Can't make an automation based on the current_price attribute from Nordpool

Third party integrations
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Hi community. This is driving me crazy. I have integrated Nordpool electricity prices into HA from HACS. I can see the current price in HA.

I’m trying to do an automation to turn off the car charger if the price goes above a certain point. Since prices are always the cheapest from 0:00 - 6:00, I have it automatically turn on in that period to make sure I can charge the car always, even if the electricity price is above my threshold.

Should be really simple, but it never triggers. I’ve been taking out the variable stuff (price_car) and just plugging in manual numbers for fun. Still doesn’t work (or, at least, it returns “conditions not met” when I click “test” on the first condition in the UI)

alias: EVBox
triggers:
  - trigger: numeric_state
    entity_id:
      - sensor.nordpool_kwh_dk2_dkk_2_095_025
    id: expensive
    attribute: current_price
    above: input_number.price_car
  - trigger: numeric_state
    entity_id:
      - sensor.nordpool_kwh_dk2_dkk_2_095_025
    id: cheap
    attribute: current_price
    below: input_number.price_car
  - trigger: time
    at: "00:00:00"
    id: midnight
conditions: []
actions:
  - choose:
      - conditions:
          - condition: trigger
            id:
              - expensive
          - condition: time
            after: "06:00:00"
        sequence:
          - type: turn_off
            device_id: 033f0308fe54b1f2e303b95ebe1eec02 (charger)
            entity_id: b25737276ae2214d441116e619f0609d (availability)
            domain: switch
      - conditions:
          - condition: trigger
            id:
              - cheap
              - midnight
        sequence:
          - type: turn_on
            device_id: 033f0308fe54b1f2e303b95ebe1eec02
            entity_id: b25737276ae2214d441116e619f0609d
            domain: switch
mode: single
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Actually, it might work. Just read up on the numeric state trigger: It only triggers when a value crosses a boundary. Electricity has been expensive lately, so it’s never crossed into the cheap area.

Which also means after the “mandatory on-period” in my automation from 0:00 - 6:00, it never turns off, because the price doesn’t cross into the expensive zone. It’s always just there :slight_smile:

I’ll add some stuff to turn it off at 6:00 if the current price is above the expensive zone.