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Local News - Local News - December 24, 2009
Itron Inc. looks beyond poor 2009
Stimulus-grant decisions hurt its market; giants enter fray

By Richard Ripley
Of the Journal of Business

Itron Inc. CEO Malcolm Unsworth is pictured here before the company's world map in its Knowledge Center.
Itron Inc. CEO Malcolm Unsworth is pictured here before the company's world map in its Knowledge Center.
—Staff photo by Richard Ripley
Itron Inc. President and CEO Malcolm Unsworth said at the United Nations Climate Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, last week that expansion of the company's advanced utility meter technology into smart-grid applications has the potential to help reduce carbon emissions and improve power-system efficiency.

Still, clear direction on carbon mitigation policy is necessary to take advantage of such benefits, Unsworth said. "The benefits are clear and documented, but strong motivation f...


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