subsequently postpone the changes to Net Dependable Capability and Reactive Capability Systems (NDCRC), Current Day Reports (CDRs) and Market Information System (MIS) to February 11, 2014.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:  ERCOT may experience intermittent service interruptions during the implementation period. The systems include, but are not limited to:

  *   Market Participant notifications
  *   Outage Scheduler User Interface
o   During this outage, please use https://mis.ercot.com/osrui/osrui/Summary.action to directly access the Outage Scheduler

  *   Market Management System User Interface
o   During this outage, please use https://mis.ercot.com/mmsui/mmsui/displayTradesLanding.action to directly access the Market Manager

  *   Market Participant Identity Management (MPIM)
  *   Components of the ERCOT Market Information System (MIS) including:
o   Report publishing to the MIS
o   Current Day Reports (CDRs) without retry functionality may not be rerun for the missed postings during the outage
o   MIS and ERCOT.com dashboards and search functionality

  *   Components of the External Web Services (EWS) may be intermittently unavailable
  *   Net Dependable Capability and Reactive Capability Systems (NDCRC)
Information on upcoming releases can be found on the ERCOT Multi Year Project Priority List (PPL)<http://www.ercot.com/services/projects/>.
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 email at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.
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