NOTICE DATE: August 15, 2012 NOTICE TYPE: M-A072612-02 REMINDER: Release – Retail SHORT DESCRIPTION: ERCOT has an on-cycle retail release planned for 12:00 Saturday, August 25, 2012 through 00:00 Monday, August 27, 2012 INTENDED AUDIENCE: All Market Participants DAYS AFFECTED: 12:00 Saturday, August 25, 2012 through 00:00 Monday, August 27, 2012 LONG DESCRIPTION: ERCOT has an on-cycle retail release planned for 12:00 Saturday, August 25, 2012 through 00:00 Monday, August 27, 2012. Three Change Requests are being implemented during this release. For your reference, they are listed below. Change ID Change Description CR45791 In a small number of instances, some MVOs or MVO to CSAs are being hard cancelled when there is a MVI with an SMRD. They should actually be soft cancelled with A95. CR45866 In the event an 814_20 add is submitted to ERCOT with the TDSP AMS Indicator containing R (REF~MR~R), ERCOT is incorrectly storing the R. Code is being updated to prohibit the R values from populating in the TDSP_AMS_INDICATOR column of the TDSP ESIID Extract (reported in market notice R-A070612-01) and on MIS Find ESIID. CR46049 The MarkeTrak API XSD/WSDL is being updated to correct the format of a state name change in the Customer Rescission workflow. State name Regaining Transaction Re-Submitted (PC) is being updated to Regaining Transaction Re_Submitted (PC). ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: During this 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. * 867 Transactions will NOT be forwarded during the outage. * 997 Functional Acknowledgements will NOT be sent during the outage. * MarkeTrak will be unavailable for the duration of the outage. * Retail components on MIS and the Retail API will not be available. * eService application will be unavailable on the Market Information System (MIS). * The following ERCOT internet services could potentially be affected and NOT available during this outage, including but not limited to: * Texas Renewables – www.texasrenewables.com<http://www.texasrenewables.com> · Retail Reports and Extracts may be impacted during the outage 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 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/DH 369882 From: ERCOT Client Services Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 11:00 AM To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask] Cc: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; 1 ERCOT Client Service Reps Subject: M-A072612-01 INITIAL: Release – Retail - 12:00 Saturday, August 25, 2012 through 00:00 Monday, August 27, 2012 NOTICE DATE: July 26, 2012 NOTICE TYPE: M-A072612-01 INITIAL: Release – Retail SHORT DESCRIPTION: ERCOT has an on-cycle retail release planned for 12:00 Saturday, August 25, 2012 through 00:00 Monday, August 27, 2012 INTENDED AUDIENCE: All Market Participants DAYS AFFECTED: 12:00 Saturday, August 25, 2012 through 00:00 Monday, August 27, 2012 LONG DESCRIPTION: ERCOT has an on-cycle retail release planned for 12:00 Saturday, August 25, 2012 through 00:00 Monday, August 27, 2012. Three Change Requests are being implemented during this release. For your reference, they are listed below. Change ID Change Description CR45791 In a small number of instances, some MVOs or MVO to CSAs are being hard cancelled when there is a MVI with an SMRD. They should actually be soft cancelled with A95. CR45866 In the event an 814_20 add is submitted to ERCOT with the TDSP AMS Indicator containing R (REF~MR~R), ERCOT is incorrectly storing the R. Code is being updated to prohibit the R values from populating in the TDSP_AMS_INDICATOR column of the TDSP ESIID Extract (reported in market notice R-A070612-01) and on MIS Find ESIID. CR46049 The MarkeTrak API XSD/WSDL is being updated to correct the format of a state name change in the Customer Rescission workflow. State name Regaining Transaction Re-Submitted (PC) is being updated to Regaining Transaction Re_Submitted (PC). ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: During this 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. * 867 Transactions will NOT be forwarded during the outage. * 997 Functional Acknowledgements will NOT be sent during the outage. * MarkeTrak will be unavailable for the duration of the outage. * Retail components on MIS and the Retail API will not be available. * eService application will be unavailable on the Market Information System (MIS). * The following ERCOT internet services could potentially be affected and NOT available during this outage, including but not limited to: * Texas Renewables – www.texasrenewables.com<http://www.texasrenewables.com> · Retail Reports and Extracts may be impacted during the outage 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 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/>. DH/JA/JR 369882