NOTICE DATE:  April 16, 2009

NOTICE TYPE: M-A041609-01 INITIAL: Release - Retail

SHORT DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT has an on-cycle Retail Release planned for 12:00 PM Saturday, May 16, 2009 through 12:00 AM Monday, May 18, 2009.

INTENDED AUDIENCE:  All Market Participants

DAY AFFECTED:  12:00 PM Saturday, May 16, 2009 through 12:00 AM Monday, May 18, 2009

LONG DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT has an on-cycle Retail Release scheduled from 12:00 PM Saturday, May 16, 2009 through 12:00 AM Monday, May 18, 2009 to implement PR 80040_01. 

PR 80040_01 implements integration best practices recommended by Oracle in an effort to resolve internal Customer Registration Database issues.

Implementation of PR 80040_01 will also enhance the stability between Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) servers and the Customer Registration Database as well as improve EAI server notifications and alerts.

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 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].

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JR/DH/DP