sensor.greenely

Custom component to get usage data and prices from Greenely for Home Assistant.

Because Greenely doesn't have an open api yet, we are using the Android user-agent to access data. Data is fetched every hour.

Installation

HACS (recommended)

• Have HACS installed, this will allow you to easily manage and track updates.
• Search for 'Greenely'.
• Click Install below the found integration.
• Configure using the configuration instructions below.
• Restart Home-Assistant.

Manual

• Copy directory custom_components/greenely to your <config dir>/custom_components directory.
• Configure with config below.
• Restart Home-Assistant.

Configuration

Is done using the UI, click Add integration and search for Greenely. The initial setup needs your Email and Password for the Greenely account, optionally you could specify the Facility ID.

Options for additional sensors and settings can be found in the configuration of that integration in the UI.

Configuration variables

Options variables

Services

Fetch factilites This service will fetch the facilites data and output it into a formated notification displaying the following. ID, Street, Zip code, City and Primary attributes for each of your facilites.

Example without json output:

service: greenely.fetch_facilities
data:
  email: user@example.com
  password: password

Example with json output:

service: greenely.fetch_facilities
data:
  email: user@example.com
  password: password
  output_json: true

Lovelace

Example chart with ApexCharts Card: Use these configurations for the sensor

hourly_usage: true
date_format: '%Y-%m-%d'

- type: custom:apexcharts-card
  header:
    title: Förbrukning/timme & elpris
    show: true
  graph_span: 24h
  span:
    start: day
    offset: '-1d'
  yaxis:
    - id: first
      apex_config:
        tickAmount: 10
      min: 0
      max: 2
    - id: second
      opposite: true
      apex_config:
        tickAmount: 5
      min: 0
      decimals: 0
  apex_config:
    dataLabels:
      enabled: false
    stroke:
      width: 4
  series:
    - entity: sensor.greenely_hourly_usage
      name: Förbrukning
      yaxis_id: first
      type: column
      color: red
      show:
        legend_value: false
      data_generator: |
        return entity.attributes.data.map((entry) => {
          return [new Date(entry.localtime), entry.usage];
        }); 
    - entity: sensor.greenely_prices
      data_generator: |
          return entity.attributes.previous_day.map((entry) => {
            return [new Date(entry.date + 'T' + entry.time), entry.price];
          }); 
      yaxis_id: second
      type: line
      color: blue
      name: Elpris
      show:
        legend_value: false

Example usage with flex-table-card:

- type: 'custom:flex-table-card'
  title: Greenely Daily Usage
  sort_by: date
  entities:
    include: sensor.greenely_daily_usage
  columns:
    - name: date
      attr_as_list: data
      modify: x.localtime
      icon: mdi:calendar
    - name: kWh
      attr_as_list: data
      modify: x.usage
      icon: mdi:flash

Example prices with flex-table-card:

- type: custom:vertical-stack-in-card
  cards:
    - type: horizontal-stack
      cards:
        - type: 'custom:flex-table-card'
          title: Today
          sort_by: date
          entities:
            include: sensor.greenely_prices
          columns:
            - name: time
              attr_as_list: current_day
              modify: x.time
              icon: mdi:clock
            - name: price(öre/kWh)
              attr_as_list: current_day
              modify: Math.round(x.price * 100)
              icon: mdi:cash
        - type: 'custom:flex-table-card'
          title: Tomorrow
          sort_by: date
          entities:
            include: sensor.greenely_prices
          columns:
            - name: time
              attr_as_list: next_day
              modify: x.time
              icon: mdi:clock
            - name: price(öre/kWh)
              attr_as_list: next_day
              modify: Math.round(x.price * 100)
              icon: mdi:cash

Example usage with Node-Red Companion and tts

You can then for example make a script to trigger it through voice commands to Google Assistant!

Debug logging

Add this to your configuration.yaml to debug the component

  default: warning
  logs:
    custom_components.greenely: debug

Data object structures

previous_day, current_day, next_day & current_month

[{ "date": "Jan 18 2020", "time": "13:00", "price": "24.75" }]

days

[{ "localtime": "Jan 12 2020", "usage": "11.0" }]

hourly

[{ "localtime": "Jan 12 2020 10:00", "usage": "1.0" }]

sold_data

[{ "date": "Jan 12 2020", "usage": "11.0", "is_complete": true }]