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title: "OpenEI Utility Rates"
description: "OpenEI Utility Rates is a Marketplace integration for Home Assistant. It has 57 installs sharing analytics, needs the vendor's cloud and was last updated October 25, 2026."
canonical: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/firstof9-ha-openei"
url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/firstof9-ha-openei.md"
last-updated: "2026-10-22"
version: "1.4"
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# OpenEI Utility Rates

> OpenEI Utility Rates is a Marketplace integration for Home Assistant. It has 57 installs sharing analytics, needs the vendor's cloud and was last updated October 25, 2026.

OpenEI Utility Rates is an integration that connects Home Assistant to OpenEI.org for utility rate data. It adds sensors and binary sensors to Home Assistant and relies on the vendor's cloud service. Setup is done in the UI in three steps: an API key with an optional search radius and location, then the utility company, then the rate plan. For tiered rate plans, an energy sensor can be chosen, and a plan can also be entered manually from the OpenEI website. It is installed through the Marketplace, or through HACS on version 2026.10 and older.

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[Open in My Home Assistant](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/hacs_repository/?owner=firstof9&repository=ha-openei&category=integration)

On Home Assistant 2026.11 or newer? [Open it in the Marketplace](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/marketplace_repository/?owner=firstof9&repository=ha-openei&category=integration)

## Supports

- **Uses the vendor's cloud**: Needs an internet connection and an account with the vendor.
- **From the Marketplace**: Installed through the Marketplace, formerly HACS.
- **Actively maintained**: Its author released or pushed a change in the last six months.

## Setting it up

Install it from the Marketplace and restart Home Assistant, then add it under Settings, Devices and services.

### OpenEI (Step 1)

- **API Key**
- **Radius in miles (optional)**
- **City,State or Zip Code (optional)**

Also asked when changing the connection.

### OpenEI (Step 2)

- **Utility Company**

Also asked when at the openei (step 2) step.

### OpenEI (Step 3)

- **Rate Plan**
- **Energy sensor for Tier plans (optional)**
- **Manually enter plan from OpenEI website (optional)**

Also asked when at the openei (step 3) step.

Texts from the code of [firstof9/ha-openei](https://github.com/firstof9/ha-openei).

## From the README

> This component will set up the following platforms.

From the README of [firstof9/ha-openei](https://github.com/firstof9/ha-openei#readme), [MIT License](https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html). Shortened.

## At a glance

- Kind: Marketplace integration
- Category: [Energy](https://vulpo.app/integrations/category/energy.md), Meters and monitoring
- Number: 57 installs sharing analytics; 17 GitHub stars
- Connection: Needs the vendor's cloud
- Upkeep: Updated in the last 6 months
- Needs: Needs the Marketplace (HACS on 2026.10 and older)
- Latest version: 0.2.0, last updated October 25, 2026
- Domain: `openei`
- Source: <https://github.com/firstof9/ha-openei>
- Issues: <https://github.com/firstof9/ha-openei/issues>

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Last updated 2026-10-22. Source: https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/firstof9-ha-openei

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