Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments are disclosed for managing utility usage data in the event of a utility outage. In one embodiment, measured meter data is read representing utility usage data collected from multiple meters within a zone of a utility system and processed to identify valid and invalid usage data of the measured meter data. An estimation process is performed on the measured meter data to generate corrected meter data for the multiple meters. The corrected meter data is aggregated over a time span to generate an aggregate percentage value specifying a total percentage of data received for the time span. The aggregate percentage value is compared to a threshold value to detect a utility outage. The estimation process is suppressed for the multiple meters when the aggregate percentage value is below the threshold value, indicating a utility outage.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with synchronizing consumption data are described. In one embodiment, a method includes determining when a first consumption data of a first type and a second consumption data of a second type, derived from a same consumption meter, are unsynchronized with each other. The example method also includes synchronizing the first consumption data with the second consumption data when the two types of data are determined to be unsynchronized with each other.