Itron and PG&E Advance Strategic Collaboration to Address Wildfire Mitigation with Grid Edge Intelligence
Key Highlights
- ➤Itron (ITRI) and PG&E advance scaled wildfire-mitigation grid intelligence collaboration
- ➤Approximately 3,000 devices planned initially for high fire-risk Santa Cruz communities
- ➤Approximately 10,000 devices planned through 2027 under the expanded deployment
- ➤PG&E plans to scale deployments to hundreds of thousands of devices by 2030
- ➤Itron technology detects, classifies and pinpoints faults before outages or wildfire threats
Expert Statements
Craig Kurtz, Senior director of Continuous Monitoring at PG&E
“Through our work together with Itron, PG&E will enhance real-time visibility and continual monitoring of the grid that helps take the guesswork out of identifying potential issues impacting our equipment”
Craig Kurtz, Senior director of Continuous Monitoring at PG&E
“Continually ‘listening’ to the data signals originating from our grid enables us to proactively detect, locate and understand problems earlier so we can act before they lead to outages or potential ignitions. Together, we are improving grid safety, customer affordability and service reliability for our California communities, which is of the utmost importance to PG&E.”
Don Reeves, Senior vice president of Outcomes at Itron
“Itron and PG&E have a long history of working together, and with this strategic collaboration, we are showcasing how utilities can leverage their existing infrastructure with grid edge intelligence to improve grid management and enhance the customer experience”
Don Reeves, Senior vice president of Outcomes at Itron
“With this most recent project, we are addressing risks before they become outages or wildfire threats. By reducing the frequency and duration of outages, GEI can help improve SAIFI and SAIDI performance, strengthen customer satisfaction and support more reliable and affordable service for PG&E customers.”
Don Reeves, Senior vice president of Outcomes at Itron
“These fault indicators provide critical real-time inputs to drive faster crew dispatch upon detection, along with directed location information that reduces patrol time for crews. This results in faster preemptive responses that prevent outages, faster outage resolution, and a reduction in conditions that could lead to broader, more expansive outages and wildfires.”
* Itron and PG&E are advancing grid edge intelligence to help reduce wildfire risk and improve grid reliability in California communities. * Grid edge intelligence provides real-time visibility to detect, classify and pinpoint potential faults across the distribution grid. * Actionable insights support earlier intervention, faster crew response, and fewer and shorter outages. LIBERTY LAKE, Wash. and OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI), the intelligent infrastructure provider for modern energy and water management, and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) have made significant progress advancing their strategic collaboration to transform the energy landscape by protecting California communities from wildfire risk using Itron’s Grid Edge Intelligence (GEI) solutions.
As part of their collaboration, Itron and PG&E are validating advanced fault prevention and fault location technologies at scale to improve identification, location and classification of grid conditions that can directly lead to wildfire ignition conditions and other critical safety concerns. The companies are building on an initial proof-of-concept and advancing to a scaled pilot by deploying thousands of Itron grid edge sensing endpoints to high fire-risk areas in PG&E's service territory.
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