NOTICE DATE:  October 3, 2008

NOTICE TYPE:  M-A100308-01   Extracts Wholesale/Retail

CLASSIFICATION: Public

SHORT DESCRIPTION:  ASBIDSTACKS DDL Update

INTENDED AUDIENCE:  ERCOT Market Participants

DAY AFFECTED:  October 9, 2008

LONG DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT is updating the DDL for the ASBIDSTACKS extract
to correct column names and to further explain the columns in the
extract.  The updated DDL will be added to the website as
ASBID_STACKS_v03.sql on October 9, 2008.  

An important note, there are no changes being made to the ASBIDSTACK
extract file, this is a correction to the DDL which is an optional file
used by Market Participants to understand the contents and structure of
the existing posting.

The ASIDSTACK posting is located at 
https://pi.ercot.com/contentproxy/publicList?folder_id=10001685 and can
also be accessed from the Public portion of the Report Explorer for your
company on the Texas Market Link (TML).

 

The changes to the DDL are as follows:

 

*        For Table REGUPPRICE, Column RESPONSIVEPRICE is changing to
REGUPPRICE

*        For Table REGDWPRICE, Column REGUPPRICE is changing to
REGDWPRICE

*        For Table RESPRESERVPRICE, Column REGDNPRICE is changing to
RESPRESERVPRICE

 

ERCOT has also updated the comments to reflect this new name change as
well as add a comment for column ASBIDMW for each of the tables in this
DDL.   The new DDL is attached for your reference.

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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