Electricity MDM Perseverance, Continued Customer Contact Pays Off It's hard to believe that nearly four years have passed since Itron's initial release of MV-90 xi. click here for more information Keeping Pace with Demand in the Meter Data Management Market As the market for advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) continues to gain momentum so does the market for meter data management (MDM) solutions. click here for more information Seattle City Light to Improve its Billing Process with Itron Enterprise Edition™ Looking to improve customer service and reduce billing errors and operational costs, Seattle City Light will deploy Itron Enterprise Edition to improve the quality of interval data for C&I customers. click here for more information White Paper: Bridging the Gap Between AMI and CIS The paper covers the potential impact of AMI technology on current business processes and IT infrastructure and the role MDM plays in bringing it all together click here for more information

Perseverance, Continued Customer Contact Pays Off
		Time flies when you're having fun. It's hard to believe that nearly four years have passed since Itron's initial release of MV-90 xi. At a typical utility, approximately 40 percent of its revenue is collected from commercial and industrial meters. MV-90 xi, the industry's leading system for collecting and processing interval data from complex metering devices recently shipped its 366th system.
The "MV" in MV-90 xi stands for "multi-vendor." Over 160 interface modules can be used to bring interval data into MV-90 xi, supporting approximately 500 different model types of electric meters, gas measurement devices, and pulse recorders that are manufactured by over 70 vendors worldwide. Interval data can be brought into the system through remote interrogation, import of handheld files and various other file imports. MV-90 xi systems are currently being used in 20 countries. Use of MV-90 xi is not limited to investor-owned utilities; in the U.S., over 80 public power agencies and over 65 electric cooperatives use MV-90 xi to collect interval data for billing, load research and planning purposes. In addition, systems are used by the ISOs in Ontario, California, and Texas, and by a variety other organizations. The most current release of MV-90 xi is v2.0, which is actually our third release of the product. Many enhancements have been made along the way, with several improvements in the area of gas data collection and analysis. MV-90 xi is fortunate to have an active user community. Over 120 users attended the 2007 Itron Users' Conference and most stayed an extra 1 ½ days for the post-conference training seminars on MV-90 xi. If you have not yet upgraded to MV-90 xi, contact your Itron representative or email knowledge@itron.com.

Keeping Pace With Demand in the Meter Data Management Market
		As the market for advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) continues to gain momentum so does the market for meter data management (MDM) solutions. However, AMI is not the only reason utilities choose to deploy an MDM solution. In fact many utilities recognize the value of selecting and deploying an MDM before moving ahead with an AMI system deployment. Using Itron Enterprise Edition™ MDM, utilities can increase the quality of meter data across its enterprise by operating from a single, central repository instead of separate inconsistent managed systems. In addition, IEE MDM is a
critical system that helps utilities realize the many benefits of AMI such as offering time-based rates and other demand response programs. In 2007, IEE MDM made significant progress in the marketplace. Itron now has more than 30 IEE MDM customers and 23 million meters under contract-both market leading metrics. In addition IEE customers are quite diverse illustrating the broad appeal of IEE MDM. The technology is being deployed at municipalities, generation and transmission companies, and utilities in North America, Australia, Asia, and Europe for both AMI and C&I meter data management scenarios. Some utilities get started with IEE MDM to consolidate the data collection and management of their C&I meters using the tool's unique xi Service Mode feature which enables IEE to communicate directly with C&I meters. While other utilities are deploying IEE MDM to support hybrid Mobile and Fixed Network automated meter reading (AMR) deployments and full scale, multi-year AMI programs.

Seattle City Light to Install Itron Enterprise Edition™ Meter Data Management System Complete with Customer Care and MV-PBS
		Seattle City Light (SCL), one of the nation's largest public power systems, will deploy Itron's Enterprise Edition (IEE) Meter Data Management system to improve billing processes for its largest C&I customers. The recent deployment of IEE will allow Seattle City Light to implement automated data quality routines, manage the data in a single versioned repository, and enable use of the data by
multiple utility systems. In addition, Itron MV-PBS will be integrated with IEE and SCL's existing customer information system to help add rate flexibility, reduce errors and operational costs, and improve customer service. "The ability to process and manipulate interval data is critical to successfully handling complex billing functions," said Leighton Stewart, Seattle City Light Program Manager. "This helps enhance our key account customer validation and billing process. We also wanted to position the utility for a future where we see greatly increased use of automated metering technology. Itron has deep knowledge of the complexities of interval data from hundreds of successful MV-90 installations over the years. We found Itron's software to be a good fit for Seattle City Light at this time." With IEE, MV-PBS and Itron's Customer Care applications, SCL can implement new products to meet changing regulatory and market needs, said Eric Miller, vice president for Itron software solutions. "This will improve the quality of interval data for C&I customers and allow for flexibility for future C&I product offerings," said Miller. "Using one secure, centralized data management environment significantly reduces the likelihood of errors in business processes that use meter data. Because IEE easily interfaces to existing billing systems and analysis tools, you can deploy a cost-effective data management system without affecting existing billing processes."