NOTICE DATE: April 16, 2009
NOTICE TYPE: M-A041609-01 INITIAL: Release - Retail
SHORT DESCRIPTION: ERCOT has an on-cycle Retail Release planned for 12:00 PM Saturday, May 16, 2009 through 12:00 AM Monday, May 18, 2009.
INTENDED AUDIENCE: All Market Participants
DAY AFFECTED: 12:00 PM Saturday, May 16, 2009 through 12:00 AM Monday, May 18, 2009
LONG DESCRIPTION: ERCOT has an on-cycle Retail Release scheduled from 12:00 PM Saturday, May 16, 2009 through 12:00 AM Monday, May 18, 2009 to implement PR 80040_01.
PR 80040_01 implements integration best practices recommended by Oracle in an effort to resolve internal Customer Registration Database issues.
Implementation of PR 80040_01 will also enhance the stability between Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) servers and the Customer Registration Database as well as improve EAI server notifications and alerts.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: During the outage the following functions will be affected:
* Market Participants utilizing NAESB to send/receive transactions to/from ERCOT will NOT be able to send/receive transactions to/from ERCOT during the outage. This includes all retail transactions.
* 867 transactions will NOT be forwarded during the outage.
* 997 Functional Acknowledgements will NOT 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 will NOT be available, including but not limited to:
* ERCOT.com - www.ercot.com<http://www.ercot.com/>
* MarkeTrak - 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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