System and Method for Identifying the Effect of Changes in a Utility Monitoring System

A computer-implemented system for determining the effect of a change is a utility system based on streamed meter data, comprising:

• a metering analytics system configured to receive a stream of meter data received from sensors in or in proximity with utility meters in a utility monitoring system, the meter data being generated by the sensors;
• and
• a central event management system for identifying an effect of modification to the utility monitoring system in the streamed meter data based on a plurality of sequential meter reads in the streamed meter data, the central event management system configured to
• receive a change notification including change time,
• identify a meter associated with the change notification,
• monitor read messages in the streamed meter data to identify a first read message for a watched meter received following the change time upon receipt of the first read message, and
• determine a change effect for the meter based on at least a second read message in the streamed meter data upon receipt of the at least second read message.