NOTICE DATE:  September 16, 2009 

NOTICE TYPE:  M-A082609-03 REMINDER: Release - Retail   

SHORT DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT has an on-cycle retail release scheduled from 6:00 AM Saturday, September 26, 2009 through 6:00 PM Sunday, September 27, 2009.

INTENDED AUDIENCE:  All Market Participants        

DAY AFFECTED:  6:00 AM Saturday, September 26, 2009 through 6:00 PM Sunday, September 27, 2009.

LONG DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT has an on-cycle retail release scheduled from 6:00 AM Saturday, September 26, 2009 through 6:00 PM Sunday, September 27, 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 this 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].

 

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JR/DH/DP     

From: ERCOT Client Relations
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 4:07 PM
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Subject: M-A082609-02 UPDATE: Release - Retail - 6:00 AM Saturday, September 26, 2009 through 6:00 PM Sunday, September 27, 2009

 

NOTICE DATE:  September 10, 2009 

NOTICE TYPE:  M-A082609-02 UPDATE: Release - Retail   

SHORT DESCRIPTION:  With approval of the Retail Market Subcommittee, the timeframe for the September on-cycle release has been adjusted to start and finish six hours earlier than usual.

The September ERCOT on-cycle retail release is planned for 6:00 AM Saturday, September 26, 2009 through 6:00 PM Sunday, September 27, 2009.

INTENDED AUDIENCE:  All Market Participants        

DAY AFFECTED:  6:00 AM Saturday, September 26, 2009 through 6:00 PM Sunday, September 27, 2009.

LONG DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT has an on-cycle retail release scheduled from 6:00 AM Saturday, September 26, 2009 through 6:00 PM Sunday, September 27, 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 this 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/DH   

  

From: ERCOT Client Relations
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 10:08 AM
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Subject: M-A082609-01 Release - Retail - 12:00 PM Saturday, September 26, 2009 through 12:00 AM Monday, September 28, 2009

 

 NOTICE DATE:  August 26, 2009 

NOTICE TYPE:  M-A082609-01 Release - Retail   

SHORT DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT has an on-cycle retail release planned for 12:00 PM Saturday, September 26, 2009 through 12:00 AM Monday, September 28, 2009.

INTENDED AUDIENCE:  All Market Participants        

DAY AFFECTED:  12:00 PM Saturday, September 26, 2009 through 12:00 AM Monday, September 28, 2009.

LONG DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT has an on-cycle retail release scheduled from 12:00 PM Saturday, September 26, 2009 through 12:00 AM Monday, September 28, 2009.

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

The following projects will be implemented during this 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