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Selection of bellwether smart grid meters

  • US 9,127,963 B2
  • Filed: 09/13/2011
  • Issued: 09/08/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for operating power grid, the method comprising:

  • for each of the plurality of smart meters, using a network monitoring system to;

    monitor a smart meter;

    determine at least one anomaly in the smart meter;

    in response to a determination of an anomaly in the smart meter, assign a weight to the anomaly;

    determine a sum of weights of anomalies in the smart meter;

    using the network monitoring system to select a sub group of the plurality of smart meters as bellwether smart meters from smart meters having the sum of weights within a selected range, andassign a high priority communication to the bellwether smart meters;

    using a distribution response management system to use the high priority communication to obtain reading from the bellwether smart meters indicative of a health of an area of a power grid represented by the bellwether meters and operate a device of the power grid based on the health in the area of the power grid to increase a reliability of the power grid.

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