# Dynamic Energy Prices service unavailable too often **URL:** \ **Category:** Energy\ **Created:** [September 8, 2026, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/dynamic-energy-prices-service-unavailable-too-often/159364 "2026-09-08T20:23:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AutoP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/autop/32/172846_2.png) [@AutoP](https://community.homey.app/u/AutoP)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/dynamic-energy-prices-service-unavailable-too-often/159364/1 "2026-09-08T20:23:43Z")
Hi, today the dynamic energy prices are unavailable again. What is the problem? and why does this fail so often? this is freely available information. My home energy and heating relies on this. I there maybe another way to get this relieable in homey? ---
**Author:** ![smarthomesven](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/smarthomesven/32/79712_2.png) [@smarthomesven](https://community.homey.app/u/smarthomesven)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 8:29pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/dynamic-energy-prices-service-unavailable-too-often/159364/2 "2026-09-08T20:29:02Z")
Probably because there are more and more companies that need access to this API (home batteries are very popular at the moment, and more people check dynamic prices often than before). So the API (third party) that Homey uses might have no more capacity ---
**Author:** ![Daderu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/daderu/32/107948_2.png) [@Daderu](https://community.homey.app/u/Daderu)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 4:18am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/dynamic-energy-prices-service-unavailable-too-often/159364/3 "2026-09-09T04:18:16Z")
I agree on this, but Power By The Hour is a great alternative, that despide also have an occasional issue with no data, is more reliable. In my experience the no data issue is resolved faster. Exactly this is the reason I’ve built my EV charger flows bases on the PbtH cards for energy pricing. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 12:15pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/dynamic-energy-prices-service-unavailable-too-often/159364/4 "2026-09-09T12:15:01Z")
Yup. Difference is, PbtH uses muliple market sources, Athom doesn’t. Proof: ![Screenshot_20260909_141412_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/c/3/c34c3a30c3f193a06ca4ad557d0788437bfa97c7.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![LaurensvG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/laurensvg/32/79015_2.png) [@LaurensvG](https://community.homey.app/u/LaurensvG)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/dynamic-energy-prices-service-unavailable-too-often/159364/5 "2026-09-09T15:01:51Z")
If Homey wants to become a HEMS, this should not be happening so often and they should provide a RCA of the issue. A lot of integrations are based on good and accurate energy prices. ---
**Author:** ![LaurensvG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/laurensvg/32/79015_2.png) [@LaurensvG](https://community.homey.app/u/LaurensvG)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 8:56am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/dynamic-energy-prices-service-unavailable-too-often/159364/6 "2026-09-13T08:56:44Z")
And it’s out again… But the status page doesn’t even show it… @Doekse what happens? ![IMG_0303](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/a/3/a33ac89835255c0de6e5877af9bc93b1268010d6.jpeg) ![IMG_0304](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/4/8/48850c1d3fe75a8f6c8c9896fe120adfebb911f4.jpeg)