December 17, 2009

CCWG

RSS Feeds on ERCOT.com

Amy ApodacaWeb Content Coordinator

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Progress of Developing RSS Feeds

• Deployment date no later than January 11• Demo feeds from California ISO and • Five initial feeds:

– Press Release– Training– Protocol Library– PRR– Daily Grid Ops Report

• Other suggestions?

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RSS Feed Definition

• What is a RSS Feed?– RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication – RSS is a subscription service that notifies subscribers when new

content has been published to a web page. • What are the advantages of RSS Feeds

– A user is notified immediately of published updates to a website– A user can collect content from multiple websites and stay

updated without visiting each site often.– Feeds can contain a simple link to the source or the complete

content including attachments– Reduces messages in mailbox (doesn’t use email address)– Email (as well as other private info) cannot be sent to third

parties; user’s name are not requested

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Software to run RSS Feeds

• Is special software needed to operate RSS Feeds– RSS requires a “feed reader” or aggregator to display feeds– Most readers are available as freeware

• Google Reader

• Microsoft Outlook ‘07

• Newsgator FeedDemon

• Awasu

• Bloglines

• Yahoo

• MSN

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ERCOT’s RSS Feeds

ERCOT will offer the following RSS Feeds and add more as suggested by CCWG: – Press Release– Training– Protocol Library– PRR– Daily Grid Ops Report

http://www.ercot.com/news/press_releases/

http://www.ercot.com/services/training/

http://www.ercot.com/mktrules/protocols/library/index

http://www.ercot.com/mktrules/protocols/prr

http://www.ercot.com/gridinfo/congestion/operations/

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Questions ?