; (B) a cybersecurity plan for the proposed project; (C) a privacy plan for the proposed project, including a provision relating to— (i) the protection of the privacy of individual customer information; (ii) the secure storage, handling, and destruction of data; and (iii) the access of energy use data by third parties; (D) the anticipated benefits of the proposed project, from a business perspective and the perspective of the customer; (E) for a project proposed by an investor-owned electric utility, a formal approval of the project from the regulatory body of jurisdiction, such as a State public utility commission; and (F) an assurance that, as a condition of receiving the grant, the eligible entity will participate in a working group in accordance with section 9(a), including with respect to preparation of the report under section 9(b). (2) Priority In selecting recipients of grants under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to— (A) a proposed project that is submitted by a multiutility partnership with a diverse customer profile; (B) a proposed project that is submitted by a partnership that includes at least 1 National Laboratory or institution of higher education; (C) a proposed project that promotes education and training in disciplines that are essential for distribution system development, as determined by the Secretary; and (D) a proposed project that proposes a scaled deployment strategy for the technology and systems of the project, with an emphasis on achieving adoption of a standard for, and interoperability among several manufacturers of, devices that create grid flexibility. (d) Program goals The goals of the program are— (1) to demonstrate innovative and cost-effective techniques for the integration and optimization of distributed energy resources, including microgrid and networked microgrid systems; (2) to develop highly flexible, configurable, and interactive networks of utility, customer, and third-party systems with an IoT community enabling framework