specification: API Commons Lifecycle
specificationVersion: '0.1'
provider: CenterPoint Energy
providerId: centerpoint-energy
generated: '2026-09-05'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://www.smartmetertexas.com/commonapi/gethelpguide/help-guides/Smart_Meter_Texas_Interface_Guide.pdf and
  https://www.centerpointenergy.com/en-us/for-business/industry/competitive-retailers
note: >-
  Both pages fetched at HTTP 200 on 2026-09-05. No versioning policy, deprecation policy, Sunset/Deprecation
  header contract or SLA document was found published for any CenterPoint or Smart Meter Texas interface.
  What does exist is a dated market-notice stream for the transaction systems retailers integrate against,
  recorded below as the operational status channel.
versioning:
  policy_published: false
  scheme: platform-release
  current_version: SMT 3.0
  contract_revision: '2024-02-26'
  note: >-
    The interface guide is versioned as a dated document (SMT 3.0 Data Access Interface Guide,
    February 26, 2024) covering the ROR, CSP, TDSP and MOU roles. There is no per-endpoint version, no
    version header or path segment, and no published policy stating how long a prior generation is
    supported after a new one ships.
deprecation:
  policy_published: false
  sunset_header: false
  deprecation_header: false
  rfc8594: false
  deprecated_operations: []
  note: >-
    No RFC 8594 Sunset or Deprecation header contract, no deprecation schedule and no notice period is
    published. There is no OpenAPI to derive deprecated operations from. The SMT 2.0 to 3.0 transition is
    referenced in the guide but its retirement terms are not stated anywhere public.
status_page:
  present: true
  type: market-notice-stream
  url: https://www.centerpointenergy.com/en-us/for-business/industry/competitive-retailers
  note: >-
    CenterPoint Energy publishes dated market notices for the systems competitive retailers transact
    against — for example "CNP Planned Market System Maintenance" notices issued as initial / reminder /
    final PDFs, and unplanned entries such as "CNP Transaction Processing Issue" and "Urgent Unplanned
    Market System Maintenance". This is a real, dated operational-status channel for the integration
    surface, but it is a page of PDF links rather than a status API, RSS feed or Statuspage-style
    component board; there is no machine-readable incident feed and no subscribable endpoint.
    status.centerpointenergy.com does not resolve (connection failure, probed 2026-09-05).
  machine_readable: false
sla:
  published: false
  note: No uptime commitment, latency target or credit schedule is published for the API surface.
changelog:
  published: false
  note: >-
    No dated API changelog or release-notes page was found. The closest artifact is the revision date on
    the interface guide PDF itself and the market-notice stream above; neither enumerates interface changes.
support:
  channel: Smart Meter Texas support team (credential and certificate provisioning); CenterPoint Energy representative for market processes
  url: https://www.centerpointenergy.com/en-us/contact-us
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com