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Itron

ITRIHQ US · Washingtonwebsite ↗

Leading smart meter and IoT solutions provider; major North American gas meter manufacturer

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  • Smart Electric Meters & AMI Systems

    45%
  • Gas Meters & Distribution Automation

    20%
  • Smart Water Meters & AMI

    15%
  • Network Communications (GenX/CENTRON RF)

    10%
  • Data Analytics & Software (Outcomes)

    10%

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  • Did you know2023

    Itron's AMI smart meters — installed for billing and consumption measurement — are increasingly becoming the demand response and grid flexibility infrastructure enabling renewable energy integration. Because Itron meters have two-way communication and can remotely switch loads (water heaters, EV chargers, smart thermostats), a utility deploying Itron AMI also acquires a distributed demand management platform: the ability to curtail load across millions of homes in milliseconds in response to grid stress. This makes Itron metering infrastructure a critical enabler of high-renewables grid operations — the meters that were deployed for billing become the actuators for balancing variable solar and wind generation against electricity demand.

    Itron, Inc.
  • Origin2023

    Itron was founded in 1977 in the Spokane, Washington area as a handheld meter reading data collector, evolved through automated meter reading (AMR) using walk-by/drive-by wireless in the 1990s, and transitioned to fully two-way AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) with always-on mesh networking in the 2000s-2010s. The 2018 acquisition of Silver Spring Networks — a Silicon Valley startup that had built RF mesh IoT networks for utilities — transformed Itron from a hardware company into a network platform company, adding ~24 million connected utility endpoints to its network. Itron now operates one of the world's largest private IoT mesh networks, connecting homes and businesses to utility back-office systems.

    Itron, Inc.
  • Capacity2023

    Itron holds approximately 34% of the installed North American AMI meter base and deploys approximately 5 million new smart meters per year — assembled at its Liberty Lake, Washington facility (near Spokane). The ~24 million endpoints connected on the Itron network platform represent one of the largest private IoT mesh networks in the world, covering residential and commercial properties across most major US and Canadian cities. Despite this scale, Itron competes globally against Landis+Gyr (Swiss-listed), Honeywell (Elster), and Siemens eMeter — making the smart meter sector one of the few US-dominated technology hardware markets where domestic manufacture remains the norm.

    Itron, Inc.