Add a note about energy consumption info on tplink bulbs (#18237)

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@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Plugs are type `switch` when autodiscovery has been disabled.
### Bulbs
Other bulbs may also work, but with limited color temperatures. If you find a bulb isn't reaching the full-color temperature boundaries, submit a bug report.
Other bulbs may also work, but with limited color temperatures. If you find a bulb isn't reaching the full-color temperature boundaries, submit a bug report. Bulbs do generally report some energy consumption information, see the entity state attributes to find out what information is available.
- LB100
- LB110
@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ Devices that are confirmed to support Consumption Reading;
1. HS110
2. HS300
3. KP115
4. Bulbs (device-specific, only current power consumption is commonly available)
In order to get the power consumption readings from a TP-Link HS110 device, you'll have to create a [template sensor](/integrations/template/).
In the example below, change all of the `my_tp_switch`'s to match your device's entity ID (without the domain). For example, if your entity is `switch.whale_heater` then replace `my_tp_switch` with `whale_heater`: