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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2017
Southern Company, Atlanta, GA (US);
Robert D. King, Atlanta, GA (US);
Joshua Ashcraft, Atlanta, GA (US);
Jamie R. Meaders, Atlanta, GA (US);
Tommy Jamison, Jr., Atlanta, GA (US);
Ravikanth C. Paruchuri, Atlanta, GA (US);
Wesley M. Granade, Atlanta, GA (US);
Mitch A. Cason, Atlanta, GA (US);
Derl W. Rhoades, Birmingham, AL (US);
Brandon Lundy, Birmingham, AL (US);
Southern Company, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a method for determining root causes of issues in an electrical grid. The method includes receiving local data from each of a plurality of meters. The local data may be indicative of voltage levels measured by the plurality of meters. The method also includes identifying abnormalities in the received local data. An abnormality is indicated by local data indicative of a voltage level that is outside of a predetermined range of acceptable levels. The method further includes associating each of the identified abnormalities with a respective meter and a geographic location of the respective meter and analyzing each of the identified abnormalities according to a predetermined set of evaluation factors to determine a root cause.