Home Assistant Template Sensor for PGE EV2-A Rate Plan

I wanted to implement a sensor to tell me what the current price per kW is for any time of day.

My rate plan is Home Charging EV2-A and needs to account for the season and several hour-of-day checks to select the correct price. So here is the template sensor I’ve created:

sensor:
- platform: template
  sensors:
    pge_ev2a_energy_rate: # UPDATED MARCH 2024
      friendly_name: PGE EV2-A Energy Rate
      unit_of_measurement: '$/kWh'
      value_template: >
        {% set rate = { "winterPeak": 0.53117, "winterPartialPeak": 0.51447, "winterOffPeak": 0.34578, "summerPeak": 0.65828, "summerPartialPeak": 0.54779, "summerOffPeak": 0.34578 } %}
        {% set time = { "month": (now().strftime('%m') | int), "hour": (now().strftime('%H') | int) } %}
        {%if ((time.month >= 10) or (time.month < 6)) %}
          {%if (time.hour >= 15) and (time.hour < 16) %}
            {{ rate.winterPartialPeak }}
          {%elif (time.hour >= 16) and (time.hour < 21) %}
            {{ rate.winterPeak }}
          {%elif (time.hour >= 21) and (time.hour < 24) %}
            {{ rate.winterPartialPeak }}
          {%else%}
            {{ rate.winterOffPeak }}
          {%endif%}
        {%else%}
          {%if (time.hour >= 15) and (time.hour < 16) %}
            {{ rate.summerPartialPeak }}
          {%elif (time.hour >= 16) and (time.hour < 21) %}
            {{ rate.summerPeak }}
          {%elif (time.hour >= 21) and (time.hour < 24) %}
            {{ rate.summerPartialPeak }}
          {%else%}
            {{ rate.summerOffPeak }}
          {%endif%}
        {%endif%}

sensor:

- platform: template

sensors:

pge_ev2a_energy_rate: # UPDATED MARCH 2024

friendly_name: PGE EV2-A Energy Rate

unit_of_measurement: '$/kWh'

value_template: >

{% set rate = { "winterPeak": 0.53117, "winterPartialPeak": 0.51447, "winterOffPeak": 0.34578, "summerPeak": 0.65828, "summerPartialPeak": 0.54779, "summerOffPeak": 0.34578 } %}

{% set time = { "month": (now().strftime('%m') | int), "hour": (now().strftime('%H') | int) } %}

{%if ((time.month >= 10) or (time.month < 6)) %}

{%if (time.hour >= 15) and (time.hour < 16) %}

{%elif (time.hour >= 16) and (time.hour < 21) %}

{%elif (time.hour >= 21) and (time.hour < 24) %}

{%else%}

{%endif%}

{%else%}

{%if (time.hour >= 15) and (time.hour < 16) %}

{%elif (time.hour >= 16) and (time.hour < 21) %}

{%elif (time.hour >= 21) and (time.hour < 24) %}

{%else%}

{%endif%}

Credit to this post for the bones of the sensor logic.

Home Assistant Template Sensor for PGE EV2-A Rate Plan

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