Automation changing entity value based on weekday and time

[eyalspier (ESS)]

Hi all,

I currently have a number of smart plugs around the house, that measure consumption in kWh. I would like to use them to estimate the cost. The power provider in my country, however, has two prices based on time and date. Price 1 is for Mon - Fri, 7 am - 8 pm, and Price 2 is for all other times.

How can I create an entity that returns the necessary value depending on the time?

Thanks a lot in advance!

[tom_l]

First you need to measure the energy used in each time period. This is easily done with Utility Meter Tariffs:

How to use Utility Meter Tariffs to conditionally measure things

The Utility Meter integration is used to measure accumulating values like energy, gas, water, heating and more. You can apply a cycle to make it reset whenever you want. So, for example, you can make a daily energy meter from a sensor that always increases. You can also use the tariffs option to create multiple conditional sensors from the one utility meter. Every tariff you define gets its own sensor and you can automate when that sensor starts accumulating. This is a powerful tool allowing…

Then template helpers to multiply the energy sensors by the prices for each tariff.