Smart Grid Technology

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The Smart Grid promises to reduce carbon emissions, improve interoperability with green-generation resources, increase reliability, and deliver more choices and control to the end consumer. Thanks to the implementation of communication technologies relaying endpoint usage data to power suppliers, a more efficient system has been made possible. However, this flood of data poses a challenge to those charged with ensuring the privacy and security of consumer information. By integrating hardware-based security into the Smart Grid infrastructure, the integrity of the Grid and safety of private consumer information can be maintained.