CPC G06Q 50/06 (2013.01) [G06F 8/65 (2013.01); G06Q 20/10 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A utility network system comprising:
a master node including a master node distributed ledger, the master node configured to receive a customer transaction and to update an instance of the master node distributed ledger indicating occurrence of the customer transaction;
a plurality of broker nodes configured to receive an activity instruction including a demand response instruction and meter configuration data for a plurality of smart utility meters located within an autonomous routing area, each broker node comprising an edge node of the autonomous routing area and including a broker node distributed ledger that is applicable to the respective broker node; and
the plurality of smart utility meters located within the autonomous routing area configured to:
receive the activity instruction including the demand response instruction and the meter configuration data,
wherein the demand response instruction includes an indication of which loads of a plurality of loads are needed to be altered in order to fulfill an amount of a resource indicated in the demand response instruction;
alter an amount of resource provided to at least one load of the plurality of loads; and
set a signal strength used by at least one smart utility meter of the plurality of smart utility meters based at least in part on the meter configuration data.
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