NOTICE DATE:  April 28, 2008          

NOTICE TYPE:  M-B042808-01 Release - Retail        

CLASSIFICATION:  Public

SHORT DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT has a scheduled Retail Release beginning 12:00 PM Saturday, June 14, 2008 through 12:00 AM Monday, June 16, 2008.

INTENDED AUDIENCE:  All Market Participants        

DAY AFFECTED:  12:00 PM Saturday, June 14, 2008 through 12:00 AM Monday, June 16, 2008

LONG DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT has an on-cycle Retail release scheduled from 12:00 PM Saturday, June 14, 2008 through 12:00 AM Monday, June 16, 2008.  For reference, both Market Impact SIRs and Internal ERCOT SIRs with no Market impact are included on the attached document.   

ACTION REQUIRED:  Market Participants who utilize MarkeTrak API will need to update their .wsdl and .xsd files for use after this Retail Release.  The updated versions are attached.     

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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