NOTICE DATE:  August 15, 2012

NOTICE TYPE:  M-A072612-02 REMINDER: Release – Retail

SHORT DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT has an on-cycle retail release planned for 12:00 Saturday, August 25, 2012 through 00:00 Monday, August 27, 2012

INTENDED AUDIENCE:  All Market Participants

DAYS AFFECTED: 12:00 Saturday, August 25, 2012 through 00:00 Monday, August 27, 2012

LONG DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT has an on-cycle retail release planned for 12:00 Saturday, August 25, 2012 through 00:00 Monday, August 27, 2012.
Three Change Requests are being implemented during this release. For your reference, they are listed below.
Change ID

Change Description

CR45791

In a small number of instances, some MVOs or MVO to CSAs are being hard cancelled when there is a MVI with an SMRD. They should actually be soft cancelled with A95.

CR45866

In the event an 814_20 add is submitted to ERCOT with the TDSP AMS Indicator containing R (REF~MR~R), ERCOT is incorrectly storing the R.  Code is being updated to prohibit the R values from populating in the TDSP_AMS_INDICATOR column of the TDSP ESIID Extract (reported in market notice R-A070612-01) and on MIS Find ESIID.

CR46049

The MarkeTrak API XSD/WSDL is being updated to correct the format of a state name change in the Customer Rescission workflow.  State name Regaining Transaction Re-Submitted (PC) is being updated to Regaining Transaction Re_Submitted (PC).


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:   During this 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.
  *   867 Transactions will NOT be forwarded during the outage.
  *   997 Functional Acknowledgements will NOT be sent during the outage.
  *   MarkeTrak will be unavailable for the duration of the outage.
  *   Retail components on MIS and the Retail API will not be available.
  *   eService application will be unavailable on the Market Information System (MIS).
  *   The following ERCOT internet services could potentially be affected and NOT available during this outage, including but not limited to:
     *   Texas Renewables – www.texasrenewables.com<http://www.texasrenewables.com>

·         Retail Reports and Extracts may be impacted during the outage timeframe.


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]>.
If you are receiving e-mail from an ERCOT distribution list that you no longer wish to receive, please follow this link in order to unsubscribe from this list:  http://lists.ercot.com<http://lists.ercot.com/>.
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Subject: M-A072612-01 INITIAL: Release – Retail - 12:00 Saturday, August 25, 2012 through 00:00 Monday, August 27, 2012


NOTICE DATE:  July 26, 2012

NOTICE TYPE:  M-A072612-01 INITIAL: Release – Retail

SHORT DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT has an on-cycle retail release planned for 12:00 Saturday, August 25, 2012 through 00:00 Monday, August 27, 2012

INTENDED AUDIENCE:  All Market Participants

DAYS AFFECTED: 12:00 Saturday, August 25, 2012 through 00:00 Monday, August 27, 2012

LONG DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT has an on-cycle retail release planned for 12:00 Saturday, August 25, 2012 through 00:00 Monday, August 27, 2012.
Three Change Requests are being implemented during this release. For your reference, they are listed below.
Change ID

Change Description

CR45791

In a small number of instances, some MVOs or MVO to CSAs are being hard cancelled when there is a MVI with an SMRD. They should actually be soft cancelled with A95.

CR45866

In the event an 814_20 add is submitted to ERCOT with the TDSP AMS Indicator containing R (REF~MR~R), ERCOT is incorrectly storing the R.  Code is being updated to prohibit the R values from populating in the TDSP_AMS_INDICATOR column of the TDSP ESIID Extract (reported in market notice R-A070612-01) and on MIS Find ESIID.

CR46049

The MarkeTrak API XSD/WSDL is being updated to correct the format of a state name change in the Customer Rescission workflow.  State name Regaining Transaction Re-Submitted (PC) is being updated to Regaining Transaction Re_Submitted (PC).


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:   During this 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.
  *   867 Transactions will NOT be forwarded during the outage.
  *   997 Functional Acknowledgements will NOT be sent during the outage.
  *   MarkeTrak will be unavailable for the duration of the outage.
  *   Retail components on MIS and the Retail API will not be available.
  *   eService application will be unavailable on the Market Information System (MIS).
  *   The following ERCOT internet services could potentially be affected and NOT available during this outage, including but not limited to:
     *   Texas Renewables – www.texasrenewables.com<http://www.texasrenewables.com>

·         Retail Reports and Extracts may be impacted during the outage timeframe.


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]>.
If you are receiving e-mail from an ERCOT distribution list that you no longer wish to receive, please follow this link in order to unsubscribe from this list:  http://lists.ercot.com<http://lists.ercot.com/>.
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