NOTICE DATE:  June 25, 2010
NOTICE TYPE:  M-A062210-02 REMINDER: Release - Retail/Wholesale
SHORT DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT has an on-cycle release planned for 12:00 Saturday, June 26, 2010 through 00:00 AM Monday, June 28, 2010.
INTENDED AUDIENCE:  All Market Participants
DAY AFFECTED:  12:00 Saturday, June 26, 2010 through 00:00 AM Monday, June 28, 2010
LONG DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT has an on-cycle release planned for 12:00 Saturday, June 26, 2010 through 00:00 AM Monday, June 28, 2010.
During the outage, ERCOT will:

 *   Complete the implementation of internal Project 90006 - Information Lifecycle Management (ILM).
 *   Implement MarkeTrak changes
    *   Configuration change in support of Meter Tampering Business Process (P.U.C. SUBST. R. 25.126)
    *   Resolve defect for date field in Data Extract Variance LSE issue types
 *   MPIM changes to resolve defects
    *    CP EXTRACTS role to be added for CRRCP Org Profile.  However, the role is not currently functional.  Please continue to use the role CRR EXTRACTS until notified.
    *   MPIM e-mail notifications will now contain DUNS numbers in the subject line.
There are no SIRs being implemented in this release.
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 submitted via EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) and AMS LSE files.
*      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<http://www.ercot.com/>
*        MarkeTrak - https://marketrak.ercot.com:8443/tmtrack.dll?
*        TCR - https://tcr.ercot.com<https://tcr.ercot.com/>
*        Texas Renewables - www.texasrenewables.com<http://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]<mailto:[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<http://lists.ercot.com/>.
JR

From: ERCOT Client Relations
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 4:04 PM
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Subject: M-A062210-01 INITIAL: Release - Retail/Wholesale

NOTICE DATE:  June 22, 2010
NOTICE TYPE:  M-A062210-01 INITIAL: Release - Retail/Wholesale
SHORT DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT has an on-cycle release planned for 12:00 Saturday, June 26, 2010 through 00:00 AM Monday, June 28, 2010.
INTENDED AUDIENCE:  All Market Participants
DAY AFFECTED:  12:00 Saturday, June 26, 2010 through 00:00 AM Monday, June 28, 2010
LONG DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT has an on-cycle release planned for 12:00 Saturday, June 26, 2010 through 00:00 AM Monday, June 28, 2010.
During the outage, ERCOT will:

 *   Complete the implementation of internal Project 90006 - Information Lifecycle Management (ILM).
 *   Implement MarkeTrak changes
    *   Configuration change in support of Meter Tampering Business Process (P.U.C. SUBST. R. 25.126)
    *   Resolve defect for date field in Data Extract Variance LSE issue types
 *   MPIM changes to resolve defects
    *    CP EXTRACTS role to be added for CRRCP Org Profile.  However, the role is not currently functional.  Please continue to use the role CRR EXTRACTS until notified.
    *   MPIM e-mail notifications will now contain DUNS numbers in the subject line.
There are no SIRs being implemented in this release.
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 submitted via EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) and AMS LSE files.
*      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<http://www.ercot.com/>
*        MarkeTrak - https://marketrak.ercot.com:8443/tmtrack.dll?
*        TCR - https://tcr.ercot.com<https://tcr.ercot.com/>
*        Texas Renewables - www.texasrenewables.com<http://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]<mailto:[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<http://lists.ercot.com/>.
DP/JR