https://www.powermag.com/securing-the-power-grid-cybersecurity-strategies-for-smart-energy-systems/

"dispersed nature of #smartgrids, with thousands of interconnected devices like #smartmeters, #sensors, and distributed energy resources #DER's, creates a vast attack surface. For #substations, many operate #legacysystems (such as supervisory control and data acquisition #SCADA, which are essential for monitoring and control, and are prime targets."

UK Smart meter data sharing proposal #privacy concerns

Neil Record, a former Bank of England economist & chairman of Net Zero Watch, warns this scheme could lead to extensive monitoring of household behaviour

“The public should be very wary of increasingly having their household #information provided to external agents. Once authorised, this #data could reveal far more about how people live than most are comfortable with.”

https://www.homebuilding.co.uk/news/smart-meter-data-sharing-proposal-sparks-privacy-concerns

#SmartMeters #electricity #BigData #greed

You know what’s better than #SmartMeters that let you know when power is cheaper so you can adapt your usage? Government regulated affordable power prices so you can use electricity at any time of day, without having to think about whether it's cheaper or more expensive.

You're not supposed to live your life around the needs of your labour-saving devices. They are supposed to work around you.

Good ole #security through obscurity. That always ends well doesn't it?

Fascinating and concerning read as to what a national infrastructure provider fears (and possibly what stupid decisions were made in procurement of a national metering project).

ESB's refusal to give householder details of smart meter data 'heightens suspicions about surveillance'
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41510012.html

#cyber #cybersecurity #smartTech #smartMeters #informationSecurity

Germany's smart meter rollout could slow further as government reduces ambitions

Obligation to install #smartmeters to apply to fewer households under draft law amendment, media reported

https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/germanys-smart-meter-rollout-could-slow-government-reduces-ambitions-media

UK’s #SmartMeter targets leaves #energy users short-changed says Martin Lewis

I’d suggest shifting firms’ targets from smart meter installations to overall number of working #SmartMeters, incentivize firms to both installations & repairs

4m smart meters are malfunctioning in UK

Repairs are slow, if they happen at all. Resources focused on installs, consumers are frustrated, at risk of misbilling & further problems

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/17/uk-smart-meter-targets-energy-users-martin-lewis

#electricity #utilities