NOTICE DATE:  February 16, 2012
NOTICE TYPE:  M-A021612-01 INITIAL:  Maintenance Outage – Retail/Wholesale
SHORT DESCRIPTION:  Scheduled Maintenance Outage
INTENDED AUDIENCE:  All Market Participants
DAY AFFECTED:  Sunday, February 26, 2012 from 06:00 through 21:00
LONG DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT has scheduled a maintenance outage for Sunday, February 26, 2012 from 06:00 through 21:00.
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.

  *   ERCOT Internet Services may be intermittently unavailable, including but not limited to:
     *   ERCOT.com – www.ercot.com<http://www.ercot.com>
     *   MarkeTrak - https://marketrak.ercot.com:8443/tmtrack.dll
     *   Texas Renewables – www.texasrenewables.com<http://www.texasrenewables.com/>
  *   Components of the MIS will NOT be available including:
     *   Retail Applications


  *   Components of the MIS will intermittently NOT be available including:
     *   Downloading of extracts and reports


  *   Report download Components of the External Web Services (EWS), Market Manager (MMUI), Outage Scheduler (OSUI) will intermittently NOT be available.
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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