PRIVACY IN ACTIVE DEMAND SYSTEMS

This paper presents an overview of the privacy issu es and measures which have been taken into account at a number of smart grid pilots on Active Demand, a technology which raises the efficiency of the energ y system. Since Active Demand is based on the gatheri ng of detailed information about the energy consumptio n of consumers it might impact their privacy. As part of ongoing research privacy issues are identified, and a number of possible mitigation strategies dealing wi th those privacy issues are studied and presented in t he form of a Privacy Impact Assessment. This paper is based on preliminary results of the research projec t ADVANCED 1 .