NOTICE DATE: June 23, 2008

NOTICE TYPE: R-B060208-02 – UPDATE Informational PR70007_01 MarkeTrak Enhancements - Release 2B .wsdl and .xsd, and Bulk Insert Appendix A

CLASSIFICATION: Public

SHORT DESCRIPTION: ERCOT has an off-cycle Retail Release beginning 12:00 PM Saturday, August 16, 2008 through 12:00 AM Monday, August 18, 2008. As a result of this Release, the attached PR70007_01 MarkeTrak Enhancements – Release 2B .wsdl, .xsd, and Bulk Insert Appendix A changes will be implemented. The attached .wsdl, .xsd is at 90% complete pending testing.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: CRs and TDSPs

DAY AFFECTED: 12:00 PM Saturday, August 16, 2008 through 12:00 AM Monday, August 18, 2008

LONG DESCRIPTION: ERCOT has an off-cycle Retail Release beginning 12:00 PM Saturday, August 16, 2008 through 12:00 AM Monday, August 18, 2008. As a result of this Release the attached PR70007_01 MarkeTrak Enhancements – Release 2B .wsdl, .xsd, and Bulk Insert Appendix A changes must be implemented. The attached .wsdl, .xsd is at 90% complete pending testing. The final Release 2 Bundle will be delivered by 08/01/2008.

The following requirements will be implemented as part of Release 2B:

Requirement 5 - Market: Add Bulk Insert Number to Issues

Requirement 9 – Market: Require Comments for Siebel Chg/Info Sub-Types

Requirement 10 – Market: Add Service Period Start Date Field to Missing Transaction, Projects, Siebel Chg/Info, Other, Usage and Billing and REP of Record Subtypes. Add Service Period Step Date Field to REP of Record and usage and Billing Sub-types.

Requirement 11 – Market: Add ISA Field to Submit for 997, Projects, and Other Sub-types

Requirement 12 – Market: Add a new required field to the Reject Sub-type to provide the Reject Reason

Requirement 20 – ERCOT: Provide “First Touched Date”

Requirement 30 - Market: Add “New Total” Required Field to Certain DEV IDR Sub-types

Requirement 34 – Market: Special Character Requirements

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

Please be aware, if you use the MarkeTrak API, you must keep your existing code for the Inadvertent Switch workflow. This existing code will need to be utilized in order to update old Inadvertent Switch issues that were submitted prior to August 18, 2008.

The attached Bulk Insert Appendix A will need to be used to submit a Bulk Insert issue following this release. ERCOT will not supply the bulk insert templates for Release 2.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The PR70007_01 MarkeTrak Enhancements – Release 3 .wsdl and .xsd will be sent to the market on Monday, September 22nd, 2008.

The Release 2B .wsdl, .xsd, and Bulk Insert Appendix A will be posted tomorrow, June 24^th to the MarkeTrak Information page (http://www.ercot.com/services/client_svcs/mktrk_info/) and the PR70007_01 project page (http://www.ercot.com/services/projects/current/70007_01/).

The Detail Business Requirements and Conceptual System Design are located at http://www.ercot.com/services/projects/current/70007_01/.

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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Subject: R-B060208-01 - Informational: PR70007_01 MarkeTrak Enhancements - Release 2A .wsdl, .xsd, and Bulk Insert Appendix A

NOTICE DATE: June 2, 2008

NOTICE TYPE: R-B060208-01 – Informational: PR70007_01 MarkeTrak Enhancements - Release 2A .wsdl, .xsd, and Bulk Insert Appendix A

CLASSIFICATION: Public

SHORT DESCRIPTION: ERCOT has a scheduled Retail Release beginning 12:00 PM Saturday, August 16, 2008 through 12:00 AM Monday, August 18, 2008. As a result of this Release the attached PR70007_01 MarkeTrak Enhancements – Release 2A .wsdl, .xsd, and Bulk Insert Appendix A changes must be implemented.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: CRs and TDSPs

DAY AFFECTED: 12:00 PM Saturday, August 16, 2008 through 12:00 AM Monday, August 18, 2008

LONG DESCRIPTION: ERCOT has a scheduled Retail Release beginning 12:00 PM Saturday, August 16, 2008 through 12:00 AM Monday, August 18, 2008. As a result of this Release the attached PR70007_01 MarkeTrak Enhancements – Release 2A .wsdl, .xsd, and Bulk Insert Appendix A changes must be implemented.

The following requirements will be implemented as part of Release 2A:

Requirement 7 – Market: Do not allow changes to the Title Field on MarkeTrak Issues

Requirement 8 – Market: Do not capture Non-ERCOT Owner during “Begin Working” unless the owner field is empty

Requirement 13 – Market: Changes to Missing Transaction Sub-type

Requirement 15 – Market: Validate ESI ID/TDSP Association

Requirement 16 – Market: Changes to Usage and Billing Sub-type

Requirement 18 – Market: Standardize Sub-type Names within DEV LSE issues

Requirement 22 – ERCOT: Validation of CR for Siebel Change, test Global id flag logic

Requirement 24 – ERCOT: Change the layout of the DEV Analysis Fields on GUI Screen for applicable DEV LSE Sub-types

Requirement 25 – Market: Inadvertent Gain

Requirement 26 – Market: Premise Type Field

Requirement 27 – Market: Add “Close” Capability for Submitting MP for the Day to Day and Inadvertent Gain Workflows

Requirement 28 – Various Changes to Cancel with Approval

Requirement 29 – Market: Various Changes to Cancel Without Approval

Requirement 32 – Market: Capture Modify/Reassign StartTime and/or StopTime fields on DEV LSE Issues and Make them available on the issue

Requirement 35 – Market: Add Close Capability for Submitting MP for all DEV Workflows

Requirement 43 – ERCOT: IAG Analysis Automation, add flag turnoff

Requirement 44 – ERCOT: DEV Analysis Automation , add flag turnoff

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

The attached Bulk Insert Appendix A will need to be used to submit a Bulk Insert issue following this release. ERCOT will not supply the bulk insert templates for Release 2.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Due to ‘sandbox’ requests from Market Participants involved in the Phase 2 project and the size of development and testing efforts, ERCOT has divided coding for the Release on August 16, 2008 into two sections. As a result the .wsdl and .xsd for the second ‘bucket’ of requirements to be implemented on August 16, 2008 will be provided in a separate Market notice on Monday, June 23, 2008.

The Release 2A .wsdl, .xsd, and Bulk Insert Appendix A will be posted tomorrow, Tuesday, June 3^rd to the MarkeTrak Information page (http://www.ercot.com/services/client_svcs/mktrk_info/) and the PR70007_01 project page (http://www.ercot.com/services/projects/current/70007_01/).

The Detail Business Requirements and Conceptual System Design are located at http://www.ercot.com/services/projects/current/70007_01/.

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