Home Assistant

Orange and Rockland Utility (ORU)

Orange and Rockland Utility is an energy provider in NY and NJ, USA. The oru sensor integrationIntegrations connect and integrate Home Assistant with your devices, services, and more. [Learn more] fetches your current energy usage from your ORU smart meter.

Configuration

To add the oru integrationIntegrations connect and integrate Home Assistant with your devices, services, and more. [Learn more] to your installation, add your meter_number 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: oru
    meter_number: YOUR_METER_NUMBER

Configuration Variables

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meter_number string Required

The meter number of your smart meter with Orange and Rockland Utility.

meter_number is the smart meter number. It can be found on your energy bill, on the top left corner, alongside your account number.

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