Hey all,
I’m running a Utility meter on HA that resets every hour, so I can know hourly consumption. I’m struggling to figure out the tariff part. HA’s Utility Meter page says “Supported tariffs:
A list of supported tariffs, leave empty if only a single tariff is needed.”
When I create a meter, I don’t see any “list” of supported tariffs (see attached pic.)
Ideally I would want PG&E rates. How does one define the tariff to use here?
Thanks.
I think you’re just supposed to enter whatever arbitrary strings you want, there’s nothing to pre-select from.
For each entry, a seperate meter counting consumption under that tariff will be created.
So however many different rates you want to track for PGE, enter that many values, named whatever you think is appropriate.
Oh understood - so that would mean I’m required to use a template sensor to calculate costs for each meter created through the tariff. I wish they somehow let us include the $/kWh when creating the meter itself, oh well.
If use Energy dashboard it will handle cost calculation per-tariff, and create a cost sensor per tariff.
Thanks for sharing. Does this cost sensor (that’s created via the Energy dashboard) reset daily, by any chance? Or is it cumulative? I don’t prefer the Energy dashboard because it shows cost only when there’s a grid item and not for individual devices. I’m trying to calculate costs for individual devices. I want to avoid the grid option since I already have other sensors on the grid (and so the total costs will go haywire if I include individual devices)
Thanks.
