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Latest action · Nov 13ACTAI at Work

Turn a customer's power bills into one usage sheet

In short: A bank used an AI agent to put new clients' records into one standard format, and staff review what the agent is unsure about. A seller can use the same pattern on the twelve months of bills behind a business proposal. Start with ten past proposals.

  1. Time how long it takes to type one customer's twelve bills into your proposal sheet. Do it for your next five proposals.
  2. Write your standard sheet. For each month: kWh, peak demand, the energy charge, the delivery charge and the contract end date.
  3. Take ten past proposals where you still have the bills and the sheet a person made.
For: Energy brokers, battery and solar sellers. Sells to businesses. 5 to 100 people. Owner, sales manager.
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