📊 Price Rating Thresholds

Settings → Devices & Services → Tibber Prices → Configure → 📊 Price Rating

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Price ratings classify each 15-minute interval as LOW, NORMAL, or HIGH relative to the 24-hour trailing average. Sensors and automations can use these ratings to decide when to run appliances.

See Ratings & Levels for a full explanation of how ratings work and which sensors expose them.

Settings

Setting	Default	Description
Low threshold	-10%	Prices this far below the trailing average → rated LOW
High threshold	+10%	Prices this far above the trailing average → rated HIGH
Hysteresis	2%	Buffer zone around thresholds — prevents rapid flickering when a price hovers right at the boundary
Gap tolerance	1	Smooths isolated rating blocks: a lone NORMAL interval surrounded by LOW on both sides gets corrected to LOW

How thresholds are applied

Trailing 24h average: 20 ct/kWh
Low threshold: -10%  → prices ≤ 18 ct → LOW
High threshold: +10% → prices ≥ 22 ct → HIGH
Everything else      → NORMAL

Hysteresis adds an inner dead-band: once a rating is set to LOW, it stays LOW until the price rises above 18 ct + 2% = 18.36 ct. This prevents sensors from flickering between LOW and NORMAL when prices are right at the boundary.

Adjusting for your market

Markets with low daily price variation (e.g., day typically stays within ±5%):

• Lower the thresholds: try -5% / +5%
• This keeps meaningful LOW/HIGH periods even on calm days

Markets with high daily variation (e.g., ±30% swings):

• Raise the thresholds: try -15% / +15%
• This reserves LOW/HIGH for genuinely exceptional periods only
• Consider using Volatility sensors alongside ratings on such days