Southern California Gas Company will install nearly 1.5 million Itron gas meters and more than 600,000 gas regulators as a part of an advanced metering project that will begin in the fourth quarter of 2012. The contract includes a minimum of 1.2 million residential gas meters, 200,000 residential curb meters and 50,000 light commercial meters for measurement of gas usage.
“Itron is proud to work with SoCalGas, a leader in natural gas distribution, as it upgrades its natural gas metering system,” said Philip Mezey, Itron president and chief operations officer of Energy. “Itron’s gas metering expertise and depth of industry knowledge helps natural gas utilities like SoCalGas meet their business needs.”