Alan, et al,

Below is an importnat announcement from the CAISO about its OASIS upgrade implementation, I know some may have received it, but I believe it is important that we be sure all the right folks there in Portland have reviewed it. 

If there are any questions regarding this message I'll be happy to work with the CAISO to clarify any questions.

If there is anyone else in Portland who should review this message, please pass it along.

Kind Regards,

Dave
---------------------- Forwarded by Dave Perrino/SF/ECT on 06/25/2001 08:27 AM ---------------------------


CRCommunications <CRCommunications@caiso.com> on 06/25/2001 08:15:30 AM
To:	ISO Market Participants <IMCEAEX-_O=CAISO_OU=CORPORATE_CN=DISTRIBUTION+20LISTS_CN=ISO+20MARKET+20PARTICIPANTS@caiso.com>
cc:	 

Subject:	CAISO Notification- OASIS Re-design




		 		 Oasis Re-Design Notice 



		 This notice is being issued to the Market Participants regarding the
OASIS Re-Design Project.
Included in this notice are the following:
*		 Schedule for implementation of the OASIS Re-Design site
*		 Release Notes for OASIS Version 1.1		 
*		 
*		 
*		 OASIS Release Schedule: 
*		 
*		 Monday, June 25th, 2001 - The http://oasisp.caiso.com OASIS
Re-Design site is available for the Market Participants use in parallel
processing mode. This allows for development, fault tolerant handling and
regression testing. 
*		 During this time, all system malfunctions which require IMMEDIATE
attention should be routed through the ISO Network Support at 1-888-889-0450
*		 Please report any other issues to the OASIS team e-mail at
http://XMLWG@CAISO.COM
*		 Monday, June 25th, 2001 -  Release of OASIS Version 1.1 - Please see
Release Notes below.
*		 Wednesday, June 27th, 2001 - TSWG Conference Call 1:30pm PPT. Call
In Number (877) 670-4111  Passcode 246870
*		 Friday, June 29th, 2001 - End of fault tolerant/regression testing
period. 
*		 
*		 Monday, July 2nd, 2001 - Begin of Market Simulation.
*		 Monday, July 2nd, 2001 - Conference Call to detail Market Simulation
plan. (details to follow) 
*		 Tuesday, July 3rd, 2001 - Structured Fault Tolerant Testing with
conference bridge.
*		 Thursday, July 5th, 2001 - Structured Fault Tolerant Testing with
conference bridge.
*		 Friday, July 6th, 2001 - End of Market Simulation.
*		 
*		 Monday, July 9th, 2001 - Release to Production 
*		 
*		 
*		 
*		 OASIS Version 1.1 -  Release Notes
*		 
*		 
*		 Release Date: June 25th, 2001
*		 
*		 These release notes provide a summary of the new features and system
enhancements that have been implemented since the last release.   
*		 
*		 Home Page 
*		 Added Link to Transmission Owners Forum. 
*		 
*		 Data Report Tabs 
*		 Forecasts - Fuel and Emissions Prices
*		 Added XML download functionality
*		 Added to  "F07" download group
*		 
*		 Ex-Post - Price Mitigation Status
*		 Changed name of report to Proxy Bid Utilization Status. 
*		 Added XML download functionality. 
*		 Added to "T" download group 
*		 
*		 OASIS Help
*		 Under Downloading in XML,  added Fault Tolerance Considerations
document that contains recommendations for user settings to allow for best
results in a failover condition. 
*		 Under Downloading in XML, added Automating Data Retrievals document
that describes the suggested method to detect when new data publications
have been pushed to the OASIS site.  
*		 
*		 
*		 
*		 
*		 Changes Effecting Customer
*		  Automated Interface Development
*		 
*		 
*		 In Maintypes.xsd, TRNS_ZONAL_CONG_PRC_DIF changed to
TRNS_ZONAL_CNGS_PRC_DIF.
*		 In the Atlas - Zonal Reference Report, report name in XML changed to
ATLS_MF_ZONE_REF.
*		 As indicated above, added Fuel and Emissions Prices report to the
"F07" group download.
*		 As indicated above, added Proxy Bid Utilization Status report to the
"T" group download.
*		 
*		 
*		 Internal System Enhancements
*		  
*		 Modified Domain Name Server configuration to allow for improved load
balancing and enhanced fault tolerance. 

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