NOTICE DATE:  August 21, 2009

NOTICE TYPE:  M-C072209-03 UPDATE: Release - Retail

SHORT DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT has cancelled the on-cycle release previously planned for 6:00 AM Saturday, August 22, 2009 through 6:00 PM Sunday, August 23, 2009.

INTENDED AUDIENCE:  All Market Participants        

DAY AFFECTED:  6:00 AM Saturday, August 22, 2009 through 6:00 PM Sunday, August 23, 2009

LONG DESCRIPTION:  The projects previously scheduled for release this weekend have not completed required testing and therefore will not be released. As a result, ERCOT has cancelled the on-cycle retail release planned for 6:00 AM Saturday, August 22, 2009 through 6:00 PM Sunday, August 23, 2009. Additional notification will be provided once testing has been completed and the release rescheduled.

For review, the projects listed below were to be a part of this weekend’s release:

PR80031_01 - Retail Application Upgrades

PR50061_01 EDI server and NAESB Transition to ISM

The non-market facing SIRs will still be implemented as they do not affect any retail market functions.  For review, these SIRs are included in the attachment.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:  All retail market functions will be available over the weekend.

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].

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. 

JR/DH/DP     

 

From: ERCOT Client Relations
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 2:39 PM
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Subject: M-C072209-02 REMINDER: Release - Retail 6:00 AM Saturday, August 22, 2009 through 6:00 PM Sunday, August 23, 2009

 

NOTICE DATE:  August 13, 2009

NOTICE TYPE:  M-C072209-02 REMINDER: Release - Retail

SHORT DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT has an on-cycle retail release planned for 6:00 AM Saturday, August 22, 2009 through 6:00 PM Sunday, August 23, 2009.

INTENDED AUDIENCE:  All Market Participants        

DAY AFFECTED:  6:00 AM Saturday, August 22, 2009 through 6:00 PM Sunday, August 23, 2009

LONG DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT has an on-cycle retail release planned for 6:00 AM Saturday, August 22, 2009 through 6:00 PM Sunday, August 23, 2009. With approval of the Retail Market Subcommittee, the timeframe for this release has been adjusted to start and finish six hours earlier than usual.

For reference, SIRs to be implemented on this release are included in the attachment.

The following projects will be implemented during the release:

PR80031_01 - Retail Application Upgrades

PR50061_01 EDI server and NAESB Transition to ISM

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].

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. 

JR/DP 

 

From: ERCOT Client Relations
Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 3:11 PM
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Subject: M-C072209-01 INITIAL: Release - Retail 6:00 AM Saturday, August 22, 2009 through 6:00 PM Sunday, August 23, 2009

 

NOTICE DATE:  July 22, 2009

NOTICE TYPE:  M-C072209-01 INITIAL: Release - Retail

SHORT DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT has an on-cycle retail release planned for 6:00 AM Saturday, August 22, 2009 through 6:00 PM Sunday, August 23, 2009.

INTENDED AUDIENCE:  All Market Participants        

DAY AFFECTED:  6:00 AM Saturday, August 22, 2009 through 6:00 PM Sunday, August 23, 2009

LONG DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT has an on-cycle retail release planned for 6:00 AM Saturday, August 22, 2009 through 6:00 PM Sunday, August 23, 2009. With approval of the Retail Market Subcommittee, the timeframe for this release has been adjusted to start and finish six hours earlier than usual.

For reference, five (5) non-market impacting SIRs are included in the attachment. There are no market-impacting SIRs included in this release.

The following projects will be implemented during the release:

PR80031_01 - Retail Application Upgrades

PR50061_01 EDI server and NAESB Transition to ISM

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].

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. 

JR/DP