Real-time system for verification and monitoring of protective device settings within an electrical power distribution network and automatic correction of deviances found

A system for real-time verification of protective device system configuration settings on a monitored system, comprising:

• a data acquisition component communicatively connected to a sensor configured to acquire real-time protective device configuration data from a protective device that is part of the monitored system;
• a power analytics server communicatively connected to the data acquisition component, the power analytics server comprising
• a virtual system model database configured to store a virtual system model of the monitored system, wherein the virtual system model includes preset protective device configuration settings for the protective device, and
• a protective device system verification engine configured to monitor the real-time protective device configuration data and the preset protective device configuration settings, the protective device system verification engine further configured to generate a warning when there is a difference between the real-time protective device configuration data and the preset protective device configuration settings;
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• a client terminal communicatively connected to the power analytics server, the client terminal configured to communicate the warning.