DTE Energy Bridge


A sensor integrationIntegrations connect and integrate Home Assistant with your devices, services, and more. [Learn more] for DTE using an early model of the Energy Bridge. To find out which version of the DTE Energy Bridge you have, find the status LED on your box.

  • If the status LED is on the top, you have a v1.
  • If the status LED is on the front, you have a v2.

The firmware of the DTE v2 bridges that started shipping circa mid-2020 will not work with this integration. This includes the model containing integrated Wi-Fi.

You can check if your firmware is still supported by trying accessing http://{ip_address}:8888/zigbee/se/instantaneousdemand, and see if you get a response.

Later model DTE Energy Bridge hardware uses MQTT to communicate your energy data with Home Assistant.

To enable this sensor, add the following lines to your configuration.yamlThe configuration.yaml file is the main configuration file for Home Assistant. It lists the integrations to be loaded and their specific configurations. In some cases, the configuration needs to be edited manually directly in the configuration.yaml file. Most integrations can be configured in the UI.[Learn more] file. After changing the configuration.yamlThe configuration.yaml file is the main configuration file for Home Assistant. It lists the integrations to be loaded and their specific configurations. In some cases, the configuration needs to be edited manually directly in the configuration.yaml file. Most integrations can be configured in the UI.[Learn more] file, restart Home Assistant to apply the changes. To view the changes, go to Settings > Devices & services > Entities.

# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
  - platform: dte_energy_bridge
    ip: 192.168.1.11

Configuration Variables

ip string Required

The IP address of your bridge.

name string (Optional)

Name to use in the frontend.

version string (Optional, default: 1)

Hardware version of the sensor.