Itron working with NRTC, AVECC to improve grid reliability with Gen5 Riva

Itron (ITRI) and its channel partner, National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative, are working together with Arkansas Valley Electric Cooperative Corporation, to improve grid resiliency and reliability for AVECC’s members across the Arkansas River Valley. AVECC is leveraging its existing fiber optic network to unlock a broad range of applications at the grid edge. As part of the collaboration, AVECC is deploying Itron’s Gen5 Riva smart meters and connecting them to Itron’s fiber-enabled communications technology. This smart grid project, which was awarded funding through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships Program, enables AVECC to upgrade its power grid and to improve the delivery of affordable and clean energy across the rural community, which has more than 6,000 miles of distribution lines and nearly 63,000 members across its service territory.