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Automated and smart meters are devices that are able to monitor the energy consumption of electricity consumers in real-time. They are considered key technological enablers of the smart grid, as the real-time consumption data that they can collect and enable new sophisticated billing schemes. It could facilitate more efficient power distribution system operation and could give rise to a variety of value-added services. At the same time, the energy consumption data that the meters collect are sensitive consumer information. Thus privacy is a key concern and is a major inhibitor of real-time data collection in practice. In this article, we review the different uses of metering data in the smart grid and the related privacy legislation. This system will alert the user through the user regarding the payment. If the user doesn�t pay the bill, the system will automatically trip the system.