On January 12, 2015, the DOE and the Federal Smart Grid Task Force issued their final Voluntary Code of Conduct ("VCC"), which contains recommendations concerning privacy of data enabled by smart grid technologies and applies to utilities and third parties providing consumer energy use services. The VCC outlines five "core concepts" that "are intended to apply as high level principles of conduct."

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