Selection of bellwether smart grid meters
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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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Abstract
A method for selection of bellwether smart meters from a plurality of smart meters in a power grid can include for at least each of a subset of the plurality of smart meters, monitoring a meter; determining at least one anomaly in the meter, in response to a determination of an anomaly in the meter, assigning a weight to the anomaly, determining a sum of weights of anomalies in the meter and selecting a sub group of the plurality of smart meters as bellwether meters.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for operating power grid, the method comprising:
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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, and assign 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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer program product for operating a power grid, the computer program product including a tangible computer readable storage medium storing instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to implement a method, the method comprising:
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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 meters from smart meters having the sum of weights within a selected range, and assign a high priority communication to the bellwether smart meters; and 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 smart 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. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A power grid system, the system comprising:
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a network management system (NMS) configured to; for each of the plurality of smart meters; 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; select a sub group of the plurality of smart meters as bellwether meters from smart meters having the sum of weights within a selected range; and assigning a high priority communication to the bellwether smart meters; and a distribution response management system configured 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 smart 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. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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