Xoserve will be undertaking the annual Gemini Disaster Recovery testing this weekend (18 and 19 April 2009).

As a direct result of the above, the Gemini service will be unavailable to all users for the following hours:
Saturday 18 April – 04:15 to 11:30 am
Sunday 19 April – 04:00 to 12:00 noon

Throughout each outage, National Grid will issue hourly ANS updates to the community with the latest System Status Information (Demand and Linepack). In addition, the ANS will be utilised to communicate any changes in planned outage timelines.  The first Entry Capacity auctions will be run on the first hour bar following the return of service.

Please note that upon completion of the testing, Shipper access to the Gemini service will not be affected. As a result, Gemini access should be gained using the normal operational access route following each outage