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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2014
Astrolink International Llc, Bethesda, MD (US);
Dominion Energy Technologies, Inc., Richmond, VA (US);
Henrik F. Bernheim, Denver, CO (US);
Jerritt H. Hansell, Boulder, CO (US);
Marcia Reid Martin, Longmont, CO (US);
Astrolink International LLC, Bethesda, MD (US);
Dominion Energy Technologies, Inc., Richmond, VA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for detecting theft of power in an electrical distribution grid. The system may include at least two communicating meters which form a transformer area network, a mechanism for measuring current and voltage at the meters, a mechanism for transmitting the measured current and voltage data to a data center with access to an electric grid database, and a mechanism that analyzes the transmitted data to inter unauthorized taking of electrical power.