1. V12.00.00 Retail Market Release (ROI & NI)
Detailed Co-Ordinated Cutover Plan – Walkthrough
Thursday 4th April 2019

2. Agenda Topic Element Organisation Presenter Intro Intro & Status RMDS
Lindsay Sharpe
Coordinated Cutover Plan
Overview
Detailed Walkthrough
Key Considerations
Schema Upgrade
Self Service Re-Fresh
ATOS
Enda Maguire
IPT Lessons Learned
Hyper Care
Hyper Care Arrangements
Patrick Moran
Post Cutover
Eircode Batch Update Process
Market Documents Publication
Summary
AOB, Q&As
All

3. Retail Market Release v12.00.00 (ROI & NI) Update
Thursday 4th April 2019

4. Market Release V12.00.00 – Scope
MCR
Description
Status
MCR0175
New Reject Reasons for Address Change Rejection
MCR1173
Vulnerable Customer Implementation in ROI of SI 463
MCR1167
Facilitate energy efficiencies in Local Authority Public Lighting
MCR1140
Introduction of Eircodes into the Retail Market Design in Ireland
MCR1169
Addition of Postal Code to two Downloadable Meter Point Details Files
MCR1175
Provide Market Participant Business Reference (MPBusinessReference) for Reading
MCR1180
New Registration Default Supplier
MCR1184
Cooling Off for COS
CoBLCR015
New RM Code
MCR1183
010 Customer Validation Agreement (NI)
MCR1154
New Unmetered Tariff for NI (NI)
Other (ROI Only)
Comment
Status
Smart Enablement
SAP IS-U Enhancement Pack (8.0)
SMART Enablement for Meter Installation
SAP Hana

5. Market Release v.12.00.00 (ROI & NI) - Plan
2018
2019 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
16th
7th
7th
4th
3rd
30th
27th
25th
29th
3rd
13th
5th Dec
16th
Jan
6th
Mar
1st May
26th June
Publication of v Schema Mon 28th Jan
(ROI & NI) - Design/Build/Test
Final RA Engagement
IPT Prep
IPT Exec
Go Live Easter 2019 v
Go live
Aug B/H
Other (ROI Only)
Market Assurance
Unicode Conversion
SAP Hana
Go Live Easter 2019
SAP IS-U Enhancement Pack (8.0)
Go Live Easter 2019
Smart Enablement for Meter Installation
Go Live Easter 2019
Market Engagement
Apr 2019

6. Market Release V12.00.00 (ROI & NI) – Status
IPT
IPT Execution Completed – Friday 15th March 2019
IPT Exit Reports issued to RAs – Friday 5th April 2019
No concerns raised by Market Assurance bodies based on outcome of Market Assurance Engagement
Co-Ordinated Cutover
Co-Ordinated Detailed Cutover Plan published via ReMCoDS Friday 29th March
Schema Instruction Guides (Cutover and Rollback) shared by ATOS – Wednesday 3rd April 2019
Cutover Workshop with Market Participants – Thursday 4th April 2019
Cutover/Go-Live
Final RA engagement prior to Cutover – Monday 8th April (ROI & NI)
Cutover Commences Thursday 18th April (ROI) & Friday 19th April (NI)

7. Cutover Weekend - Overview
V12.00 Retail Market Release – Co-Ordinated Cutover (ROI &NI):
The Cutover weekend schedule will be managed through a detailed list of planned tasks that will progress through a number of key milestones along the way
Critical Cutover activities involving ESB Networks, NIE Networks, ATOS and all Market Participants are planned over the course of the weekend including:
Message Reconciliation activities pre Outage
Self Service EMMA Schema upgrades
MP Backend system updates
A co-ordinated and aligned Cutover approach is critical to ensure a successful outcome
All communication between ESB Networks, NIE Networks and Market Participants throughout Cutover Execution will be managed via ReMCoDS

8. When will it happen?
Cutover will be take place over four distinct stages:
In Month Before
(i.e. Up To Fri 12th Apr)
2. Week Before
(i.e. Mon 15th Ap – Thu 18th Apr (ROI)/Fri 19th Apr (NI))
3. Cutover Weekend
(i.e. From Thu 18th Apr (ROI) and
Fri 19th Apr(NI)
Until Mon 23rd Apr)
4. Post Cutover

9. Tasks – In Month Before Key Market Tasks Additional Notes:
START
FINISH
JURISDICTION
RESPONSIBLE 1
Market Participants confirm their availability for the agreed EMMA upgrade slot.
Mon 08/04/19 09:00
Mon 08/04/19 17:00
Coordinated
All MPs
Additional Notes:
Market Participants (ROI & NI):
Market Participants to ensure any Business continuity mechanism is in place for Outage
MPs submit any queries on v12 Schema Self Service pack to ATOS by – Friday 12th 17:00
ReMCoDS
Each MP will be provided their respective SFTP login details to download their Self Service pack – Monday 8th April
RMDS website - v Detailed Cutover Plan on RMDS website

10. Tasks – Week Before Key Market Tasks 2#
KEY MARKET TASKS
START
FINISH
JURISDICTION
RESPONSIBLE 2
MPs to complete MM reconciliation on a daily basis up to cutover(ROI)
Thu 11/04/19 09:00
Thu 18/04/19 10:00
ROI
ROI MPs 3
MPs to complete MM reconciliation on a daily basis up to cutover(NI)
Fri 12/04/19 09:00
Fri 19/04/19 10:00 NI
NI MPs 4
ReMCoDS receive final confirmation of all MP contacts for cutover weekend
Mon 15/04/19 09:00
Mon 15/04/19 17:00
Coordinated
ReMCoDs 5
MPs to stop requests for De-Energisations (ROI and NI)
All MPs
RMDS website - v Detailed Cutover Plan on RMDS website

11. Cutover Weekend – Plan on a Page
…….
8 AM
9 AM
10AM
12PM
6 PM
7 PM
8 PM
9 PM
10 PM
11PM ….
Thursday18th
Friday 19th
Saturday 20th
Sunday 21st
Monday 22nd
System Isolation - RoI
System Isolation - NI 2 4
1-5
Pre-Cutover Tasks 6 7 19
Central Hub Update
Suppliers Apply V12 Schema 5 7
Point of No Return 8 9
Supplier STOP MM / RoI 6
Supplier STOP MM / NI 11
NI SUPPLIER – 602 Reconciliations 3 10 13
RoI SUPPLIER – 602 Reconciliations
Cutover Completed 12 1 8
Key Market Task - (KMT)
Key Market Milestone – (MS)
RMDS website - v Detailed Cutover Plan on RMDS website

12. Tasks – Cutover Weekend
Key Market Tasks (Thursday 18th April) #
KEY MARKET TASKS
START
FINISH
JURISDICTION
RESPONSIBLE 6
Mandatory confirmations of completed reconciliations required via (ROI)
Thu 18/04/19 10:00
ROI
ROI MPs 8
Stop sending Market Messages 18:00 hrs (ROI) No further MMs until confirmation of resumption of Services
Thu 18/04/19 18:00
Mon 22/04/19 23:59 10
MPs commence reconciliation on receipt of 602 (ROI)
Thu 18/04/19 21:00
Thu 18/04/19 22:30 12
MPs confirm to ReMCoDS that reconciliation is complete (ROI) 14
Milestone 1 - Reconciliation is complete (ROI)
ReMCoDs
RMDS website - v Detailed Cutover Plan on RMDS website

13. Tasks – Cutover Weekend
Key Market Tasks (Friday 19th April) #
KEY MARKET TASKS
START
FINISH
JURISDICTION
RESPONSIBLE 15
Milestone 2 - Confirmation of Central Market Systems isolation complete (ROI)
Fri 19/04/19 08:00
ROI
ReMCoDs 7
Mandatory confirmations of completed reconciliations required via (NI)
Fri 19/04/19 10:00 NI
NI MPs 9
Stop sending Market Messages 18:00 hrs (NI) No further MMs until confirmation of resumption of Services
Fri 19/04/19 18:00
Mon 22/04/19 23:59 11
MPs commence reconciliation on receipt of 602 (NI)
Fri 19/04/19 19:30
Fri 19/04/19 21:00 13
MPs confirm to ReMCoDS that reconciliation is complete (NI) 16
Milestone 3 - Reconciliation is complete (NI)
RMDS website - v Detailed Cutover Plan on RMDS website

14. Tasks – Cutover Weekend
Key Market Tasks (Saturday 20th April) #
KEY MARKET TASKS
START
FINISH
JURISDICTION
RESPONSIBLE 17
Milestone 4 - Confirmation of Central Market Systems isolation complete (NI)
Sat 20/04/19 08:00 NI
ReMCoDs 18
Milestone 5 - Notification that Central Hub upgrade is complete
Sat 20/04/19 10:00
Coordinated 19
MPs commence EMMA upgrade as per agreed schedule (Do not start this task until Milestone 5 has been confirmed)
Sat 20/04/19 18:30
All MPs 20
Milestone 6 - Notification that all EMMAs upgraded successfully
RMDS website - v Detailed Cutover Plan on RMDS website

15. Tasks – Cutover Weekend
Key Market Tasks (Sunday 21st April) NO
KEY MARKET TASKS
START
FINISH
JURISDICTION
RESPONSIBLE 21
Milestone 7 - Network Operator Testing commences (POINT OF NO RETURN)
Sun 21/04/19 15:00
Coordinated
ReMCoDs 22
Milestone 8 - Notification that cutover is complete. Resumption of normal services
Mon 22/04/19 23:59
Additional Notes (Sunday)
ESBN and NIE Networks:
After Milestone 7 has been achieved, activities are undertaken in the following sequence
ESBN and NIE Networks Business Validation Testing
ESBN and NIE Networks confirm the completion of cutover to ReMCoDs
RMDS website - v Detailed Cutover Plan on RMDS website

16. V12.00.00 Retail Market Release (ROI & NI)
Summary

17. Summary
The dates and timings of individual Key Market Task and Milestones are subject to change based on progress of Cutover
Flexibility is required from all market participants to ensure a successful cutover and resumption of normal market services as planned by Mon 21st 23:59
During cutover all Market Participants are required to update their EMMA via the agreed self service approach in order to be able to send and receive messages
Do not send market messages using Schema Version v after the following times:
Key Market Task 8 - Stop sending Market Messages (ROI) – Thu 18th
Key Market Task 9 - Stop sending Market Messages (NI) – Fri 19th
Market Participants are requested to be contactable until formal notification of successful Cutover Completion has been confirmed by ReMCoDS
ReMCoDs will inform Market Participants when they can start sending MM’s following achievement of Milestone 8 - Notification that cutover is complete. Resumption of normal services

18. Contingency Approach
Contingency approach for cutover will be to fix any issues encountered until a specified cut-off time whereby a decision will be made to roll back
In the unlikely event of a rollback being required:
ATOS will provide an instruction guide to MPs to roll back their EMMAs to Schema v
Market Participants will need to roll back their EMMA upgrade, and any associated changes made to their respective backend systems.
A rollback scenario can only be invoked up to:
Milestone 7 - Network Operator Testing commences (POINT OF NO RETURN) Sun 21st Apr
The contingency approach after this milestone is a “Fix and go Forward” strategy
ESBN and NIE Networks will collaborate closely with ReMCoDS throughout the cutover period and should the need for a rollback scenario arise, this will be flagged as appropriate via ReMCoDS
ESBN & NIE Networks cutover approaches have been proven via IPT and multiple Dress Rehearsals in their internal testing
MPs EMMA upgrade to V Schema in Cutover mirrors that validated via IPT

19. V12.00.00 EMMA Self Service Upgrade
Refresh & Lessons Learned from IPT

20. IPT – Schema Upgrade - Lessons Learned
Issue #
Details
Solution
Comments 1
User cannot execute the script as the PowerShell policy is set to not allow any scripts to run.
Run this command in PowerShell "Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted".
Instructions will be provided in a known issues section of the Production upgrade guide. 2
When trying to run the script the user is prompted with the error "Access is denied"
The user needs to run PowerShell as administrator before executing the script
The Production upgrade guide will be updated so that the supplier must run PowerShell as administrator before executing the upgrade script 3
Additional ROI CustomerServiceDetailsCode not appearing in WebForms
Drop the updated Collated.txt file into required location and restart the two WebSphere windows services.
New Collated.txt file will be uploaded to the SFTP site and instructions will be provided in the known issues section of the guide.

21. Schema Upgrade Steps
Market participants need to follow the following steps as part of the upgrade -
Pre upgrade check
Download upgrade script from the SFTP site
Running the schema upgrade script as administrator
Upload the upgrade script output log to the SFTP site for Atos to review
Post upgrade check (TIBCO and Additional webforms codes)
Send 999 test message
Confirm that the version number of the 999 message is version
Confirm that the 999 message sent successfully
Send an to ATOS to confirm completion of all the EMMA upgrade tasks above

22. Self Service – Schema Update Guide
Walkthrough of Market Participant Self Service Schema Upgrade – Instruction Guide
Note: In the unlikely event of a Schema rollback being required, a Schema Roll Back Guide will be provided by Atos.

23. Self Service – Schema Update Guide
Support will be provided by ATOS to Market Participants throughout the Schema Cutover window
Schema Cutover Approach used during Cutover mirrors that used in IPT
Lessons learned from IPT have been incorporated into the cutover plan and Instruction Guide
It is recommended that the same resources who executed the IPT Schema update on the Test EMMA do the same for Production EMMA at Cutover
Support will be provided, if required, by ATOS
Market Participants should not carry out any changes to any EMMA in relation to the v Retail Market Release in advance of formal instruction via ReMCoDS
i.e.
Milestone 5 - Notification that Central Hub upgrade is complete – Sat 20th Apr
MPs commence EMMA upgrade as per agreed schedule – Sat 20th Apr
Note: Do not start this EMMA upgrade task until Milestone 5 has been confirmed by ReMCoDS
On completion of EMMA Upgrade MPs should ATOS to confirm 999 sent and Log uploaded

24. V12.00.00 Retail Market Release (ROI & NI)
Hypercare Arrangements

25. Hyper Care - Overview What is Hypercare?
Hypercare is the stabilisation period after cutover which focuses support for the v Retail Market Release (ROI & NI) implemented over Easter Weekend
Purpose of Hypercare is to ensure and support resumption of normal BAU market operations following cutover
When is it?
Hypercare begins immediately after cutover and runs for a period of up to 2 weeks

26. Hyper Care - Arrangements
Week 1 Post Go-Live – Tue 23rd to Fri 26th April
ReMCoDS will schedule two conference calls in the first week with Market Participants, to provide a general status update and discuss any items raised or queries that Market Participants may have:
Wed 24th April – Time TBC
Fri 26th April – Time TBC
Week 2 Post Go-Live – Mon 29th April to Fri 3rd May
TBC – based on checkpoint on Fri 26th April

27. V12.00.00 Retail Market Release (ROI & NI)
Post Cut Over

28. Market Release v12.00.00 - Published on RMDS Website
Facilitate energy efficiencies in Local Authority Public Lighting
Market Release v Published on RMDS Website
The Schema Release v is due to be published on the RMDS website on Tuesday 23rd April 2019.  This release will implement the following Schema and Non Schema items.
MCR
Ver.
Description
Schema /
Non-Schema
MCR0175
V7.0
New Reject Reasons for Address Change Rejection
Schema
MCR1173
V4.0
Vulnerable Customer Implementation in ROI of SI 463
MCR1167
V5.0
Facilitate energy efficiencies in Local Authority Public Lighting
MCR1140
V3.0
Introduction of Eircodes into the Retail Market Design in Ireland
MCR1169
Addition of Postal Code to two Downloadable Meter Point Details Files
MCR1175
Provide Market Participant Business Reference (MPBusinessReference) for Reading
MCR1180
New Registration Default Supplier
MCR1183
V2.0
010 Customer Validation Agreement (NI)
MCR1154
New Unmetered Tariff for NI
MCR1184
Cooling off for CoS
Non Schema
CoBLCR015
V1.0
New RM Code

29. Eircodes Batch Update Process

30. Eircodes – Batch Update Process
Approach
ESB Networks plan to process the set of 1.5 Million Eircodes
This approach has been validated by ESB Networks performance testing
Update Period
Update Schedule will commence on Wed 1st May and run for a period of 12 weeks
Schedule & Volumes
Weekdays - Monday to Friday
From: 8.00 p.m. Until : 9.00 p.m.
Estimated Volumes: ~ 15K MPRNs/Day
Weekends - Saturday to Sunday
From: 6.00 a.m. Until: 7.00 a.m.
Estimated Volumes: ~ 50K MPRNs/Day
Refer to the v Market Release FAQ page on the RMDS website for further details. Link here

31. Cutover Weekend Contacts

32. Cutover Weekend Contacts#
Organisation
Contacts
Phone Id 1
ReMCoDS
Tracy Caffrey 2
Patrick Moran 3
Lindsay Sharpe 4
ATOS
Enda Maguire 5
David Peover

33. Questions?

34. Thank You

35. Appendix

36. ROI Market Release 2019 – Schema MCRs
Description
Change Details
Comments
MCR0175
Version 7.0
New Reject Reasons for Address Change Rejection
Nine New code values are being added (I.e. AD1->AD9)
Market Message (MM): 014R
9 New Data Codes – Appendix – MCR0175 refers
MCR1173
Version 4.0
Vulnerable Customer Implementation in ROI of SI 463
Change existing Code 0008 to be valid in ROI
&
Two new code values (I.e & 0010)
Market Messages (MM): 010, 013 , 016 & 017
3 New Data Codes for ROI CoBL, 2 of which will be added to schema – Appendix – MCR1173 refers
Data Code values will now be used on Extranet and Downloadable files – not the Central Market System Codes as per current design – Appendix – MCR1173 refers
Code 0010 should not be used at this time – it’s being introduced for future proofing and will be rejected. Rejection reasons and associated rejection messages will be communicated at a future IGG.
The codes will appear in confirmation messages in line with current market rules
Modified downloadable files will be available to Suppliers from May 2019 – Appendix MCR1173 refers
ROI Webforms :code will be selectable, not display only as originally communicated – Appendix MCR1173 refers
MCR1167
Version 5.0
Facilitate energy efficiencies in Local Authority Public Lighting
Eleven New code values are being added
(I.e.
U13->U23)
Market Messages (MM): 591, 700, 700W, 701 & 701W
11 New Data Codes & 11 New Standard Profiles – Appendix MCR1167 refers
25 New Burn Hour Calendars – Appendix MCR1167 refers
Effective wattage for every lamp type will be published by ESBN (when available)
CoBLCR changes will be raised, as needed
Downloadable file with new data values and structure will be available to Suppliers from May 2019 – Appendix MCR1167 refers
MCR1183
010 Customer Validation Agreement (NI)
NI Requirements
NI Schema changes are covered in ReMCoWG/CDA
MCR1154
New Unmetered Tariff for (NI)

37. ROI Market Release 2019 – Non-Schema MCRs
Description
Comments
MCR1140
Version 4.0
Introduction of Eircodes into the Retail Market Design in Ireland
Eircodes can be submitted on MMs in the existing Postal Code field : 010, 012, 012W,013 & 021
Eircodes where available will be returned in the existing Postal Code fields on MM: 014R, 101, 101P, 101R, 102, 102P, 102R, 105, 105L, 110, 112, 112R, 112W, 114, 301, 301N& 330
ESBN will agree schedule for mass uploads of Eircodes into the Meter Point Address Postal Code field in the Central Market System at a future IGG.
ESBN intend to update these in batch – mechanism and schedule to be discussed at a future IGG
Once the Postal Code field has been populated it will be visible on the Retail Market Participant Extranet – Appendix MCR1140 refers
Note: Existing Market Defect originally intended to go-live with MCR1187 will now be implemented alongside this MCR.
MCR1169
Version 3.0
Addition of Postal Code to two Downloadable Meter Point Details Files
Modified downloadable files will be available to Suppliers from May 2019 – Appendix MCR1169 refers
However, population of field will be determined by the Eircode upload schedule for MCR1140
ESB Networks intend to discuss the upload schedule for these two files at future IGGs
MCR1175
Provide Market Participant Business Reference (MPBusinessReference) for Reading
The Market Participant Business Reference (MPBusinessReference) on the 300MM will be populated with that from the associated original 210MM (i.e. where it populated a periodic meter reading order)
Read Reason 95/’Not for COS’ is the only case for which the above applies
If the customer reading which populates the open Meter Reading Order is implausible and is estimated populate the MPBusinessReference on the corresponding 305MM
If the customer reading which populates the open Meter Reading Order is withdrawn populate the  MPBusinessReference on the corresponding 300WMM
MCR1180
New Registration Default Supplier
For sites with MIC <30kVa, the Customer must now register with a Supplier
The 010MM must be received by the Central Market system before a connection point can be energised