Method and system for unusual usage reporting

A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising program code stored thereon for execution by one or more processors, the program code configured to, when executed, cause the one or more processors to:

• retrieve a plurality of usage-information datasets, each usage-information dataset corresponding to usage of the commodity by a consumer including past usage of the commodity;
• generate a distribution of predicted alert occurrences across a plurality of potential threshold levels using a set of historical customer usage data for the commodity from the plurality of usage-information datasets;
• analyze the distribution of predicted alert occurrences to select a first threshold level from amongst the plurality of potential threshold levels based at least in part on a determination that the first threshold level is predicted to, upon implementation as a report-trigger condition for a set of consumers, provide for at least one alert being sent to a maximum number of consumers of the set of consumers;
• establish a plurality of report-trigger conditions, each report-trigger condition corresponding to a consumer and based at least in part on a specified percentage of a baseline of the past usage, the specified percentage corresponding to the first threshold level;
• and
• in response to determining that an estimated usage established for a first consumer fulfills a first report-trigger condition, of the plurality of report-trigger conditions:
• generate an electronic message including information indicating that an unusual usage of the commodity has been detected;
• and
• control transmission of the electronic message, via a network connection, to an electronic device associated with the first consumer to provide the information indicating the unusual usage of the commodity.

A system comprising:

• a memory configured to store data;
• one or more processors coupled to the memory;
• a communication port coupled to the one or more processors;
• and
• a control program configured to:
• control, using the one or more processors, the memory and communication port;
• retrieve, using the one or more processors, a usage-information dataset for a consumer including at least usage data for a commodity;
• generate, using the one or more processors, a distribution of predicted alert occurrences across a plurality of potential threshold levels using the usage-information dataset, each potential threshold level associated with a predicted number of alert occurrences;
• analyze, using the one or more processors, the distribution of predicted alert occurrences to select a first threshold level from amongst the plurality of potential threshold levels based at least in part on a determination that the first threshold level is predicted to, upon implementation as a report-trigger condition for a set of consumers, provide for at least one alert being sent to a first number of consumers of the set of consumers;
• establish, using the one or more processors, a report-trigger condition for the consumer, the report-trigger condition based at least in part on a specified percentage of a baseline defined from past usage of the commodity in the usage-information dataset, the specified percentage corresponding to the first threshold level;
• and
• determine, using the one or more processors, that an estimated usage for the consumer fulfills the report-trigger condition and in response thereto:
• generate and provide for display to an electronic device associated with the consumer, an electronic message including information to reduce usage of the commodity.