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I’ve recently started using Home Assistant to monitor my home. I’ve got 5 Aqara temperature and humidity sensors feeding in data via a ConBee II usb device, I’ve got a Hive integration, and I’ve got an Ovo integration. But I don’t understand what the Ovo integration is showing me. The documentation says

Sensors

This integration provides a few sensors for OVO Energy:

  • Last Electricity Reading - Last meter reading consumption in kWh.
  • Last Gas Reading - Last meter reading consumption in kWh.
  • Last Electricity Cost - Last meter reading electricity cost.
  • Last Gas Cost - Last meter reading gas cost.

But it doesn’t explain whether these are half hourly readings, or daily or something else. I’m also very suspicious of an electricity reading that’s decreased over the last 48 hours.

Has anyone on here used this Home Assistant integration, and if so what do they make of it?     

My fix is now being released as per https://github.com/home-assistant/core/releases/tag/2021.6.4 .

Please allow a few hours or so for the update to reach Snapcraft on the Edge channel. It will be released on the Stable channel later. You can't replace an installed Snap with the raw files from GitHub, so please don't do that cuz you'll break something if you do!

We love seeing the innovative ways our customers are using tech to help monitor and manage their energy usage. It’s inspiring us to think about ways to do energy differently. We know some customers have been using some of the application programming interface (APIs) behind our public facing services. While we’re OK with that, we do need to make you aware of a couple of things.

 

These APIs are designed to be used by OVO teams only, and aren't public facing. There are some downsides to using APIs that aren't for the public, and we wanted to let you know what these are. Behind the scenes, OVO uses APIs to share and update information between systems that power your bills and your online account. This is done in partnership with Kaluza, the tech company that’s part of the OVO family. They’ve built the billing platform designed to put our customers in the driving seat of their energy usage. 

 

These internal APIs are intended for use by Kaluza and its clients, who are energy retailers like OVO, rather than customers. Because of this, there’s no support for them being used anywhere else, which means they may be discontinued with no notice when we update our products and services. 

 

OVO Energy and Kaluza need to be able to monitor these APIs, and may block access if there's any problems in the future.

 

We know some customers may have put time and effort into developing solutions that use these API. So, now that you know the risks, we want to hear from you on how you’re using the APIs and the problems you’re solving with your DIY approach. 

 

Is there anything you’d like to see from OVO to help you monitor and manage your energy better? Leave a comment below to tell us.

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