homebridge-energy-price

This is a fork of ecoen66/homebridge-comed-hourlybilling. It is modified to run as a temperature sensor so that negative values are allowed. I created this project to automate EV charging when prices are negative, but it can be used as a monitor or for other automations as well.

Installation

Run these commands:

% sudo npm install -g homebridge
% sudo npm install -g homebridge-energy-price

NB: If you install homebridge like this:

sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm homebridge

Then all subsequent installations must be like this:

sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm homebridge-energy-price

Configuration

Example accessory config (needs to be added to the homebridge config.json): ...

	"accessories": [
    	{
			"name": "Energy Price",
			"manufacturer": "ComEd",
			"model": "Energy Price Monitor"
			"accessory": "Energy Price"
    	}
  	]

...

Config Explanation:

Field	Description
accessory	(required) Must always be "Energy Price".
name	(required) The name you want to use for for the power level widget.
manufacturer	(optional) This shows up in the homekit accessory Characteristics.
model	(optional) This shows up in the homekit accessory Characteristics.
refreshInterval	(optional) The refresh interval in minutes for polling ComEd. The default is 5 minutes.