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NOTICE DATE: September 28, 2017
NOTICE TYPE:  R-A092817-01 Release - Retail
SHORT DESCRIPTION:  Initial Notice - Retail Release October 2017
INTENDED AUDIENCE:  ERCOT Market Participants
DAY AFFECTED:  October 29, 2017 6:00 AM to October 30, 2017 12:00 AM
LONG DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT will be implementing Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) 778 on October 29, 2017 06:00 AM to October 30, 2017 12:00 AM contingent upon RMS vote.
NPRR778 removes the one Retail Business Day evaluation window for date changes and cancellations to facilitate the replacement of manual processes with transactional solutions when possible.
On October 10, 2017 the Retail Market Subcommittee (RMS) is scheduled to conduct a vote on the implementation date for NPRR778 which may recommend a later date for implementation.  If a later implementation is chosen ERCOT will issue a follow-up Market Notice.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:  ERCOT systems may experience intermittent service interruptions during the implementation period. The systems include, but are not limited to:

  *   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.
  *   MarkeTrak will be unavailable for the duration of the outage.

  *   Retail Application components of the Market Information System (MIS) and the Retail API will be unavailable

  *   Retail Reports and Extracts may be impacted during the outage timeframe
  *   eService application will be unavailable on the MIS

  *   Find ESIID and Find Transaction will be unavailable

Information on upcoming releases can be found on the 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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