A Secure and Efficient Direct Power Load Control Framework Based on Blockchain
This addresses security and privacy issues for smart grid operators and consumers, but it appears incremental as it builds on existing blockchain applications in energy systems.
The paper tackled security and privacy challenges in Direct Load Control (DLC) for smart grids by proposing a blockchain-based framework, resulting in a method that enables anonymous and secure data sharing with reduced overhead through a hash-based transaction approach.
Security and privacy in Direct Load Control (DLC) is a fundamental challenge in smart grids. In this paper, we propose a blockchain-based framework to increase security and privacy of DLC. We propose a method whereby participating nodes share their data with the distribution company in an anonymous and secure manner. To reduce the associated overhead for data dissemination, we propose a hash-based transaction generation method. We also outline the DLC process for managing the load in consumer site. Qualitative analysis demonstrates the security and privacy of the proposed method.