Tibber Price Information & Ratings

A Home Assistant integration that provides advanced price information and ratings from Tibber. This integration allows you to monitor electricity prices, price levels, and rating information to help you optimize your energy consumption and save money.

Features

• Current and Next Hour Prices: Get real-time price data in both EUR and cents/kWh
• Price Level Indicators: Know when you're in a low, normal, or high price period
• Statistical Sensors: Track lowest, highest, and average prices for the day
• Price Ratings: Quarterly-hour ratings to understand how current prices compare to historical data
• Smart Indicators: Binary sensors to detect peak hours and best price hours for automations
• Diagnostic Sensors: Monitor data freshness and availability

Installation

HACS Installation (Recommended)

1. Ensure HACS is installed in your Home Assistant instance
2. Go to HACS > Integrations > Click the three dots in the top right > Custom repositories
3. Add this repository URL: https://github.com/jpawlowski/hass.tibber_prices
4. Click "Add"
5. Search for "Tibber Price Information & Ratings" in the Integrations tab
6. Click "Install"
7. Restart Home Assistant

Manual Installation

1. Copy the custom_components/tibber_prices directory from this repository into your Home Assistant's custom_components directory
2. Restart Home Assistant

Configuration

Requirements

• A Tibber account with an active subscription
• A Tibber API access token (obtain from developer.tibber.com)

Setup Process

1. Go to Settings > Devices & Services in your Home Assistant UI
2. Click the + ADD INTEGRATION button in the bottom right
3. Search for "Tibber Price Information & Ratings"
4. Enter your Tibber API access token when prompted
5. Click "Submit"

Available Entities

Price Sensors

Entity	Description	Unit	Default Enabled
Current Electricity Price	The current hourly price	ct/kWh	Yes
Current Electricity Price (EUR)	The current hourly price	€	No
Next Hour Electricity Price	The price for the upcoming hour	ct/kWh	Yes
Next Hour Electricity Price (EUR)	The price for the upcoming hour	€	No
Current Price Level	Tibber's classification of the price (VERY_CHEAP, CHEAP, NORMAL, EXPENSIVE, VERY_EXPENSIVE)	-	Yes

Statistical Sensors

Entity	Description	Unit	Default Enabled
Today's Lowest Price	The lowest price for the current day	ct/kWh	Yes
Today's Lowest Price (EUR)	The lowest price for the current day	€	No
Today's Highest Price	The highest price for the current day	ct/kWh	Yes
Today's Highest Price (EUR)	The highest price for the current day	€	No
Today's Average Price	The average price for the current day	ct/kWh	Yes
Today's Average Price (EUR)	The average price for the current day	€	No

Rating Sensors

Entity	Description	Unit	Default Enabled
Quarter-Hourly Price Rating	How the quarter price compares to historical data	%	Yes

Binary Sensors

Entity	Description	Default Enabled
Peak Hour	Whether the current hour is in the top 20% of prices for the day	Yes
Best Price Hour	Whether the current hour is in the bottom 20% of prices for the day	Yes
Tibber API Connection	Shows connection status to the Tibber API	Yes

Diagnostic Sensors

Entity	Description	Default Enabled
Last Data Update	Timestamp of the most recent data update	Yes
Tomorrow's Data Status	Indicates if tomorrow's price data is available (Yes/No/Partial)	Yes

Automation Examples

Run Appliances During Cheap Hours

automation:
    - alias: "Run Dishwasher During Cheap Hours"
      trigger:
          - platform: state
            entity_id: binary_sensor.tibber_best_price_hour
            to: "on"
      condition:
          - condition: time
            after: "21:00:00"
            before: "06:00:00"
      action:
          - service: switch.turn_on
            target:
                entity_id: switch.dishwasher

Notify on Extremely High Prices

automation:
    - alias: "Notify on Very Expensive Electricity"
      trigger:
          - platform: state
            entity_id: sensor.tibber_current_price_level
            to: "VERY_EXPENSIVE"
      action:
          - service: notify.mobile_app
            data:
                title: "⚠️ High Electricity Prices"
                message: "Current electricity price is in the VERY EXPENSIVE range. Consider reducing consumption."

Troubleshooting

No data appearing

1. Check your API token is valid at developer.tibber.com
2. Verify you have an active Tibber subscription
3. Check the Home Assistant logs for detailed error messages
4. Restart the integration by going to Configuration > Integrations > Tibber Price Information & Ratings > Options

Missing tomorrow's price data

• Tomorrow's price data usually becomes available between 13:00 and 15:00 each day
• If data is still unavailable after this time, check the Tibber app to see if data is available there

Contributing

If you want to contribute to this project, please read the Contributing Guidelines.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

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