Ensuring Electrical Reliability While Protecting Consumer Data

摘要

In the smart, interconnected grid, as envisaged in the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) 2030 roadmap, "2014 Smart Grid System Report," power flows from generators to consumers on a seamless grid. Decisions about allocating generation assets to produce and consume power depend upon the real-time cost of available power at certain grid locations. This future grid relies upon the uninterrupted flow of information between consumers and power generation, transmission and distribution companies. This exchange of real-time information, however, is susceptible to cyber tampering from hackers and malicious actors.