Energy dashboard , real consumption...?

[tom_l]

@pergola.fabio

am i correct saying that the “return to grid” option is actually mandatory to make the energy dashboard work?

Yes ans no.

It is not mandatory but if you have solar or other local generation with a grid connect system and you want that information to show up then yes you need to add a sensor for return to grid.

Otherwise all you will see is this:

Solar production not appearing in energy usage chart

Greetings, I have my incoming feed from the power company (labeled DTE.wh) and the incoming feed from my small-scale solar inverter (labeled Solar.wh) set up in Home Assistant as follows: [image] The power company power shows up in the Energy dashboard’s Energy Usage chart correctly, and the solar production shows up in the Energy dashboard’s Solar Production chart correctly, but the solar production/usage does not show up in the Energy Usage chart at all: [image] On other peoples’ Energy…