NOTICE DATE:  November 1, 2012
NOTICE TYPE:  M-C110112-01 INITIAL: Maintenance Outage – Retail/Wholesale
SHORT DESCRIPTION:  Scheduled Maintenance Outage
INTENDED AUDIENCE:  All Market Participants
DAY AFFECTED:  Sunday, November 11, 2012 from 06:00 through 21:00
LONG DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT has scheduled a maintenance outage for Sunday, November 11, 2012 from 06:00 through 21:00.
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.
  *   MarkeTrak will be unavailable for the duration of the outage.

  *   Retail Application components of the MIS and the Retail API will NOT be available

  *   Retail Reports and Extracts may be impacted during the outage timeframe
  *   eService application will be unavailable on the Market Information System (MIS)

  *   MPIM will be unavailable for the duration of the outage.
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]>.
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