The future of the grid edge won't be defined by a single technology, vendor, or standard, but by how effectively the industry works together to make them interoperable.

Join representatives from GEISA, OMA, and Itron for a discussion on the evolving standards landscape and the collaboration required to advance grid edge interoperability. Explore how industry initiatives are working together to address utility needs, where progress is being made, and what challenges remain.

Learn how emerging standards can support scalable grid edge solutions, why cooperation across standards organizations is essential, and what utilities should consider as they plan for the next generation of grid modernization efforts.

The grid is becoming increasingly dynamic and complex, and utilities are at the forefront of this transformation. While some have established smart metering programs, others are embarking on grid edge and distributed intelligence by modernizing meter‑to‑cash and distribution operations. Whether driven by regulatory mandates or enabled by federal funding, building a defensible business case that supports a rate case is critical. This session shares utility perspectives from different stages of Grid Edge Intelligence (GEI) implementation, highlighting how open, interoperable, standards‑based platforms help meet regulatory requirements, prioritize high‑value use cases, operationalize benefits and reduce risk. Attendees will gain practical guidance on translating GEI value—such as improved reliability, decarbonization and customer outcomes—into actionable next steps that justify investment and support execution.

Utilities own thousands of streetlights across their service territories—an everyday asset hiding in plain sight. What if that same infrastructure could close one of the most persistent visibility gaps at the grid edge?

Join this utility leadership panel as we build the case for transforming streetlights into a powerful new layer of grid intelligence. AMI has unlocked tremendous value at the meter, but blind spots remain between the meter and the substation—right where extreme weather, aging infrastructure, and rising reliability expectations are hitting hardest.

Hear directly from utility leaders on how Networked Lighting Controllers (NLCs), deployed as Grid Edge sensors, turn existing streetlights into a real-time source of voltage anomaly detection, early outage indication, hyperlocal weather, and sharper situational awareness. The takeaway: a practical, low-cost path to a more reliable, resilient grid—and smarter, safer cities - built on assets you already own.

We've made significant investments across our products, services, and customer experience to make it easier to partner with Itron. Now we want to hear from you. These focused discussions are designed to gather candid customer feedback on what's working better, where you’re still feeling friction, and what improvements would create the greatest value for your organization over the next few years. Join these sessions at Inspire to help us shape what’s next.

 Topics:

· Customer Success

· Supply chain and hardware product quality

· Electric AMI Refresh Enablement

· Grid Edge Business Value

See innovation in action at the edge. After a brief overview of Itron’s first edge App-A-Thon—where utility teams leveraged Itron’s distributed intelligence (DI) platform, virtual SDK and curated datasets— A panel of your peers will be describing their experience using Itron’s developer platform and virtual software developer kit (SDK). Hear firsthand how utility teams used Itron’s platform, in collaboration with Amazon Web Services, to rapidly turn edge data into actionable insights. Discover how Itron’s edge-enabled developer ecosystem makes it possible to design, build and scale new applications that drive smarter, more reliable operations.

Fault prevention is at the heart of Advanced Grid Reliability—shifting utilities from reactive response to predictive maintenance. This session explores how high‑resolution half‑cycle voltage and current waveforms captured by 32 kHz and 4 kHz sensors enable early detection of fault precursors across overhead, underground and low‑voltage assets. Attendees will learn what’s new compared to traditional practices, the role of power quality in corrective maintenance and the operational path to preventative maintenance. The session also highlights wildfire POC results, showcasing how predictive fault detection reduces unplanned outages, improves SAIDI/SAIFI, rebalances TOTEX and helps utilities avoid outages before they occur.

Puerto Rico's grid transformation is creating more than a modern AMI network. It's unlocking actionable intelligence across the distribution system. Join LUMA to learn how it is leveraging Itron's Advanced Grid Reliability and Customer Experience solutions to gain greater visibility into grid conditions, proactively address operational challenges, improve reliability, and enhance the customer experience. Hear lessons learned from one of the industry's largest grid modernization initiatives and discover how LUMA is turning grid-edge data into smarter operations, stronger grid performance, and measurable business value. 

Hydro One is doing something most utilities have not yet attempted. By treating AMI data as an enterprise asset, the utility is integrating grid edge intelligence and advanced analytics to feed operations, maintenance, investment planning, and demand-side management, not just billing. AMI data is moving out of the meter-to-cash niche and into the enterprise with grid edge intelligence.

 At the center of this work is an enterprise data and AI platform that integrates AMI data alongside data from other systems, with data solutions built for the needs of different business lines. In parallel, the utility is deploying distributed intelligence applications directly on the meters. Use cases already in progress include optimizing outage restoration times, enabling predictive maintenance, prioritizing capital investments, and developing non-wires alternatives.

 The session will also explore the broader opportunity AMI creates across the utility enterprise. When data flows freely from the grid edge into the right systems and the right hands, it changes what decisions are possible. Grid utilization is one example: AMI data makes it possible to see where unused capacity sits, flatten load curves, and defer infrastructure builds. The same data can drive predictive maintenance, inform capital investment priorities, and support affordability goals. Before AMI and enterprise intelligence, these decisions at best were educated guesses.

 Hear directly from Hydro One and Util-Assist on how one of the first utilities in Canada to leverage grid edge intelligence built its enterprise data strategy, aligned IT with the business lines, and is turning AMI data into measurable business value.

Grid awareness is foundational to advanced grid reliability—enabling faster detection, smarter control and more resilient operations. This session highlights progress in grid awareness through transformer‑level distributed intelligence (DI), advanced monitoring and enhanced location awareness. Tampa Electric shares how it is operationalizing grid awareness by integrating transformer monitoring and high‑resolution data into daily workflows, improving Volt/VAR optimization, power factor correction and control room response. Attendees will learn how real‑time visibility across feeders and transformers supports forecasting, scenario planning and seamless ADMS integration—reducing asset risk while strengthening reliability and resilience across the distribution system.

Itron’s Grid Edge Intelligence portfolio is a comprehensive, integrated, end‑to‑end suite of solutions that unlocks the power of data across a utility’s service territory—from the grid edge and neighborhood transformer to the substation. Learn how our grid edge intelligence–based platform supports utilities’ decarbonization, reliability, sustainability and customer experience goals through interoperable, standards‑based, pre‑integrated solutions that build on existing AMI infrastructure to deliver real‑time visibility and distribution load management.

Utility priorities are changing. As resiliency, grid modernization and operational efficiency take center stage, utilities are looking for new ways to gain visibility into parts of the distribution network that traditional grid assets can't see. In this session, discover how Itron's Grid Edge Lighting solution transforms streetlight infrastructure into a strategic source of grid intelligence. Learn how Networked Lighting Controllers (NLCs) can provide metrology, outage insights, location awareness, environmental sensing, and AMI network expansion—all while continuing to support lighting operations. Explore how utilities, municipalities and cooperatives are leveraging existing lighting infrastructure to improve grid visibility, strengthen resiliency and unlock additional value from their AMI investments. Specific use cases discussed will include outage monitoring, grid weatherization hardening, etc.

Outage awareness is a cornerstone of advanced grid reliability, enabling utilities to detect, diagnose and restore outages faster and with greater confidence. This session explores how edge‑based outage awareness, transformer‑level visibility and Pattern Anomaly Classification improve detection accuracy—including nested outages—and pinpoint fault location and type, even in the presence of aging infrastructure and imperfect GIS data. Attendees will dive into utility progress and technical insights, as well as hear best practices for operationalizing these capabilities to improve outage response, validate restoration, enhance customer notifications, detect energized downed conductors and reduce outage duration.

Distributed Intelligence (DI) initiatives often begin with a focused use case but scaling them into operational programs requires new approaches to technology, processes and organizational alignment. In this session, Patrick Varuzza, PG&E and Tom Williams, VASS Solutions will share PG&E's journey from an early ChargeBoost proof of concept to today's quasi-production deployment and the roadmap toward full operationalization. Attendees will gain insights into the decisions, challenges and lessons learned along the way, including what worked, what didn't and how those experiences are shaping future DI strategy and implementation efforts.