Sensor Cost Resets when home assistant resets

[JHarding86]

Problem:
When HAOS restarts, the sensor "xcel_itron_5_current_summation_delivered_value_cost" resets.

Expected Behavior:
When HAOS is running without reboots, this value is accumulated. I expect that the value is retained between restarts.

Maybe I have the wrong impression about what this variable is...

[WedHumpDay]

Can confirm this as well.
Have to restart the Xcel iTron MQTT add-on but this doesn't always resolve.
Additionally, the following two entities seem to disable themselves frequently which I believe are needed to leverage cost.

• sensor.xcel_itron_5_current_summation_delivered_value_cost
• sensor.xcel_itron_5_current_summation_received_value_cost

[wingrunr21]

I'd need to look but I believe my meter doesn't provide any data for those (despite them being in the spec). It would be nice as it would allow time of use pricing to be applied.

[JHarding86]

My main issue is with "xcel_itron_5_current_summation_delivered_value_cost".

Yesterday I updated HAOS and a restart was forced. This made that variable reset:

[wingrunr21]

That's likely going to be an issue with the upstream project vs this integration. I'll have to take a look at that and see if I can see if there's a data type that's coded incorrectly. I don't even have that sensor. Is that created when you add cost to the HASS energy dashboard?

[JHarding86]

I just found this while searching for the variable as I was having a tough time finding it as well. Apparently this is hidden by the integration?

[wingrunr21]

Ya, there isn't a cost sensor exposed this addon. Do you have cost tracking enabled in the Hass energy dashboard (Settings->Dashboards->Energy->Grid consumption->edit settings)?

[JHarding86]

It appears as though I may have cost tracking enabled:

[wingrunr21]

Can you click that pencil icon and see what your cost setting is? Here's what mine looks like:

[JHarding86]

[wingrunr21]

So, looks like this has been reported for a few different energy integrations:

home-assistant/core#124167
home-assistant/core#79638

In both instances the upstream MQTT integration was blamed.

@JHarding86 do you have a Utility Meter integration created for you? It appears there's a periodically_resetting config option that could be the culprit?

[JHarding86]

@wingrunr21 Those issues were very helpful, thank you. I ended up creating a "Utility Meter" helper and tied it to the Xcel Itron variable. Then I associated my Utility Meter to my grid consumption. Now when my HAOS reboots, I don't lose the cost.