An imagined JSON response from a utility's API, specifying the rate per kWh for power now and over the next 24 hours. This provision of data would allow households to automatically adjust energy use in response to demand-based pricing.

rates.json

[
{
	"provider": "Dominion",
	"url": "http://www.dom.com/",
	"api_url": "http://api.dom.com/",
	"documentation": "http://api.dom.com/docs/",
	"state": "Virginia",
	"rate": "12.3",
	"units": "kWh",
	"rate_units": "cents",
	"rate_url": "https://www.dom.com/about/conservation/smart-pricing-plan-hm.jsp",
	"rate_schedule": [
		{
			"time": "2014-06-17T19:00:00-05/PT3H",
			"rate": "12.3"
		},
		{
			"time": "2014-06-17T22:00:00-05/PT2H",
			"rate": "8.5"
		},
		{
			"time": "2014-06-18T00:00:00-05/PT10H",
			"rate": "9.5"
		},
		{
			"time": "2014-06-18T10:00:00-05/PT3H",
			"rate": "15.3"
		},
		{
			"time": "2014-06-18T13:00:00-05/PT3H",
			"rate": "51.5"
		},
		{
			"time": "2014-06-18T19:00:00-05/PT3H",
			"rate": "15.3"
		}
	]
}
]