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I’ve already been plugging in data from my Emporia Vue, which reads the meter from Southern California Edison and allows me to query my usage in kW/h from Home Assistant. I now need to calculate cost, which is variable based on what SCE calls TOU (Time Of Use). This essentially means peak hours (typically 4PM - 9PM) have higher rates than off-peak. I broke this problem down into 3 entities to solve: TOU Season (Summer vs Winter) TOU Peak (Current hourly block) TOU Cost ($ per kW/h) I can use Cost as the dynamic entity in our Energy Usage dashboard. This, combined with the kW/h reading, can be used to calculate total energy costs per day. This defines the 3 entities in my sce.yaml. If you’re copying this, plug your peak costs into the last few lines of this snippet. You can find updated rates here: https://www.sce.com/residential/rates/Time-Of-Use-Residential-Rate-Plans template: - sensor: - name: "TOU Season" state: "{{ ['Winter', 'Summer'][now().month >= 6 and now().month < 10] }}" icon: mdi:weather-cloudy-clock - sensor: - name: "TOU Peak" icon: mdi:calendar-clock state: > {% set is_weekend = now().strftime("%w") == 0 or now().strftime("%w") == 6 %} {% if states('sensor.tou_season') == "Summer" %} {% if now().hour >= 16 and now().hour < 21 %} {% if is_weekend %} {{ "Mid-Peak" }} {% else %} {{ "On-Peak" }} {% endif %} {% else %} {{ "Off-Peak" }} {% endif %} {% else %} {% if now().hour >= 16 and now().hour < 21 %} {{ "Mid-Peak" }} {% elif now().hour >= 21 or now().hour < 8 %} {{ "Off-Peak" }} {% else %} {{ "Super Off-Peak" }} {% endif %} {% endif %} - sensor: - name: "TOU Cost" icon: mdi:currency-usd device_class: monetary state: > {% if states('sensor.tou_season') == "Summer" %} {{ {"Off-Peak": 0.15, "On-Peak": 0.41, "Mid-Peak": 0.30}[states('sensor.tou_peak')] }} {% else %} {{ {"Super Off-Peak": 0.15, "Off-Peak": 0.15, "Mid-Peak": 0.38}[states('sensor.tou_peak')] }} {% endif %} Updated values for Option 1 TOUD-5-8PM: template: - sensor: - name: "TOU Season" state: "{{ ['Winter', 'Summer'][now().month >= 6 and now().month < 10] }}" icon: mdi:weather-cloudy-clock - sensor: - name: "TOU Peak" icon: mdi:calendar-clock state: > {% set is_weekend = now().strftime("%w") == 0 or now().strftime("%w") == 6 %} {% if states('sensor.tou_season') == "Summer" %} {% if now().hour >= 17 and now().hour < 20 %} {% if is_weekend %} {{ "Mid-Peak" }} {% else %} {{ "On-Peak" }} {% endif %} {% else %} {{ "Off-Peak" }} {% endif %} {% else %} {% if now().hour >= 17 and now().hour < 20 %} {{ "Mid-Peak" }} {% elif now().hour >= 20 or now().hour < 8 %} {{ "Off-Peak" }} {% else %} {{ "Super Off-Peak" }} {% endif %} {% endif %} - sensor: - name: "TOU Cost" icon: mdi:currency-usd device_class: monetary state: > {% if states('sensor.tou_season') == "Summer" %} {{ {"Off-Peak": 0.33, "On-Peak": 0.67, "Mid-Peak": 0.50}[states('sensor.tou_peak')] }} {% else %} {{ {"Super Off-Peak": 0.32, "Off-Peak": 0.36, "Mid-Peak": 0.55}[states('sensor.tou_peak')] }} {% endif %}

To get data from SCE power meter, some options: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B084T6HGNR/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A2MZON57HPVTEJ&psc=1 Integrations to Home Assistant: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/emporia-vue/178737 https://github.com/magico13/ha-emporia-vue with $25 rebate: https://www.sce.com/residential/rebates-savings/hanlogin Reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/im49ud/is_it_possible_to_get_data_from_my_utilitys_meters/ with generic utility radio hack: https://github.com/bemasher/rtlamr

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