NOTICE DATE:  June 21, 2013

NOTICE TYPE:  M-A052313-03 Release – Retail

SHORT DESCRIPTION:  REMINDER – ERCOT has an on-cycle Retail Release planned for 17:00 Saturday, June 22, 2013 through 00:00 Monday, June 24, 2013

INTENDED AUDIENCE:  ERCOT Market Participants

DAYS AFFECTED: 17:00 Saturday, June 22, 2013 through 00:00 Monday, June 24, 2013

LONG DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT has an on-cycle Retail Release planned for 17:00 Saturday, June 22, 2013 through 00:00 Monday, June 24, 2013.

ERCOT will implement an upgrade to the Retail MarkeTrak application and database.

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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