NOTICE DATE:  March 3, 2008

NOTICE TYPE:  R-B030308-01 Other – Customer Billing Contact Information File

SHORT DESCRIPTION:  Competitive Retailer (CR) submission of Customer Billing Contact Information (CBCI) should be created and submitted between April 1, 2008 and April 15, 2008.

INTENDED AUDIENCE:  All CRs

DAY AFFECTED: April 1, 2008 – April 15, 2008

LONG DESCRIPTION:  As required per the Retail Market Guide Section 7.11.6.2, Semi-Annual Submission of Customer Billing Contact Information, all CRs shall submit, semi-annually, timely and complete Customer billing contact information files.  Files shall be created and submitted to ERCOT between the 1st and 15th of April and October.

CRs shall not split their Customer Billing Contact Information files.  Each CR shall send only one file per DUNS number.  An additional file for the same DUNS number will overwrite the previously sent file, resulting in only partial information being saved.  For any DUNS numbers that do not have active ESI IDs, the CR will not be required to submit a file for Customer Billing Contact Information. 

For additional details, please review Retail Market Guide Section 7.11.6, Customer Billing Contact Information File.

ACTION REQUIRED: Between April 1, 2008 and April 15, 2008, all CRs should submit to ERCOT, via NAESB, a Customer Billing Contact Information File (CBCI file).  For any DUNS numbers that do not have active ESI IDs, the CR will not be required to submit a file for Customer Billing Contact Information. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:   See Appendix F6, File Layout for Customer Billing Contact Information, of the Retail Market Guide (located at http://www.ercot.com/mktrules/guides/retail/current.html) for information on file formats for transmittal of Customer Billing Contact Information and ERCOT responses.

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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