CenterPoint Energy

aid: centerpoint-energy
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/centerpoint-energy/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: CenterPoint Energy
tags:
- Electricity
- Energy
- Fortune 500
- Green Button
- Natural Gas
- Smart Meter
- Usage Data
- Utility
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2026-03-21'
modified: '2026-04-23'
position: Consumer
specificationVersion: '0.19'
description: CenterPoint Energy is a domestic energy delivery company that provides electric transmission and distribution,
  natural gas distribution, and energy services operations serving residential, commercial, and industrial customers across
  multiple U.S. states. Developer-facing interfaces include the Smart Meter Texas (SMT) Usage History Inquiry API, Green Button
  Connect My Data exports for authorized third-party access to customer interval usage, and the Centerpoint Connect service
  API at api-portal.centerpointconnect.io used by contractor and field-service integrations.
apis:
- aid: centerpoint-energy:usage-history-inquiry
  name: CenterPoint Energy Usage History Inquiry API
  tags:
  - Billing History
  - Interval Data
  - Smart Meter Texas
  - Usage
  humanURL: https://www.smartmetertexas.com/
  properties:
  - url: https://www.smartmetertexas.com/
    type: Website
  - url: https://www.smartmetertexas.com/home
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://www.smartmetertexas.com/developers
    type: Developer
  description: Automated access to residential and commercial billing history and electricity usage as measured by CenterPoint's
    Interval Data Recorders (IDRs), exposed through the Smart Meter Texas platform that CenterPoint participates in as a Texas
    Transmission and Distribution Service Provider. Intended for third-party information providers acting on customer authorization
    with API methods for account validation, provider account management, and retrieval of interval usage.
- aid: centerpoint-energy:green-button-connect-my-data
  name: CenterPoint Energy Green Button Connect My Data
  tags:
  - Energy Usage
  - Green Button
  - Interval Data
  - Open Data
  humanURL: https://www.energy.gov/data/green-button
  properties:
  - url: https://www.energy.gov/data/green-button
    type: Website
  - url: https://www.greenbuttonalliance.org/
    type: Alliance
  - url: https://www.naesb.org/ESPI_Standards.asp
    type: Specification
  description: CenterPoint Energy has committed to the Green Button initiative, providing customers and authorized third parties
    with secure download and Connect My Data API access to detailed interval energy usage in the NAESB ESPI (Energy Services
    Provider Interface) standard XML / Atom format.
- aid: centerpoint-energy:centerpoint-connect-services-api
  name: Centerpoint Connect Services API
  tags:
  - Field Service
  - Integration
  - Partner
  humanURL: https://api-portal.centerpointconnect.io/
  properties:
  - url: https://api-portal.centerpointconnect.io/
    type: Developer
  - url: https://centerpointconnect.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/sections/16652143336855-API-Integrations
    type: Documentation
  description: The Centerpoint API Developer Portal publishes Services API references, examples, and troubleshooting for partners
    integrating with the Centerpoint Connect field-service and workflow platform used by contractor teams, including Automated
    Leads integrations and webhook flows.
common:
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/centerpoint-energy
- type: Website
  url: https://www.centerpointenergy.com
- type: Builder Developer Resources
  url: https://www.centerpointenergy.com/en-us/Services/Pages/builder-developer-resources.aspx
- type: Energy Data Portal
  url: https://energydataportal.centerpointenergy.com/
- type: Green Button
  url: https://www.energy.gov/data/green-button
- type: Smart Meter Texas
  url: https://www.smartmetertexas.com/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.centerpointenergy.com/en-us/utility/pages/privacy-policy.aspx
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com