This weekend I was trying to figure out how I can use my smart meter’s electricity data. I had a poke around MQTT explorer and realized I could see personal data points out in the open without encryption across a plethora of devices.

The local way is to use the P1 port . It's originally a Dutch thing, but most smart meters across Europe have it:

https://www.tinytronics.nl/en/home-automation/sensors/energy...