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behaviors. This tension between law enforcement and privacy concerns links to the Fourth
Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Consumers may be worried that utilities could use
the data collected through smart meters without their permission. These issues remain
extremelycontentiouspartsofsomesmartmeterrolloutprograms(discussedinmoredepth
marketers could target consumers based on energy use patterns. There are concerns that
even if smart meter data were anonymized, it might still identify users and track their
2.4 Conclusions
The many different promises and pitfalls of smart grid are impacting the pace and type of
social and technical change. The multiple smart grid promises are attractive and exciting;
they resonate with many different people for different reasons and offer hope of a better
future. The multiple smart grid pitfalls represent the potential risks and tensions of social
andtechnicalchangethatarethreateningtopeoplewithabroadrangeofdifferentconcerns.
The tensions between the smart grid promises and pitfalls impact incumbents and new
entrants in different ways in different places, and there is great diversity in how these
tensions play out among and within different organizations and groups. The promises and
pitfalls of smart grid are also difficult to navigate and understand given the jurisdictional,
temporal, spatial, and social complexities of electricity systems. Building on this
introduction, the subsequent chapters explore in more depth these promises and pitfalls,
in a variety of ways. In
Chapters 3
and
4
we identify and explain smart grid technologies
and the stakeholders/institutions involved in smart grid development. In
Chapters 5
,
6
,
and
7
, we explore in more depth cases of specific key aspects of smart grid development,
highlighting the tensions between promises and pitfalls.
Chapter 8
expands to explore
interactions between smart grid and climate change, highlighting specific promises and
pitfalls related to smart grid's potential to help society respond to climate change.
References
Amin, M. (2013a) The Economic and Employment Opportunities of Upgrading the Power
Grid.
The Institute: The IEEE News Source
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www.theinstitute.ieee.org/ieee-roundup/
Amin, M. (2013b) Is the Smart Grid Secure, Safe, and Private.
The Institute: The IEEE
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