NOTICE DATE:  May 30, 2008

NOTICE TYPE:  R-A052808-03 UPDATE - Retail Processing

CLASSIFICATION: Public

SHORT DESCRIPTION:  Update on the ERCOT unplanned outage on Wednesday,
May 28, 2008.  

INTENDED AUDIENCE:  CRs and TDSPs

DAY AFFECTED:  May 28, 2008 from 5:26 PM to 6:05 PM        

LONG DESCRIPTION:  As a result of the outage on Wednesday, May 28, 2008,
ERCOT experienced a failure in loading the Interval Data Recorder (IDR)
usage data for Thursday, May 29, 2008.  ERCOT is currently reprocessing
the IDR 867_03 files.  IDR 867_03 Activity Reports will be provided to
affected Market Participants today, Friday, May 30, 2008 via File
Transfer Protocol (FTP) once processing is complete.  

There was no delay in the processing of 867_03 forward transactions.

In addition, after analyzing the impact to Retail Transaction
processing, it was determined that reprocessing was required for 1,181
transactions.  As a result of reprocessing, some Market Participants may
receive duplicate transactions.  The following is a count of
transactions by transaction type:

Transaction Type

Count

814_03

193

814_05

55

814_06

25

814_08

10

814_11

379

814_14

274

814_19

233

814_20

1

814_25

9

814_28

1

867_02

1

Total

1181


ERCOT is in the process of logging ERCOT Initiated MarkeTrak issues for
all impacted Market Participants.  

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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Subject: R-A052808-02 UPDATE - Retail Processing

 

NOTICE DATE:  May 29, 2008

NOTICE TYPE:  R-A052808-02 UPDATE - Retail Processing

CLASSIFICATION: Public

SHORT DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT experienced an unplanned outage which impacted
Retail Transaction processing.  

INTENDED AUDIENCE:  CRs and TDSPs

DAY AFFECTED:  May 28, 2008 from 5:26 PM to 6:05 PM        

LONG DESCRIPTION:  Due to a connectivity issue with the Electronic Data
Interchange (EDI) server, ERCOT experienced an unplanned Retail
Transaction processing outage on May 28, 2008 from 5:26 PM to 6:05 PM.
The connectivity issue has been resolved and ERCOT will continue to
monitor EDI server performance.

ERCOT is currently analyzing the impact to Retail Transaction processing
to determine the volume and transactions impacted.  Additional
information related to the impact on Retail Transactions will be
provided when 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
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Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 5:44 PM
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Subject: R-A052808-01 INITIAL NOTICE - Retail Processing

 

NOTICE DATE:  May 28, 2008          

NOTICE TYPE:  R-A052808-01 Retail Processing        

CLASSIFICATION:  Public

INTENDED AUDIENCE:  CRs and TDSPs        

DAY AFFECTED:  May 28, 2008 from 5:26 PM to present        

DESCRIPTION: ERCOT is currently experiencing an outage impacting Retail
Transaction processing.

ERCOT is working on resolving this issue and will provide additional
information as it becomes 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
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