homebridge-comed-hourlybilling

A Homebridge plugin to pull ComEd Hourly Billing data into HomeKit as a light sensor accessory.

Usage no npm install needed!

<script type="module">
  import homebridgeComedHourlybilling from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/homebridge-comed-hourlybilling';
</script>

README

homebridge-comed-hourlybilling

A ComEd Hourly Billing plugin for Homebridge. This creates a Light Sensor in homekit, where the LUX reading is actually the current hour average price.

This code is heavily based on the work of Stog's homebridge-fronius-inverter accessory.

Installation

Run these commands:

% sudo npm install -g homebridge
% sudo npm install -g homebridge-comed-hourlybilling

NB: If you install homebridge like this:

sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm homebridge

Then all subsequent installations must be like this:

sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm homebridge-comed-hourlybilling

Configuration

Example accessory config (needs to be added to the homebridge config.json): ...

    "accessories": [
        {
            "name": "ComEd Rate",
            "manufacturer": "ComEd",
            "model": "Hourly Billing"
            "accessory": "ComEd Hourly Billing"
        }
    ]

...

Config Explanation:

Field Description
accessory (required) Must always be "ComEd Hourly Billing".
name (required) The name you want to use for for the power level widget.
manufacturer (optional) This shows up in the homekit accessory Characteristics.
model (optional) This shows up in the homekit accessory Characteristics.
refreshInterval (optional) The refresh interval in minutes for polling ComEd.