Connected Energy - An API Journey
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The document outlines the journey of a UK energy and broadband provider towards a connected energy future, detailing aspects such as energy switching, management, and engagement through API integration. It emphasizes the importance of a revamped digital identity model and the implementation of various technologies to enhance user experience and service offerings. Future initiatives include monitoring energy usage, connecting appliances, and efficient energy trading through microgrids.
Connected Energy - An API Journey
- 1. Connected Energy An API Journey
- 2. Make a copy of this doc This is the master doc Content Background One of the largest challenger energy and broadband providers in the UK
- 3. Make a copy of this doc This is the master doc Content Our platform journey towards a connected energy future
- 4. Make a copy of this doc This is the master doc Content Growth
- 5. Make a copy of this doc This is the master doc Content Starting Point: Energy Switching Energy Switching
- 6. Make a copy of this doc This is the master doc Content Energy Switching - Establishing market fit
- 7. Make a copy of this doc This is the master doc Content Energy Switching - API View Web App Event Orchestration Layer API Key based access control to invoke order service Front Office APIs (Energy tariff pricing, Sign-up) Back Office APIs (Billing, Payments, Customer Details, Order Processing, Energy Switching Flows…)
- 8. Make a copy of this doc This is the master doc Content Energy Management Energy Switching Energy Management
- 9. Make a copy of this doc This is the master doc Content Energy Management - Introducing users
- 10. Make a copy of this doc This is the master doc Content Energy Management - API View Web App Mobile App API Gateway LDAP Token store access token (bound to user) auth Validate token and pass through to relevant service Back Office APIs (Billing, Payments, Customer Details, Order Processing, Energy Switching Flows…) OAuth 2.0 (password grant type)
- 11. Make a copy of this doc This is the master doc Content Energy Engagement Energy Switching Energy Management Energy Engagement
- 12. Make a copy of this doc This is the master doc Content Energy Engagement - Making energy visible
- 13. Make a copy of this doc This is the master doc Content Energy Engagement - Usage Comparisons
- 14. Make a copy of this doc This is the master doc Content Energy Engagement - API View Web App Mobile App API Gateway Energy Usage Token store Similar Homes Comparison My Energy Profile Smart Meter Management Smart Meters Fine grained mappings to microservices API
- 15. Make a copy of this doc This is the master doc Content Broadband Energy Switching Energy Management Energy Engagement Broadband
- 16. Make a copy of this doc This is the master doc Content Introducing Broadband - Our second core product
- 17. Make a copy of this doc This is the master doc Content Rethinking Identity We had to rethink our identity model and decouple it from a single energy account Energy Account (Current) Digital Identity
- 18. Make a copy of this doc This is the master doc Content A Better Digital Identity Model This allows us to model identity as an interconnection of different entities centred around the user ...future services/products Digital Identity
- 19. Make a copy of this doc This is the master doc Content Provisioning A New Identity Core Digital Identity DomainDigital Identity Management API User Provisioning Identity Provider Create digital identity for new user Add root node Add user (email, digital identifier) SCIMAPI digital identifier User Management DSE Graph digital identifier = uuid
- 20. Make a copy of this doc This is the master doc Content Connecting new services Digital Identity Management API Energy Provisioning Add energy node connect (energy, digital identifier) Core Digital Identity Domain (DSE Graph) Broadband Provisioning connect (broadband, digital identifier) Add broadband node
- 21. Make a copy of this doc This is the master doc Content Importance of the digital identifier Identity Provider OAuth Client Credential Store Core Digital Identity Domain (DSE Graph) Authentication Token Management API Gateway Authenticate (email, password) digital identifier Authenticate (email, password) tokens minted with digital identifier my/broadband(token) Introspect token and resolve digital identifier Lookup identity for broadband services Make downstream API calls Lookup identity (digital identifier) Digital Identifier
- 22. Make a copy of this doc This is the master doc Content Moving towards a central IDP ...future services/products Mobile App (OAuth via App Auth and pixie) IDP (Curity) Web Apps (OAuth Clients) API Gateway Micro-services introspect token Aurora (AWS) Authentication Token Management User Management Validate and forward requests OAuth 2.0 Authorisation Code Flow (OpenID Connect) Single Sign-On
- 23. Make a copy of this doc This is the master doc Content We chose Curity! ...future services/products Based on open standards (Open ID Connect, OAuth 2.0, SCIM) Easy to operationalise as everything can be configured using APIs! Flexible. Very straightforward to mint custom tokens, configure templates and add new authentication strategies/ backing stores Integration hooks. Event listeners can be registered easily (e.g. doSomething when user activates their identity)
- 24. Make a copy of this doc This is the master doc Content One of our best partnerships and entirely over Slack...
- 25. Make a copy of this doc This is the master doc Content Connected Energy Energy Switching Energy Management Energy Engagement Broadband Connected Energy
- 26. Make a copy of this doc This is the master doc Content Connected Energy - The energy future ...future services/products monitor and control Connect digital identity to energy assets and appliances Electric vehicles Electricity grid Battery storage Appliances Renewable energy Renewable energy Unified view of connected energy
- 27. Make a copy of this doc This is the master doc Content Microgrids - Connecting your neighbours ...future services/products Trading of excess energy at the edge of the grid
- 28. Make a copy of this doc This is the master doc Content Thanks for listening!