Over the next two years the complexities of the technical and governance structures needed to allow the data to flow were navigated with the UK Data Service team, a main partner in working out the technical processes needed to get data from the DCC into the SERL observatory. The Service also advised on the data governance procedures that needed to be in place to protect the consumers’ data under the Smart Energy Code and Genery Data Protection Regulation.
This was no mean feat in a complicated and japan rcs data fast-moving field and with a public and media that was understandably sceptical of smart meters as a recent technology being rapidly introduced to homes. consenting households and ensuring that their data was only used for the public interest research that they had consented to was always the paramount concern of SERL and this remains the case today.
Researcher access
One of the key reasons for the SERL project to exist was to build a resource via which all accredited UK academic researchers would to be able access smart meter data so that each individual academic or project would not have to attempt this process separately.