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UTILITY BILL AUDIT

  • US 20120317004A1
  • Filed: 06/07/2011
  • Published: 12/13/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2011
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A computer program product for a utility bill audit, the computer program product including:

  • a computer readable storage medium storing computer executable program code that, when executed by a processor, causes the computer executable program code to perform a method including the steps of;

    inputting measured data from a plurality of meters;

    inputting utility provider information including a utility provider cost, a plurality of utility provider sub-costs, a plurality of utility provider coefficients, and a plurality of utility provider variables;

    calculating system data based on the measured data, wherein the system data includes a system cost, a plurality of system sub-costs, a plurality of system coefficients, and a plurality of system variables;

    determining whether the utility provider cost differs from the system cost by more than a cost error threshold;

    determining whether a utility provider sub-cost differs from a corresponding system sub-cost by more than a selected sub-cost error threshold in response to a determination that the utility provider cost differs from the system cost by more than the cost error threshold;

    determining whether a utility provider coefficient differs from a corresponding system coefficient by more than a selected coefficient error threshold in response to a determination that the utility provider sub-cost differs from the corresponding system sub-cost by more than the selected sub-cost error threshold;

    recalculating system data based on the measured data and the utility provider coefficient in response to a determination that the utility provider coefficient differs from the corresponding system coefficient by more than the selected coefficient error threshold, wherein the regenerated system data includes a regenerated system cost, a plurality of regenerated system sub-costs, a subset of the system coefficients, and the plurality of system variables;

    determining whether the utility provider cost differs from the regenerated system cost by more than the cost error threshold;

    determining whether the utility provider sub-cost differs from a corresponding regenerated system sub-cost by more than the selected sub-cost error threshold in response to a determination that the utility provider cost differs from the regenerated system cost by more than the cost error threshold;

    determining whether a utility provider variable differs from a corresponding system variable by more than a selected variable error threshold in response to a determination that the utility provider sub-cost differs from the corresponding regenerated system sub-cost by more than the selected sub-cost error threshold; and

    outputting, via the user interface, a notice regarding whether utility provider information differs from corresponding system data.

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