Sensors to show the fixed peak/off-peak rates? #862
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Hello. There are peak/off peak sensors already present, just in a disabled state. See previous consumption sensor or this current rate sensor (if you have a Home Mini) as an example. Unless I'm misunderstanding? |
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Yes, those update every day when the rate changes, whereas I'm after "fixed" sensors that just show the price I'd pay during those times, if that makes sense? The way I've done it is I have dual-rate meters in HA that switch back and forth with the rate changes, but they just track usage. Then once a month I take the peak meter value and multiply it against the (manually set) peak rate, and the same with the off-peak meter and off-peak rate to get the costs of each. When the energy price cap changes, like it did last month, I need to go and amend the values in those helpers to keep it accurate but it would be good if it could be automatic, like it is for the standing charges. Now that I've typed it out I'm sure there must be a better way to do this using the energy dashboard but the last time I looked at that I just managed to confuse myself! I should probably look at it again... |
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I'm on Intelligent Go and have built an automation that sends me various energy stats on my billing rollover day, mostly because it takes Octopus themselves so long to send through actual statements. This takes the form of peak/off-peak usage, based on HA utility meter readings and their associated costs, based on a couple of input helpers where I've manually set the peak and off-peak prices.
Of course, any time these prices change, like they just did a few weeks ago, I have to manually adjust these helpers to match. It would be great if this integration could have these values as actual sensors, like it does for the standing charges, so that I don't need to manually adjust them each time - assuming Octopus provides such details of course!
Cheers for all your hard work!
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