Adaptive metering in a smart grid

A system comprising:

• a utility meter connected to a resource and to a customer premises, the utility meter comprising:
• a sensor configured to detect a characteristic of usage of the resource by the customer premises;
• a converter configured to convert the characteristic to raw consumption data describing the usage by the customer premises;
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• a radio configured to transmit the raw consumption data;
• a remote processing system configured to receive the raw consumption data from the utility meter, the remote processing system comprising:
• a fog processing system comprising one or more fog devices associated with a geographic region of the utility meter, the fog processing system configured to perform data processing on the raw consumption data and on regional raw consumption data received from a first set of endpoints inside the geographic region, wherein the first set of endpoints comprises the utility meter;
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• a cloud processing system comprising one or more cloud devices, the cloud processing system configured to perform centralized data processing on the raw consumption data and on various raw consumption data from the first set of endpoints inside the geographic region and from other endpoints outside the geographic region.

A method comprising:

• connecting, by a utility meter, to a power grid;
• connecting, by the utility meter, to a customer premises;
• utilizing, by the utility meter, a sensor to determine an electrical characteristic indicating electricity usage of the power grid by the customer premises;
• converting, by the utility meter, the electrical characteristic to raw consumption data describing the electricity usage by the customer premises;
• transmitting, by the utility meter, the raw consumption data describing the electricity usage to a fog processing system for data processing of regional consumption data received from a first set of endpoints inside a geographic region associated with the fog processing system, the fog processing system comprising one or more fog devices;
• transmitting, by the utility meter, the consumption data describing the electricity usage to a cloud processing system for centralized data processing of various consumption data received from the first set of endpoints inside the geographic region and a second set of endpoints outside the geographic region, the cloud processing system comprising one or more cloud devices.