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Adding total energy (kWh) sensor for solar related entities

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#330 opened on Nov 4, 2022

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Description

Is it possible to add total energy consumption/production (kWh) sensors for all solar related entities? That will be great for implementing tesla solar into the energy dashboard. Even though it can be done with the existing Riemann sum integration, there are quite a lot of issues using that integration and it will throw off the statistics. It will be nice if this integration will provide the kWh reading directly.

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Research direction
Explore how to add a sensor that computes total energy (kWh) using power data, either by integrating Riemann sum logic or by requesting the API for cumulative energy. Look at existing Home Assistant sensor implementations for solar energy and the Tesla API documentation for available data points.
Tech stack
python
Domain
backend
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Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
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Active
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Clear
Prerequisites
Home AssistantPythonCustom Integration
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
65