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Tesla Powerwall

To use the optional battery control you need to generate a refresh token for communicating with the Tesla API.

The following apps allow to create the token:

Supported features

  • Battery control: External control of home battery charging and discharging via evcc.

Usage areas

  • Grid meter
  • Solar production
  • Battery

Parameters

NameDescriptionValueLevel
hostIP address or hostname
Example: 192.0.2.2
optional
passwordPassword

Password of the user "customer". By default this is the last 5 characters of password stated on the Tesla Gateway.

optional
refreshTokenRefresh tokenoptional
siteIdSite ID

optional product identifier of the energy site, use to override autodectction

optional
minsoc [%]Minimum charge

Lower limit when discharging the battery in normal operation

Example: 25
advanced
maxsoc [%]Maximum charge

Upper limit when charging the battery from the grid

Example: 95
advanced
maxchargepower [W]Maximum charge power

For forced charging of the battery.

advanced
maxdischargepower [W]Maximum discharge power

Maximum discharge power of the storage.

advanced
Configuration example for evcc.yaml

If you don't want to configure via the UI, you can alternatively use this YAML block.

meters:
- name: my_grid
type: template
template: tesla-powerwall
usage: grid
host: 192.0.2.2 # IP address or hostname
password: # Password, Password of the user "customer". By default this is the last 5 characters of password stated on the Tesla Gateway.
refreshToken: # Refresh token, optional
siteId: # Site ID, optional product identifier of the energy site, use to override autodectction (optional)
meters:
- name: my_pv
type: template
template: tesla-powerwall
usage: pv
host: 192.0.2.2 # IP address or hostname
password: # Password, Password of the user "customer". By default this is the last 5 characters of password stated on the Tesla Gateway.
refreshToken: # Refresh token, optional
siteId: # Site ID, optional product identifier of the energy site, use to override autodectction (optional)
meters:
- name: my_battery
type: template
template: tesla-powerwall
usage: battery
host: 192.0.2.2 # IP address or hostname
password: # Password, Password of the user "customer". By default this is the last 5 characters of password stated on the Tesla Gateway.
refreshToken: # Refresh token, optional
siteId: # Site ID, optional product identifier of the energy site, use to override autodectction (optional)
minsoc: 25 # Minimum charge (%), Lower limit when discharging the battery in normal operation (optional)
maxsoc: 95 # Maximum charge (%), Upper limit when charging the battery from the grid (optional)
maxchargepower: # Maximum charge power (W), For forced charging of the battery. (optional)
maxdischargepower: # Maximum discharge power (W), Maximum discharge power of the storage. (optional)