# ERCOT Retail API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/ercot/ercot-retail-api/  
**Provider:** ERCOT — https://apis.io/providers/ercot/  
**Documentation:** https://developer.ercot.com/api_specifications/retail/retail/

ERCOT Retail API is one of 5 APIs that [ERCOT](https://apis.io/providers/ercot/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include SOAP, Retail, Switching, and Market Participants. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

SOAP web service supporting Texas Standard Electronic Transactions (TX SET) between ERCOT, Transmission and Distribution Service Providers, and Retail Electric Providers — the machinery behind retail switching, enrollment, and move-in/move-out in the competitive Texas market. Contracts are published openly; the service itself is restricted to certified Market Participants.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **WSDL** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ercot/api-specs/main/retail/RetailAPIConcreteWSDL-External.wsdl
- **Schema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ercot/api-specs/main/retail/RetailAPIService.xsd
- **Documentation** — https://developer.ercot.com/api_specifications/retail/retail/

## Other ERCOT APIs (4)

- [ERCOT Public Data API](https://apis.io/apis/ercot/ercot-public-data-api/)
- [ERCOT ESR Public Data API](https://apis.io/apis/ercot/ercot-esr-public-data-api/)
- [ERCOT Web Services (EWS)](https://apis.io/apis/ercot/ercot-web-services/)
- [ERCOT MarkeTrak API](https://apis.io/apis/ercot/ercot-marketrak-api/)

## Tags

SOAP, Retail, Switching, Market Participants

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