Save Money! Start Appliances at the LOWEST ENERGY PRICE using Home Assistant!

When you make use of dynamic energy prices, it's a good idea to start your appliances at the lowest energy price. I will explain in this video how you can do this automatically using a custom template and an automation. Let's do this!

NOTE: Make sure to enter a value in the info tab of the Helper otherwise the template will not return a value.

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Links referred to in this video:
* How to Track DYNAMIC ENERGY PRICES in Home Assistant NOW!:    • Save Money Now: Track Dynamic Energy ...  
* Install HACS in Home Assistant:    • Install HACS in Home Assistant - 2024...  
* Templates and Custom Sensors in Home Assistant:    • Templates and Custom Sensors in Home ...  

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00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:35 Prerequisites
00:01:38 What we are going to create
00:02:06 Create helper for look ahead hours
00:02:58 How To Install Studio Code Server
00:03:19 Prepare the templates.yaml file
00:03:47 Add the template code
00:04:27 Download the code
00:04:48 Explaining the template code
00:08:07 Test the values of the template sensors.
00:08:33 Create the dashboard card
00:09:43 Create the automation
00:11:37 The caveat of this!

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