Lesson 2: How to Add Octopus Energy Targets to Home Assistant

With your Octopus integration set up, this lesson shows you how to create intelligent energy targets that automatically run high-draw appliances — washing machines, dishwashers, EV chargers — during the cheapest rate periods of the day.

✅ What You'll Learn:

• Understanding Octopus Energy target rate sensors
• Creating a target rate sensor for cheap overnight periods
• Building an automation to trigger appliances at the cheapest time
• Using target sensors with Agile and Intelligent tariffs

📌 Requirements:

• ✔ BottleCapDave Octopus Energy integration installed (from Lesson 1)
• ✔ An Octopus tariff with variable rates (Agile, Intelligent, Go etc.)

🔗 Links:

• BottleCapDave Octopus Energy docs