System and method for distributed, secure, power grid data collection, consensual voting analysis, and situational awareness and anomaly detection

A method, comprising:

• receiving, via a communications network from a plurality of network nodes of the communications network, a first set of data indicating a metric associated with a power grid, the communications network configured to provide a communication service to at least one location serviced by the power grid;
• determining a normalized range for the metric associated with the power grid based at least in part on the first set of data;
• receiving, via the communications network from the plurality of network nodes of the communications network, a second set of data indicating the metric associated with the power grid;
• generating a third set of data indicating a relationship between the second set of data and the normalized range for the metric;
• identifying a fourth set of data comprising an ordering, for each of the plurality of network nodes, of a set of quantized values according to values determined from the second set of data;
• and
• determining a consensus value from the ordered sets of quantized values.

A method, comprising:

• receiving, via a communications network from a plurality of network nodes of the communications network, a first set of data indicating a first metric associated with a power grid, the communications network configured to provide a communication service to at least one location serviced by the power grid;
• determining a normalized range for the first metric associated with the power grid based at least in part on the first set of data;
• receiving, via the communications network from the plurality of network nodes of the communications network, a second set of data indicating the first metric associated with the power grid;
• generating a third set of data indicating a relationship between the second set of data and the normalized range for the first metric;
• receiving, via the communications network from the plurality of network nodes of the communications network, a fourth set of data indicating a second metric associated with the power grid different than the first metric associated with the power grid;
• and
• ranking the second set of data and the fourth set of data based at least in part on a magnitude of a difference between respective values of the second set of data and the fourth set of data and respective normalized ranges of the first metric and the second metric, wherein the third set of data is based at least in part on the ranking.

A method, comprising:

• receiving, via a communications network from a plurality of network nodes of the communications network, a first set of data indicating a metric associated with a power grid, the communications network configured to provide a communication service to at least one location serviced by the power grid;
• determining a normalized range for the metric associated with the power grid based at least in part on the first set of data;
• receiving, via the communications network from the plurality of network nodes of the communications network, a second set of data indicating the metric associated with the power grid;
• generating a third set of data indicating a relationship between the second set of data and the normalized range for the metric;
• receiving a request for the third set of data associated with a geographical region comprising a subset of the plurality of network nodes from a third party;
• determining the third set of data for the geographical region based at least in part on the second set of data for the subset of the plurality of network nodes;
• and
• communicating the third set of data for the geographical region to the third party.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a processor,
• memory in electronic communication with the processor, and
• instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
• receive, via a communications network from a plurality of network nodes of the communications network, a first set of data indicating a metric associated with a power grid, the communications network configured to provide a communication service to at least one location serviced by the power grid;
• determine a normalized range for the metric associated with the power grid based at least in part on the first set of data;
• receive, via the communications network from the plurality of network nodes of the communications network, a second set of data indicating the metric associated with the power grid;
• determine an ordering, for each of the plurality of network nodes, of a set of quantized values based on the second set of data;
• and
• determine a third set of data indicating a relationship between the quantized values based on the second set of data and the normalized range for the metric.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a processor,
• memory in electronic communication with the processor, and
• instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
• receive, via a communications network from a plurality of network nodes of the communications network, a first set of data indicating a metric associated with a power grid, the communications network configured to provide a communication service to at least one location serviced by the power grid;
• determine a normalized range for the metric associated with the power grid based at least in part on the first set of data;
• receive, via the communications network from the plurality of network nodes of the communications network, a second set of data indicating the metric associated with the power grid;
• generate a third set of data indicating a relationship between the second set of data and the normalized range for the metric;
• identify a fourth set of data comprising an ordering, for each of the plurality of network nodes, of a set of quantized values according to values determined from the second set of data;
• and
• determine a consensus value from the ordered sets of quantized values.