NOTICE DATE: December 3, 2008
NOTICE TYPE:
M-B111308-02 REMINDER: Release -
Retail
SHORT DESCRIPTION: ERCOT has
an on-cycle Retail Release planned for 12:00 PM Saturday, December 13, 2008
through 12:00 AM Monday, December 15, 2008.
INTENDED AUDIENCE: All Market
Participants
DAY AFFECTED: 12:00 PM
Saturday, December 13, 2008 through 12:00 AM Monday, December 15, 2008.
LONG DESCRIPTION: ERCOT
has an on-cycle Retail Release scheduled from 12:00 PM Saturday, December 13,
2008 through 12:00 AM Monday, December 15, 2008. For reference, three
Market impacting projects, one Market impacting SIR, and three SIRs with no
Market impact are included in the attachment.
ERCOT will also use the normal MarkeTrak maintenance window
beginning 7:00 PM Friday, December 12, 2008 through 12:00 AM Monday, December
15, 2008 to implement PR-70007_01 - MarkeTrak Enhancements, Release 3.
MarkeTrak service availability is 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM during retail business
days.
ERCOT will implement PR-80028_01: Revision requests PRR 756
and LPGRR 30. These revision requests are necessary to comply with HB
3693.
ERCOT will implement NP-63C01_01 to enhance the Customer
Registration Database to the Settlements and Billing Database data exchange for
Market Participant data.
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
·
MarkeTrak - https://marketrak.ercot.com:8443/tmtrack.dll?
· TCR - https://tcr.ercot.com
· Texas
Renewables – www.texasrenewables.com
MOS, Scheduling API, MOSTML, MOSPUBLIC,
and Outage Scheduler will not be affected as there will be a DNS failover from
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 from this list: http://lists.ercot.com.
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From: ERCOT Client
Relations
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008
11:14 AM
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Subject: M-B111308-01 INITIAL:
Release - Retail - 12:00 PM Saturday, December 13, 2008 through 12:00 AM
Monday, December 15, 2008.
NOTICE DATE: November 13, 2008
NOTICE TYPE:
M-B111308-01 Initial Release - Retail
SHORT DESCRIPTION: ERCOT has
an on-cycle Retail Release planned for 12:00 PM Saturday, December 13, 2008
through 12:00 AM Monday, December 15, 2008.
INTENDED AUDIENCE: All Market
Participants
DAY AFFECTED: 12:00 PM
Saturday, December 13, 2008 through 12:00 AM Monday, December 15, 2008.
LONG DESCRIPTION: ERCOT
has an on-cycle Retail Release scheduled from 12:00 PM Saturday, December 13, 2008
through 12:00 AM Monday, December 15, 2008. For reference, three Market
impacting projects and three SIRs with no Market impact are included in the
attachment.
ERCOT will also use the normal MarkeTrak maintenance window
beginning 7:00 PM Friday, December 12, 2008 through 12:00 AM Monday, December
15, 2008 to implement PR-70007_01 - MarkeTrak Enhancements, Release 3.
MarkeTrak service availability is 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM during retail business
days.
ERCOT will implement PR-80028_01: Revision requests PRR 756
and LPGRR 30. These revision requests are necessary to comply with HB
3693.
ERCOT will implement NP-63C01_01 to enhance the Customer
Registration Database to the Settlements and Billing Database data exchange for
Market Participant data.
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
·
· 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
· MarkeTrak
- https://marketrak.ercot.com:8443/tmtrack.dll?
· TCR - https://tcr.ercot.com
·
MOS, Scheduling API, MOSTML, MOSPUBLIC,
and Outage Scheduler will not be affected as there will be a DNS failover from
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 from this list: http://lists.ercot.com.
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