Although I'll probably get rid of the RF interface between the pi and the emonTx - that wasn't the best solution.

They don't advertise, so you won't have heard of it, but having tried the Emon devices, the Brultech GEM and Brultech ECM, the Iotawatt is the best of these. For instance, allowing me to see when certain appliances and plugs were drawing energy when I wasn’t home. My electric utility says my home uses more energy than the typical home in Portland, Oregon, but it can’t tell me why. You can reach it over the net, but it will keep turning things on/off, running the thermostat, monitoring motion, and everything completely without the network.No MQTT at the moment either but I am pretty sure that will get sorted out at some stage pretty soon. Whole-home energy monitors like the Emporia Vue Gen 2 deliver actionable information about your home’s electricity consumption.

Anyone who has this hardware interested in working to get it supported with something like ESPHome or Tasmota?I found that with one CT on the main feed, I could seen what our base load was, could see the fridges turning on and off at night and also see when the washing machine went on etc. Each of the Emporia sensors plugs into a central module that also fits inside your electrical panel. The Emporia Vue Smart Home Energy Monitor installs in the circuit panel of most homes to provide energy monitoring 24/7 of the whole home. When installed, this will be located in ‘/config/custom_components/emporia_vue’ , you still need to add it to your ‘configuration.