## 6 Smart Grid Policies
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**Country** & **Roadmap Policy** & **Point of Focus** & **Motivation** \\ \hline USA & & & & \\  & - & Energy Independency and & - & Energy independence and security, & - & California energy crisis in \\  & - & Security Act of 2007 & & clean energy generation, consumer & early 2000s \\  & - & American Recovery and & & protection, efficiency improvement in & - \\  & - & Reinvestment Act of 2009 & & products, buildings, and vehicles. & - \\  & - & Secure Energy Future & & Increase, promote research and & - \\  & - & Policy 2011 & & deployment pf greenhouse gas & \\  & & & capture and storage medium, and to & improve energy performance at \\  & & & national levels. & - \\  & & & - & Develop and secure local primary & \\  & & & energy sources and supply to reduce & \\  & & dependency on the foreign energy & & \\  & & & sources, provide options to the & \\  & & & customers to reduce energy cost and & \\  & & & use in affordable manner, & \\  & & & and research and development for & \\  & & & clean technologies to attain in clean & \\  & & & energy future. & \\ \hline Europe & & & & \\  & - & EU (Commission of the & - & Provide a user centered approach and & - \\  & - & European Communities) & new services to enter the market. & - \\  & - & policy 2007 & - & Establish innovative and economic & \\  & - & The Smart Grid objectives in & & drivers for renewing the & - \\  & & the EU (European & & electricity network. & - \\  & & Commission (EC) & - & Create liberalized market and & - \\  & & April 2010) & & cherish competition. & - \\  & & & - & Maintain secured supply, and ensure & \\  & & & integrity and interoperability. & \\  & & - & Enable utilization of renewable power & \\  & & & generations, and best utilization of & \\  & & & centralized generation. & \\  & & & - & Consider appropriate impact of & \\  & & & environmental limitations and & \\  & & & social aspects. & \\  & & & - & Empower demand side cooperation. & \\ \hline South & Korea’s Smart Grid roadmap 2030 & & & \\  & & - & Development of monitoring and & - & Establishment of smart grid \\  & & & control system of the power grid & - & nationwide by 2030 \\  & & - & Self-healing power grid & - & 10\% energy integration from \\  & & - & Introduce smart meters for the & & renewable sources by 2022 \\  & & & Korean homes & \\  & & - & Smart energy management system & \\  & & - & Establish nationwide charging & \\  & & facilities and ICT based electric & & \\  & & - & Vehicle operating system & \\  & & - & Large-scale energy & \\  & & storage development & & \\  & & - & Develop smart electricity pricing and & \\  & & trading system & & \\ \hline Australia & Australian Standards for Smart & & & \\  & Grids—Standards Roadmap & - & Foundation standards such as data & - & Smart meter deployment after \\  & & security protocols, communication & & energy shortage in 2006 and 2007 \\  & & and interconnection protocols, smart & - & 20\% energy integration from \\  & & grid vocabulary. & & renewable sources by 2020 \\  & & - & supporting foundation actions such & - & Establish demand—side \\  & & as operation of microgrids, system & & regulation and time-of-use tariffs. \\  & & security, microgrid connection to the & & \\  & & national power grid, distribution & & \\  & & system automation, and GIS protocols & \\  & & for smart grids. & & \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 3: Comparative illustrations on smart grid roadmap policies, point of focus, and motivation for different countries [20, 21, 72, 86, 88, 91, 94, 96, 98, 99, 100, 91].