Itron’s OpenWay® Riva IoT Solution for
Electricity and Gas Will Help Streamline Operations and Improve Service
to Customers in the Upper Midwest

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, has signed
a contract with NorthWestern Energy (NWE) to modernize its electric and
gas systems in South Dakota and Nebraska with Itron’s OpenWay Riva IoT
solution.

NWE provides electricity and natural gas in the Upper Midwest and
Northwest, serving approximately 718,300 customers in Montana, South
Dakota and Nebraska. With the solution, NWE aims to reduce operating
costs while improving service to customers and laying the foundation for
future smart grid applications in South Dakota and Nebraska.

“We have been making significant investments in technology across the
company and I’m very confident that our investment in advanced metering
will help us provide even better service reliability to our customers in
South Dakota and Nebraska,” said Curt Pohl, vice president, Distribution
at NorthWestern Energy. “Itron’s OpenWay Riva solution will help us
advance this mission by modernizing our energy infrastructure and
enabling advanced functionality.”

NWE will benefit from OpenWay Riva’s secure, resilient multi-application
network infrastructure and technology platform that features distributed
computing power at every level of the network, including in every
electric and gas meter. This enables real-time analysis of data and
secured peer-to-peer communication among meters and intelligent devices
within the network to manage rapidly changing electric grid conditions
and ensure the safe delivery of gas. The solution also features adaptive
communications technology to deliver high-performance communications
with reliable connectivity in all types of service environments.

These capabilities will enable NWE to operate its system more
efficiently and reliably as well as deliver new services and value to
its customers. In addition to smart metering, the utility has the option
to push various applications to edge devices, including revenue
assurance and theft detection; outage management; high impedance
detection and other safety diagnostics; transformer load management;
demand response; and management of distributed generation at the
sub-transformer level.

“Itron is enabling NorthWestern Energy to better serve its customers and
communities, drive down costs and deliver new services and revenue
opportunities,” said Mark de Vere White, president of Itron’s
Electricity business line. “We have worked with NWE for many years and
look forward to helping transform NWE's operations and create the
foundation for a smarter energy future with OpenWay Riva.”

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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Contacts

Itron, Inc.
Alison Mallahan, 509-891-3802
Senior PR
Manager
[email protected]