def _read_event_log(event_log_text):
    """Return OpenDSS event log information.

    Parameters
    ----------
    event_log_text : str
        Text of event log


    Returns
    -------
    list
        list of dictionaries (one dict for each row in the file)

    """
    data = []
    if not event_log_text:
        return data

    for line in event_log_text.split("\n"):
        if line == "":
            continue
        tokens = [x.strip() for x in line.split(",")]
        row = {}
        for token in tokens:
            name_and_value = [x.strip() for x in token.split("=")]
            name = name_and_value[0]
            value = name_and_value[1]
            row[name] = value
        data.append(row)

    return data