Data Sharing, Privacy and Security Considerations in the Energy Sector: A Review from Technical Landscape to Regulatory Specifications

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2503.03539v1
• Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2025 14:23:56 GMT
• Title: Data Sharing, Privacy and Security Considerations in the Energy Sector: A Review from Technical Landscape to Regulatory Specifications
• Authors: Shiliang Zhang, Sabita Maharjan, Lee Andrew Bygrave, Shui Yu,
• Abstract summary: Decarbonization, decentralization and digitalization are the three key elements driving the twin energy transition.<n>This paper conducts a comprehensive review of the data-related issues for the energy system by integrating both technical and regulatory dimensions.<n>We classify the issues into three categories: (i) data-sharing among energy end users and stakeholders (ii) privacy of end users, and (iii) cyber security.
• Score: 49.567747749614924
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: Decarbonization, decentralization and digitalization are the three key elements driving the twin energy transition. The energy system is evolving to a more data driven ecosystem, leading to the need of communication and storage of large amount of data of different resolution from the prosumers and other stakeholders in the energy ecosystem. While the energy system is certainly advancing, this paradigm shift is bringing in new privacy and security issues related to collection, processing and storage of data - not only from the technical dimension, but also from the regulatory perspective. Understanding data privacy and security in the evolving energy system, regarding regulatory compliance, is an immature field of research. Contextualized knowledge of how related issues are regulated is still in its infancy, and the practical and technical basis for the regulatory framework for data privacy and security is not clear. To fill this gap, this paper conducts a comprehensive review of the data-related issues for the energy system by integrating both technical and regulatory dimensions. We start by reviewing open-access data, data communication and data-processing techniques for the energy system, and use it as the basis to connect the analysis of data-related issues from the integrated perspective. We classify the issues into three categories: (i) data-sharing among energy end users and stakeholders (ii) privacy of end users, and (iii) cyber security, and then explore these issues from a regulatory perspective. We analyze the evolution of related regulations, and introduce the relevant regulatory initiatives for the categorized issues in terms of regulatory definitions, concepts, principles, rights and obligations in the context of energy systems. Finally, we provide reflections on the gaps that still exist, and guidelines for regulatory frameworks for a truly participatory energy system.

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