Amber Express for Home Assistant (Marketplace integration)

Installs: 181 sharing analytics
GitHub stars: 35
Connection: Uses the vendor's cloud
Upkeep: Updated in the last 6 months
Version: v2.0.1, October 25, 2026
Category: Energy, Energy prices
Kind: Marketplace integration
Needs: Needs the Marketplace (HACS on 2026.10 and older)
Domain: amber_express
Source: github.com/hass-energy/amber-express
Issues: Report an issue

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About

Amber Express is an integration that pulls Amber Electric electricity prices into Home Assistant with adaptive polling. It learns when confirmed prices usually arrive and polls around those times, and it can also take updates from Amber's WebSocket API, which the README calls an alpha feature, as a second data source. It adds sensors for general, controlled load and feed-in prices, forecasts, rate limit status and next poll time, plus binary sensors for price spike and demand window and a select for pricing mode. Pricing can be based on AEMO wholesale data or on Amber's Advanced Price forecast, and an optional demand window surcharge can be added to general prices. Forecast sensors are meant to work with HAEO for energy optimization. It connects to the Amber cloud and is set up in the UI with an API token and site selection.

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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.

Provides

Sensors

Setting it up

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

Amber Express

API TokenYour Amber Electric API token

Name Your Site

Site NameA friendly name for this site

Also asked when changing the connection.

Select Sites

SitesThe Amber Electric sites to monitor

Also asked when changing the connection.

Update API Token

New API TokenLeave empty to keep the current token

After setup

Hub NameThe display name for this integration

Texts from the code of hass-energy/amber-express.

Entities

Binary sensorsDemand Window, Price Spike
SelectsPricing Mode
SensorsAPI Status, Confirmation Delay, Confirmation Lag, Controlled Load Price, Feed In Price, Forecast Horizon, General Price, Next Poll, Rate Limit Remaining, Rate Limit Reset, Renewables, Site

Troubleshooting

Repair noticesNotices it can show in Settings, Repairs:Migrate removed pricing mode

From the README

Faster Amber Electric pricing for Home Assistant and HAEO
A Home Assistant custom integration for Amber Electric that provides faster real-time electricity pricing with smart polling and WebSocket support.
Simple Setup: Just like the official integration - enter your API key, select a site, and you're done
Smart Polling: Adapts and learns when confirmed prices typically arrive and polls at those times to fetch latest prices as fast as possible
Forecasting: Provides price forecasts for both import and feed-in channels for automations and optimizers
Flexible Pricing: Choose between AEMO-based pricing (per_kwh) or Amber's Advanced Price forecast (advanced_price_predicted)
Waits for Confirmation: Holds previous prices until confirmed values arrive, with configurable timeout control
Demand Window Pricing: Optionally add a surcharge during demand windows for optimization-focused automations
WebSocket Support: Supports real-time updates via Amber's WebSocket API (alpha feature) as a redundant data source to polling
HAEO Compatible: Forecast sensors are fully compatible with HAEO for energy optimization

From the README of hass-energy/amber-express, MIT License. Shortened.