Utility Meter Integration Displays Current Data but Not Tariff Data

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The problem

I added Utility Meter YAML to my Home Assistant Configuration as described in the documentation. I added Automations to change Tariff to peak and offpeak as described in the documentation. The Integration correctly creates Hourly, Daily, and Monthly entities for Peak and Offpeak. The UI correctly displays the current energy kW (the entity created by the Utility Meter Integration without tariff), but the tariff entities remain at zero. The tariff entities correctly display "paused" and "collecting," but the corresponding UI displays remain at 0. Traces confirm that the Tariff changes between Peak and Offpeak. I created a Raw kW entity and it accumulates kW. No System Logs errors are noted. If you want me to enable Debug Logging, I can do that on request.

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

core-2023.11.3

What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?

No response

What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant OS

Integration causing the issue

Utility Meter

Link to integration documentation on our website

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/utility_meter/

Diagnostics information

No response

Example YAML snippet

...
Configuration:
utility_meter:
  energy:
    name: Raw kW
    source: sensor.current_energy_usage
    cycle: monthly
    periodically_resetting: false
    unique_id: 2df070cc-2b4d-4984-b070-8c113002a244
  hourly_energy:
    name: Hourly kW
    source: sensor.current_energy_usage
    cycle: hourly
    tariffs:
      - "peak"
      - "offpeak"
    periodically_resetting: false
    unique_id: c339599a-47e6-4282-af64-0881283de93b
  daily_energy:
    name: Daily kW
    source: sensor.current_energy_usage
    cycle: daily
    tariffs:
      - "peak"
      - "offpeak"
    periodically_resetting: false
    unique_id: 4fca3604-6da0-458f-b52b-0f712c7d6ff0
  monthly_energy:
    name: Monthly kW
    source: sensor.current_energy_usage
    cycle: monthly
    tariffs:
      - "peak"
      - "offpeak" 
    periodically_resetting: false
    unique_id: c71ecb0b-17fb-41e9-bea2-a35df7434e27

Automation:
  alias: Change Utility tariff
  trigger:
  - platform: time
    at: "15:00:00"
    variables:
      tariff: "peak"
  - platform: time
    at: "19:00:00"
    variables:
      tariff: "offpeak"
  condition:
    condition: time
    weekday:
    - mon
    - tue
    - wed
    - thu
    - fri
  action:
  - service: select.select_option
    target:
      entity_id: select.daily_energy
    data:
      option: "{{ tariff }}"
  - service: select.select_option
    target:
      entity_id: select.monthly_energy
    data:
      option: "{{ tariff }}"
...

Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

No errors in System Logs

Additional information

No response

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[dgomes]

can you share a graph of your source sensor ?

FYI: energy is measured in kWh and not in kW, which is used to measure power

[dbpage]

Per your request On Dec 5, 2023, at 9:31 AM, Diogo Gomes ***@***.***> wrote: can you share a graph of your source sensor ? FYI: energy is measured in kWh and not in kW, which is used to measure power — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#105074 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AGBTWCCXFLJYKDMZD5JYDJLYH4V5TAVCNFSM6AAAAABAHYYGE2VHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMYTQNBQHEYDQOJXHE>. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.

[dgomes]

you should not reply by email... no image in the webpage

[dbpage]

Here you go...

[dgomes]

OK... so it confirms... your source is Power not Energy

An energy source always grows (unless you have a energy source such as solar panels or wind turbine at home)

[dbpage]

Are you saying that the source is kW and not kWh?

My complaint is that Utility Meter displays current kW and accumulates Raw kW resetting monthly, but the tariff entities always display zero kW. I prefer the tariff entities to accumulate kW during peak and offpeak periods like it does current kW and Raw kW. The conversion to kWh is simple math that I'm not asking the Utility Meter integration to do.

Is there a fix for this?

[dgomes]

I'm saying that using Power (kW) with utility_meter makes very little sense.

The utility_meter only uses positives changes in the source, so your power source will be really messed up.

Why is it zero? I would require you to setup debugging for the utility_meter

[dbpage]

I don't see the Utility Meter on the integration view. I could not use the Utility Meter helper because of the known issue about lacking information on how to enter tariffs, so I created it with YAML in accordance with the documentation.

Is there another way other than on the Integration view to enable debugging of the Utility Meter?

[dgomes]

You can configure debug through https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/logger/

homeassistant.components.utility_meter: debug

[dbpage]

I get an error.

logger:
  default: info  

homeassistant.components.utility_meter: debug

[dbpage]

I changed the YAML to:

logger:
  default: info
  logs:   
    homeassistant.components.utility_meter: debug

No errors. I'll send the log after a while.

[dbpage]

Log attached
error_log-3.txt