NOTICE DATE: February
9, 2009
NOTICE TYPE:
W-A020509-02 Operations
SHORT DESCRIPTION: DATE
CORRECTION - The ERCOT Market
Operations Test Environment (MOTE) will be open for Daylight Savings Time
testing
INTENDED AUDIENCE: QSE Operations Personnel
DAY AFFECTED: February
17 and February 19, 2009
LONG DESCRIPTION: Some
of the dates listed below in the MOTE DST Testing schedule were incorrectly
dated 2008 in the previous notice. All of the dates listed for the MOTE
DST Testing below are correctly listed as 2009.
The ERCOT Market Operations Test
Environment (MOTE) will be available for Market Participant testing
on Tuesday, February 17, 2009, with a back-up testing day of Thursday,
February 19, 2009. This testing will follow the simulated times
shown in the table below. The MOTE will be unavailable on February 16,
2009, in order to prepare for the tests.
|
MOTE DST Testing |
|
|
|
Real-time |
Simulated time |
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/17/2009 08:00 |
03/07/2009 19:00 |
Start test; Day Ahead and
AS/RPRS Markets Open |
|
02/17/2009 10:00 |
03/07/2009 21:00 |
AS Market Close |
|
02/17/2009 10:30 |
03/07/2009 21:30 |
Day Ahead Market Close, run
RPRS |
|
02/17/2009 13:00 |
03/07/2009 00:00 |
Start of DST day/00:00 of 23
hr day |
|
02/17/2009 14:00 |
03/08/2009 01:00 |
|
|
02/17/2009 15:00 |
03/08/2009 03:00 |
DST Transition |
|
02/17/2009 17:00 |
03/08/2009 05:00 |
Close of test |
|
|
|
|
|
Real-time |
Simulated time |
|
|
02/19/2009 08:00 |
03/07/2009 19:00 |
Start test; Day Ahead and
AS/RPRS Markets Open |
|
02/19/2009 10:00 |
03/07/2009 21:00 |
AS Market Close |
|
02/19/2009 10:30 |
03/07/2009 21:30 |
Day Ahead Market Close, run
RPRS |
|
02/19/2009 13:00 |
03/08/2009 00:00 |
Start of DST day |
|
02/19/2009 14:00 |
03/08/2009 01:00 |
|
|
02/19/2009 15:00 |
03/08/2009 03:00 |
DST Transition |
|
02/19/2009 17:00 |
03/08/2009 05:00 |
Close of test |
|
|
|
|
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Please refer to the latest version
of the Market Participant XML Interface document for additional
The following are examples of how the 15 minute
intervals for March 8, 2009, are labeled:
…
0130
0145
0300
0315
0330
etc.
and the hourly intervals are labeled as follows:
…
0100
0300
0400
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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