Smart meters, and the advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) on which they depend, collect and transport vast amounts of data. While the data provides more precise energy billing, as well as valuable insight into energy demand and usage patterns, consumers expect that utilities will keep that data secure and that their privacy will be protected. Security and privacy are prerequisites to increased AMI adoption, and more broadly, Smart Grid implementations. Recognizing this, multiple U.S. federal agencies, including the Government Accountability Office (GAO), Department of Energy (DOE), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS), are engaged in cross-agency collaboration, and are working with utilities and technology suppliers too, in an effort to ensure security and privacy are part of all smart meter implementations.
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