NOTICE
DATE: September
25, 2009
NOTICE
TYPE: M-A092509-01
– Informational – Internal update of the Premise Address data in
the Customer Registration Database
SHORT
DESCRIPTION:
ERCOT will perform an internal update of addresses in the Customer Registration
Database
INTENDED
AUDIENCE: All
Market Participants
DAY
AFFECTED:
Monday, October 26, 2009
LONG
DESCRIPTION: On
Monday, October 26, 2009, ERCOT will be performing an internal update to remove
invalid character combinations (i.e. &, &, APOS;, ',
') from the Premise Address field within the Customer Registration
Database.
These changes
will be reflected immediately in the Texas Market Link (TML) Find ESIID
application and on the Full TDSP ESI ID Extract, beginning with the posting on
Tuesday, November 3, 2009.
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION:
This effort is being performed so that Market Participants viewing the ESIID
Premise Address field on Texas Market Link (TML) or in ERCOT market participant
extracts receives the data correctly (without the invalid text of &,
&, APOS;, ', '). The invalid text of ‘amp’
will be replaced with the word ‘and’. The text of
‘apos’ will be completely removed. For example, HWY 16
& 11TH will become HWY 16 AND 11TH and, 10114 ST
GEORGE'S DR will become 10114 ST GEORGES DR.
Per Texas SET
guidelines, the Customer Service Address field (N301) in the 814_20 transaction
is an alphanumeric field, and punctuation must be excluded. Addresses
which contain the invalid character combinations were set up this way at market
open. Any 814_20 Create received by ERCOT that does not meet the Texas
SET guidelines will be rejected.
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].
DP/JR