NOTICE DATE: January 23, 2009 NOTICE TYPE: M-A122208-03 REMINDER: Release - Retail SHORT DESCRIPTION: ERCOT has an on-cycle Retail Release planned for 12:00 PM Saturday, January 24, 2009 through 12:00 AM Monday, January 26, 2009. INTENDED AUDIENCE: All Market Participants DAY AFFECTED: 12:00 PM Saturday, January 24, 2009 through 12:00 AM Monday, January 26, 2009. LONG DESCRIPTION: ERCOT has an on-cycle Retail Release scheduled from 12:00 PM Saturday, January 24, 2009 through 12:00 AM Monday, January 26, 2009. For reference, three Market impacting SIRs, three non-Market impacting SIRs, and one non-Market impacting project are included in the attachment. 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]<mailto:[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<http://lists.ercot.com/>. JR/DP ________________________________ From: ERCOT Client Relations Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 9:41 AM To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask] Cc: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; 1 ERCOT Client Service Reps Subject: M-A122208-02 REMINDER: Release - Retail 12:00 PM Saturday, January 24, 2009 through 12:00 AM Monday, January 26, 2009 NOTICE DATE: January 14, 2009 NOTICE TYPE: M-A122208-02 REMINDER: Release - Retail SHORT DESCRIPTION: ERCOT has an on-cycle Retail Release planned for 12:00 PM Saturday, January 24, 2009 through 12:00 AM Monday, January 26, 2009. INTENDED AUDIENCE: All Market Participants DAY AFFECTED: 12:00 PM Saturday, January 24, 2009 through 12:00 AM Monday, January 26, 2009. LONG DESCRIPTION: ERCOT has an on-cycle Retail Release scheduled from 12:00 PM Saturday, January 24, 2009 through 12:00 AM Monday, January 26, 2009. For reference, four Market impacting SIRs, three non-Market impacting SIRs, and one non-Market impacting project are included in the attachment. ERCOT will also use the normal MarkeTrak maintenance window beginning 7:00 PM Friday, January 23, 2009 through 12:00 AM Monday, January 26, 2009 to implement PR-70007_01 - MarkeTrak Enhancements, Release 4. MarkeTrak service availability is 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM during retail business days. ERCOT will implement SIR 12140 to enhance the Customer Registration Database with a change from Active Directory (AD) to Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP). This is to resolve the Market Participant Dispute function, which currently is not operating properly. ERCOT has had a workaround in place, and this enhancement will be a permanent solution. 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]<mailto:[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<http://lists.ercot.com/>. JR/DH/DP ________________________________ From: ERCOT Client Relations Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 2:04 PM To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask] Cc: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; 1 ERCOT Client Service Reps Subject: M-A122208-01 INITIAL: Release - Retail 12:00 PM Saturday, January 24, 2009 through 12:00 AM Monday, January 26, 2009 NOTICE DATE: December 22, 2008 NOTICE TYPE: M-A122208-01 INITIAL: Release - Retail SHORT DESCRIPTION: ERCOT has an on-cycle Retail Release planned for 12:00 PM Saturday, January 24, 2009 through 12:00 AM Monday, January 26, 2009. INTENDED AUDIENCE: All Market Participants DAY AFFECTED: 12:00 PM Saturday, January 24, 2009 through 12:00 AM Monday, January 26, 2009. LONG DESCRIPTION: ERCOT has an on-cycle Retail Release scheduled from 12:00 PM Saturday, January 24, 2009 through 12:00 AM Monday, January 26, 2009. For reference, three Market impacting SIRs, three non-Market impacting SIRs, and one non-Market impacting project are included in the attachment. ERCOT will also use the normal MarkeTrak maintenance window beginning 7:00 PM Friday, January 23, 2009 through 12:00 AM Monday, January 26, 2009 to implement PR-70007_01 - MarkeTrak Enhancements, Release 4. MarkeTrak service availability is 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM during retail business days. 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]<mailto:[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<http://lists.ercot.com/>. JR/DH/DP