September 12, 2008—Itron Inc. has reached an agreement with San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) to replace or upgrade the utility’s 2.3 million electric and gas meters with Itron OpenWay technology for its smart meter initiative.
Itron will provide its OpenWay electric meters and gas modules and Itron Enterprise Edition Meter Data Management software, as well as implementation, project management and installation services for the utility’s smart meter project. The agreement must be approved by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).
OpenWay users provide their customers advanced technology that will allow them to integrate their choice of smart appliances and other energy-management devices and software. Itron’s OpenWay system provides a foundation for smart metering and supports smart transmission and distribution grids by providing a two-way communication network between the utility and each meter.
OpenWay also provides interval data collection, time-of-use metering, load-limiting remote disconnect and reconnect, outage detection, net metering capability and ZigBee home area network connectivity, which empowers customers to participate in energy management and conservation.
SDG&E’s smart meter initiative and funding gained CPUC approval in 2007. SDG&E plans to begin deploying the new system broadly in February 2009, with completion by the second quarter of 2011.
Itron Inc. is a leading technology provider to the global energy and water industries. Itron Inc. consists of Itron in North America and Actaris outside of North America
For more information, see the Itron Web site.
