Genability Signal Smart Price API
Returns a single blended price signal ($/kWh) for a utility, tariff and time window, for use in dispatch logic, EV charging schedules and consumer-facing price displays.
OpenAPI Specification
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"masterTariffId": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Unique Arcadia ID for the master tariff of this tariff version.",
"format": "int64"
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"keyName": {
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"description": "The key name of the property associated with this input. The most common one will be consumption (which is the kWh for the period), and second most common is demand (kW), but can also be applicability properties like cityLimits or hasElectricVehicle"
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"description": "This controls how the calculation details are grouped. Examples (Optional, Defaults to the natural grouping for the rates)",
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"description": "Specifies a charge class to exclude from the calculation results. Available options are TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, SUPPLY, TAX, CONTRACTED, USER_ADJUSTED, AFTER_TAX, and OTHER.",
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"zipCode": {
"type": "string",
"description": "See examples for the cases when you need location data. When populating this field you should also populate country too. (Optional and usually not needed)"
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"country": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Use this when passing in a zipCode or postCode, and set it to the ISO Country Code of your zipCode since some countries use the same format (Use with zipCode)"
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"address": {
"type": "object",
"description": "An alternative to using zipCode and country. (Optional and usually not needed)",
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"addressString": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Full free text string representing address. This is the property that is usually passed in. Zip will suffice but the full address is better."
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"addressName": {
"type": "string",
"description": "A name associated with the address (e.g. Headquarters). Not usually set."
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"address1": {
"type": "string",
"description": "First part of the address. Usually populated by our address validation from the addressString passed in."
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"address2": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Second part of the address. Usually populated by our address validation from the addressString passed in."
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"city": {
"type": "string",
"description": "City of the address. Usually populated by our address validation from the addressString passed in."
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"state": {
"type": "string",
"description": "State of the address. Usually populated by our address validation from the addressString passed in."
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"zip": {
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"description": "Postcode or ZIP code of the address. Usually populated by our address validation from the addressString passed in."
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"country": {
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"lon": {
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"description": "Longitude of the address. We\u2019ll populate this by geo-tagging the address.",
"format": "double"
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"lat": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Latitude of the address. We\u2019ll populate this by geo-tagging the address.",
"format": "double"
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"tariffEffectiveOn": {
"type": "string",
"description": "This field enables doing a calculation with a single, specified version of a given tariff. For example, if the user specifies that they want to use the 2016-01-01 version of PG&E\u2019s E-1 tariff, any calculation, regardless of it's time range, would use the rate data from that version and only that version of the tariff.",
"format": "date"
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"rateInputs": {
"type": "array",
"description": "The rate input values are used to override existing rates on the tariff during the calculation. This enables modeling and/or setting customer specific rates during a calculation.",
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"tariffRateId": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Unique Genability ID (primary key) for each tariff rate",
"format": "int64"
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"tariffId": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Associates the rate with a tariff (foreign key)",
"format": "int64"
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"type": "integer",
"description": "Tariff ID of the rider attached to this tariff version. null otherwise",
"format": "int64"
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"riderId": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Master Tariff ID of the rider linked to this tariff rate.",
"format": "int64"
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"tariffSequenceNumber": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Sequence of this rate in the tariff, for display purposes only (e.g. this is the order on the bill)",
"format": "int32"
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"tariffBookSequenceNumber": {
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"description": "Sequence of this rate in the tariff source document, if it differs from tariffSequenceNumber",
"format": "int32"
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"rateGroupName": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Name of the group this rate belongs to"
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"tariffBookRateGroupName": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Name of the group this rate belongs to in the tariff source document, if it differs from rateGroupName"
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"rateName": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Name of this rate. Can be null (in which case use the group name)"
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"tariffBookRateName": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Name of this rate in the tariff source document, if it differs from rateName"
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"rateBands": {
"type": "array",
"description": "List of TariffRateBands",
"items": {
"properties": {
"rateAmount": {
"type": "string"
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"rateUnit": {
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"fromDateTime": {
"type": "string",
"description": "If populated, this indicates the rates effective date is not the same as that of its tariff",
"format": "date"
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"toDateTime": {
"type": "string",
"description": "If populated, this indicates the rates end date is not the same as that of its tariff",
"format": "date"
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"territory": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Only populated when this rate applies to a different region than the whole tariff (e.g. California Baseline Regions). This how-to has more."
},
"season": {
"type": "string",
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