Integration of fog and IoT model for the future smart grid

A modern power grid with smart devices, smart houses, smart meter, smart vehicle and transmission lines connected through a network constitute smart grid. Unlike the traditional structure of power grid, a smart grid provides transparency between the customer and distributor and having a property of self-healing and self-monitoring. In this paper, an integrated approach of fog and IOT is presented as a backbone for smart grid structure. Wherein the micro-grid concept is proposed with fog to extend the feature to the end users and efficient load balancing and power consumption technique are being introduced. Private data of smart meter is secured by the use of RSA algorithm at the fog server. Further, smart street light is integrated with fog server for efficient load balancing.