Switch set power price

The Switch set power price action stores a power price on a Xiaomi power strip. The power strip uses this value to calculate energy cost.

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 set the power price 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 Xiaomi Home: Switch set power price.
6. Enter the power price value.
7. Select Save.

This action does not support targets. In the UI, use the Entity ID field to choose which Xiaomi power strip to act on. If you leave it empty, the action applies to all of them.

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 xiaomi_miio.switch_set_power_price. A basic example looks like this:

action: xiaomi_miio.switch_set_power_price
data:
  entity_id: switch.power_strip
  price: 0.25

This stores a power price of 0.25 on switch.power_strip.

Options in YAML

Good to know

• The power price is sent in the price field. If you call this action from YAML, use price, as shown above.

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:

• Switch set power mode: Sets the power mode of a Xiaomi power strip.