Smart meter data: Balancing consumer privacy concerns with legitimate applications

Energy Policy

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 807-814

  McKenna, Eoghan ^a   Richardson, Ian ^a   Thomson, Murray ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer privacy; Data protection; Smart meter

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER PRIVACY; CRITICAL STEPS; DATA PROTECTION; DATA REQUIREMENTS; DEMAND REDUCTION; DEMAND RESPONSE; DISTRIBUTION NETWORK OPERATION; LOW CARBON ECONOMY; SMART METERS;

ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT;

SECURITY OF DATA;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; EUROPEAN UNION;

EID: 84855910401     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.11.049     Document Type: Article

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