Data privacy and residential smart meters: Comparative analysis and harmonization potential

Lee, Dasom; Hess, David J.

doi:10.1016/j.jup.2021.101188

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“…We also found that there is more potential for harmonization across political jurisdictions (e.g. the European and North American regulations) for privacy than for safety and equity (Lee and Hess 2021a). The relatively greater opportunity for harmonization for privacy results from the general policy guidance on digital privacy rights in both the United States and Germany (Bundesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit 2020; Dahn 2014; European Commission 2016).…”

Section: Research 2: Social Science and Policy Researchmentioning

confidence: 76%

“…With respect to electricity, rules to protect electricity customers' privacy date back to the analog era, when data-sharing guidelines were developed (Lee and Hess 2021a). With the digital era, concerns with privacy have increased because of the granularity of the data that can be collected, especially for residential customers.…”

Section: Research 2: Social Science and Policy Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For DDM, the concerns with technical equipment failure (safety) and with effects of time-of-day pricing on low-income customers could be the basis for harmonization. For privacy, there are similarities between the GDPR regime in the European Union and the FIPPs-based approach in the U.S. (Lee and Hess 2021a).…”

Section: Summary: Insights From the Multiple Comparative Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

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“…One of the biggest challenges is privacy because there is a constant collection of energy consumption data. In order to solve the problem, there is ongoing innovation in privacy standards, guidelines, and regulation in various countries [16].…”

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Utilities and local power providers throughout the world have recognized the advantages of the "smart grid" to encourage consumers to engage in greater energy efficiency. The digitalization of electricity and the consumer interface enables utilities to develop pricing arrangements that can smooth peak load. Time-varying price signals can enable devices associated with heating, air conditioning, and ventilation (HVAC) systems to communicate with market prices in order to more efficiently configure energy demand. Moreover, the shorter time intervals and greater collection of data can facilitate the integration of distributed renewable energy into the power grid. This study contributes to the understanding of time-varying pricing using a model that examines the extent to which transactive energy can reduce economic costs of an aggregated group of households with varying levels of distributed solar energy. It also considers the potential for transactive energy to smooth the demand curve. CCS CONCEPTS• Computer systems organization → Embedded and cyberphysical systems; • General and reference → Design; • Computing methodologies → Model development and analysis; • Applied computing → Engineering.

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“…In some cases, smart meters can gather small pieces of information over short intervals and, therefore, give a detailed picture of which appliances are being used. This breach can lead to identifying specific characteristics that reveal information about a home's socio-economic status, dwelling, and appliances, posing a significant threat to consumers' privacy [25]. Data management becomes central to the development of AMI; therefore, some institutional changes are indispensable [26].…”

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Development of a Smart Meter for Power Quality-Based Tariff Implementation in a Smart Grid

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Regarding the modern power smart grid, distribution consumers and prosumers are highly concerned about power quality (PQ). In fact, they would prefer to pay higher prices for a reliable and good quality power supply. Unfortunately, utility operators still aim for reliability alone, ignoring the quality of supply voltage and current. There are no clear guidelines for monitoring, penalizing, or implementing PQ-based tariff schemes in LV distribution systems. In addition, the implementation of a PQ-based tariff requires a real-time measuring mechanism at the user end, which is very expensive and difficult to understand for a domestic consumer. This paper presents a novel, low-cost, efficient, and user-friendly smart PQ meter to overcome these issues and limitations. It is essentially a PQ analyzer with energy metering functionality, which implements a novel PQ-based tariff scheme that penalizes consumers violating the PQ limits and provides incentives for a good PQ profile. It measures as many as 28 parameters and keeps track of the PQ for both the consumer and the grid in real-time. This paper demonstrates the specifications, design, and testing of the meter and proves the validity of the concept by practical implementation. The meter is practical, feasible, and economical for implementing PQ-based tariff schemes in LV distribution systems or smart grids.

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Data privacy and residential smart meters: Comparative analysis and harmonization potential

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Development of a Smart Meter for Power Quality-Based Tariff Implementation in a Smart Grid

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