NOTICE DATE:  January 24, 2014
NOTICE TYPE:  M-A010314-02 Release - Retail/Wholesale
SHORT DESCRIPTION:  Reminder - Implementation of market-facing changes for February 2014
INTENDED AUDIENCE:  ERCOT Market Participants
DAYS AFFECTED:  February 3-7, 2014
LONG DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT will be implementing a number of market-facing changes in the production environment on February 3-7, 2014. Please see the attached spreadsheet for the description and estimate of the release date for each change.
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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