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Smart grids feature a bidirectional flow of electricity and data, enhancing flexibility, efficiency, and reliability in increasingly volatile energy grids. However, data from smart meters can reveal sensitive private information.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-11-25 Jonas von der Heyden , Nils Schlüter , Philipp Binfet , Martin Asman , Markus Zdrallek , Tibor Jager , Moritz Schulze Darup

In this paper, we present a comprehensive survey of privacy-preserving schemes for Smart Grid communications. Specifically, we select and in-detail examine thirty privacy preserving schemes developed for or applied in the context of Smart…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2016-11-24 Mohamed Amine Ferrag , Leandros A. Maglaras , Helge Janicke , Jianmin Jiang

As smart grids are getting popular and being widely implemented, preserving the privacy of consumers is becoming more substantial. Power generation and pricing in smart grids depends on the continuously gathered information from the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-05-16 Alireza Ahadipour , Mojtaba Mohammadi , Alireza Keshavarz-Haddad

There has been a large number of contributions on privacy-preserving smart metering with Differential Privacy, addressing questions from actual enforcement at the smart meter to billing at the energy provider. However, exploitation is…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-07-09 Günther Eibl , Kaibin Bao , Philip-William Grassal , Daniel Bernau , Hartmut Schmeck

We address the smart meter (SM) privacy problem by considering the availability of a renewable energy source (RES) and a battery which can be exploited by a consumer to partially hide the consumption pattern from the utility provider (UP).…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-05-17 Giulio Giaconi , Deniz Gunduz

Smart-metering systems report electricity usage of a user to the utility provider on almost real-time basis. This could leak private information about the user to the utility provider. In this work we investigate the use of a rechargeable…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-09-19 Simon Li , Ashish Khisti , Aditya Mahajan

Smart-meters are a key component of energy transition. The large amount of data collected in near real-time allows grid operators to observe and simulate network states. However, privacy-preserving rules forbid the use of such data for any…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-10-08 Jordan Holweger , Lionel Bloch , Christophe Ballif , Nicolas Wyrsch

State estimation is routinely being performed in high-voltage power transmission grids in order to assist in operation and to detect faulty equipment. In low- and medium-voltage power distribution grids, on the other hand, few real-time…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-04-15 Henrik Sandberg , György Dán , Ragnar Thobaben

This paper investigates smart home energy management in consideration of tradeoffs between residential privacy and energy costs. A multiobjective approach that minimizes energy costs and maximizes privacy protection is proposed. The…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-16 Hsuan-Hao Chang , Wei-Yu Chiu , Hongjian Sun , Chia-Ming Chen

A wide variety of privacy metrics have been proposed in the literature to evaluate the level of protection offered by privacy enhancing-technologies. Most of these metrics are specific to concrete systems and adversarial models, and are…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-11-14 David Rebollo-Monedero , Javier Parra-Arnau , Claudia Diaz , Jordi Forné

Smart meters play a crucial role in enhancing energy management and efficiency, but they raise significant privacy concerns by potentially revealing detailed user behaviors through energy consumption patterns. Recent scholarly efforts have…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-30 Ruichang Zhang , Youcheng Sun , Mustafa A. Mustafa

Most of the smart applications, such as smart energy metering devices, demand strong privacy preservation to strengthen data privacy. However, it is difficult to protect the privacy of the smart device data, especially on the client side.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-10-07 Venkatesh Kumar M

Smart grids leverage data from smart meters to improve operations management and to achieve cost reductions. The fine-grained meter data also enable pricing schemes that simultaneously benefit electricity retailers and users. Our goal is to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-08-11 Daniel Reijsbergen , Zheng Yang , Aung Maw , Tien Tuan Anh Dinh , Jianying Zhou

Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) data from smart electric and gas meters enables valuable insights for utilities and consumers, but also raises significant privacy concerns. In California, regulatory decisions (CPUC D.11-07-056 and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-05-14 Benjamin Westrich

With high levels of intermittent power generation and dynamic demand patterns, accurate forecasts for residential loads have become essential. Smart meters can play an important role when making these forecasts as they provide detailed load…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-09-20 Joaquin Delgado Fernandez , Sergio Potenciano Menci , Charles Lee , Gilbert Fridgen

Access to granular demand data is essential for the net zero transition; it allows for accurate profiling and active demand management as our reliance on variable renewable generation increases. However, public release of this data is often…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-23 Sheng Chai , Gus Chadney , Charlot Avery , Phil Grunewald , Pascal Van Hentenryck , Priya L. Donti

In advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), smart meters (SMs) are installed at the consumer side to send fine-grained power consumption readings periodically to the system operator (SO) for load monitoring, energy management, billing, etc.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-05-29 Mohamed I. Ibrahem , Mahmoud Nabil , Mostafa M. Fouda , Mohamed Mahmoud , Waleed Alasmary , Fawaz Alsolami

Smart meters (SMs) play a pivotal rule in the smart grid by being able to report the electricity usage of consumers to the utility provider (UP) almost in real-time. However, this could leak sensitive information about the consumers to the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-29 Mohammadhadi Shateri , Francisco Messina , Pablo Piantanida , Fabrice Labeau

The collection of electrical consumption time series through smart meters grows with ambitious nationwide smart grid programs. This data is both highly sensitive and highly valuable: strong laws about personal data protect it while laws…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-11-15 Antonin Voyez , Tristan Allard , Gildas Avoine , Pierre Cauchois , Elisa Fromont , Matthieu Simonin

Traditional electricity meters are replaced by Smart Meters in customers' households. Smart Meters collects fine-grained utility consumption profiles from customers, which in turn enables the introduction of dynamic, time-of-use tariffs.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2011-03-02 Marek Jawurek , Martin Johns , Florian Kerschbaum