EnergyZero
The EnergyZero integration integrates the EnergyZero API platform with Home Assistant.
The integration makes it possible to retrieve the dynamic energy/gas prices from EnergyZero in order to gain insight into the price trend of the day and to adjust your consumption accordingly.
Partners who purchase their energy through EnergyZero:
Configuration
To add the EnergyZero integration to your Home Assistant instance, use this My button:
If the above My button doesn’t work, you can also perform the following steps manually:
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Browse to your Home Assistant instance.
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In the bottom right corner, select the Add Integration button.
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From the list, select EnergyZero.
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Follow the instructions on screen to complete the setup.
Sensors
The EnergyZero integration creates a number of sensor entities for both gas and electricity prices.
Energy market price
Every day around 14:00 UTC time, the new prices are published for the following day.
- The
currentandnext hourelectricity market price - Average electricity price of the day
- Lowest energy price
- Highest energy price
- Time of day when the price is highest
- Time of day when the price is at its lowest
- Percentage of the current price compared to the maximum price
Gas market price
For the dynamic gas prices, only entities are created that display the
current and next hour price because the price is always fixed for
24 hours; new prices are published every morning at 05:00 UTC time.