Alinta Energy Authentication

generated: '2026-07-27'
method: searched
source: https://consumerdatastandardsaustralia.github.io/standards/#security-profile
docs: https://www.alintaenergy.com.au/help-and-support/terms-and-conditions/consumer-data-right-cdr
note: >
  The mechanical derive-authentication.py pass found no formal securitySchemes: the
  harvested contracts are the shared DSB Consumer Data Standards documents, which
  express per-operation authorisation via the x-scopes vendor extension rather than a
  components.securitySchemes block. The model below is captured from the Consumer Data
  Standards Security Profile (which binds Alinta as a designated CDR energy data holder)
  and from Alinta's own published CDR page.
summary:
  types: [none, oauth2, openIdConnect, mutualTLS]
  api_key_in: []
  oauth2_flows: [authorizationCode, hybrid]
  tiers:
  - name: Public CDR discovery (Alinta-hosted)
    auth: none
    note: >
      GET /cds-au/v1/discovery/status and GET /cds-au/v1/discovery/outages on
      https://public.cdr.alintaenergy.com.au require NO authentication — only the
      mandatory x-v version header. Both re-confirmed HTTP 200 on 2026-07-27.
  - name: Generic plan data (AER-hosted on Alinta's behalf)
    auth: none
    note: >
      GET /alinta/cds-au/v1/energy/plans and /energy/plans/{planId} on
      https://cdr.energymadeeasy.gov.au are public and unauthenticated (x-v header only).
      493 Alinta plans re-confirmed HTTP 200 on 2026-07-27. This host is operated by the
      Australian Energy Regulator, not by Alinta.
  - name: Consumer data sharing (CDR accredited-data-recipient model)
    auth: [oauth2, openIdConnect, mutualTLS]
    note: >
      Every energy resource endpoint (accounts, balances, invoices, billing, payment
      schedule, concessions, service points, usage, DER) and the common customer
      endpoints are gated behind the CDR security profile. Access requires ACCC
      accreditation (or a CDR representative/sponsorship arrangement), CDR
      Register-issued credentials, dynamic client registration with Alinta's
      authorisation server, and an explicit, time-bound, revocable consumer consent.
schemes:
- name: PublicNoAuth
  type: none
  applies_to:
  - openapi/alinta-energy-cds-common-api-openapi.yml#getStatus
  - openapi/alinta-energy-cds-common-api-openapi.yml#getOutages
  - openapi/alinta-energy-cds-energy-api-openapi.yml#listEnergyPlans
  - openapi/alinta-energy-cds-energy-api-openapi.yml#getEnergyPlanDetail
  note: Version header x-v only (mandatory). Unsupported version returns HTTP 406.
- name: CDR-FAPI-OAuth2
  type: oauth2
  profile: FAPI 1.0 Advanced (Financial-grade API Security Profile 1.0 Part 2, March 2021)
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    note: >
      OIDC Hybrid Flow / Authorization Code Flow with Pushed Authorisation Requests (PAR),
      PKCE, signed request objects and JARM per the CDR Security Profile. The concrete
      authorisation, token, PAR, JWKS, introspection, revocation and CDR arrangement
      revocation endpoints are published per data holder through the CDR Register's
      authenticated data holder brand detail record, not anonymously.
  scopes_ref: scopes/alinta-energy-scopes.yml
- name: CDR-OIDC
  type: openIdConnect
  note: >
    OpenID Connect 1.0. No anonymous /.well-known/openid-configuration is served by
    Alinta (confirmed HTTP 404 on public.cdr.alintaenergy.com.au, and the secure., idp.
    and cdr. subdomains of alintaenergy.com.au do not resolve). See
    well-known/alinta-energy-well-known.yml.
- name: CDR-MTLS-HolderOfKey
  type: mutualTLS
  note: >
    Mutual TLS with CDR Register CA-issued client certificates; access tokens are bound
    to the ADR client certificate under the holder-of-key mechanism. BCP195-recommended
    ciphers only (Data Standards obligation from 17 March 2025).
customer_authentication:
  flow: Redirect to Web with One Time Password (OTP)
  evidence: >
    Alinta's published CDR page states that when a consumer consents through an
    accredited third party, "Alinta Energy will ask you to verify your identity using a
    One Time Password sent to the mobile number connected to your Alinta Energy account."
    (Page body returns HTTP 403 to automated clients; text retrieved from the public
    search index on 2026-07-27.)
  standard: https://consumerdatastandardsaustralia.github.io/standards/#authentication-flows
policy:
  cdr_policy: https://www.alintaenergy.com.au/help-and-support/terms-and-conditions/consumer-data-right-cdr/consumer-data-right-policy
  cdr_page: https://www.alintaenergy.com.au/help-and-support/terms-and-conditions/consumer-data-right-cdr
onboarding:
  self_serve: false
  gate: ACCC accreditation (Accredited Data Recipient) + consumer consent
  note: No developer portal, no sandbox, no key request page, no commercial partner track outside the regulated scheme.