Would it be possible to get more units for “gas” ?
The implementation of “gas” as part of the energy dashboard is great but there are far more heating materials than gas where kWh and m³ does not make sense at all.
For example Oil (liter, gal) or Wood Pellets/Wood Chips which are of unit kg or pound.
“Gas” basically could be seen as a far more generic “Heating” with more units to be allowed.
The whole home energy management subsystem needs lot of improvements, it is based on several hardcoded assumptions instead of being flexible and customizable as everything else in Home Assistant.
Some attention from the team is needed here, this is a great feature which now looks like just a proof of concept which never got the development it deserves.
Very interesting! I also use fuel oil for heating and the ideal unit of measurement would be liters.
For information, to know my oil consumption, I use the fact that I know my boiler consumes 1.7 liters per hour. With an electrical consumption sensor, I monitor its operating time and, using a cross product, I deduce its consumption.
Suggest you to add your votes to this in the new FR area, I left some feedback there as to what the maintainers are looking for before adding new energy types, your feedback may be helpful:
That FR is for wood, though we should have a separate one for Oil in a similar format as well (not sure if one has been filed yet).