Create cost tracker from a power entity (vs consumption)

[sshaikh]

Describe the feature

The OE cost tracker only supports entities that report a consumption value in kwh.

Given power usage should be enough (particularly in an Agile situation), provide support for entities that only expose a current power value.

Expected behaviour

Allow the Cost Tracker flow to accept entities that report power in W, and then present all the usual cost sensors based off that.

Use Case

At the moment my energy monitor only reports the current power usage of the device attached to it, and so a cost tracker cannot be created for it.

Confirmation

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• I am willing/able to help contribute to the solution of this feature

[sshaikh]

In the meantime I've created a integration (ie sum) helper to do the summing of power for me.

[BottlecapDave]

Hello and thank you for requesting this. This was not included due to the extra complexity and the fact if this is introduced it would be an estimation tied to the frequency the sensor updates. As there is work arounds, this would require some further demand before being considered.

[sshaikh]

Hi - make sense and I agree. Better to let the integration helper do the summing logic.

Happy for you to close if necessary.