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NOTICE DATE:  January 14, 2020

NOTICE TYPE:  M-B011420-01 Operations

SHORT DESCRIPTION:  Action Required: ERCOT Market Operations Test Environment (MOTE) and Retail Market Test Environment (RMTE) External Web Services (EWS) Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate renewal

INTENDED AUDIENCE:  Market Participant personnel that administer programmatic access to ERCOT’s Market Operations Test Environment (MOTE) and Retail Market Test Environment (RMTE)

DAY AFFECTED:  January 10, 2020

LONG DESCRIPTION:  On January 10, 2020, ERCOT renewed the DigiCert MOTE API Public Key SSL certificate used by the Market Operations Test Environment (MOTE) and Retail Market Test Environment (RMTE) External Web Services (EWS).

MOTE/RMTE URLs affected by this change:

Note that there is no impact to Market Participants who access secure ERCOT websites through a web browser.

ACTION REQUIRED:  Market Participants must download the new MOTE/RMTE API Public Key and install it into their application’s key store.

All Certificates, including the updated public key, are available for download on ERCOT.com at http://www.ercot.com/services/mdt/webservices/.

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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