Tibber Vocabulary

name: Tibber Vocabulary
description: >-
  Controlled vocabulary covering Tibber's smart-energy retail and IoT device
  domain across the legacy GraphQL API and the modern Data API.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tibber/main/vocabulary/tibber-vocabulary.yml
created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-05-25'

operationalDimensions:
  - name: Subscription
    description: A customer's active retail electricity subscription with hourly Nord Pool / EPEX spot pricing.
    aliases: [contract, plan]
  - name: Home
    description: A physical address where Tibber meters electricity and links smart devices.
    aliases: [household, dwelling]
  - name: MeteringPoint
    description: The grid metering point (EAN / GSRN) tied to a home for consumption and production accounting.
  - name: Price
    description: Hourly retail price comprising energy, tax, and grid components, classified by relative `level`.
  - name: Consumption
    description: Energy consumed in a time bucket (HOURLY, DAILY, WEEKLY, MONTHLY, ANNUAL).
  - name: Production
    description: Energy exported to grid in a time bucket, typically from rooftop solar.
  - name: LiveMeasurement
    description: Sub-second power, voltage, current, and signal readings from Tibber Pulse over the GraphQL websocket subscription.
  - name: MeterReading
    description: Manual or scheduled cumulative meter reading submitted via `sendMeterReading` mutation.
  - name: Device
    description: A third-party IoT device (vehicle, charger, thermostat, inverter, energy system) linked through the Tibber mobile app.
  - name: DeviceHistory
    description: Paginated time series of device metrics, immutable after creation, served at quarterHour/hour/day/month resolution.

capabilityDimensions:
  - name: SmartCharging
    description: Tibber's app-driven EV charging optimisation that shifts load to cheap and clean grid hours.
  - name: HeatPumpOptimization
    description: Schedule-shifting and load-balancing logic for air-to-air, air-to-water, and ground-source heat pumps.
  - name: SolarSelfConsumption
    description: Production analytics and battery dispatch advice for rooftop PV households.
  - name: GridBalancing
    description: Aggregated demand-response participation, including Sweden FCR-N participation Tibber surfaces to customers.
  - name: PushNotification
    description: Outbound notifications to the Tibber mobile app via the `sendPushNotification` mutation.

deviceCategories:
  - name: vehicle
    description: Connected electric vehicle linked via OEM cloud (Tesla, Ford, Polestar, BMW, etc.).
    scope: data-api-vehicles-read
  - name: charger
    description: Electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE).
    scope: data-api-chargers-read
  - name: thermostat
    description: Thermostats, heat pumps, and space heaters (e.g., Mill, Nibe, Daikin).
    scope: data-api-thermostats-read
  - name: inverter
    description: Solar PV inverters (Huawei, SolarEdge, Fronius).
    scope: data-api-inverters-read
  - name: energySystem
    description: Home batteries and hybrid solar+storage systems.
    scope: data-api-energy-systems-read

priceLevels:
  - VERY_CHEAP
  - CHEAP
  - NORMAL
  - EXPENSIVE
  - VERY_EXPENSIVE

priceAreas:
  description: Nord Pool / EPEX day-ahead bidding zones Tibber serves customers in.
  zones:
    - { code: NO1, country: NO, name: Oslo }
    - { code: NO2, country: NO, name: Kristiansand }
    - { code: NO3, country: NO, name: Trondheim }
    - { code: NO4, country: NO, name: Tromsø }
    - { code: NO5, country: NO, name: Bergen }
    - { code: SE1, country: SE, name: Luleå }
    - { code: SE2, country: SE, name: Sundsvall }
    - { code: SE3, country: SE, name: Stockholm }
    - { code: SE4, country: SE, name: Malmö }
    - { code: DE-LU, country: DE, name: Germany / Luxembourg }
    - { code: NL, country: NL, name: Netherlands }