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Energy verified Verified Outcome TRL 9

Complex Utility Bill Automation

domain Client: A global energy services and utility company handshake Provider: Engie Impact (Internal/Spinoff) schedule Deploy: Q3 2019 (Platform Scale)
87 Impact
Enterprise Ready
Evidence Score: 5/10
Strength: High

Executive Summary

ANALYST: COI RESEARCH

To manage millions of utility invoices (electricity, water, waste) for multi-site clients, the company built a specialized automated data capture platform. Unlike standard invoices, utility bills contain complex usage data (kWh, peak demand). The system extracts this data for payment AND sustainability reporting.

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"Dual-purpose automation: Financial + ESG. Utility bills are notoriously hard to automate due to non-standard formats. By solving the payment automation, the entity simultaneously created the data foundation for carbon reporting."

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warning The Challenge

Multi-site organizations receive thousands of paper/PDF utility bills. Manual entry is slow and often misses the consumption data needed for energy management. Late fees are common due to short payment terms.

psychology The Solution

Developed a proprietary bill ingestion engine. It uses OCR and pattern recognition to capture billing amounts and consumption metrics. It validates charges against rate tariffs (auditing) before releasing payment.

settings_suggest Technical & Deployment Specs

Integrations
Sustainability Reporting Systems
Deployment Model
SaaS / BPO
Data Classification
Financial / Consumption
Estimated TCO / ROI
High
POC Summary (2018-01-01 to 2019-01-01)

"N/A"

shield Risk Register & Mitigation

Risk Factor Severity Mitigation Strategy
Format Variability High Library of thousands of utility provider templates.
Late Fees Medium Expedited payment workflows for short-window bills.

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Audited value realization curve

Processing of >$1B in utility spend Verified Outcome
Primary KPIIdentification of 2-5% billing errors
Audit CycleCreation of audit-grade carbon data

policy Compliance & Gov

  • Standards: Energy Reporting
  • Maturity (TRL): 9
  • Evidence Score: 5/10
  • Data Class: Financial / Consumption

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Verified Case Study
PDF • Version 1
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Technical Audit
PDF • Audited
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How we verified these outcomes for A global energy services and utility company without exposing sensitive IP or identities.

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1. Raw Evidence

Audit ID: #PRIV-924
Evidence: Direct SQL Logs
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Outcome: Verified
Ref ID: #COI-924

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