Solar Meter for Residential & Commercial Solar Photovoltaic Systems

Itron's revenue-grade Solar Meter is ideal for monitoring the production of residential and commercial solar photovoltaic systems.

Designed for quick installation, the meter collects, stores and uploads the photovoltaic system's production data to the solar solution provider over an existing cellular network link that is fast, reliable and secure.

Itron is a global leader in offering a revenue-grade cellular metering system that measures energy production. Every Solar Meter is certified for accuracy using stringent ANSI C12.1 and C12.20 standards and will measure inverter production with up to 99.5% accuracy, regardless of inverter or panel type.

Itron Solar Meters are the most accurate and reliable solar monitoring meters available.

Itron Solar Meters offer “plug and play” installation. Using utility-standard installation techniques, a Solar Meter can be installed in less than 45 minutes and quickly activated to report production data to the solar provider.

Itron Solar Meters can monitor any type of solar energy system production with 99.5% accuracy regardless of inverter or panel type. Information can be stored for up to 90 days.

Production data is stored on the meter and uploaded automatically over the cellular network to the collection system. Solar providers retrieve production data via an industry-standard format or secure XML file transfer from the collection system.

A Solar Meter plugs into a number of energy industry-standard ANSI plug-in bases. For most residential installations of 200 amps or less, a widely available standard Form 2S is used. In North America, the meter is designed for a 240 Volt, 60 Hz system.

Installing the Solar Meter in-line with the service panel feed allows the solar provider to utilize the meter’s remote disconnect capabilities when required. Every Solar Meter is enabled to accept over-the-air firmware and configuration upgrades, ensuring the meter always has the latest updates.

All Itron Solar Meters collect interval data (at intervals typically between 15 minutes and 1 hour) as defined by the solar provider. Production data can be stored in the meter for up to 90 days.

The Solar Meter module provides the solar provider with a vast quantity of meter alarms that provide information about the installation

Itron Solar Meters are truly “plug and play” devices that use a cellular connection for data transfer. Using a Solar Meter, the installer has flexibility to select either AT&T, Verizon or Rogers (available for Canada) as the commercial network of choice to ensure the highest quality network connection available.

Our meters use 4G LTE connectivity for high-speed, secure and reliable communications. If required for areas of low cellular connectivity, Itron also offers a solar meter on polyphase meter forms. On these polyphase forms, an external antenna can be used to strengthen the cellular signal and ensure connectivity.

Itron offers a hosted server so that solar providers don’t have to worry about adding “yet another system” to manage and operate with in-house staff.

With our cloud and hosting services, production data is collected and provided via web services or XML files to the solar providers’ in-house systems or web-portal systems