DPIP: A demand response privacy preserving interaction protocol: For trusted third party involvement

Abstract

We propose a demand response privacy preserving interaction and intermediary protocol design (DPIP) using a trusted third party design to facilitate the collection of Smart Metering data and to perform Demand Response while preserving the privacy of residential customers in the Smart Grid. DPIP relies on intermediaries hiding customer program participation from Demand Response Aggregators (DRA) and thus enhance their anonymity and it provides individualized privacy preserved billing. This is the first of a series of papers. Its focus is the protocol, while following work discusses the role of differential privacy. Keywords: Smart Grid Management, Privacy, Privacy Enhancing Technologies.