The ERCOT planned maintenance outage completed at approximately 16:37 this afternoon, Sunday, April 21, 2013.  All systems and transaction processing were reinstated at that time.
Connectivity issues such as NAESB or MIS can be reported to the ERCOT Help Desk at 512-248-6800, [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or tomorrow to your ERCOT Account Manager.

JR
From: ERCOT Client Services
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 2:04 PM
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Subject: M-B032113-03 REMINDER - On-cycle Retail Release on 17:00 Saturday, April 20, 2013 through 00:00 Monday, April 22, 2013


NOTICE DATE:  April 19, 2013

NOTICE TYPE:  M-B032113-03 Release - Retail

SHORT DESCRIPTION:  REMINDER - On-cycle Retail Release on 17:00 Saturday, April 20, 2013 through 00:00 Monday, April 22, 2013

INTENDED AUDIENCE:  All Market Participants

DAYS AFFECTED: 17:00 Saturday, April 20, 2013 through 00:00 Monday, April 22, 2013

LONG DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT has an on-cycle Retail Release planned for 17:00 Saturday, April 20, 2013 through 00:00 Monday, April 22, 2013
ERCOT will implement an upgrade to Retail databases.
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 of the MIS and the Retail API will not be available.
  *   MPIM will not be available.
  *   eService application will be unavailable on the Market Information System (MIS).


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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