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https://github.com/custom-components/nordpool

This component allows you to pull in the energy prices into Home-Assistant.
https://github.com/custom-components/nordpool

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This component allows you to pull in the energy prices into Home-Assistant.

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# Nord Pool integration for Home Assistant

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Nord Pool is a service provider that operates an electricity market and power system services, including the exchange of electricity on a spot market Nordics and Baltic countries. 



This integration provides the spot market (hourly) electricity prices for the Nordic, Baltic and part of Western Europe. 



The Nordpool sensor provides the current price with today's and tomorrow's prices as attributes. Prices become available around 13:00.



[ApexCharts](https://github.com/RomRider/apexcharts-card) card is recommended for visualization of the data in Home Assistant.





### Table of Contents

**[Installation](#installation)**


**[Usage](#usage)**


**[Other](#other)**


**[Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting)**



### Getting started

- Video tutorial: [variable energy prices in HA](https://youtu.be/NFJ510uhswY) by Smart Home Junkie

- Written guide: [Nordpool and ApexChart](https://www.creatingsmarthome.com/index.php/2022/09/17/home-assistant-nord-pool-spot-prices-and-how-to-automate-devices-for-cheapest-hours/) by Creating Smart Home

- Community: [Nordpool integration](https://community.home-assistant.io/t/any-good-ideas-are-welcome-nordpool-energy-price-per-hour/) on Home Assistant Community



## Installation



### Option 1: HACS



- Follow [![Open your Home Assistant instance and open a repository inside the Home Assistant Community Store.](https://my.home-assistant.io/badges/hacs_repository.svg)](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/hacs_repository/?owner=custom-components&repository=nordpool&category=integration) and install it

- Restart Home Assistant



  *or*

- Go to `HACS` -> `Integrations`, 

- Select `+`, 

- Search for `nordpool` and install it,

- Restart Home Assistant



### Option 2: Manual

Download the [latest release](https://github.com/custom-components/nordpool/releases)



```bash

cd YOUR_HASS_CONFIG_DIRECTORY    # same place as configuration.yaml

mkdir -p custom_components/nordpool

cd custom_components/nordpool

unzip nordpool-X.Y.Z.zip

mv nordpool-X.Y.Z/custom_components/nordpool/* .  

```



## Usage



### Configuration Variables

| Configuration        | Required | Description                   | 

|----------------------| -------- | ----------------------------- |

| Region               | **yes**  | Country/region to get the energy prices for. See Country/region codes below for details.| 

| Currency             | no       | *Default: local currency* 
 Currency used to fetch the prices from the API.|

| Include VAT          | no       | *Default: true* 
 Add Value Added Taxes (VAT) or not.|

| Decimal precision    | no       | *Default: 3* 
 Energy price rounding precision. |

| Low price percentage | no       | *Default: 1* 
 Percentage of average price to set the low price attribute. 
 IF hour_price < average * low_price_cutoff 
 THEN low_price = True 
 ELSE low_price = False|

| Price in cents       | no       | *Default: false* 
 Display price in cents in stead of (for example) Euros.|

| Energy scale         | no       | *Default: kWh* 
 Price displayed for MWh, kWh or Wh.|

| Additional Cost      | no       |  *default `{{0.0\|float}}`* 
 Template to specify additional cost to be added. See [Additional Costs](#additional-costs) for more details.|



### Option 1: UI

- Go to `Settings` -> `Devices & Services`

- Select `+ Add Integration`

- Search for `nordpool` and select it

- Fill in the required values and press `Submit`



Tip: By default, the integration will create a device with the name `nordpool____`. It is recommended to rename the device and all its entities to `nordpool`. If you need to recreate your sensor (for example, to change the additional cost), all automations and dashboards keep working.



### Option 2: YAML

Set up the sensor using in `configuration.yaml`.



#### Minimal configuration:

```yaml

sensor:

  - platform: nordpool

    region: "Kr.sand" 

```



#### Example configuration:

```yaml

sensor:

  - platform: nordpool

    # Country/region to get the energy prices for. 

    region: "Kr.sand"

    

    # Override HA local currency used to fetch the prices from the API.

    currency: "EUR"

    

    # Add Value Added Taxes (VAT)?

    VAT: True

    

    # Energy price rounding precision.

    precision: 3

    

    # Percentage of average price to set the low price attribute

    # low_price = hour_price < average * low_price_cutoff

    low_price_cutoff: 0.95



    # Display price in cents in stead of (for example) Euros.

    price_in_cents: false



    # Price displayed for MWh, kWh or Wh

    price_type: kWh



    # Template to specify additional cost to be added to the tariff.

    # The template price is in EUR, DKK, NOK or SEK (not in cents).

    # For example: "{{ current_price * 0.19 + 0.023 | float}}" 

    additional_costs: "{{0.0|float}}"

```

### Regions

See the [Nord Pool region map](https://www.nordpoolgroup.com/en/maps/) for details



| Country   | Region code | 

| --------- | ----------- |

| Austria   | AT |

| Belgium   | BE |

| Denmark   | DK1, 
 DK2|

| Estonia   | EE |

| Finland   | FI |

| France    | FR |

| Germany   | DE-LU |

| Great-Britain | Not yet available in this version |

| Latvia    | LV |

| Lithuania | LT |

| Luxenburg | DE-LU |

| Netherlands | NL |

| Norway    | Oslo (NO1) 
 Kr.sand (NO2) 
 Tr.heim / Molde (NO3) 
 Tromso (NO4) 
 Bergen (NO5)  |

| Poland    | Not yet available in this version |

| Sweden    | SE1, 
 SE2, 
 SE3, 
 SE4 |



### Additional costs

The idea behind `additional_costs` is to allow the users to add costs related to the official price from Nordpool: 

- Add simple or complex tariffs

- Calculate VAT



There are two special special arguments in that can be used in the template ([in addition to all default from Homeassistant](https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/configuration/templating/)):

- ```now()```: this always refer to the current hour of the price

- ```current_price```: price for the current hour. This can be used for example be used to calculate your own VAT or add overhead cost. 



Note: When configuring Nordpool using the UI, things like VAT and additional costs cannot be changed. If your energy supplier or region changes the additional costs or taxes on a semi-regular basis, the YAML configuration or a helper (example 4) work best.



#### Example 1: Overhead per kWh



Add 1,3 cents per kWh overhead cost to the current hour's price 



```{{ 0.013 | float }}```



#### Example 2: Percentage (VAT)

Add 19 % VAT of the current hour's price 



```{{ (current_price * 0.19) | float }}```



#### Example 3: Overhead and VAT



Add 1,3 cents per kWh overhead cost, 0.002 flat tax and 19% VAT to the current hour's price 



```{{ (0.013 + 0.002 + (current_price * 0.19)) | float }}```



#### Example 4: Helper



Add 21% tax and overhead cost stored in a helper



'''{{ (current_price * 0.21) + states('input_number.additionele_kosten') | float(0) }}'''



#### Example 5: Seasonal peek and off-peek overhead



```jinja

{% set s = {

    "hourly_fixed_cost": 0.5352,

    "winter_night": 0.265,

    "winter_day": 0.465,

    "summer_day": 0.284,

    "summer_night": 0.246,

    "cert": 0.01

}

%}

{% if now().month >= 5 and now().month < 11 %}

    {% if now().hour >= 6 and now().hour < 23 %}

        {{ s.summer_day + s.hourly_fixed_cost + s.cert | float }}

    {% else %}

        {{ s.summer_night + s.hourly_fixed_cost + s.cert|float }}

    {% endif %}

{% else %}

    {% if now().hour >= 6 and now().hour < 23 %}

        {{ s.winter_day + s.hourly_fixed_cost + s.cert | float }}

    {% else %}

        {{ s.winter_night + s.hourly_fixed_cost + s.cert | float }}

    {% endif %}

{% endif %}

```



## Other



### One sensor per hour



By default, one sensor is created with the current energy price. The prices for other hours are stored in the attributes of this sensor. Most example code you will find uses the default one sensor option, but you can run the `create_template` script to create separate sensors for every hour. See the help options with ```python create_template --help```. You can run the script on any system where Python is installed (install the required packages `pyyaml` and `click` using `pip install pyyaml click`)



## Troubleshooting



### Debug logging

Add this to your `configuration.yaml` and restart Home Assistant to debug the component.



```yaml

logger:

  logs:

    nordpool: debug

    custom_components.nordpool: debug

    custom_components.nordpool.sensor: debug

    custom_components.nordpool.aio_price: debug

```