An Approach to Outage Location Prediction Utilizing Smart Metering Data

Abstract

Recently, advanced and intelligent power supply networks have been proposed under the concept of Smart Grid and smart meters have been implemented all over the world as the first step. While the first purpose of smart meter installation is improvement of metering business efficiency by automated and remote meter reading and tamper prevention by accurate and frequent meter readings, various new services utilizing such accurate and frequent smart metering data have been considered. This paper proposes an approach of outage location prediction utilizing smart metering data for rapid detection and restoration of power outages.