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Privacy and the smart grid

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • USA
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  • October 20 2011

Privacy concerns have accompanied the rise of smart grid technologies as a means of helping utilities to efficiently deliver reliable, economic, and sustainable electricity services

Privacy and the Smart Grid: California Public Utilities commission adopts Smart Grid data protection rules

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • USA
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  • August 5 2011

Recently the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) in a unanimous decision approved data protection rules for the following Smart Grid providers: Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Southern California Edison, San Diego Gas and Electric Company, and the companies that assist them in utility operations, companies under contract with the utilities, and other companies that, after authorization by a customer or by the action of the CPUC, gain access to such customer's usage data directly from the utility