Matter Energy Management: What the Standard Covers and What Works Today

Why energy is part of Matter

Home energy devices have mostly lived in their own apps: the EV charger in one, the solar inverter in another, the smart plug in a third. Starting with Matter 1.3, the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) has added standard ways for these devices to report energy use and to be scheduled, so one platform can see and coordinate them. The features arrived over three releases, and support in apps is still uneven, so it helps to know which part is which.

Matter 1.3 (May 2024): energy reporting and EV chargers

• Energy reporting. Any device type can include the ability to report instantaneous power, voltage and current, and the energy it used or generated over time. Whether a given plug, switch or appliance does is up to its maker.
• EV chargers. The electric vehicle supply equipment device type lets an app start or stop charging, change the charging rate, or set a target range by a departure time.
• Water management. Water valves, leak and freeze detectors and rain sensors arrived in the same release.

Source: CSA: Matter 1.3.

Matter 1.4 (November 2024): solar, batteries, heat pumps and water heaters

• Solar power: inverters, individual panels and arrays, and hybrid solar and battery systems.
• Batteries: home battery walls and storage units.
• Heat pumps and electric water heaters, including water heater temperature presets and a boost command for fast heating.
• Device energy management: a way for a device to shift when it runs based on forecasts, such as running a water heater when power is cheaper.
• EV charger preferences, and thermostat schedules and presets.

Source: CSA: Matter 1.4.

Matter 1.5 (November 2025): prices, tariffs and grid carbon intensity

Matter 1.5 added a standard way for devices to exchange energy prices, tariffs and grid carbon intensity, through a new electrical energy tariff device type. That gives a water heater, battery or EV charger a common format for signals such as "power is cheaper now" or "the grid is cleaner now". Source: CSA: Matter 1.5.

What works in your home today

A feature in the specification is not the same as a feature in your app. Before you buy, check three things:

1. Is the product certified for that device type? Look up the exact model in the CSA certified product database or on the maker's page.
2. Does your platform support the device type? Platforms add device types on their own schedules. Amazon's list of Matter device categories that Alexa supports, for example, covers hubs, lights and plugs, buttons, sensors, locks and window coverings, thermostats, fans, air purifiers, some appliances and robot vacuums (Amazon developer documentation). That list does not include EV chargers, solar inverters or home batteries. Check your own platform's current list before you rely on a feature.
3. Does the app show the energy data? A smart plug can measure energy in its maker's app without sharing that data over Matter, and a platform can accept a device without displaying its energy readings. The maker's documentation usually says which.

Where most shoppers meet this today

For most homes, the first Matter energy feature is a smart plug or in-wall switch that reports power use. Our smart plug guide and the plugs category list the plugs in the catalog; check each product page and the maker's documentation for whether energy readings are shared over Matter. Thermostats with schedules and presets are the other common case; see the smart thermostat guide.

As of October 2026, MatterCatalog lists no Matter-certified EV chargers, solar inverters or home batteries. We add products when we can match them to a certification record. For what else each Matter release added, see Matter versions explained.

How we wrote this

This explainer summarizes the CSA's release announcements and the platform documentation linked above, checked on October 1, 2026. An earlier version of this post presented these device types as brand new, expected certified products in mid-2026 and described automations we could not source; it has been rewritten. MatterCatalog does not test devices; see our editorial policy.