NOTICE DATE:  March 3, 2008

NOTICE TYPE:  M-A022108-06 FINAL:  Outage - Retail/Wholesale   

CLASSIFICATION:  Public

SHORT DESCRIPTION:  Root cause of extended maintenance outage.    

INTENDED AUDIENCE:  All Market Participants    

DAY AFFECTED:  8:00 AM Sunday, March 2, 2008 to 6:05 AM Monday, March 3,
2008 

LONG DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT's scheduled maintenance outage on Sunday, March
2, 2008, scheduled from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM had to be extended.   The
maintenance outage was extended as the result of an Operating System
failure requiring restoration of drives located on the Electronic Data
Interchange (EDI) server.  The outage completed on Monday, March 3, 2008
at 6:05 AM.

The additional outage time will be counted against the Retail Service
Level Agreement and recorded in the ERCOT IT Incident Market Notice
Summary.

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
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Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 7:00 AM
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Subject: M-A022108-05 COMPLETION: Outage - Retail/Wholesale: Maintenance
outage on Sunday, March 2, 2008 from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM 

 

The ERCOT planned maintenance for March 2, 2008 completed at
approximately 6:05 AM today, Monday, March 3, 2008, 2008.  All systems
and transaction processing were reinstated at that time.  

As always, connectivity issues such as NAESB or TML can be reported to
the ERCOT Help Desk at 512-248-6800 or [log in to unmask] .

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Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 9:47 PM
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Subject: M-A022108-05 UPDATE: Outage - Retail/Wholesale: Maintenance
outage on Sunday, March 2, 2008 from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM 

 

Good Evening,

 

The ERCOT planned maintenance outage is still experiencing issues.
ERCOT is still unable to determine an estimated time for the completion
of this maintenance outage., Sunday, March 2, 2008. All systems and
transaction processing were reinstated at that time.  Updates will
follow as information is recieved.

 

 

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Sent: Sun 3/2/2008 5:54 PM
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Subject: M-A022108-03 UPDATE: Outage - Retail/Wholesale: Maintenance
outage on Sunday, March 2, 2008 from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM 

Good Evening,

 

ERCOT expects the planned maintenance outage to be extended past the
anticipated 8:00 PM Sunday, March 2, 2008.  ERCOT is currently
experiencing system issues.  Updates will follow as information is
recieved.

DP

 

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From: ERCOT Client Relations 
Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 2:32 PM
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Subject: M-A022108-02 REMINDER: Outage - Retail/Wholesale: Maintenance
outage on Sunday, March 2, 2008 from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM 

 

NOTICE DATE:  February 29, 2008

NOTICE TYPE:  M-A022108-02 REMINDER:  Outage - Retail/Wholesale   

CLASSIFICATION:  Public

SHORT DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT has scheduled a maintenance outage for Sunday,
March 2, 2008 from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM.    

INTENDED AUDIENCE:  All Market Participants    

DAY AFFECTED:  Sunday, March 2, 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 2, 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: 

	*	ERCOT.com - www.ercot.com <http://www.ercot.com/>  
	*	MarkeTrak -
https://marketrak.ercot.com:8443/tmtrack.dll? 
	*	TCR - https://tcr.ercot.com <https://tcr.ercot.com/>  
	*	Texas Renewables - www.texasrenewables.com
<http://www.texasrenewables.com/>  

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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longer wish to receive, please follow this link in order to unsubscribe
from this list: http://lists.ercot.com <http://lists.ercot.com/> .

TR/JA

 

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Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 2:21 PM
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Subject: M-A022108-01 Outage - Retail/Wholesale: Maintenance outage on
Sunday, March 2, 2008 from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM 

 

NOTICE DATE:  February 21, 2008    

NOTICE TYPE:  M-A022108-01 Outage - Retail/Wholesale   

CLASSIFICATION:  Public

SHORT DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT has scheduled a maintenance outage for Sunday,
March 2, 2008 from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM.    

INTENDED AUDIENCE:  All Market Participants    

DAY AFFECTED:  Sunday, March 2, 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 2, 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: 

	*	ERCOT.com - www.ercot.com <http://www.ercot.com/>  
	*	MarkeTrak -
https://marketrak.ercot.com:8443/tmtrack.dll? 
	*	TCR - https://tcr.ercot.com <https://tcr.ercot.com/>  
	*	Texas Renewables - www.texasrenewables.com
<http://www.texasrenewables.com/>  

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]

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/> .

 

DP/JA