Change record status: 
Introduced in branch: 
8.x-1.x
Introduced in version: 
8.x-1.2
Description: 

See

https://www.drupal.org/project/confi/releases/8.x-1.2

Now there is a way to import features programmatically

$feature_module_name = 'openy_block_custom_simple';
\Drupal::service('config_import.features_importer')->import($feature_module_name);
Impacts: 
Site builders, administrators, editors
Module developers
Themers