[APP][Pro] Power by the Hour [Feature Requests]

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Finnish energy companies have started selling on “Hybrid plans” as fixed price c/kWh plus consumption based flexible part c/kWh.

Monthly flex add-on price is calculated as:

(A-B) / E = c/kWh

A = hourly energy consumption (kWh) x hourly market price (c/kWh)
B = monthly energy consumption (kWh) x monthly average market price (c/kWh)
E = monthly energy consumption (kWh)

The flex part is only calculated at the end of month that will be put on the invoice as a separate line. So there will be one line for each:

  • Fixed price consumption
  • Flex price consumption
  • Energy tax
  • VAT
  • Monthly service fee

Should be noted the for the current active month the values are always estimates, as the flex price for the invoice is only known at the end of month. Meaning that the actual price for monthly energy can only be accurate for the past month. However having the estimates available helps improve the steering of consumption towards cheeper hours.

I would like to have for

Energy DAP device:

  • Value for the current rolling (num days of month) average price Avg. price this month.
    • This is only a estimate during the month and only valid at the
  • Value for the monthly average price of the prev month Avg. price prev. month.

Energy summariser

  • Energy summariser option to use hybrid plan with flex-addon.
    • Money this hour/day/month = (kWh period x fixed c/kWh) + (kWh period x Avg. price this month)
    • Money prev. hour/day = (kWh period x fixed c/kWh) + (kWh period x Avg. price this month)
    • Money prev. month = (kWh period x fixed c/kWh) + (kWh period x Avg. price prev. month)
    • Money this year and Money prev. year most likely the way they are now calcutated.

Some details about this also available at Helen Smart Electricity | Helen.