About Justin Patrick
Justin Patrick, Senior Vice President of Device Solutions at Itron, has spoken at industry events about the company's focus on data granularity and grid management. At the 2024 DTECH conference, Patrick stated that utilities are facing demands for two to five times their current capacity within 10 to 20 years, and argued that "wired solutions" alone cannot meet this need. He described Itron's work on distributed energy resource management, active transformer load management, and voltage management as "behind-the-wire solutions" intended to address these challenges. Patrick also thanked employees for the "reaction that the street had to our Q4 earnings results."
In prior appearances, Patrick discussed Itron's product development. At the 2023 Itron Inspire event, he said that customers are seeking "data and data granularity" to react to network disruptions, and highlighted the company's evolution of its electric metering technology and the launch of the Intellis gas meter in North America, which he said provides "operational and safety protection." At the 2022 DTECH conference, Patrick noted that his group manufactures meters that collect data for utility and municipality customers, and expressed interest in companies developing technologies to reduce demand on grid infrastructure, such as load control switching and smart panel breakers.
Source: AI-verified profile updated from Justin Patrick's recent appearances.
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Transcript (9 segments)
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Interviewer0:07
Hi, we're at Itron Inspire and I'm talking to Justin Patrick, the SVP of Devices at Itron, and I am dying to hear what exciting developments are happening in this space.
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Justin Patrick0:20
Well, first of all, thank you. One of the things that struck me in talking to our customers here at the Inspire event is the need for data and data granularity. What I think is really great is Itron is developing the next generations of products to be able to give them that data so they can react to disruptions in their networks and infrastructure.
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Interviewer0:43
Yeah, super cool. So tell me about your favorite new development. What's going on?
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Justin Patrick0:46
There's two. First ones in our electric metering space, where we continue to evolve our market-leading measurement technology, which gives that data to our customers. Then that data allows us to develop even more distributed intelligence outcomes and use cases to give them those insights to keep the reliability in their grid. The other one is in our gas metrology, where we've launched the Intellis gas meter in North America, and it gives the customers operational and safety protection through how the meter operates.
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Interviewer1:22
Okay, awesome. All right, so here's a question. Maybe it's the same, but which capability do you think will have the greatest impact on the utility industry?
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Justin Patrick1:32
I think both will have an impact, and it again comes down to data. Given that these two different platforms can provide that insight to the utility or municipality, it allows them to react faster, improve efficiency in their operations, and give them that edge that we're trying to do and give them faster reaction times.
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Interviewer1:52
Awesome. Well, thank you so much.
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Justin Patrick1:54
You're welcome.
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Interviewer1:57
Justin Patrick from Itron, it's really good to talk to you. Thank you.
