@Stubbs From what I’ve seen the Consumption data that is retrieved from the Envoy is the sum of all energy that is flowing into panel. Though there are two different configurations I have seen on Envoys, as you can read below.
EDIT: I found this document I guess the Consumption CTs can be installed differently which can effect what total means to your system. Enphase Consumption Monitoring
Net Consumption versus Total Consumption
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• Net - If the solar production CT is installed on the load side of the consumption CTs, then you can leave the consumption meter set as Net.
• Total - If the solar array is line side connected or if the solar production CT is installed on a separate circuit from the consumption CTs, then select Total.
I don’t have an Envoy that supports Consumption but looking into the code and seeing what is returned by various Envoys from http://x.x.x.x/production.json I have seen two different data structures being returned. One structure was only one consumption value
{"production":[{"type":"inverters","wNow":59,"whLifetime":25137952.8325,"readingTime":1608318607,"activeCount":35},{"type":"eim","activeCount":1,"whLifetime":47578.252,"whLastSevenDays":351.252,"whToday":30.252,"wNow":-0.049,"rmsCurrent":0.28,"rmsVoltage":248.877,"reactPwr":0.899,"apprntPwr":34.795,"pwrFactor":-0.0,"readingTime":1608318607}],"consumption":[{"type":"eim","activeCount":0,"whLifetime":0,"whLastSevenDays":0,"whToday":0,"wNow":0,"varhLeadToday":0,"varhLagToday":0,"vahToday":0,"varhLeadLifetime":0,"varhLagLifetime":0,"vahLifetime":0,"rmsCurrent":0,"rmsVoltage":0,"reactPwr":0,"apprntPwr":0,"pwrFactor":0}]}
and another was two sets of values; total and net.
{"production":[{"type":"inverters","activeCount":26,"readingTime":1608317131,"wNow":6,"whLifetime":7998977},{"type":"eim","activeCount":0,"measurementType":"production","readingTime":1608317143,"wNow":0.0,"whLifetime":0.0,"varhLeadLifetime":0.0,"varhLagLifetime":0.0,"vahLifetime":0.0,"rmsCurrent":4.312,"rmsVoltage":242.022,"reactPwr":-506.461,"apprntPwr":521.678,"pwrFactor":0.0,"whToday":0.0,"whLastSevenDays":0.0,"vahToday":0.0,"varhLeadToday":0.0,"varhLagToday":0.0}],"consumption":[{"type":"eim","activeCount":0,"measurementType":"total-consumption","readingTime":1608317143,"wNow":0.0,"whLifetime":0.0,"varhLeadLifetime":0.0,"varhLagLifetime":0.0,"vahLifetime":0.0,"rmsCurrent":4.566,"rmsVoltage":242.05,"reactPwr":506.461,"apprntPwr":1105.183,"pwrFactor":0.0,"whToday":0.0,"whLastSevenDays":0.0,"vahToday":0.0,"varhLeadToday":0.0,"varhLagToday":0.0},{"type":"eim","activeCount":0,"measurementType":"net-consumption","readingTime":1608317143,"wNow":0.0,"whLifetime":0.0,"varhLeadLifetime":0.0,"varhLagLifetime":0.0,"vahLifetime":0.0,"rmsCurrent":0.254,"rmsVoltage":242.077,"reactPwr":0.0,"apprntPwr":30.767,"pwrFactor":0.0,"whToday":0,"whLastSevenDays":0,"vahToday":0,"varhLeadToday":0,"varhLagToday":0}],"storage":[{"type":"acb","activeCount":0,"readingTime":0,"wNow":0,"whNow":0,"state":"idle"}]}
I don’t know if the difference is configuration, hardware, or firmware. On your Envoy if you open a browser to the URL I mentioned above (replacing x.x.x.x with your IP Address) you will see the data being returned. If you have two Consumption parts then they should have a measurementType of total-consumption for the first and net-consumption for the second. Though if you only have one Consumption section then I do not know if it’s total or net, but it would be helpful to let me know what if it’s total or net in your installation. To easily read JSON data, I copy and paste it into http://jsonviewer.stack.hu/
I have seen a request to have the integration in Home Assistant give total and net consumption data. That is being worked on in an indirect way, moving the setup and configuration from text configuration (configuration.yaml) to the Home Assistant UI (Config Flow) which should give the user the option to select what conditions they want to monitor.
I know long answer!
