NOTICE DATE: December 12,
2008
NOTICE TYPE:
M-B111308-03 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. For additional information on PR
-80028_01 see the attached PR-80028-01 for Small Renewables Distributed
Generation document.
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
·
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.
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.
DH/DP/JA
From: ERCOT
Client Relations
Sent:
Thursday, November 13, 2008 11:14 AM
To:
Cc: [log in to unmask];
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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]com.
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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