Leading residential solar company to utilize Itron®
Total Solar to streamline solar monitoring for its customers
LIBERTY LAKE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ:ITRI), a world-leading technology and services
company dedicated to the resourceful use of energy and water, announced
today that Sunrun, the largest dedicated residential solar company in
the U.S., has expanded its relationship with Itron to further enhance
solar monitoring capabilities for its customers. Sunrun will utilize
Itron Total Solar, a complete offering that combines production
measurement and managed services for solar photovoltaic (PV) generation.
The offering provides accurate, reliable measurement and monitoring of
solar production for home solar installations.
"Sunrun has used Itron's solar monitoring services for several years to
provide accurate and reliable home solar monitoring to our customers,"
said Steve Kent, vice president of service delivery at Sunrun. "With
Itron Total Solar, we have greater flexibility and convenience that will
help us create an even better customer experience. Itron has been a
supportive and collaborative partner to Sunrun and we look forward to
continuing our work together."
With Itron Total Solar, Itron's services team will run, manage and
maintain Itron's solar offering for Sunrun, including the collection,
storage and validation of solar PV production data via a reliable and
secure 4G LTE cellular network. The production data and analytics
services will be made available to Sunrun through a secure, cloud-based
infrastructure and easy-to-use API-based interface.
"With Itron Total Solar, our experienced team will manage all aspects of
Sunrun's day-to-day system operations to offload the burden of
maintenance tasks and provide greater flexibility, cost optimization and
accelerated time-to-value," said Lou Gust, Itron vice president of sales
and marketing for electricity in North America. "We are excited to
expand our work with Sunrun, helping them optimize the management of
energy resources so they can better serve their customers."
About Itron
Itron is a world-leading technology and services company dedicated to
the resourceful use of energy and water. We provide comprehensive
solutions that measure, manage and analyze energy and water. Our broad
product portfolio includes electricity, gas, water and thermal energy
measurement devices and control technology; communications systems;
software; as well as managed and consulting services. With thousands of
employees supporting nearly 8,000 customers in more than 100 countries,
Itron applies knowledge and technology to better manage energy and water
resources. Together, we can create a more resourceful world. Join us: www.itron.com.
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Itron, Inc.
Sharelynn Moore, 509-891-3524
sharelynn.moore@itron.com
Vice
President, Corporate Marketing and Public Affairs
Source: Itron, Inc.
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