diff --git a/monitoring/db/scripts/get_detailed_power.py b/monitoring/db/scripts/get_detailed_power.py
index b316f4b..5218d9b 100755
--- a/monitoring/db/scripts/get_detailed_power.py
+++ b/monitoring/db/scripts/get_detailed_power.py
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ def parse_arguments(args):
 				help="Job did run on Hawk-AI")
 	parser.add_argument('--report-nodes', action='store_true',
 				help='Report power of all nodes, not just statisitcs across nodes.')
+	parser.add_argument('--energy-only', action='store_true',
+				help='Return only total consumed energy, not detailed power')
 	parser.add_argument('jobid', type=parse_jobid,
 			nargs='+', 
 			help='Job ID such as "2260215" or "2260215.hawk-pbs5"')
@@ -259,6 +261,13 @@ class App:
 				print('No data found for job ID "{}"'.format(jobid))
 				continue
 
+			if self.config.energy_only:
+				if power.energy:
+					print(power.energy)
+				else:
+					print('No total energy for job ID "{}"'.format(jobid))
+				continue
+
 			fn = power.to_file(jobid, header)
 			if fn:
 				print('Created file {fn}'.format(fn=fn))