Smart Grid Data: Must There Be Conflict Between Energy Management and Consumer Privacy?

Citation
Sherry Lichtenberg, Smart Grid Data: Must There Be Conflict Between Energy Management and Consumer Privacy? (National Regulatory Research Institute) (Dec. 2010) (NRRI_smart_grid_privacy_dec10-17.pdf full-text).

Overview
This report recommended that public utility commissions should define the information which utilities will collect, determining with whom and for what purpose it should be shared, and assess the need for protecting the data. While allowing states to develop their own policies may be accomplished more quickly, the report also advocates for a national approach to Smart Grid privacy issues.