Get prices for date

The integration entities provide price information only for the current date. The Get prices for date action retrieves prices for any date within the last two months or for tomorrow.

This action returns its result in a response variable, which you can use in later steps of the same automation or script, for example in a trigger-based template sensor.

Using this action from the user interface

If you prefer building automations and scripts visually, Home Assistant walks you through this action step by step. You pick what to target, tweak a few options, and save. No YAML knowledge required.

To get prices for a date from an automation or a script:

1. Go to Settings > Automations & scenes.
2. Open an existing automation or script, or select Create automation > Create new automation.
3. If you’re setting up a new automation, add a trigger in the When section. Scripts don’t need a trigger. They run when something else calls them.
4. In the Then do section, select Add action.
5. From the search box, search for and select Nord Pool: Get prices for date.
6. Select the Config entry and the Date. Optionally, set the Areas and Currency.
7. In the Response variable field, enter a name to store the data in, such as price_for_date.
8. Select Save.

This action does not support targets. In the UI, you are not prompted to choose an area, device, entity, or label.

Options in the UI

Using this action in YAML

If you work directly in YAML, or you want to know exactly what Home Assistant does under the hood, this section has the technical reference. It lists the field names you use in YAML, their types, and which ones are required.

In YAML, refer to this action as nordpool.get_prices_for_date. Store the result in a response variable so you can use it in later steps:

action: nordpool.get_prices_for_date
data:
  config_entry: 1234567890a
  date: "2024-11-10"
  areas:
    - "SE3"
    - "SE4"
  currency: "SEK"
  response_variable: price_for_date

This fetches the prices for the given date in the SE3 and SE4 areas, in Swedish krona.

Options in YAML

Response data

The response contains one entry per requested area. Each area holds a list of price intervals with the following fields:

• start: The start date and time of the interval, in UTC.
• end: The end date and time of the interval, in UTC.
• price: The price for the interval, in the requested currency per MWh.

A shortened example of the response looks like this:

SE3:
  - start: "2024-11-10T00:00:00+00:00"
    end: "2024-11-10T01:00:00+00:00"
    price: 320.5
  - start: "2024-11-10T01:00:00+00:00"
    end: "2024-11-10T02:00:00+00:00"
    price: 298.1

Try it yourself

Ready to test this? Open Developer tools > Actions, search for this action, fill in the fields, and select Perform action. You see what happens on your actual entitiesAn entity represents a sensor, actor, or function in Home Assistant. Entities are used to monitor physical properties or to control other entities. An entity is usually part of a device or a service. [Learn more] without writing a line of YAML.

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Related actions

These actions work well alongside this one:

• Get price indices for date: Retrieves the price indices for a specific date.