Itron, PG&E Advance Wildfire Pilot in California

10:02 AM EDT, 10/13/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Itron (ITRI) said Tuesday it is advancing a wildfire mitigation and grid reliability project in California with Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) using Itron's Grid Edge Intelligence products. The companies are deploying fault prevention and fault location technologies to support identification, location and classification of grid conditions that may lead to wildfire ignition conditions and other issues, the company said. They are advancing to a scaled pilot by deploying thousands of grid edge sensing endpoints to high fire-risk areas. Initial installations are underway in the Santa Cruz area, with about 3,000 devices planned in the first phase and about 10,000 devices planned through 2027. Financial details were not provided. Price: 86.27, Change: +0.70, Percent Change: +0.82