Is there a way where instead of passing setpoint to my energyplus file, I directly provide the heating rates as inputs to my energyplus model?

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I am new to energyplus. My end goal is to be able to manipulate the heating rate at a given timestep using the energyplus python api. The only way I see that can happen is that the heating rates are actuator values. For example since setpoints are actuator values, I can easily change them during the simulation. Is there a way to directly change the heating rates just the way I can change setpoints? The only way I see is passing a set of heating rate for each time step instead of passing a set point for the zone temperature.