Sensor counts energy specific time

Configuration
1

Hey friends,

Can you please help me how to customize a daily utility meter that is only counting between a specific time (for example from 3pm to 4pm)? So I will get easily a quick overview of the last days.

2

The easiest way to do this is with tariffs. Each tariff creates it’s own sensor and you switch between which tariff is accumulating using an automation.

e.g.

utility_meter:
  daily_energy:
    source: sensor.energy
    name: Daily Energy
    cycle: daily
    tariffs:
      - afternnon_3_to_4pm
      - other_times

automation:
  trigger:
    - platform: time
      at: "15:00:00"
      variables:
        tariff: "afternnon_3_to_4pm"
    - platform: time
      at: "16:00:00"
      variables:
        tariff: "other_times"
  action:
    - service: select.select_option
      target:
        entity_id: select.daily_energy
      data:
        option: "{{ tariff }}"

You can see the afternoon daily totals in sensor.daily_energy_afternnon_3_to_4pm

You can ignore sensor.daily_energy_other_times

See the utility meter advanced configuration section here: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/utility_meter/#advanced-configuration