NOTICE DATE:  March 5, 2012
NOTICE TYPE:  M-A030512-01 Outage - Retail/Wholesale
SHORT DESCRIPTION:  MIR outage impacting Extract and Report content retrieval

INTENDED AUDIENCE:  ERCOT Market Participants

DAY AFFECTED:  March 5, 2012, 15:15 - 16:00
LONG DESCRIPTION:  In order to implement a system patch required for Daylight Saving Time, ERCOT will take an approximate 30 minute outage to the Market Information Repository (MIR) which will impact Extract and Report retrieval functionality. The outage will occur between 15:15 and 16:00 this afternoon.

During this timeframe, Market Participants will be unable to download or retrieve content from the following systems:

*         Market Information System (MIS)

*         The ERCOT Website (ERCOT.com)

*         External Web Services (EWS)
ADDITONAL INFORMATION:  Dashboards on the ERCOT Website will be intermittently affected during this timeframe.
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 email at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.

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