The outage for the June14, 2008 planned Retail release for ERCOT
concluded at approximately 12:30 PM today, Sunday, June 15, 2008. All
systems and transaction processing were reinstated at that time.
During this Retail release PR-70007_01 (MarkeTrak Enhancements - Release
1) and SIR 11663 (Change stoptime default to show 00:00:00 as timestamp)
were both successfully implemented.
The following SIRs were rolled back and not successfully implemented due
to issues encountered during the migration:
NP-63C01_01 Nodal COMS Registration Phase 3
includes Disputes and Verifiable Costs
11841 Addition of Decision Making
Entity (DME) as an account type
11842 Needed changes to TIBCO to
accommodate SIR 11841
11883 Customer Registration Database
Batch Processing Logging of Process Start/Stop times
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: Friday, June 13, 2008 2:04 PM
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Subject: M-B042808-04 REMINDER - Release - Retail: 12:00 PM Saturday,
June 14, 2008 through 12:00 AM Monday, June 16, 2008.
NOTICE DATE: June 13, 2008
NOTICE TYPE: M-B042808-04 REMINDER - 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, SIRS having a Market impact and internal ERCOT SIRs with
no Market impact are included on the attached document.
Please note that ERCOT has removed project PR-60008_01 (Terms and
Conditions / Performance Measures) and SIR 11820 from this scheduled
release. Production release for these components has been rescheduled
as a phased implementation:
* Phase 1: Performance Measures reporting - June 22, 2008
Maintenance Release. Please see Market Notice M-A061208-01.
* Phase 2: Transaction timing and prioritization and SIR 11820
- July 12, 2008 On-Cycle Release. Please see Market Notice
M-B061208-01.
ACTION REQUIRED: Market Participants who utilize the MarkeTrak API will
need to update their .wsdl and .xsd files for use after this Retail
release. The updated versions of both files 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 both 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
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From: ERCOT Client Relations
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 5:54 PM
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Subject: M-B042808-03 UPDATE - Release - Retail: 12:00 PM Saturday, June
14, 2008 through 12:00 AM Monday, June 16, 2008.
NOTICE DATE: June 10, 2008
NOTICE TYPE: M-B042808-03 UPDATE - Release - Retail
CLASSIFICATION: Public
SHORT DESCRIPTION: Project PR-60008_01 (Terms and Conditions /
Performance Measures) and SIR 11820 are being removed from the June 14,
2008 on-cycle Retail release.
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 removed project PR-60008_01 (Terms and
Conditions / Performance Measures) and SIR 11820 from the on-cycle
Retail release scheduled from 12:00 PM Saturday, June 14, 2008 through
12:00 AM Monday, June 16, 2008. An updated list of both Market Impact
SIRs and Internal ERCOT SIRs with no Market impact is included on the
attached document. Production Release has been rescheduled for the
following phased implementation:
* Phase 1: Performance Measures reporting - 06/21/2008
Maintenance Release
* Phase 2: Transaction timing and prioritization & SIR 11820 -
07/12/2008 On-Cycle Release
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:
* 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
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Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 3:08 PM
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Subject: M-B042808-02 REMINDER - Release - Retail: 12:00 PM Saturday,
June 14, 2008 through 12:00 AM Monday, June 16, 2008.
NOTICE DATE: June 4, 2008
NOTICE TYPE: M-B042808-02 REMINDER - 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.
Please note that Project PR-60008_01 will be implemented during this
Release outage. This project will impact current ERCOT protocols.
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:
* 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
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From: ERCOT Client Relations
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 4:00 PM
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Subject: M-B042808-01 Release - Retail: 12:00 PM Saturday, June 14, 2008
through 12:00 AM Monday, June 16, 2008.
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:
* 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
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