I used this, but I’m aware it can be done outside of Node Red if you’re not into it. Can’t provide any help in that respect though, just google ‘tuyalocalapi home assistant’ or ‘tuyapi’.
If you don’t want to screw things, just order one from Amazon, and if it works, order the rest from Ali
thanks m8 for help. I will try to dig into it. Last question, does this set up show power consumption?
Sure. As long as the plug itself can monitor power consumption you’ll be able to set a sensor with that value. Plus you get rid of the cloud, it’ll work without internet which is great
Hi Darek - did you get anywhere with using the UK smart plug for energy monitoring in HA ? I’ve got some energy monitoring sockets (they use the smart life app and the energy consumption does indeed show up in the app)
A very big THANK YOU to everyone who has contributed to this thread. In my short time using HA this has been the single most useful thread I have found.
Great Stuff!
Ok so I’m using techn plugs through smartlife and the Tuya integration. In the smartlife app I can see the energy usage fine.
However in HA I can only see the basic switch and none of the energy entities. In fact under devices it reports it as a Tuya Switch
Do I need to manually create a sensor as someone had to do earlier in the thread ?
Like I said - I’m very new to this !
Ta
Dave
Hi Dave
I decided to get Sonoff Pow R2 energy monitor and flashed them with Tasmota. A bit hassle at the beginning but since they are great.
I didn’t get smart plugs for now but as per what obaldius mentioned above you can try node red or google local tuya to get them working offline with HA
I really enjoy reading this thread because I face exact the same challenge to measure the power on my pump in the septic tank.
But is there any recommendations on power monitor plug for outdoors (ip44 or better) that is easy to integrate into HA?
I am using ZWave or Wifi and only hardware that offers local control and has energy monitoring. Whatever satisfies those requirements, I have probably tested 
Those are the ones I have used the most:
I am currently in the same boat, looking for alternatives to the Belkin WeMo Insight and TP-Link switches which are either not sold anymore, or are not supported by HA.
The Zooz and Aeotec solutions, I agree, are really solid - but both of these are quite expensive. And while I think Shelly has a great idea, I’m not a fan of ripping apart a surge protector to hard-ware something into it. I don’t trust myself well enough to wire something that may have 1,500 volts running through it.
In addition to this list abouve, I want to also recommend the Etekcity ESW15 - I know it’s cloud polling, but $12 for a compact 15-amp energy-tracking smart plug is hard to beat. I just got 2, and I’ll edit this post if I have a bad experience - otherwise I’m assuming they will work just fine.
I notice there is a VeSync integration which claims to work with these. Specifically,
The
vesyncintegration enables you to control smart switches and outlets connected to the VeSync App.The devices must be added to the VeSync App before this integration can discover them.
What’s not clear from this is whether the integration “discovers” the devices locally, or simply uses a vendor API to talk to the VeSync cloud. If the former, I might be interested. That is a great price!
@CaptTom Unfortunately it looks like it’s cloud polling - so it would poll your Etekcity/VeSync account. I don’t see any local/LAN-based API calls.
It uses the pyvesync library on the back-end, and looking at the source code of pyvesync, it calls a cloud-based API.
Certainly not ideal, but for people who are more budget-conscious, it is certainly an option.
Also sonoff S31 (not S31 lite) - you could go sonoff integration via cloud, you could go tasmota, and then there’s also sonoff local integration in HACS.
SONOFF S31/S31LITE - Power Usage Monitor Plug Wifi Smart Socket
… worth mentioning at least.
@obaldius Regarding this Xiaomi XM500008 - does it work like a Zigbee router or extender only? I am currently using Sonoff Zibgee bridge (ZHA) and want to have backup solution in case that it brokes. Beside of it I need smart power plug with power meter function, so it will be great if Xiaomi XM500008 will be good for both purposes. Does it need to be tasmotized / flashed?
it works out of the box, nothing needs to be done but it’s an extender. AFAIK It won’t replace your conbee or whatever you are using. I though router was the right word 
Actually you are right, I need backup gateway, and the router only extends the signal. Thanks!
I’m using Neo Coolcam and I’m very happy. IT’s a z-wave device and it’s very reliable.
I wan’t to use the smart plug to monitor power produced by my plug-in solar panels (only 3).
Wifi, zigbee or zwave ones are all options.
Anyone can recommend one (EU version) ?
I made my choice in favor of Shelly devices. I use Shelly 1PM in sockets in which there is a need to plug/unplug devices. For other cases Shelly Plug S.
Main advantages:
I bought some of these MOES Tuya sockets, and I managed to get the electricity use data with localtuya, and that seems to work. But it looks like they don’t update often enough.
I want to use a socket to measure how much energy my Quooker uses (hot water boiler), and it seems it only powers on for about 10 seconds every 30 minutes or so, and the socket doesn’t store the energy use.
Are there sockets that have higher refresh rate or at least store the usage internally? Or can I get my sockets to measure better? (Can’t flash them).
[Additonal question] If I look for different plugs, how conscious do I need to be of the max load? I find many 10A plugs. My water boiler is exactly 10A/2300W, am I safe, or should I go for more?
+1 as @Oligarch, shelly is the quickest and easiest one
I would also like to see some “smart” power strip from Shelly; it would be a best buy, especially for manage desk cables 
(monitor, pc, tablet, etc);
I don’t like the idea to add a single Shelly Plug S for every plug in the power strip or build my DIY power strip with Shelly EM inside (too big)