An eagle-eyed Register reader spotted the problem when accessing data.elexon.co.uk, noting that Elexon's servers appeared to be having a liedown due to the expired certificate. While getting a certificate warning is an inconvenience on the browser, receiving the same from an API service can render many integrations inoperative since an invalid certificate means the connection is not secure.
Furthermore, 'It [Insights Solution] is used extensively by market participants to help make trading decisions and understanding market dynamics and acts as a prompt reporting platform as well as a means of accessing historic data.' It's heady stuff, but amid all the demand forecasting, the organization appears to have forgotten to forecast when its TLS certificate will expire.
#certificate-expiry #data-access-disruption #operational-data #electricity-market #tls-certificate-management
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