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Electric Kiwi

Electric Kiwi is an independent power and broadband company in New Zealand, offering variable rates for peak, shoulder, and off-peak pricing with a selectable hour of free power.

This integration uses the official Electric Kiwi API to provide account information, including balances and savings, and to show and select your hour of free power.

Configuration

To add the Electric Kiwi hub to your Home Assistant instance, use this My button:

Manual configuration steps

If the above My button doesn’t work, you can also perform the following steps manually:

  • Browse to your Home Assistant instance.

  • Go to Settings > Devices & Services.

  • In the bottom right corner, select the Add Integration button.

  • From the list, select Electric Kiwi.

  • Follow the instructions on screen to complete the setup.

Note

The configuration uses client_id and client_secret provided to Home Assistant, so all you need to do is install the integration and authenticate using your account credentials.

Supported functionality

The integration provides sensor entities with account balances, billing, and hour of free power start and end time. It also provides a select entity to change the hour of free power.

Use cases

This integration can be used as part of an automation, for example, to turn on/off appliances automatically.

Example automations

Run the heat pump during the hour of free power 
alias: "Turn on expensive heat pump"
description: "Turn on the heat pump when the hour of free power starts"
triggers:
  - at: sensor.hour_of_free_power_start
    trigger: time
actions:
  - action: climate.turn_on
    target:
      entity_id: climate.heat_pump
    data: {}

alias: "Turn off expensive heat pump"
description: "Turn off the heat pump when the hour of free power ends"
triggers:
  - at: sensor.hour_of_free_power_end
    trigger: time
actions:
  - action: climate.turn_off
    target:
      entity_id: climate.heat_pump
    data: {}

Remove integration

This integration follows standard integration removal, no extra steps are required.

To remove an integration instance from Home Assistant

  1. Go to Settings > Devices & services and select the integration card.
  2. From the list of devices, select the integration instance you want to remove.
  3. Next to the entry, select the three-dot menu. Then, select Delete.