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ResourcefulnessBlogimage Resourcefulness Insight Report: Taking Operational Efficiency to the Next Level with Data Analytics Every year, Itron’s Resourcefulness Insight Report outlines the impact...

iStock 1202963981 The Energiewende – Germany’s Energy Revolution – Starts Here and Now, Here’s How We Go About It We often hear people talk about renewable energy, the energy revolution and a...

Itron 765x500 Technologies You Can Rely On: The Importance of a Pay-for-Performance Approach to Demand Response This blog was originally posted on Comverge.com. Itron acquired Comverge on June 1,...

Itron 765x500 The Age of Resourcefulness. Doing More While Consuming Less. DistribuTECH 2015 kicked off this morning and during the opening session, we heard from Itron President and CEO Philip...

Electric Vehicle Bracing for Impact: The EPA's Electric Vehicle Regulations on the Grid The transition to clean energy is forcing utilities everywhere to embrace unprecedented innovation and...

Water Online Blog The Future of Water Measurement: Why Utilities Are Embracing Solid-State Metering As digital solutions continue to evolve, the juxtaposition between mechanical meters and...

CESweblogo The Internet of Things Generating a Buzz at CES in Las Vegas It’s day three of the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas, and as always it’s living up to the hype. From cool innovations in...

iStock 1282302525 2 scaled The Journey Ahead | Emerging From the COVID-19 Pandemic Over the last year, Itron’s customers, partners, and employees across the globe have put forth a tremendous effort...

grid The Importance of Grid Reliability While we enjoyed balmy weather at DistribuTECH 2019 in New Orleans this week, the recent polar vortex much of the country experienced last week increased the...

dtech_22658 The Itron Experience at DistribuTECH: The Journey Continues Itron was created by utility executives and engineers who, back in the 1970s, were looking for a better way to collect meter...

Mega_Trend The New Mega Trend Driving Pre-Payment Earlier this year, I wrote a blog on prepayment trends and how utilities are facing industry headwinds that require better and more efficient...

cover_ipad 1024 The Power of Perfect Partnerships Resourcefulness isn’t just our mission – it’s in our DNA. It is more than a mantra, it’s a passion, and we aim to inspire and educate others to...

Decarbonization The Pivotal Role of IIJA in the Decarbonization Movement In recent years, adoption of sustainable practices by utilities and cities has transitioned into closer monitoring of carbon...

smart city 4 The Recipe for Smart Cities: How Utilities are Paving the Way for Resourceful Communities The digital transformation of the utility industry is proceeding apace, with many utilities...

Itron 765x500 The Power of Prices It’s 3 p.m. on a warm summer San Diego afternoon. My south facing windows are hot to the touch, but the building air conditioning units efficiently maintain a...

Seattle Night People 002 The Program Comprehensiveness Index I recently played laser tag at an amusement park with my two sons. While I would have been happy to report that I beat all the...

iStock 1038412058 The Self-Generation Incentive Program: Behind-the-Meter Energy Storage Evaluation Results The Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) evaluation found that behind-the-meter (BTM)...

Itron 765x500 Time to Get Your Customers Digitally Engaged This blog was originally posted on Comverge.com. Itron acquired Comverge on June 1, 2017, and  all future demand response blogs will be...

01 300x175 Tips & Tricks: Creating an Index in MetrixND "Comparing multiple economic drivers in MetrixND can be difficult when the data series are developed in different units. Employment, reported...

BYOT To BYOT or Not to BYOT: That is the Question Itron is a long-time member of the Peak Load Management Alliance (PLMA), which was founded in 1999 as the voice of demand response practitioners. I...

IoT Transforming in the IoT Space The advent of the Internet of Things (IoT) age has changed the way many industries—including Itron—engage with customers. In this new era, it’s all about content,...

Capgemini Ouvrir la voie vers une décarbonation efficace : le rôle essentiel de la précision des données Aux côtés de Capgemini, partenaire de longue date d'Itron, j'ai eu l'occasion de participer...

sewer US3 and Itron Win American Public Works Association Project of the Year Congratulations to our partner, Utility Systems Science & Software (US3), who recently won the Texas Public Works...

Itron 765x500 Using the Right Weather Data I recently reviewed a customer’s monthly weather normalization model. The regression model included cooling degree days (CDD), heating degree days (HDD),...

iStock 1201300270 Utility Prepayment Trends and Consumer Engagement In some parts of North America, the utility market is becoming increasingly competitive when it comes to the delivery of...

iStock 1150170700 Utility Under-Collections During COVID-19: A National Crisis that Congress Must Address As summer temperatures rise and the economy cools, millions of Americans are out of work...

STEMwomen WEI’s Women in Energy Symposium and Celebrating American Business Women’s Day Today is American Business Women’s Day. This day is about networking, celebrating broken barriers and looking...

GreenMountainWindFarm_Fluvanna_2004 Utilities Have an Opportunity to Lead Industry Transformation and Pave the Way to a More Resourceful World Utility companies have long been the pillars of our...

IIJA_MPOs Blog Key Drivers of the Energy Transition? Utilities, MPOs and IIJA Funding As cities work to achieve decarbonization goals, it will continue to leave lasting impacts on our communities,...

Mountains Lake Welcome to Our Blog Welcome to Itron’s blog! Whether this is the first time you’ve visited our blog or if you are a regular follower, I hope you find the stories we are sharing...

Charlotte_skyline_1920 Welcome to the Active Grid The Active Grid is where the smart grid meets the Internet of Things. December 03, 2016 2016-12-03 The Itron Team 1915590,1928206,1935180

paris ladefense medium Wi-SUN: The Chosen Technology Connecting the World’s Smartest Cities Cities worldwide are ramping up deployment of smart technologies that accelerate progress towards...

iStock 1213495447 Working from Home as a Manufacturing Intern: The Yin and Yang I began working for Itron in June 2019, and during my time here, I have worked on a variety of projects involving gas...

Where Are They Now_NMB_F Where are They Now: City of North Miami Beach The City of North Miami Beach Water embraces AMI for remote meter reading and accurate leak detection. The City of North Miami...

2023 World Water blog World Water Day 2023: Conserving our World’s Most Precious Resource Climate disruption is becoming more apparent with every passing day, but one impact in particular is...

crypto1 Adventures in Cryptocurrency Last October, a conversation began in the Itron Idea Labs community around blockchain and what Itron might do with it in the energy space. Ideas were plenty,...

analytics 2 Analytics and Customer Portals Shine at CS Week 2018 testing 12345... At CS Week 2018 in Tampa, Florida, Itron hit the show floor and showcased our expanded portfolio, bringing to the...

Mohari Pico Power Plant Inauguartion_1_small 1 A Brighter Future for a Nepali Village In November, representatives and volunteers from Itron had the great opportunity to travel to Nepal to help...

iStock 1201855903 Animal, Societal and Artificial Cognition How does a society think? For that matter, how does cognition occur in any organism or superorganism? What is the purpose of cognition?...

innovation Bringing Innovation to Life: Caltech’s FLOW Rocket Fund Itron is proud to be a corporate sponsor of the FLOW Rocket Fund at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), which is now...

iStock 1006079022 Challenges in Removing Obstacles on the Path to IoT Companies such as Cisco, Ericsson and other players have been projecting the exponential expansion of connected IoT devices for...

barcelona2 Connected Cars Everywhere! Cars everywhere. Some, are a very similar to the ones I saw at CES (see my previous blog, The Connected World and Autonomous Cars @CES 2017) while some are new...

ces2018 Consumer, Commercial Needs Met at #CES2018 The Consumer Electronics Show 2018 is my re-introduction to the electronic industry’s show of all shows – the last time I was here was about 15...

lightbulb 1 Disruption Ahead Thomas Edison would have no trouble recognizing most of the component parts in any electrical generation and distribution network today. The technology that made the...

barcelona3 Figuring Out 5G One of the main topics I heard talked about at Mobile World Congress is 5G— the next generation cellular. I tried to forget everything I know about 5G, and I roamed the...

Deep_Learning Deep Learning: Get Ready for Another Revolution Deep learning—the use of multiple layers of wide neural networks to solve a learning problem—is hugely popular, but still a toddler....

CES_Shaun Drones, Robots and More – Oh My My first visit to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) left my head spinning – figuratively and literally. To begin with, I was intrigued by the mass of...

cescar2 Going Zero to 60 at #CES2018 From the excitement in the air about rooms full of new tech to the chaos of navigating the pavilions with an expected new record attendance of approximately...

iStock 601375704 Improving Sustainability at Commercial and Industrial Companies: It Begins with Measurement As I read the news of those who hit the streets for the climate strike, I reflected on...

CESmachineintel In Search of Machine Intelligence @CES 2017 Day three at CES. I was on a mission to find machine intelligence, not a product but an ingredient technology. I was expecting to see it...

iStock 1039087980 Innovation and the Inception of Itron Idea Labs Nine out of 10 Fortune 500 companies in 1955 disappeared from the list by 2016. The average tenure of a Fortune 500 company...

Innovation Projects Innovation Projects: How to Determine Progress Innovation projects are different from product development projects. Many tools and processes have been developed and are...

iStock 1252264713 scaled Increasing Citizen Engagement in Smart City Planning Over the past six months, Itron Idea Labs has had discussions with cities to understand their biggest complications...

iStock 1014664366 Is My Smart Home Really Smart? I am a smart home geek. I have all the “smarts”: voice assistant/speaker, security cameras, lighting, fans/air purifiers and a thermostat. My home...

clean tech 2019 Itron Idea Labs at the Cleantech Open Global Forum I recently represented Itron Idea Labs at the Cleantech Open Global Forum held in Los Angeles at LACI, the Itron-sponsored Los...

clean energy 2 Itron Idea Labs Attends First-Ever California Climate Cup, Supports Clean Energy Itron Idea Labs continued its partnership with the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) this week...

blockchain Itron and Blockchain at CES 2019 Itron was among a number of companies highlighting blockchain technology and applications at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2019. A blockchain-based...

Iotcity Itron and Omron Creative Labs Collaborate to Enhance Smart Cities and Public Safety Omron Creative Labs of Omron Electronic Components LLC and Itron Idea Labs will be teaming up to...

Electric VEEMO and James Edson Itron Idea Labs Attends LA CoMotion Leadership Conference As an entrepreneur-in-residence for Itron Idea Labs, I was excited to be able to represent our organization...

iStock 1165058709 Itron Idea Labs @ CES 2020: Innovating for a Sustainable Future With 275 cities adopting energy and water mandates since 2017, utilities, cities and countries across the globe are...