Replacing Grid Consumption Sensor without Losing Data

Feature Requests
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I’ve been using the Energy Dashboard for over two years and already have a lot of historical data.

Currently, I’m using the Toon Smartmeter integration (configured via configuration.yaml).

Later this month, my electricity, gas, and water meters will be replaced with digital ones.
As a result, I won’t be able to use the Toon Smartmeter integration anymore and will switch to a Smartgateway P1 meter.

This means I’ll get entirely new entities, and the Toon Smartmeter integration will be removed.

However, this also means I will lose all my historical data from the Toon Smartmeter integration.

It should be possible to retain the data in the Energy Dashboard, even after removing the original entities.

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Also lost some historical data due to this missing feature

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So I have had old device that ended with 30000kwh, now new one started on 0.
My meter changed and also I need new device to read it.
How do I continue in HA so it adds new value to old ones?
As Going from 300000 to 1 would make it think it is export of 30000kWh or something.

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I am currently using a CircuitSetup EM programmed through ESPHome but I would like to swap over to an Emporia Vue 3 also programmed through ESPHome. What would be the best way to swap over while maintaining historical data?

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FYI, I’ve developed 2026 guide on how to migrate the entity data, as well as cost data to a new entity/sensor.

I’ve put my guide here: [Guide] Migrate / copy energy statistics & history to new entity - keep full history in Energy Dashboard (2026)

Hope this helps someone :slight_smile: