Patent Document ID: 10026106
Application ID: 14079274
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. An apparatus for synthetic price provision, the apparatus comprising logic, at least partially implemented in hardware, to: identify, by an energy management controller, devices operating in an energy management system, wherein the devices are configured to operate at least partially based on a pricing signal that indicates a price of energy provided by an energy provider; receive, at the energy management controller, the pricing signal from the energy provider; determine, by the energy management controller, an operating plan for the devices in the energy management system based at least in part on the pricing signal; and generate, by the energy management controller, synthetic pricing signals to replace the pricing signal provided by the energy provider; intercept, at the energy management controller, a request from the devices to the energy provider requesting the energy provider to provide the pricing signal; and in response to the request, send the synthetic pricing signals, rather than the pricing signal received from the energy provider, from the energy management controller to the devices, wherein the synthetic pricing signals control the devices to operate according to the determined operating plan.