Itron Inc. develops intelligent infrastructure for utilities and cities that measure, manage and analyze energy, water and city services. Company news commonly covers grid edge intelligence, advanced metering infrastructure, communicating endpoints, network infrastructure, headend software and analytics used across electric, gas and water deployments.
Recurring updates include quarterly results, segment activity in Device Solutions, Networked Solutions, Resiliency Solutions and Outcomes, and customer deployments such as distributed energy resource management for low-voltage networks. Itron also reports product expansions for UtilityIQ, cellular gas and water modules, AI-enabled distributed intelligence, education and sustainability programs, and capital-structure actions such as convertible senior notes.
Itron (NASDAQ: ITRI) named Eversource the recipient of its 2026 Itron Innovator Award for initiatives extending smart-meter infrastructure beyond meter reading. Eversource received the award at Itron Inspire 2026.
The initiatives include a multi-carrier connectivity solution developed with Itron, AT&T, KORE Wireless and Verizon Wireless that automatically switches between available cellular networks. Eversource is also working with Itron and GE Vernova on a planned pilot to bring voltage and transformer insights into its distribution management system. Its current scope is expected to use data from approximately 25,000 meters and more than 3,700 transformers. Eversource is separately evaluating smart-meter applications that identify electric-vehicle charging to support grid planning.
Itron (NASDAQ: ITRI) released its 2026 Resourcefulness Report, examining how electric utilities turn data and grid intelligence into operational decisions. 93% of utilities surveyed said major data and intelligence investments enabled at least two additional uses beyond their original purpose; 47% reported four or more.
The findings show a gap between adoption and integration: 86% use advanced metering infrastructure data enterprise-wide or in specific workflows, but only 41% say it is fully embedded and scalable across daily workflows. Technical integration was a barrier to using data for decisions for 53%, followed by lack of automation at 47% and data quality at 44%. Over the next three years, utilities prioritize enterprise integration at 28%, executive decision support at 23% and workflow automation at 20%.
Itron (NASDAQ: ITRI) released research showing Nordic utilities are using grid data broadly, while automation remains a barrier to acting on insights. Among respondents in Sweden, Norway and Finland, 87% said their largest data and intelligence investments enabled at least two additional use cases, including 47% reporting four or more.
Lack of automation was the most cited obstacle to data-driven decisions at 60%, followed by technical integration at 49% and data quality at 43%. Load growth was the leading grid pressure at 47%; customer expectations and distributed energy resource growth each registered 38%. While 21% reported achieving meaningful enterprise-wide scale with intelligence, three-year priorities were divided among cloud analytics at 24%, executive decision support at 22% and enterprise integration at 21%.
Itron (ITRI) is collaborating with SmartMark Communications to connect utility customer engagement with grid operations through customer-to-grid solutions. The collaboration combines SmartMark's customer education and communications expertise with Itron's grid-edge technology. The companies aim to improve reliability, affordability and customer participation while giving utilities more visibility into energy resources located on customer premises.
Itron (ITRI) is expanding its collaboration with Duquesne Light Company to support the utility’s transition to next-generation advanced metering infrastructure.
The transition uses OpenWay Forward, a phased modernization approach that builds on DLC’s existing Itron OpenWay smart meter network. The expanded collaboration includes an initial deployment of 20,000 distributed intelligence-enabled endpoints, devices that support processing at the grid edge. Itron expects the collaboration to support improved fault detection, visibility into distributed energy resources and real-time decision support. Its UtilityIQ software will bring operational data and insights together.
Itron (ITRI) and Pacific Gas and Electric Company are expanding their wildfire-mitigation collaboration with a scaled pilot of grid-monitoring devices. Building on an initial proof-of-concept, the companies are validating fault prevention and location technologies in high fire-risk areas of PG&E's service territory. Grid Edge Intelligence uses sensing devices and local data analysis to detect, locate and classify potential electrical faults.
Initial installations are underway in Santa Cruz, with approximately 3,000 devices planned for the first phase and approximately 10,000 planned through 2027. PG&E plans to scale to hundreds of thousands of devices by 2030 under the broader collaboration. Itron says the technology can support earlier intervention and reduce outage frequency and duration; the deployment remains a pilot validating the technology at scale.
Itron (ITRI) and AT&T are extending their collaboration by integrating Itron’s cellular gas and water modules with AT&T’s network. The integration connects the 500G Cellular Gas Module and 500W Cellular Water Module to AT&T’s nationwide LTE-M network. Itron said this gives utilities more connectivity choices for remotely collecting meter data without deploying additional communications infrastructure.
Itron (ITRI) has launched GEI Catalyst: Feeder Reliability, an integrated solution designed to help utilities improve electricity distribution reliability. Available globally, with an initial emphasis on North America, it combines grid sensing, communications, analytics and implementation services. Itron says it works with existing utility infrastructure rather than requiring replacement.
Assessments with three North American utilities indicated potential improvements of 6 to 12 minutes in SAIDI, a measure of outage duration, or about 10%. Using industry-accepted economic models, Itron estimates these improvements could represent $40 million to $90 million in annual business value for a representative utility serving approximately 1 million customers—not revenue for Itron.
Itron (ITRI) expanded its Advanced Grid Reliability solution with two new bundles, Outage Awareness and Fault Prevention, commercially available in North America.
Outage Awareness uses smart-meter and network data to identify outages, affected customers and restored service. Fault Prevention analyzes meter data for early signs of equipment problems so utilities can act before outages occur. The bundles join the existing Grid Awareness solution and use advanced metering infrastructure, or AMI, to support grid monitoring. The platform connects meter and sensor data with utility operating systems, including outage management and asset management workflows.
Itron (NASDAQ: ITRI) will release its third-quarter financial results on October 27, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. EDT. The results cover the quarter ended September 30, 2026. Management will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. EDT that day to discuss the results.
A live webcast, supplemental presentation and webcast replay will be available through the company’s Investor Events & Presentations webpage.