摘要 |
A method for utility monitoring to ascertain unidentified utility consumptio n, having the steps of: a) providing a utility; b) passing the utility through a primary meter; c) supplying the utility to a plurality of secondary meters after the utility passes through the primary meter; d) measuring a first amount of the utility passing through the primary meter ov er a first time period; e) measuring the sum of the utility supplied to the plurality of secondary meters over the first time period; and f) determining a difference between the first amount of the utility and the sum of the utility supplied to the plurality of secondary meters over th e first time period, wherein the difference is an amount of unidentified utility consumption. Als o disclosed is a system for utility monitoring to ascertain unidentified utility consumption. The system has a utility, a primary meter, and a plurality of secondary meters.
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