Method and system for utilizing statistical outliers to test for malfunctioning solar panel systems

A computerized method for utilizing a statistical outlier to test for malfunctioning solar panel system comprising:

• providing a plurality malfunctioning solar panels in a solar panel management system;
• enabling an active monitoring mode of the plurality malfunctioning solar panels that notifies the solar panel management system of a malfunctioning system in the plurality malfunctioning solar panels;
• for the plurality malfunctioning solar panels in a solar panel management system, collecting a set of estimated solar generation data and actual solar generation data for a specific time interval;
• calculating an accuracy ratio for the time interval to generate an accuracy ratio entry;
• for the accuracy ratio entry, determining if the accuracy ratio entry is an outlier in the set of accuracy ratios that were previously generated for another set of two or more time intervals for the plurality malfunctioning solar panels in the solar panel management system;
• detecting that an accuracy ratio entry is a statistical outlier;
• and
• flagging the time interval of the accuracy ratio, wherein the flagged time interval indicates that the time interval is abnormally low or abnormally high.