NOTICE DATE:  March 20, 2008          

NOTICE TYPE:  M-B032008-01 Outage – Retail/Wholesale        

CLASSIFICATION:  Public

SHORT DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT has scheduled a maintenance outage for Sunday, March 30, 2008.        

INTENDED AUDIENCE:  All Market Participants       

DAY AFFECTED:  Sunday, March 30, 2008 from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM        

LONG DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT has scheduled a maintenance outage from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM on Sunday, March 30, 2008.         

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:

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].

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TR/JA