Configurations for when electricity has Peak Rates

penright · July 12, 2017, 6:39pm

The only thing I can think of would be airconditioning (climate). I wondering if a Cool Peak Scene could save money.
There is the set temperature and swing. I am wondering if prior to peak you drop the swing to 1, maybe drop the temp a degree, then at peak set the swing to 10 and raise the temp 3. That means it has to drop 7 below desired temp if and when it does run, it will only run a little. Maybe there a better way to coast through peak. The values are just examples, I not sure what realistic ones would be. Our electric company Peak is June-Aug 3pm till 7pm. So the trigger would include testing what month and home/away besides time of day.

swilson · June 4, 2018, 9:06pm

Here is a sensor I rigged up that works with the Time-Of-Use rates in Ontario:

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/swilson/d2ffc2ef7e580cd1d331895191399515

tou.yaml

  - platform: template
    sensors:
      hydro_rate:
        # TODO account for holidays
        value_template: >-
          {% if now().weekday() > 4 or now().hour < 7 or now().hour >= 19 %}
            off_peak
          {% elif now().hour >= 7 and now().hour < 11 %}
            {% if now().month >= 5 and now().month <= 10 %}
              mid_peak

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