NOTICE DATE:  January 30, 2015

NOTICE TYPE:  M-B010215-03 Release – Retail/Wholesale

SHORT DESCRIPTION:  Reminder - Implementation of market-facing changes for February 2015 

INTENDED AUDIENCE:  ERCOT Market Participants

DAYS AFFECTED:  February 2 - 6, 2015

LONG DESCRIPTION:  ERCOT will be implementing a number of market-facing changes in the production environment on February 2 - 6, 2015. Please see the attached spreadsheet for the description and estimate of the release date for each change.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:  ERCOT systems may experience intermittent service interruptions during the implementation period. The systems include, but are not limited to:

• Market Management System User Interface

o During this outage, please use https://mis.ercot.com/mmsui/mmsui/displayTradesLanding.action to directly access the Market Manager

• Components of the ERCOT Market Information System (MIS) including:

o Report publishing to the MIS

o Downloading of extracts and reports from MIS and External Web Services (EWS)

o Current Day Reports (CDRs) without retry functionality may not be rerun for the missed postings during the outage

o MIS and ERCOT.com dashboards and search functionality

Information on upcoming releases can be found on the Project Priority List (PPL).

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].

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