Embodiments may be generally directed to techniques to receive rate meter information indicating an occurrence of a rate meter event, the rate meter event determined by a rate meter associated with a network element in a software defined network (SDN) environment. determine a requirement for a service provided by the network element is not met based on the rate meter event detected by the rate meter. Embodiments may also include techniques to determine a corrective action based on the requirement not met, the corrective action to cause the requirement to be met for the service provided by the network element in the SDN environment and cause the correct action to be performed for the network element.