Content: SMART GRIDS IN GENERAL An Overview of Recommendations for a Technical Smart Grid Infrastructure; Petra Beenken, Robert Bleiker, Jose Gonzalez, Sebastian Rohjans, MichaelSpecht, Joern Trefke, and Mathias Uslar Smart Grid and Cloud Computing: Minimizing Power Consumption and Utility Expenditure in Data Centers; Sumit Kumar Bose, Michael Salsburg, Scott Brock, and Ronald Skeoch Distributed Opportunistic Scheduling for Building Load Control; Peizhong Yi, Xihua Dong, Abiodun Iwayemi, and Chi Zhou Advanced Metering Infrastructure and Its Integration with the Distribution Management System; Zhao Li, Fang Yang, Zhenyu an Wang, and Yanzhu Ye Cognitive Radio Network for the Smart Grid; Raghuram Ranganathan, Robert Qiu, Zhen Hu, Shujie Hou, Zhe Chen, Marbin Pazos-Revilla, and Nan Guo SECURITY AND PRIVACY IN SMART GRIDS Requirements and Challenges of Cybersecurity for Smart Grid Communication Infrastructures; Rose Qingy ang Hu and Yi Qian Regulations and Standards Relevant for Security of the Smart Grid; Steffen Fries and Hans-Joachim Hof Vulnerability Assessment for Substation Automation Systems: Adam Hahn, Manimaran Govindarasu, and Chen-Ching Liu Smart Grid, Automation, and SCADA System Security; Yongge Wang Smart Grid Security in the Last Mile; Tae Oh, Sumita Mishra, and Clark Hochgraf Index