The Neglected Consumer the Case of the Smart Meter Rollout in The Netherlands

Hoenkamp, R.A.; Huitema, George; Vugt, A.J.C. de Moor-van

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“…Member States shall ensure that information on available energy efficiency mechanisms and financial and legal frameworks is transparent and widely disseminated to all relevant market actors, such as consumers, builders, architects, engineers, environmental and energy auditors, and installers of building elements as defined in Directive 2010/31/EU. 36 Member States shall encourage the provision of information to banks and other financial institutions on possibilities of participating, including through the creation of public/private partnerships, in the financing of energy efficiency improvement measures.…”

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Legal Protection of Personal Data in Smart Grid and Smart Metering Systems from the European Perspective

Papakonstantinou

Kloza

2015

SpringerBriefs in Cybersecurity

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Smart grids are slowly becoming the future of worldwide energy generation and distribution and they promise, among other things, numerous environmental, and energy efficiency benefits to society. At the same time, however, they are capable of severely invading the inviolability of the most privacy-sensitive placethe home. Therefore, these concerns must be duly taken into consideration while deploying smart grids. This chapter provides an overview, from the European legal perspective, smart grids challenges to the fundamental rights to privacy, personal data protection, and the way Europe has addressed them. It pays special attention to the relevant regulatory requirements and to the means available to properly address these challenges, especially the data protection impact assessment (DPIA). It concludes by a few observations on the efficiency of the European approach. IntroductionSmart meters are digital versions of traditional mechanical utility meters that include a two-way communication capacity. They are currently most commonly used for electricity metering, but the principles can be applied to other utilities. These meters can transmit information directly from the metered property to the utility company, potentially in near-real time and with a much higher granularity of data. (By contrast, a traditional meter records the amount of electricity or gas used over a time period and can potentially distinguish between peak and off-peak hours based on a clock). Often, various smart meters in a neighbourhood form a mesh wireless network with a single collection point, which connects to the operating company over a phone line or the Internet. Smart meters are a component of the smart grid, a modernization of electrical infrastructure, with the intended effects of being more responsive to and better able to manage energy demands, and better able to integrate multiple sources of energy. Smart meters are typically the property of the distribution company, not the recipient householder or business. Distribution companies may be different to the electricity retailer, who bills the recipient.

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Legal Protection of Personal Data in Smart Grid and Smart Metering Systems from the European Perspective

Papakonstantinou

Kloza

2015

SpringerBriefs in Cybersecurity

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“…In sum, the Dutch experience shows that introducing smart metering is liable to failure when the technical and commercial aspects are considered to be more important than the interests of the end-users (Hoenkamp et al, 2011). Another implication is that sustainable energy transitions may require legal changes more broadly, beyond energy programmes, to generate new and coherent legal frameworks.…”

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Energy efficiency in the Dutch residential sector: reflections on policy implementation

Hoppe¹,

Bellekom²,

Lulofs³

2013

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A major objective of Dutch energy programmes and strategies is the reduction in the emission of greenhouse gases, especially CO2. The CO2 reduction target currently being pursued by The Netherlands is 2% annually by 2020 below 1990 levels. Climate change mitigation has been receiving political attention in The Netherlands for a long time, resulting in a particularly close incorporation of energy programmes and measures into a comprehensive, long-term Dutch climate change policy programme, which started in 1998 after the country signed the Kyoto treaty.

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“…This will is centrally coordinated through implementation of an advanced metering (AMS) regulation and installment, adopted in 2011 and 2013. This policy is generally accepted as the next natural step in the development of modern electricity supply systems and towards smart grids (Hoenkamp et al, 2011). This is not least because smart meters provide perceived benefits to most interest groups.…”

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“…Contents lists available at ScienceDirect journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/enpol Studies on smart meters have focused on consumer behavior and potential for energy savings (Buchanan et al, 2014;Westskog and Wintheer, 2014) consumer acceptance rights and conflicts (Hoenkamp et al, 2011), economic and technical issues in connection with smart meters (Römer et al, 2012;McHenry, 2013). This article adds to the policy oriented part of the smart meter literature (Di Castelnuovo and Fumagalli, 2013;Jennings, 2013) by analysing the political processes and stakeholder influences in the AMS regulatory process in Norway.…”

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Advanced metering policy development and influence structures: The case of Norway

Inderberg

2015

Energy Policy

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The Neglected Consumer the Case of the Smart Meter Rollout in The Netherlands

Abstract: The neglected consumer: the case of the smart meter rollout in the Netherlands Hoenkamp, R.A.; Huitema, G.B.; de Moor-van Vugt, A.J.C.

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Legal Protection of Personal Data in Smart Grid and Smart Metering Systems from the European Perspective

Legal Protection of Personal Data in Smart Grid and Smart Metering Systems from the European Perspective

Energy efficiency in the Dutch residential sector: reflections on policy implementation

Advanced metering policy development and influence structures: The case of Norway

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