STORM RESPONSE Automating Invoicing to Reduce Regulator Risk (Invite Only)

When storm restoration costs go to FERC or FEMA for reimbursement, the quality of the backup documentation determines whether that cost recovery holds up — or gets disallowed. For many IOUs and Co-ops, invoice support is still assembled after the fact: stitched together from spreadsheets, paper timesheets, and disconnected systems, with gaps and inconsistencies that create real financial exposure during audit.This session looks at how automating the invoicing process closes that gap. Because Itron Storm Manager captures data continuously across the life of a restoration event — from initial resource securement through contract terms, hourly rates, and approved timesheets — invoices are generated directly from the same system of record used to run the event, not reconstructed afterward. The result is backup documentation that's consistent, traceable, and audit-ready from day one, reducing the manual reconciliation burden on utility staff and strengthening the case for full cost recovery.Attendees will come away with a practical understanding of where regulator risk typically creeps into the invoicing process — and how automation, grounded in a single continuous data set, removes it.