Reconciling Privacy and Utility for Energy Services - An Application to Demand Response Protocols

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Abstract

The collection of fine-grained consumption of users in the smart grid enables energy providers to propose new services (e.g. consumption forecasts or demand response protocols), but at the price of users' privacy: consumption data collected by smart meters reflects the use of all appliances by inhabitants in the household over time. Based on the observation that Secure Multi-party Computation (SMC) enables computing an aggregate without learning individual information, this paper proposes a privacy-preserving adaptation of an existing demand response protocol which is fed with users' personal data. An extension providing fraud resistance is also presented. Experimental results demonstrate that our protocol is able to reconcile privacy and utility.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 5th IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy Workshops, Euro S and PW 2020
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages348-355
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781728185972
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2020
Externally publishedYes
Event5th IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy Workshops, Euro S and PW 2020 - Virtual, Genoa, Italy
Duration: 7 Sept 202011 Sept 2020

Publication series

NameProceedings - 5th IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy Workshops, Euro S and PW 2020

Conference

Conference5th IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy Workshops, Euro S and PW 2020
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityVirtual, Genoa
Period7/09/2011/09/20

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

  • Demand Response
  • Demand Side Management
  • Privacy
  • Secure Multiparty Computation
  • Security
  • Smart Grid
  • Smart Metering

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