---
title: Blue Current
description: Instructions on how to integrate Blue Current charge points within Home Assistant.
ha_category:
  - Car
  - Sensor
  - Switch
ha_release: 2024.1
ha_iot_class: Cloud Push
ha_config_flow: true
ha_codeowners:
  - '@gleeuwen'
  - '@NickKoepr'
  - '@jtodorova23'
ha_domain: blue_current
ha_platforms:
  - button
  - sensor
  - switch
ha_integration_type: integration
---

[Blue Current](https://www.bluecurrent.nl/) is an Dutch company that makes electric car chargers.

The Blue Current integration allows you to connect to your blue current account to Home Assistant and monitor your charge point(s).

## Prerequisites

1. Log in to [my.bluecurrent.nl](https://my.bluecurrent.nl/).
2. Click on your username and go to settings.
3. Enable advanced options.
4. Click on your username again and go to advanced.
5. Generate an API token.

{% include integrations/config_flow.md %}

## Sensor

The Blue Current integration provides the following sensors:

### Charge point sensors

- Activity
- Average current
- Average voltage
- Energy usage in kWh
- Max usage in Amps
  - The max amps the charge point can use.
- Offline since
- Started on
- Stopped on
- Total cost in EUR
- Total power (estimate)
- Vehicle status

The following sensors are created as well, but disabled by default:

- Current phase 1-3
- offline max usage
- remaining current
- smart charging max usage
- Voltage phase 1-3

### Grid sensors

- Grid average current
- Grid max current

The following sensors are created as well, but disabled by default:

- Grid current phase 1-3

## Button

The Blue Current integration provides the following buttons:

### Charge point buttons

- Reset
- Reboot
- Stop charge session

## Actions
The following actions are provided by the Blue Current integration:

### Action start_charge_session

Starts a new charge session. When no charging card ID is provided, no charging card will be used.

| Data attribute | Optional | Description |
| -------------- | -------- | ----------- |
| `device_id` | no | Charge point device ID |
| `charging_card_id` | yes | Charging card ID that will be used to start a charge session. |

## Switch

The Blue Current integration provides the following switches:

- Toggle **Plug & Charge**
  - Allows you to start a session without having to scan a card.
- Toggle linked charging cards only
  - When enabled, visitors can't make use of the charge point. Only linked charging cards are allowed.
- Toggle charge point block
  - Enables or disables a charge point.