Price list and get_prices action

Two ways to get all known prices of today and tomorrow:

	prices attribute	frank_energie.get_prices action
Where	On the current all-in, market and including-tax sensors	An action you call from a script or automation
Contains	from, till, price	start, end and all six price components
Electricity and gas	One sensor each	Both in one response
Limit the period	With template filters	With start and end
Best for	Templates and charts	Scripts, automations, Node-RED

Neither of them contacts Frank Energie: both read the prices Home Assistant already has.

The prices attribute

On these sensors (see Sensors):

Sensor	price is
Current electricity price (All-in)	All-in price
Current electricity market price	Market price
Current electricity price including tax	Market price + VAT
Current electricity feed-in price	Feed-in price of that slot
Current gas price (All-in), market price, including tax	The same for gas

Every entry has from, till and price (3 decimals). With quarter-hour prices the list has up to 200 entries, so it is not stored in history; it is always on the live state.

Template examples

{# Lowest price in the next six hours #}
{{ state_attr('sensor.frank_energie_prices_current_electricity_price_all_in', 'prices')
   | selectattr('from', 'gt', now())
   | selectattr('till', 'lt', now() + timedelta(hours=6))
   | min(attribute='price') }}

{# Average price between 18:00 and 22:00 today #}
{% set prices = state_attr('sensor.frank_energie_prices_current_electricity_price_all_in', 'prices')
   | selectattr('from', 'ge', today_at('18:00'))
   | selectattr('from', 'lt', today_at('22:00'))
   | map(attribute='price') | list %}
{{ (prices | sum / prices | count) | round(3) if prices else 'unknown' }}

{# The three cheapest slots still to come #}
{% for p in (state_attr('sensor.frank_energie_prices_current_electricity_price_all_in', 'prices')
   | selectattr('from', 'gt', now()) | sort(attribute='price'))[:3] %}
{{ (p['from'] | as_local).strftime('%H:%M') }}: € {{ p.price }}
{% endfor %}

{# Number of slots today with a negative market price #}
{{ state_attr('sensor.frank_energie_prices_current_electricity_market_price', 'prices')
   | selectattr('from', 'ge', today_at('00:00'))
   | selectattr('from', 'lt', today_at('00:00') + timedelta(days=1))
   | selectattr('price', 'lt', 0) | list | count }}

Looking for "the cheapest block of N hours"? The price analysis calculates that for you.

The frank_energie.get_prices action

Returns the price slots with all components, for electricity and gas.

Fields

Field	Required	Meaning
config_entry_id	Yes	Your Frank Energie entry. In Developer tools → Actions, choose the action and pick your entry in the form; switch to YAML mode to see its ID.
start	No	Only slots that end after this time. Without it: from the first known slot.
end	No	Only slots that start before this time. Without it: up to the last known slot.

So a slot that is partly inside the period is included. start must be before end.

Response

electricity:
  - start: "2026-10-01T13:00:00+02:00"
    end: "2026-10-01T13:15:00+02:00"
    price: 0.2431
    market_price: 0.0812
    market_price_including_tax: 0.09825
    vat: 0.01705
    sourcing_markup: 0.0182
    energy_tax: 0.12665
gas:
  - start: "2026-10-01T06:00:00+02:00"
    end: "2026-10-01T07:00:00+02:00"
    price: 1.2874
    market_price: 0.3412
    market_price_including_tax: 0.41285
    vat: 0.07165
    sourcing_markup: 0.0971
    energy_tax: 0.77745

Key	Meaning
start, end	The slot, in the time zone you chose
price	All-in price
market_price	Market price without tax
market_price_including_tax	Market price + VAT
vat	VAT
sourcing_markup	Frank Energie's markup
energy_tax	Energy tax

Amounts have 5 decimals. electricity is in €/kWh, gas in €/m³. A list is empty when there are no prices in the period.

[!NOTE] The action uses start/end, the prices attribute uses from/till.

Errors

Message	Cause
Frank Energie config entry "…" not found.	The config_entry_id is wrong or belongs to another integration.
Frank Energie config entry "…" is not loaded.	The entry is disabled or failed to start.
The start time must be before the end time.	start is the same as or later than end.

Examples

Try it in Developer tools → Actions:

action: frank_energie.get_prices
data:
  config_entry_id: YOUR_ENTRY_ID

Cheapest slot in the next six hours, in a notification:

- action: frank_energie.get_prices
  data:
    config_entry_id: YOUR_ENTRY_ID
    start: "{{ now() }}"
    end: "{{ now() + timedelta(hours=6) }}"
  response_variable: frank
- action: notify.notify
  data:
    message: >
      {% set c = frank.electricity | min(attribute='price') %}
      Cheapest at {{ c.start }}: € {{ c.price }}/kWh

Tomorrow's prices only:

- action: frank_energie.get_prices
  data:
    config_entry_id: YOUR_ENTRY_ID
    start: "{{ today_at('00:00') + timedelta(days=1) }}"
    end: "{{ today_at('00:00') + timedelta(days=2) }}"
  response_variable: tomorrow

A template sensor with the share of tax in the current price:

template:
  - triggers:
      - trigger: time_pattern
        minutes: "/15"
    actions:
      - action: frank_energie.get_prices
        data:
          config_entry_id: YOUR_ENTRY_ID
          start: "{{ now() }}"
          end: "{{ now() + timedelta(minutes=1) }}"
        response_variable: frank
    sensor:
      - name: Electricity tax share
        unit_of_measurement: "%"
        state: >
          {% set p = frank.electricity | first %}
          {{ ((p.energy_tax + p.vat) / p.price * 100) | round(0) if p and p.price > 0 else none }}

Node-RED

Use an Action node with frank_energie.get_prices, the data {"config_entry_id": "YOUR_ENTRY_ID"}, and the response in msg.payload. Parse the times with new Date(slot.start); then your flow works with both time zone settings.