Achieving the Gold Standard in Data Protection for the Smart Grid

Privacy by Design

Abstract:

There are two schools of thought among electrical utilities regarding the Smart Grid. The first
is that the Smart Grid is simply an extension of current functions and that taking a business-asusual
approach is sufficient. The second is that the Smart Grid presents new opportunities for
growth and change, as well as new challenges for collecting more granular data than ever before
on customers’ energy consumption. Utilities that ascribe to the second group recognize that the
Smart Grid will be transformative in nature and can take steps to address any new issues that
may arise. I call this taking a “positive-sum” approach wherein the interests of both electrical
reform and privacy may be achieved.

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