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Opower: Add some clarifications in the docs to avoid confusion (#28522)

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## Sensors
The integration adds the following sensors:
The integration adds the following sensors only if your utility provides forecasted usage/cost:
For electricity:
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## Energy
Because utilities only release usage/cost data with a 48-hour delay, the integration inserts data into statistic objects. At the initial setup, the integration pulls historical monthly usage/cost since the account activation, daily usage/cost for the past 3 years, and for electricity hourly usage/cost for the past 2 months. After the initial setup, the integration keeps pulling hourly data for electricity and daily data for gas for the past 30 days to allow for any corrections in the data from the utilities.
Because utilities only release usage/cost data with a 48-hour delay, the integration inserts data into statistic objects.
You can find the statistics in {% my developer_statistics title="**Developer Tools** > **Statistics**"%} and search for "opower".
**This delay means that there will be no data in the energy dashboard for today and likely yesterday** (depending on time of day you are checking).
At the initial setup, the integration pulls historical monthly usage/cost since the account activation. If the utility provides more granular data, it pulls daily usage/cost for the past 3 years and hourly usage/cost for the past 2 months (note: typically, utilities provide only monthly or daily data for gas).
After the initial setup, the integration keeps pulling data (twice per day) for the past 30 days to allow for any corrections in the data from the utilities.
In the configuration of the energy dashboard (**{% my config_energy title="Settings > Dashboards > Energy" %}**):