Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Itron Wins Four Way Deal In Pennsylvania

Liberty Lake, Washington-based Itron reported a win today in Pennsylvania, with utility FirstEnergy. According to Itron, FirstEnergy has signed a contract to deploy its hardware in not just one, but four Pennsylvania-based utilities. Itron said its OpenWay smart grid products will be deployed at Metropolitan Edison, Pennsylvania Electric, Pennsylvania Power and West Penn Power. Financial impact of the wins were not disclosed. Itron said it expects FirstEnergy to install more than 2 million of its smart meters over the next several years.