Itron Chief Executive Officer Malcolm Unsworth recently reaffirmed the importance of embracing interoperability standards in the deployment of smart grid technologies during a meeting with Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke.
In his comments, Unsworth stated: “Our worldwide leadership and familiarity with smart metering and the rapidly emerging smart grid provides us with a tremendous amount of knowledge and experience, especially concerning open standards and interoperability. As a result, Itron will be fully extending IP support within its market-leading advanced metering solution, OpenWay®, down to the edge device to support smart grid applications beyond AMI. This, in conjunction with the use of the ANSI C12.22 and Zigbee Smart Energy standards, and other applicable standards to be defined through the NIST [National Institute for Standards and Technology] initiative will ensure full implementation of the smart grid vision.”
via Itron CEO Supports NIST Smart Grid Interoperability | Environmental Protection.
