diff --git a/hems/eebus/eebus.go b/hems/eebus/eebus.go
index 4c3f1bdc3..ec94decfc 100644
--- a/hems/eebus/eebus.go
+++ b/hems/eebus/eebus.go
@@ -232,6 +232,9 @@ func (c *EEBus) run() error {
 		if c.failsafeProductionLimit != nil {
 			// production limit is negative, failsafe limits are always positive
 			c.setProductionLimit(-*c.failsafeProductionLimit, true)
+		} else {
+			// no failsafe limit configured, release any stale Energy Guard limit
+			c.setProductionLimit(0, false)
 		}
 
 		return nil
@@ -352,6 +355,24 @@ func (c *EEBus) setProductionLimit(limit float64, active bool) {
 	}
 }
 
+// effectiveConsumptionLimit returns the LPC limit in force: the configured failsafe
+// limit while in failsafe, else the Energy Guard's. Caller holds the mutex.
+func (c *EEBus) effectiveConsumptionLimit() float64 {
+	if c.status == StatusFailsafe {
+		return c.failsafeConsumptionLimit
+	}
+	return c.consumptionLimit.Value
+}
+
+// effectiveProductionLimit returns the LPP limit in force as positive watts, see
+// effectiveConsumptionLimit. LPP states its limits as negative watts.
+func (c *EEBus) effectiveProductionLimit() float64 {
+	if c.status == StatusFailsafe && c.failsafeProductionLimit != nil {
+		return *c.failsafeProductionLimit
+	}
+	return -c.productionLimit.Value
+}
+
 var _ api.HEMS = (*EEBus)(nil)
 
 // CurtailedPercent implements api.HEMS, converting the active LPP production
@@ -372,8 +393,7 @@ func (c *EEBus) CurtailedPercent() *int {
 
 	percent := 100
 	if limitActive(c.productionLimitActivated) {
-		// production limits are negative watts
-		percent = int(-c.productionLimit.Value / c.productionNominalMax * 100)
+		percent = int(c.effectiveProductionLimit() / c.productionNominalMax * 100)
 	}
 
 	return &percent
@@ -390,10 +410,7 @@ func (c *EEBus) MaxConsumptionPower() *float64 {
 	if !limitActive(c.consumptionLimitActivated) {
 		return new(0.0)
 	}
-	if c.status == StatusFailsafe {
-		return new(c.failsafeConsumptionLimit)
-	}
-	return new(c.consumptionLimit.Value)
+	return new(c.effectiveConsumptionLimit())
 }
 
 // MaxProductionPower implements api.HEMS: nil until first connected,
@@ -407,9 +424,5 @@ func (c *EEBus) MaxProductionPower() *float64 {
 	if !limitActive(c.productionLimitActivated) {
 		return new(0.0)
 	}
-	if c.status == StatusFailsafe {
-		return c.failsafeProductionLimit
-	}
-	// production limits are negative watts, the api.HEMS cap is positive
-	return new(-c.productionLimit.Value)
+	return new(c.effectiveProductionLimit())
 }
diff --git a/hems/eebus/eebus_test.go b/hems/eebus/eebus_test.go
index 070b1dbd7..7d8274b50 100644
--- a/hems/eebus/eebus_test.go
+++ b/hems/eebus/eebus_test.go
@@ -280,6 +280,51 @@ func TestRun_LimitWithoutDuration(t *testing.T) {
 	assertProductionLimit(t, c, true)
 }
 
+// TestProductionLimit_Failsafe verifies both api.HEMS production getters report the
+// configured failsafe limit while in failsafe, not the stale EG-supplied limit
+// (#33286): the EG limit had already been released (Value=0) before the heartbeat
+// was lost, which must not curtail feed-in to 0%.
+func TestProductionLimit_Failsafe(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newTestEEBus(t)
+	// EG limit already released before the heartbeat is lost.
+	c.productionLimit = ucapi.LoadLimit{Value: 0, IsActive: false}
+
+	require.NoError(t, c.run())
+	require.Equal(t, StatusFailsafe, c.status)
+
+	percent := c.CurtailedPercent()
+	require.NotNil(t, percent)
+	assert.Equal(t, int(testFailsafeProduction/testProductionNominal*100), *percent)
+
+	power := c.MaxProductionPower()
+	require.NotNil(t, power)
+	assert.Equal(t, testFailsafeProduction, *power)
+}
+
+// TestProductionLimit_FailsafeUnconfigured verifies that entering failsafe without a
+// configured failsafe production limit releases a stale EG limit. run() returns early
+// while in failsafe, so a limit left applied here would stay applied indefinitely.
+func TestProductionLimit_FailsafeUnconfigured(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newTestEEBus(t)
+	c.failsafeProductionLimit = nil
+	c.heartbeat.Set(struct{}{})
+
+	c.productionLimit = ucapi.LoadLimit{Value: -500, IsActive: true}
+	require.NoError(t, c.run())
+	assertProductionLimit(t, c, true)
+
+	// heartbeat lost
+	c.heartbeat = util.NewValue[struct{}](time.Hour)
+
+	require.NoError(t, c.run())
+	require.Equal(t, StatusFailsafe, c.status)
+	assertProductionLimit(t, c, false)
+
+	power := c.MaxProductionPower()
+	require.NotNil(t, power)
+	assert.Equal(t, 0.0, *power)
+}
+
 // TestMaxProductionPower verifies the api.HEMS export cap is a positive wattage,
 // while LPP states its limits as negative watts.
 func TestMaxProductionPower(t *testing.T) {