Consumer Privacy Architecture for Power Grid Advanced metering infrastructure
Project Members
Dheeraj Gurugubelli, Dr. Chris Foreman and Dr. Melissa Dark
Dheeraj Gurugubelli, Dr. Chris Foreman and Dr. Melissa Dark
Abstract
Utilities install smart meters in homes. These smart meters allow the tracking and management of the energy consumption of the consumers. This will enable the utility companies
to increase increase efficiency, lower costs, and reduce pollution. But the advanced meters, which use wireless and digital technologies to send frequent consumption data to utilities,
face opposition from customers and others who see them as a threat to health, privacy, and security. From a utility company perspective, collection and management of such huge
volumes of data at an individual level is not an essential business function. The goal of this research is to create an architecture preserving privacy of the consumer in
the power grid advanced metering infrastructure while helping the utility company better manage data.