Sensors for All Off-Peak / Peak Imports with Intelligent Go

[Phil89a]

I may be reinventing the wheel here; so please tell me if I am, but I want to record all Off-Peak Import and all Peak Import. The complication to me is that I also have off-peak available when my car is charging on the Intelligent Go tariff, so I can't use the off_peak sensor.

My eventual aim is to chart kWh import by 30 minute intervals over a month.

My idea was to create an off-peak and peak sensor to record import. Off-peak would be identified as the off_peak sensor being ON or (the intelligent_dispatching sensor being ON and the Hypervolt_Charging switch being ON)

My sensor is shown below, but is this the right way of doing it ?

 - sensor:
      - name: "Octopus Energy Off-Peak Consumption kWh"
        unit_of_measurement: "kWh"
        state: >-
          {% set consumption_w = states('sensor.octopus_energy_electricity_xxxxxx_current_consumption') | float(0) %}
          {% set intelligent = is_state('binary_sensor.octopus_energy_xxxxxx_intelligent_dispatching', 'on') %}
          {% set charging = is_state('switch.hypervolt_charging', 'on') %}
          {% set off_peak_sensor = is_state('binary_sensor.octopus_energy_electricity_xxxxxxxx_off_peak', 'on') %}
          {% if (intelligent and charging) or off_peak_sensor %}
            {{ (consumption_w / 1000) | round(3) }}
          {% else %}
            0
          {% endif %}
      - name: "Octopus Energy Peak Consumption kWh"
        unit_of_measurement: "kWh"
        state: >-
          {% set consumption_w = states('sensor.octopus_energy_electricity_xxxxxx_current_consumption') | float(0) %}
          {% set intelligent = is_state('binary_sensor.octopus_energy_xxxxx_intelligent_dispatching', 'on') %}
          {% set charging = is_state('switch.hypervolt_charging', 'on') %}
          {% set off_peak_sensor = is_state('binary_sensor.octopus_energy_electricity_xxxxxx_off_peak', 'on') %}
          {% if not ((intelligent and charging) or off_peak_sensor) %}
            {{ (consumption_w / 1000) | round(3) }}
          {% else %}
            0
          {% endif %}

[BottlecapDave]

There are off peak and peak sensors available in a disabled state https://bottlecapdave.github.io/HomeAssistant-OctopusEnergy/entities/electricity/#variants_2.

This doesn't take into account if your charger is on, as this data is unavailable in the integration, so there can be discrepancies in these scenarios. I've been looking at the available data and with what other people have done outside of HA with how this can be improved.

However, with your approach you must also note that if your charger is on for any length of time, that entire half hour block is charged at off peak rate (e.g. if your charger is on from 12:00 to 12:12, the period of 12:00-12:30 will be off peak).

[Phil89a]

Thanks Dave - good point about the 30 minute slots; will have a think about how to get around this; but at least there logic is sound.

Looking forward to this being integrated into the add-on :-)