Itron and Toumetis partner to reduce wildfire risk in Southern California

Itron and Toumetis announced a project with San Diego Gas & Electric under the EPIC program to deploy real-time analytics across more than 800 distribution circuits, combining smart meter and other grid sensor data to help prevent outages and shorten outage duration.

Itron and Toumetis announced a project in Southern California to strengthen wildfire mitigation and improve electric reliability. The effort is being carried out with San Diego Gas & Electric under the EPIC program. The project will deploy real‑time analytics intended to prevent outages before they occur and to shorten outage duration when they do. It combines Itron's high-resolution data from distributed intelligence-enabled endpoints with Toumetis' Cascadence predictive analytics and machine learning. Key details: - The collaboration involves Itron, Toumetis, and San Diego Gas & Electric under the EPIC program. - Toumetis' Cascadence platform is reported as already deployed across more than 800 electric distribution circuits in Southern California. - The system integrates smart meter data, substation power quality measurements, relay signals and other grid sensors into a single operational view. - The analytics are aimed at reducing System Average Interruption Frequency Index (SAIFI) and System Average Interruption Duration Index (SAIDI) by preventing outages and shortening restoration times. Summary: The project brings high-resolution device data together with predictive machine learning to support wildfire mitigation and electric reliability. It is intended to reduce outage frequency and duration through prevention and faster restoration. Undetermined at this time.