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Income Taxes Narrative (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, at Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate, Percent 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate  
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent 44.50%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations  
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance $ 256,619,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance $ 161,026,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
Deferred Tax Assets, Tax Credit Carryforwards, Alternative Minimum Tax 2,500,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsAlternativeMinimumTax  
Deferred Tax Assets, Tax Credit Carryforwards, Foreign 75,400,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsForeign  
Deferred Tax Assets, Tax Credit Carryforwards, General Business 18,200,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsGeneralBusiness  
Excess tax benefits from employee stock plan exercises 55,200,000itri_ExcessTaxBenefitsFromEmployeeStockPlanExercises  
Tax effect of excess benefits from employee stock plan exercises, which will increase our common stock when it reduces our cash taxes payable, and which is not recognized in our deferred tax assets 20,400,000itri_TaxEffectOfExcessBenefitsFromEmployeeStockPlanExercisesWhichWillIncreaseOurCommonStockWhenItReducesOurCashTaxesPayableAndWhichIsNotRecognizedInOurDeferredTaxAssets  
Undistributed Earnings of Foreign Subsidiaries and Foreign Corporate Joint Ventures [Member]    
Undistributed Earnings of Foreign Subsidiaries $ 31,400,000us-gaap_UndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries
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$ 22,500,000us-gaap_UndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries
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