NOTICE DATE: February 20, 2009
NOTICE TYPE: R-A022009-01 Retail Processing
SHORT DESCRIPTION: On Wednesday, February 18, 2009,
ERCOT experienced an internal system processing issue affecting 867 and 814
transactions.
INTENDED AUDIENCE: CRs and TDSPs
DAY AFFECTED: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 from
5:30 AM to 8:30 AM
LONG DESCRIPTION: On Wednesday February 18, 2009 from
5:30 AM to 8:30 AM, ERCOT experienced
an internal system processing issue resulting in 18 files not processing.
The affected 867 transactions were not
processed into ERCOT’s Settlement system and forwarding transactions were not
sent to the appropriate Market Participants. The breakdown by transaction
type is as follows:
Transaction
Type |
Count |
814_01 |
52 |
814_04 |
32 |
814_16 |
11 |
814_24 |
6 |
814_25 |
9 |
862_02 |
11 |
867_03 |
29305 |
Total |
29426 |
Reprocessing of the affected transactions
was completed today. The
reprocessed 867 files will attempt to load into the settlement system batch
process tomorrow morning (Saturday, February 21, 2009).
The root cause was ERCOT’s Electronic Data
Interchange (EDI) application experiencing a degradation in which processes were
running long because of locks on the database. Additional details will be
provided in the monthly ERCOT IT Incident Market Notice Summary.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: ERCOT Retail Account Manager’s
will provide affected Market Participant’s with a list of impacted transactions
by the end of day Friday, February 20, 2009.
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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