Privacy-friendly load scheduling of deferrable and interruptible domestic appliances in Smart Grids》.pdf

Computer Communications 58 (2015) 29–39 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Computer Communications journal homepage: www.else /loc ate/comcom Privacy-friendly load scheduling of deferrable and interruptible domestic appliances in Smart Grids q Cristina Rottondi ⇑, Giacomo Verticale Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, Milano, Italy a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: The massive integration of renewable energy sources in the power grid ecosystem with the aim of Available online 20 August 2014 reducing carbon emissions must cope with their intrinsically intermittent and unpredictable nature. Therefore, the grid must improve its capability of controlling the energy demand by adapting the power Keywords: consumption curve to match the trend of green energy generation. This could be done by scheduling the Load scheduling activities of deferrable and/or interruptible electrical appliances. However, communicating the users’ Shamir Secret Sharing needs about the usage of their appliances also leaks sensitive information about their habits and Smart Grid lifestyles, thus arising privacy concerns. This paper proposes a framework to allow the coordination of energy consumption without compro-