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Ha Energy by beclab — Agent Skill

Name: Ha Energy
Author: beclab

Ha Energy

Inspect and configure Home Assistant's Energy dashboard with hass-cli: read energy preferences (grid/solar/battery/gas/water sources and devices), validate the energy config, and pull consumption statistics. Use for 'show my energy setup', 'how much solar did I produce', 'what's using the most power' questions. Energy data is WebSocket + statistics-based.

beclab 4f6ebba 2.0 KB Updated Sep 17, 2026

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ha-energy

The Energy dashboard config and statistics. Prerequisite: ../ha-shared/SKILL.md.

Read the energy setup

hass-cli energy prefs get        # configured sources + device consumption
hass-cli energy validate         # surface misconfigured sensors
hass-cli energy info             # cost sensors / solar forecast domains

energy prefs get returns energy_sources (each with stat_energy_from/to, stat_cost, ...) and device_consumption (per-device stat_consumption). Those stat_* ids are statistic ids you feed to hass-cli statistics period.

A brand-new instance with no configured Energy dashboard returns not_found: No prefs until you save prefs once.

Change the energy config

hass-cli energy prefs save --data @prefs.json
hass-cli energy prefs save --file prefs.yaml    # YAML or JSON document

The payload mirrors energy prefs get: energy_sources + device_consumption (+ device_consumption_water). Round-trip: get → edit → save. Use --data (@file.json) for inline JSON or --file for a YAML/JSON document.

Pull consumption / cost numbers

Energy uses long-term statistics, not live state (see ../ha-statistics/SKILL.md):

hass-cli statistics period \
  --ids sensor.grid_consumption,sensor.solar_production \
  --start 2026-06-01T00:00:00+00:00 --period day

For "what used the most", read the device stat_consumption ids from energy prefs get, then compare their sum deltas over the period.

Find energy sensors

hass-cli state list -o json | rg '"device_class": "energy"'
hass-cli statistics list --type sum

---name: ha-energydescription: Inspect and configure Home Assistant's Energy dashboard with hass-cli: read energy preferences (grid/solar/battery/gas/water sources and devices), validate the energy config, and pull consumption statistics. Use for 'show my energy setup', 'how much solar did I produce', 'what's using the most power' questions. Energy data is WebSocket + statistics-based.---# ha-energyThe Energy dashboard config and statistics. **Prerequisite:**[`../ha-shared/SKILL.md`](../ha-shared/SKILL.md).## Read the energy setup```bashhass-cli energy prefs get # configured sources + device consumptionhass-cli energy validate # surface misconfigured sensorshass-cli energy info # cost sensors / solar forecast domains````energy prefs get` returns `energy_sources` (each with `stat_energy_from/to`,`stat_cost`, ...) and `device_consumption` (per-device `stat_consumption`).Those `stat_*` ids are statistic ids you feed to `hass-cli statistics period`.> A brand-new instance with no configured Energy dashboard returns> `not_found: No prefs` until you save prefs once.## Change the energy config```bashhass-cli energy prefs save --data @prefs.jsonhass-cli energy prefs save --file prefs.yaml # YAML or JSON document```The payload mirrors `energy prefs get`: `energy_sources` + `device_consumption`(+ `device_consumption_water`). Round-trip: `get` → edit → `save`. Use `--data`(`@file.json`) for inline JSON or `--file` for a YAML/JSON document.## Pull consumption / cost numbersEnergy uses long-term statistics, not live state (see[`../ha-statistics/SKILL.md`](../ha-statistics/SKILL.md)):```bashhass-cli statistics period \ --ids sensor.grid_consumption,sensor.solar_production \ --start 2026-06-01T00:00:00+00:00 --period day```For "what used the most", read the device `stat_consumption` ids from`energy prefs get`, then compare their `sum` deltas over the period.## Find energy sensors```bashhass-cli state list -o json | rg '"device_class": "energy"'hass-cli statistics list --type sum```

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