Patent ID: 8665102

Claim:
A system for providing power system information to a monitoring scheme, comprising: a monitoring scheme associated with an electric power system; a first device comprising a faulted circuit indicator associated with the electric power system, comprising: an acquisition circuit configured to monitor a power system condition; a processor in communication with the acquisition circuit configured to detect an adverse event on the electric power system based on the power system condition; and a radio transmitter in communication with the processor and configured to transmit a status message upon occurrence of a predetermined condition, wherein the status message comprises an indication of the adverse event; a transceiver interface associated with the electric power system, including: a radio receiver configured to receive the status message from the first device; a logic module in communication with the radio receiver, configured to receive the status message from the first device and a status message from a second device associated with the electric power system, and verify the adverse event using power system information received from the first device and the second device and only upon verification communicate the status message to a transceiver; and wherein the transceiver is in communication with the logic module and configured to transmit the status message to the monitoring scheme.