diff --git a/esphome/components/bl0906/bl0906.h b/esphome/components/bl0906/bl0906.h
index 54de9f9b0c..93ccf09521 100644
--- a/esphome/components/bl0906/bl0906.h
+++ b/esphome/components/bl0906/bl0906.h
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 #include "esphome/components/sensor/sensor.h"
 #include "esphome/components/uart/uart.h"
-#include "esphome/core/automation.h"
 #include "esphome/core/component.h"
 #include "esphome/core/datatypes.h"
 
@@ -47,8 +46,6 @@ struct sbe24_t {  // NOLINT(readability-identifier-naming,altera-struct-pack-ali
   int8_t h{0};
 } __attribute__((packed));
 
-template<typename... Ts> class ResetEnergyAction;
-
 class BL0906;
 
 using ActionCallbackFuncPtr = void (BL0906::*)();
@@ -85,9 +82,10 @@ class BL0906 final : public PollingComponent, public uart::UARTDevice {
   void setup() override;
   void dump_config() override;
 
- protected:
-  template<typename... Ts> friend class ResetEnergyAction;
+  /// Queue an energy counter reset for the next poll
+  void reset_energy() { this->enqueue_action_(&BL0906::reset_energy_); }
 
+ protected:
   void reset_energy_();
 
   void read_data_(uint8_t address, float reference, sensor::Sensor *sensor);
@@ -103,9 +101,4 @@ class BL0906 final : public PollingComponent, public uart::UARTDevice {
   std::vector<ActionCallbackFuncPtr> action_queue_{};
 };
 
-template<typename... Ts> class ResetEnergyAction final : public Action<Ts...>, public Parented<BL0906> {
- public:
-  void play(const Ts &...x) override { this->parent_->enqueue_action_(&BL0906::reset_energy_); }
-};
-
 }  // namespace esphome::bl0906
diff --git a/esphome/components/bl0906/sensor.py b/esphome/components/bl0906/sensor.py
index e24cd316f4..67ff903fbf 100644
--- a/esphome/components/bl0906/sensor.py
+++ b/esphome/components/bl0906/sensor.py
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ CONF_TOTAL_ENERGY = "total_energy"
 
 bl0906_ns = cg.esphome_ns.namespace("bl0906")
 BL0906 = bl0906_ns.class_("BL0906", cg.PollingComponent, uart.UARTDevice)
-ResetEnergyAction = bl0906_ns.class_("ResetEnergyAction", automation.Action)
 
 CONFIG_SCHEMA = (
     cv.Schema(
@@ -136,15 +135,14 @@ FINAL_VALIDATE_SCHEMA = uart.final_validate_device_schema(
 )
 
 
-automation.register_parented_action(
+automation.register_apply_action(
     "bl0906.reset_energy",
-    ResetEnergyAction,
     maybe_simple_id(
         {
             cv.Required(CONF_ID): cv.use_id(BL0906),
         }
     ),
-    synchronous=True,
+    automation.ApplyCall("reset_energy()"),
 )