# SSEN Distribution Data Portal API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/ssen/ssen-distribution-data-portal-api/  
**Provider:** Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks — https://apis.io/providers/ssen/  
**Base URL:** https://data-api.ssen.co.uk/api/3/action  
**Documentation:** https://data.ssen.co.uk/

SSEN Distribution Data Portal API is one of 4 APIs that [Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks](https://apis.io/providers/ssen/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Open Data, CKAN, Catalog, Electricity, and Grid. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and an API reference.

The public CKAN 2.10.10 Action API behind the SSEN Distribution Data Portal, serving 45 open datasets covering substations, LV feeder smart meter half-hourly usage, the Embedded Capacity Register, flexibility market registers, Distribution Future Energy Scenarios, licence area boundaries and Long Term Development Statements. Verified anonymously — no key, no registration. Most datasets carry a CC BY 4.0 licence.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://data.ssen.co.uk/
- **APIReference** — https://data-api.ssen.co.uk/api/3/action/help_show?name=package_search
- **Website** — https://www.ssen.co.uk/
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ssen/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks APIs (3)

- [SSEN Power Track Real Time Outage API](https://apis.io/apis/ssen/ssen-power-track-real-time-outage-api/)
- [SSEN NeRDA (Near Real-time Data Access) API](https://apis.io/apis/ssen/ssen-nerda-api/)
- [SSEN Transmission Open Data Explore API](https://apis.io/apis/ssen/ssen-transmission-open-data-explore-api/)

## Tags

Open Data, CKAN, Catalog, Electricity, Grid

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