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DER

Score 22.5 / 100 33 providers 19 APIs Search apis.io →

Providers using this tag (33)

Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Exemplar 1 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
Enphase EnergyEnergyUnited StatesSolar3 APIs68.9
Strong 8 Solid coverage with minor gaps
OpenADR AllianceEnergyUnited StatesUtilitiesElectricity1 API65.3UK Power NetworksEnergyUnited KingdomUtilitiesElectricity2 APIs64.2Consumer Data Right (Energy)EnergyAustraliaUtilitiesElectricity6 APIs63.4Electricity North WestEnergyUnited KingdomUtilitiesElectricity2 APIs63.3Northern PowergridEnergyUnited KingdomUtilitiesElectricity3 APIs60.7VoltusEnergyUnited StatesElectricityDemand Response5 APIs56.4Amber ElectricEnergyAustraliaElectricityUtilities2 APIs55.7Origin EnergyEnergyAustraliaUtilitiesElectricity7 APIs54.4
Developing 12 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Octopus EnergyEnergyElectricityGasRenewable Energy9 APIs53.4Virtual PeakerEnergyUnited StatesUtilitiesElectricity2 APIs53.2Endeavour EnergyEnergyAustraliaUtilitiesElectricity1 API52.5Simply EnergyEnergyAustraliaUtilitiesElectricity3 APIs51.8Reposit PowerEnergyAustraliaUtilitiesElectricity2 APIs49.9Scottish and Southern Electricity NetworksEnergyUnited KingdomUtilitiesElectricity4 APIs49.4PowershopEnergyAustraliaUtilitiesElectricity3 APIs48.7WattwatchersEnergyAustraliaUtilitiesElectricity1 API45.4LeapEnergyUnited StatesElectricityGrid8 APIs44.5Energy QueenslandEnergyAustraliaUtilitiesElectricity3 APIs43.7EnergyAustraliaEnergyAustraliaUtilitiesElectricity3 APIs42.1AGL EnergyEnergyAustraliaUtilitiesElectricity3 APIs39.7
Thin 7 Limited public surface area
ATCOEnergyCanadaUtilitiesElectricity1 API35.2Southern California EdisonEnergyUnited StatesUtilitiesElectricity2 APIs31.6National Grid Electricity DistributionEnergyUnited KingdomUtilitiesElectricity2 APIs31.1Essential EnergyEnergyAustraliaUtilitiesElectricity3 APIs30.1Kraken TechnologiesEnergyUnited KingdomUtilitiesElectricity2 APIs29.8ENMAXEnergyCanadaUtilitiesElectricity1 API28.2JemenaEnergyAustraliaUtilitiesElectricity1 API27.2
Emerging 5 Early or largely undocumented
AusgridEnergyAustraliaUtilitiesElectricity26.0SA Power NetworksEnergyAustraliaUtilitiesElectricity25.7UplightEnergyUnited StatesUtilitiesElectricity1 API18.7Xcel EnergyElectric UtilityEnergyEnergy DataGreen Button29 APIs18.1FlexitricityEnergyUnited KingdomUtilitiesElectricity15.3

APIs with this tag (19)

Ranked by the provider's API Evangelist rating — the Kin Score is scored per provider, not per API, so every API of a provider shares its band. How the rating works →

Exemplar 1 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
Enphase VPP APIThe Virtual Power Plant API is the grid-services surface, sold only to utilities, aggregators, DERMS provid...68.9
Strong 5 Solid coverage with minor gaps
OpenADR 3 APIOpenADR 3 is the RESTful third generation of the OpenADR protocol, defined in full by a single OpenAPI 3.0 ...65.3CDR Energy APIThe mandated energy data contract that every designated Australian electricity retailer must implement iden...63.4CDR Energy Secondary Data Holder APIThe gateway contract AEMO implements as the CDR Secondary Data Holder for energy. Retailers are the primary...63.4Voltus Sites APIRead the sites (facilities) enrolled with Voltus under the calling account, with their meters. The single d...56.4Origin Energy CDR Energy APIOrigin Energy's Consumer Data Right energy data holder resource endpoint, serving the Consumer Data Standar...54.4
Developing 7 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Gravity Connect API (Device Partner)The Device Partner half of Virtual Peaker's Gravity Connect specification — the endpoints a device OEM must...53.2Gravity Connect API (Virtual Peaker)The VPP half of the Gravity Connect specification — the publishing endpoints Virtual Peaker hosts so an int...53.2Simply Energy (ENGIE) CDR Energy Consumer Data APIThe mandated Consumer Data Right consumer data sharing surface, covering energy accounts, balances, billing...51.8Reposit Power Market APIThe larger of Reposit's two published contracts, and the one that actually controls hardware. A verbatim Op...49.9Powershop CDR Energy Consumer Data APIThe consented, accreditation-gated half of Powershop's Consumer Data Right obligation. Powershop's own publ...48.7EnergyAustralia CDR Energy Consumer Data Sharing APIThe mandated, authenticated Consumer Data Right consumer data-sharing surface — energy accounts, invoices, ...42.1AGL CDR Energy APIAGL's mandated Consumer Data Right energy data-sharing surface, implementing the DSB Consumer Data Standard...39.7
Thin 4 Limited public surface area
ATCO Electric Hosting Capacity Feature ServiceATCO Electric's distributed energy resource (DER) hosting capacity data, published as a public Esri ArcGIS ...35.2Essential Energy Hosting Capacity Feature ServicesAnonymous ArcGIS REST FeatureServer endpoints publishing Essential Energy's distributed energy resource hos...30.1ENMAX Power System Capacity ArcGIS Feature ServicesThe machine-readable grid data behind ENMAX Power's public Hosting Capacity, Load Capacity and Service Area...28.2Jemena CSIP-AUS Utility Server (IEEE 2030.5)Jemena Electricity Networks' CSIP-AUS compliant control server — an IEEE 2030.5 (Smart Energy Profile 2.0) ...27.2
Emerging 2 Early or largely undocumented
Uplight Developer Platform APIUplight markets a Developer Platform that exposes customer, program, eligibility, enrollment, device, and e...18.7Xcel Energy DER APIDistributed Energy Resource programs, controls, and settings.18.1

Score breakdown

Frequency
46.2
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.9
spread across providers
Quality lift
53.3
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
0.0
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

Smart Metering 24 co-occurrences Grid 21 co-occurrences Electricity 31 co-occurrences Demand Response 14 co-occurrences Consumer Data Right 10 co-occurrences Energy Markets 13 co-occurrences Distribution Network 6 co-occurrences Flexibility 7 co-occurrences

Where this tag comes from

Provider tag29
Api tag19
Openapi tag1
Openapi op tag4

Cohort brief

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The 33 providers in the APIs.io catalog tagged DER, scored on the Kin Score. Every figure below is computed from the catalog — nothing here is written.

Providers
33
all scored
Mean Kin Score
43.7
+23.0 vs catalog 20.7
Mean Agent Readiness
24.4
+14.7 vs catalog 9.7
Spread
15.3–68.9
median 45.4 · σ 15
How the 33 split by band
Exemplar 1Strong 8Developing 12Thin 7Emerging 5Minimal 0
Facet averages, against the whole catalog
FacetThis cohortCatalogDifferenceScored
Developer Ergonomics 45.5 17.9 +27.6 33
Operational Transparency 34.7 11.3 +23.4 33
Contract Quality 38.7 17.5 +21.2 33
Contract Governance 20.4 6.4 +14 33
Discoverability 71.8 60.4 +11.4 33
Access Clarity 30.7 22.3 +8.4 33

A facet is averaged over the members that carry it, not over the whole cohort — the “Scored” column is that count. Averaging an absent facet as zero would score our own coverage gaps as the providers’ posture.

What this cohort publishes
ArtifactThis cohortCatalogDifference
MCP server (any) 64% 16% +48
MCP server (first-party) 3% 7% -4
Agent Skills 0% 0% 0
OAuth scopes 48% 9% +39
Security 100% 88% +12
Arazzo workflows 9% 2% +7
Governance rules 3% 13% -10

mcp_pct counts any mcp/ artifact including ones API Evangelist derived from the provider OpenAPI; mcp_first_party_pct counts only servers the provider publishes. Prefer the latter.

Top by Kin Score
  1. 1 Enphase Energy 68.9
  2. 2 OpenADR Alliance 65.3
  3. 3 UK Power Networks 64.2
  4. 4 Consumer Data Right (Energy) 63.4
  5. 5 Electricity North West 63.3
  6. 6 Northern Powergrid 60.7
  7. 7 Voltus 56.4
  8. 8 Amber Electric 55.7
  9. 9 Origin Energy 54.4
  10. 10 Octopus Energy 53.4
Top by Agent Readiness
  1. 1 Amber Electric 47.7
  2. 2 Southern California Edison 42.7
  3. 3 Origin Energy 42.6
  4. 4 Endeavour Energy 35.6
  5. 5 Northern Powergrid 35.6
  6. 6 Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks 35.6
  7. 7 UK Power Networks 35.6
  8. 8 Consumer Data Right (Energy) 34.2
  9. 9 Electricity North West 33.5
  10. 10 Voltus 32.9
All 33 members of this roster resolve to a scored provider in the catalog.Generated from the catalog build of 25 August 2026, across 26891 providers, using the same computation served by the APIs.io cohort API. Briefs are published for rosters of 5 or more scored providers; below that a distribution is not meaningful.

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