eprochasson/ontario_energy_board

Home Assistant component that installs a sensor with the current energy rate for Ontario energy companies

Ontario Energy Board integration

This Home Assistant component installs a sensor with the current energy rate and active peak for Ontario, Canada based companies, using the Ontario Energy Board's official open data inventory. Find out more at https://www.oeb.ca/open-data

Installation

HACS

1. Open integrations.
2. Click "Explore + Download repositories"
3. Search for "Ontario Energy Board" and install the found integration.

Manual

Clone or download the repo, and copy the "ontario_energy_board" folder in "custom_components" to the "custom_components" folder in home assistant.

Using the component

Once installed, use the UI to add the new component to your setup, or click on the button below:

Attributes

The sensor will include extra attributes for most of the available data from your energy supplier, enabling you to replicate your hydro bill if needed. @Digital-Ark shared this great Google Sheets document containing the billing formula using the attributes extracted by this integration:

Attribute	Unit	Description
energy_company		Energy company name
off_peak_rate	CA$/kWh	Off-peak Rate
mid_peak_rate	CA$/kWh	Mid-peak Rate
on_peak_rate	CA$/kWh	On-peak Rate
active_peak		Active Peak
season		Current Season (winter or summer)
tier_threshold	kWh	Tier 1 Threshold
tier_1	CA$/kWh	Tier 1 Rate
tier_2	CA$/kWh	Tier 2 Rate
service_charge	CA$/30 days	Service Charge
loss_adjustment_factor		Loss Adjustment Factor
network_service_rate	CA$/kWh	Retail Transmission Rate - Network Service Rate
connection_service_rate	CA$/kWh	Retail Transmission Rate - Line and Transformation Connection Service Rate
wholesale_market_service_rate	CA$/kWh	Wholesale Market Service Rate (WMSR) - including CBR
rural_remote_rate_protection_charge	CA$/kWh	Rural or Remote Electricty Rate Protection Charge (RRRP)
standard_supply_service	CA$/30 days	Standard Supply Service - Administrative Charge
gst	%	Goods & Services Tax (GST)
rebate	% rebate	Ontario Electricity Rebate (OER)
one_time_fixed_charge		One-time Fixed Charge