Patent ID: 11946982
Assignee: GRID20/20, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 58:
59. A monitoring system, comprising:
one or more voltage sensors or current sensors configured for detecting a voltage or current of a power cable on a distribution transformer(s), respectively;
a processor configured to monitor the voltage sensors or the current sensors to ensure that the distribution transformer and/or nearby power grid assets are operating properly, determine if a detrimental scenario is taking place based on the monitoring, and notifying a central computing device of the detrimental scenario so that remedial action may be taken, wherein the distribution transformer monitoring device is a reconciliation device that measures an exact amount of power that is supplied on a secondary and compares with power recorded by downstream meters to detect secondary power loss, wherein the processor is further configured for providing, via automated alerting, information needed to accurately determine when and/or how much power must be brought online to compensate for a decrease/loss of distributed energy resources (DER) and/or distributed generation (DG) energy being driven into the grid.