TGE Integration

April 5, 2025 · View on GitHub

TGE Integration

This custom integration retrieves energy prices from TGE.

Installation

Using HACS (recommended)

This integration can be added to HACS as a custom repository:

URL: https://github.com/PiotrMachowski/Home-Assistant-custom-components-TGE
Category: Integration

After adding a custom repository you can use HACS to install this integration using user interface.

Manual

To install this integration manually you have to download tge.zip and extract its contents to config/custom_components/tge directory:

mkdir -p custom_components/tge
cd custom_components/tge
wget https://github.com/PiotrMachowski/Home-Assistant-custom-components-TGE/releases/latest/download/tge.zip
unzip tge.zip
rm tge.zip

Configuration

Config flow

To configure this integration go to: Configuration -> Integrations -> Add integration -> TGE.

You can also use following My Home Assistant link

Value templates

You can override values returned by this integration by providing value templates for chosen sensors. This functionality is available in "Configure" menu.

WARNING: calculations are performed using zł/MWh and MWh - templates should return values using the same units. Conversion to units configured in the previous step is performed automatically in the later steps of data processing.

Example templates

Displaying the data

You can display the data using ApexCharts card using following configs:

Data for today:

type: custom:apexcharts-card
graph_span: 24h
span:
  start: day
header:
  show: true
  title: TGE Fixing 1 Today [zł/MWh]
now:
  show: true
  label: Now
series:
  - entity: sensor.tge_fixing_1_rate
    type: column
    name: Fixing 1
    float_precision: 2
    data_generator: |
      return entity.attributes.prices_today.map((val, index) => {
        return [new Date(val['time']), val['price']];
      });

Data for tomorrow:

type: custom:apexcharts-card
graph_span: 24h
span:
  start: day
  offset: +1d
header:
  show: true
  title: TGE Fixing 1 Tomorrow [zł/MWh]
now:
  show: true
  label: Now
series:
  - entity: sensor.tge_fixing_1_rate
    type: column
    name: Fixing 1
    float_precision: 2
    data_generator: |
      return entity.attributes.prices_tomorrow.map((val, index) => {
        return [new Date(val['time']), val['price']];
      });

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