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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