Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation Turns to Itron for Consumer Engagement Program
January 05, 2017 at 08:45 am EST
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Itron, Inc. announced that it has signed a contract with Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation. Central Hudson will utilize Itron’s managed services offering, Itron Total Outcomes, with Itron’s cellular solution to support the energy company’s “CenHub Insights+” program. The program aims to empower Central Hudson customers to make informed decisions about their energy usage. The program is a part of the Reforming the Energy Vision, a regulatory initiative launched by the State of New York Public Service Commission as part of New York Governor Cuomo’s comprehensive energy strategy. With Itron Total Outcomes, the company’s experts will run, manage and maintain Itron’s OpenWay 4G LTE metering solution for Central Hudson, simplifying the deployment of the technology while lowering the total cost of ownership for the energy company. Itron will collect, manage and deliver detailed energy usage information to customers participating in the CenHub Insights+ program for presentment within CenHub MyAccount, a secure web portal. The detailed information will help increase customers’ awareness of their energy usage encouraging them to be more energy efficient and save money. By utilizing Itron Total Outcomes, Central Hudson can easily and cost-effectively add new customers to the program due to the “drop-in” flexibility of Itron’s 4G LTE smart metering solution for strategic deployments and opt-in customer programs.
Itron, Inc. provides energy, water, smart city, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and intelligent infrastructure services. The Company operates in three segments. The Device Solutions segment primarily includes hardware products used for measurement, control, or sensing. Its Networked Solutions segment primarily includes a combination of communicating devices, network infrastructure, and associated head-end management and application software designed and sold as a complete solution for acquiring and transporting application-specific data. Its Outcomes segment includes its value-added, enhanced software and services, artificial intelligence, and machine learning in which it enable grid edge intelligence and manage, organize, analyze, and interpret raw, anonymized data to improve decision making. It is also engaged in embedding real-time, high-resolution grid edge data into the grid planning, operations and engineering process. Its solutions include technology, software and services.