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Itron, Toumetis Partners With Southern California Utility To Reduce Wildfire, Enhance Electric Reliability

Benzinga·02/03/2026 14:18:25
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Itron and Toumetis today announced a project in Southern California to strengthen wildfire mitigation and improve electric reliability by deploying advanced, real-time analytics that help reduce SAIFI (System Average Interruption Frequency Index) and SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index) through two complementary levers: preventing outages before they occur and shortening outage duration when they do occur. The project is being performed in collaboration with San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) under the EPIC program.

The project combines Itron's high-resolution data from its distributed intelligence-enabled endpoints with Toumetis' Cascadence™ predictive analytics and machine learning platform—currently deployed across more than 800 electric distribution circuits in Southern California—to integrate multiple data sources into a single operational view. The system brings together detailed data from smart meters, substation power quality measurements, relay signals and other grid sensors.