Electricity MDM Pepco Holdings Inc. Selects Itron Enterprise Edition™ Meter Data Management System for its 'Blueprint for the Future' Initiative MDM system helps position PHI for smooth AMI rollout; improve business processes by reducing cost and time to gather and reconcile meter data from multiple collection systems. click here for more information From Seattle to Malaysia — A World of Possibilities for Itron Enterprise Edition™ Recently, Itron signed 10 contracts with utilities and energy delivery companies in North America, Asia and Australia for IEE Meter Data Management software. The deployments are, in part, preparation for AMI initiatives, and to improve the data collection and billing process for commercial and industrial utility customers. click here for more information The Latest Tool in Advanced Metering Read how the latest version of IEE Meter Data Management supports both SQL Server 2005 and Oracle 10G2 database products on a single platform. click here for more information Untangling the Web: Presenting Load Data to C&I Customers Itron's latest release of MV-WEB is the result of continued efforts to provide the highest quality and most user-friendly tools to electric, gas and water utility customers. MV-WEB offers new features to facilitate the handling of large numbers of meters and users such as the introduction of meter groups and new search tools, and improved system performance for increased scalability. click here for more information

Pepco Holdings Inc. Selects Itron Enterprise Edition™ Meter Data Management System for its 'Blueprint for the Future' Initiative
		Itron has announced a contract with Pepco Holdings Inc., (PHI) one of the largest electric delivery companies in the mid-Atlantic region, to deliver Itron Enterprise Edition™ (IEE) Meter Data Management (MDM) solution to support PHI's high-volume data management needs associated with its advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) deployment. This contract is a major milestone in PHI's "Blueprint for the Future" initiative to meet the nation's energy and environmental challenges through a combination of energy efficiency programs and
new technologies. PHI delivers electricity and natural gas to nearly 2 million customers in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland and New Jersey. The open architecture of IEE enables a utility to deploy a single enterprise repository to manage all types of metering-based data—-interval, register and event data—-collected from residential and commercial/industrial customer segments. In addition, PHI will deploy Revenue Protection Suite and Curtailment Manager to improve revenue assurance and peak load management capabilities. Both software products run on Itron's IEE platform. Todd McGregor, process manager and AMI project sponsor, said it was critical for PHI to have a MDM system in place as PHI moves toward AMI technology. "By deploying MDM in advance of our meters, we will be well positioned for a smooth AMI rollout and we will simplify the integration with all our systems," said McGregor. "Itron has been a long established partner with a good working knowledge of our operations." With IEE Meter Data Management in place, PHI can improve business processes by reducing the cost and time to gather and reconcile meter data from multiple collection systems, while also streamlining IT infrastructure and improving data security. With its powerful validation, estimation and editing capabilities, IEE ensures the accuracy and consistency of the meter data for billing and downstream applications. IEE also interfaces to a suite of powerful analytical software applications for revenue assurance, demand response, customer care and more. Itron Enterprise Edition is the leader in the marketplace, with more than 30 IEE MDM customers managing data from 23 million meters. "Itron has the industry knowledge and depth of experience with the complexities of interval data from hundreds of successful MDM and MV-90 xi installations over the years," said Philip Mezey, senior vice president and Itron COO for North America. "IEE supports both mass market and C&I meter—-the only MDM solution on the market today with that capability. We know where PHI wants to go, and we are pleased to provide the data management infrastructure to help ensure they achieve the strongest possible return on their AMI investment."

From Seattle to Malaysia — A World of Possibilities for Itron Enterprise Edition™
		Along with advanced metering, Itron has seen an increase in activity with meter data management solutions—-solutions that many believe should be in place before an advanced meter deployment. In the past 60 to 90 days, Itron has signed more than 10 contracts with utilities and energy delivery companies in North America, Asia and Australia for Itron's Enterprise Edition (IEE) Meter Data Management software.
By managing large volumes of interval, register and event data from advanced meters in a single enterprise repository, the IEE platform enables utilities to streamline IT infrastructure and leverage the data their automated meter reading (AMR) and AMI systems collect to support a wide variety of applications, including time-based pricing, demand response and load control, outage management, revenue assurance, customer care, distribution asset management, and demand forecasting. Itron recently signed contracts for IEE deployments at Seattle City Light, PEPCO Holdings Inc., Georgia System Operations and the Cucamonga Valley Water District to name just a few. In addition, several utilities have contracted with Itron to utilize IEE in pilot programs that will validate support for AMI-driven business processes. "We are gratified to see the large number of customers building Itron meter data management solutions into their AMI and IT infrastructure," said Eric Miller, vice president of Itron software solutions. "For an increasing number of utilities, putting into place the MDM platform is a vital first step to ensuring AMI success and a strong return on their hardware investments. "Itron now has more than 23 million meters licensed under the Itron Enterprise Edition platform," said Miller. "We see this momentum in the marketplace as a strong affirmation of IEE's proven functionality, scalability, maturity and attractive cost of ownership. These MDM system attributes will become even more critical as advanced metering technology is deployed on a much broader scale."

Itron Enterprise Edition Version 5.3 the Latest Tool in Meter Data Management
		The latest version of Itron Enterprise Edition™ (IEE) Meter Data Management (MDM) is significant because it now supports both SQL Server 2005 and Oracle 10G2 database products on a single platform. The IEE 5.3 release also supports Customer Care, Revenue Protection Suite, Curtailment Manager (only available on SQL Server platform), and the OpenWay® AMI system. IEE MDM is an enterprise-wide meter data management solution
designed to store meter data and relieve business processes and business systems from the details of metering and meter data collection in a multi-vendor, multi-technology environment. IEE enables the application of consistent processes and the maintenance of consistent interfaces independent of how, when or where various meter reading technologies are deployed. It also enables the most cost-effective meter reading technologies to be deployed, without affecting upstream billing processes. New usability improvements include: Enhanced Task Monitoring with pre-built filters and export capabilities Validation Queue and revised validation reports that mimics the MV-90 xi report XML Failed Import Queue Automatic estimation routines for SQL Server users Improved Service Mode file transfer performance Two-Way interfaces to the OpenWay AMI system Significant modifications to the validation and estimation components of the online help Additional IEE MDM functionality includes extensive validation, estimation and editing capabilities; advanced time-of-use, aggregation, and calculation services; meter read request brokering among multiple meter data collection systems (including legacy, automated meter reading or AMI systems); sophisticated export management capabilities; and auditable change tracking. To know more, start here: www.itron.com

Untangling the Web: Presenting Load Data to C&I Customers
		Itron is pleased to announce the upcoming release of MV-WEB v5.0. It's the latest release for MV-WEB Itron's low-cost solution that delivers critical data to commercial and industrial customers as a value-added service for viewing and analysis. This enhanced version of MV-WEB is the result of Itron's continued efforts to provide the highest quality and most user-friendly data presentation tools to our utility customers. Highlights of
MV-WEB v5.0 include: A redesigned administrative tool for more simplified and more flexible system configuration and user administration. New features to facilitate the handling of large numbers of meters and users such as the introduction of meter groups and new search tools. New meter aggregation and date selection features for increased operational efficiency. Improved system performance for increased scalability. As with the current version of MV-WEB, the upcoming version still offers online presentation of load profile data stored in MV-90 xi. It also provides easy access within the utility to valuable customer load data for account representatives, load research, generation, engineering, management and other internal staff who do not have direct access to MV-90 xi. For more information on MV-WEB v5.0, please contact Malcolm Green, product manager for MV-WEB, (919) 582-1162 or malcolm.green@itron.com.