This afternoon we spoke with Itron’s Bryan Seal and Jeff Simmelink in the Knowledge Center to learn more about Itron® Total Services and our solar monitoring solution. Itron Total Services launched last year and is a fully managed solution including metering, communication, data management and analytics and managed services, which is provided to customers in a simplified subscription-based solution. With the unique offering, Itron manages a utility’s day-to-day operations, allowing them to focus on other areas of their business, while providing a faster time-to-value from smart deployments. The offering also provides customers with the ability to select which analytics and information they receive as they need it to solve their business needs faster.

Recently, Itron expanded Itron Total Services to include solar monitoring as a comprehensive service. The complete offering combines production measurement, asset monitoring, sensing applications and forecasting in a managed services offering for solar photovoltaic (PV) generation. Solar energy is continuing to grow with a new solar photovoltaic installation occurring approximately every three minutes in the U.S. To that end, our solar monitoring solution helps customers address the operational challenges that arise from the rapid adoption of solar technology.

Itron’s managed services offerings greatly benefit utilities and third-party solar providers by helping manage their operations and allowing them to focus on data-driven business value.