The company said its latest meter monitors the energy production of residential and commercial solar photovoltaic systems.

Itron global smart grid and business development vice president Russ Vanos said, "Solar and the integration of renewable energy into the grid have long been a part of our smart grid vision."

The technology provider said its solar offering gives solar providers an accurate, reliable way to measure and manage solar production data with a secure network for data collection.

In addition, Itron offers a hosted server option for solar providers and the production data is collected and provided via web services or XML files using Itron Managed Services.