UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                                December 4, 2006
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                Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)


                                   ITRON, INC.
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


        Washington                      000-22418                91-1011792
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(State or Other Jurisdiction       (Commission File No.)       (IRS Employer
    of Incorporation)                                        Identification No.)


                   2111 N. Molter Road, Liberty Lake, WA 99019
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               (Address of Principal Executive Offices, Zip Code)

                                 (509) 924-9900
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              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

                                      None
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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Item 5.02       Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of
                Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory
                Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On December 4, 2006, Itron Inc. amended certain provisions of its Executive
Deferred Compensation Plan (the Plan). Amendments to the Plan are effective
January 1, 2007, except to the extent a different effective date is set forth
below, and consist of the following:

     (i)  Permit participants to defer an amount equal to any deferrals returned
          to them from the Itron, Inc.  Incentive Savings Plan because that plan
          does not satisfy the actual deferral percentage test.

     (ii) Change  the  matching   contributions  to  50%  of  the  first  6%  of
          compensation deferred under the Plan.

     (iii) Effective  April  1,  2007,  allow   participants  to  designate  the
          measurement funds to be used to determine the amount of earnings to be
          allocated to their Plan accounts.

Item 9.01       Financial Statements and Exhibits.

        (d)     Exhibits

The following exhibit is filed as part of this report:

Exhibit Number          Description
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    10.6                Itron, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Plan,
                        Amendment No. Two, dated December 4, 2006.

The information presented in this Current Report on Form 8-K contains
forward-looking statements, which are based on assumptions that we believe to be
reasonable at this time. Such assumptions could prove to be incorrect due to a
number of factors, including those identified in Itron, Inc.'s Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 and in our subsequent filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and such factors could cause actual
results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements.
We undertake no obligation to update any of the forward looking statements.



                                    SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.


                              ITRON, INC.

Dated: December 7, 2006       By: /s/ Steven M. Helmbrecht
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                                  Steven M. Helmbrecht
                                  Sr. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer



                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number          Description
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    10.6                Itron, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Plan,
                        Amendment No. Two, dated December 4, 2006.