The invention relates to a remote calibration method for an operation error of a generalized flow instrument, and the method comprises the steps: (1), installing a generalized flow instrument clusterto form a tree-shaped topological structure; (2), obtaining a flow conservation 
algorithm model of the generalized flow 
instrument cluster based on the tree-shaped topological structure formed by thegeneralized flow 
instrument cluster; (3), correcting a 
line loss error, introducing a virtual 
branch to correct the topological model of the generalized flow 
instrument cluster, and correcting the flow conservation 
algorithm model; (4), calculating a relative error; (5), correcting a calculation result and estimating the degree of uncertainty; (6), obtaining an error calculation result. The methodemploys a 
full data sample thinking mode for 0.48 billion online operating intelligent 
electric energy meters of the State Grid Corporation, achieves the mining of 
mass electric energy data of a power utilization information 
collection system for power users, does not need an external standard instrument, achieves the performing of the remote calibration technology of the intelligent 
electric energy meters, enables the power 
supply side and a power utilization side to know the accuracy of an electric 
energy metering device in real time, meets the expected demands of customers, and improves the enterprise image.