System and method for validating streaming sensor data in a utility monitoring system

A computer-implemented system for validating meter data in a utility monitoring system based on streamed sensor data, comprising:

• a metering analytics system configured to receive a stream of meter data received from sensors in or in proximity with utility meters, the meter sensor data being generated by the sensors;
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• a central event management system for validating meter sensor data in the streamed sensor data as it arrives in the stream of meter data from the sensors and prior to provision of the streamed sensor data to the metering analytics system based on a plurality of sequential sensor reads in the streamed sensor data, the central event management system validating meter sensor data by being configured to
• receive an invalidation event definition defining a sensor value usage invalidation threshold,
• apply the invalidation event definition to read messages received through the streamed sensor data,
• monitor read messages in the streamed sensor data to identify a first read message for a watched meter upon receipt of the first read message,
• identify an invalid meter satisfying the invalidation event definition based upon receipt of at least a second read message for the violating meter indicating that the meter sensor data is outside of a defined range for the sensor value usage invalidation threshold range, and
• output a processed data stream including a modified streamed sensor data that has been modified based on the identification.