Monitoring and reporting system for an electric power distribution and/or collection system

摘要

A system and method for displaying a representation of the configuration of a distribution and/or collection system and the operating status thereof, may comprise: a computer receiving an access request; a storage device storing a representation of the elements and configuration of the distribution and/or collection system and storing information relating to the operating state of the elements; wherein the computer generates a displayable representation of the elements and configuration of the distribution and/or collection system in accordance with the operating state of the elements; and a communication port for transmitting the transformed displayable representation of the elements and configuration of the system to a display.

主权项

1. A method for displaying a representation of the configuration of a utility distribution system or a utility collection system or a utility distribution and collection system, herein referred to as a distribution and/or collection system, wherein the distribution and/or collection system includes an electric power distribution system, a gas distribution system, a telephone communication system, a communication system, a water distribution system, a water collection system, a sewage collection system, or a trash collection system, the distribution and/or collection system having a central source element and plural distribution elements and having distribution connection elements with and among the central source element and the plural distribution elements for serving plural customers, and the operating status thereof, the method comprising:
receiving an access request from a user and if the access request is validated, then: determining a level of access for the user, wherein the user includes a customer or a worker or a manager or supervisor, and wherein the level of access of a customer is limited to the distribution elements and the distribution connection elements of the distribution and/or collection system utilized in providing distribution to or collection from that customer or in providing both distribution to and collection from that customer; obtaining a representation of the elements and configuration of the distribution and/or collection system; limiting the representation of the elements and configuration of the distribution and/or collection system in accordance with the determined level of access; providing the representation of the elements and configuration of the distribution and/or collection system for display on a display, wherein the display for a customer is limited to the distribution elements and distribution connection elements of the distribution and/or collection system that serve that customer in accordance with the customer level of access; storing information relating to the elements of the distribution and/or collection system and to the operating state of the elements of the distribution and/or collection system in a relational database; obtaining from the relational database information representing the operating state of the elements of the distribution and/or collection system; modifying the representation of the elements and configuration of the distribution and/or collection system in accordance with the database information to represent the operating state of the elements of the distribution and/or collection system; and providing the modified representation of the elements and configuration of the distribution and/or collection system for display on a display, wherein the display for a customer is limited to the distribution elements and distribution connection elements of the distribution and/or collection system that serve that customer in accordance with the customer level of access, whereby a customer obtains data relating to only that portion of the distribution elements and distribution connection elements and status of the distribution and/or collection system that are utilized to provide service to that customer.