2025/05/01 by Hafsa Bibi, Mehran Abolhasan, Justin Lipman +2
Engineering · Computer Science · #Smart Grid Security and Resilience #Blockchain Technology Applications and Security #IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
paper · doi:10.1016/j.compeleceng.2025.110371
Smart Grid (SG) systems greatly contribute to the reliability, efficiency, and sustainability of traditional power grids . Besides the many promising aspects of the SG, such as cheaper maintenance, more effective peak control, and wider energy markets, the growth in SG infrastructure has led to privacy and security issues because large-scale consumers’ data is exchanged through heterogeneous devices connected via public communication networks. In this paper, we present a comprehensive overview of privacy-preserving schemes for SG systems. In particular, we examine and analyze privacy-preserving schemes published or developed in the context of SGs between 2018 and 2024. We discuss several privacy and security requirements for SG systems. Then, we present a novel taxonomy for various schemes proposed to address these issues, considering the privacy goal and Key Characteristics of each scheme. We then offer our recommendations for using these solutions practically in SGs. Additionally, we discuss and compare different publicly available energy consumption datasets. Finally, we investigate the open research challenges and recommendations for further research to ensure privacy in SG systems.