Energy Growth Journal https://energygrowthjournal.com/ 2026-11-13T12:00:00Z Ali Peivandizadeh Turn a customer's power bills into one usage sheethttps://energygrowthjournal.com/ai-at-work/turn-power-bills-into-one-usage-sheet-with-ai/2026-11-13T12:00:00ZNorthern Trust reports that an AI agent cut the time to prepare a new client's records by 83%. A broker or a battery seller can use the same pattern on the bills behind a proposal. Trace your last 300 inquiries before you buy more leadshttps://energygrowthjournal.com/marketing/trace-your-last-300-inquiries-to-paid-jobs/2026-11-13T12:00:00ZBefore you buy more leads, follow your last 300 inquiries to the end. Count how many became a finished, paid job, and what each source cost. Texas governor-elect promised to freeze electricity rateshttps://energygrowthjournal.com/news/texas-governor-elect-promised-electricity-rate-freeze/2026-11-13T12:00:00ZGina Hinojosa won the Texas governor's race after a campaign promise to freeze residential electricity rates on her first day. No order has been issued. Texas PUC staff ask if the fixed-rate change rule should gohttps://energygrowthjournal.com/news/texas-puc-staff-ask-about-fixed-rate-change-rule/2026-11-13T12:00:00ZTexas PUC staff asked whether to repeal the rule that lets a REP seek a fixed-rate change for a new ancillary service cost. The question is open for comment. Texas PUC lowers the interest rate on customer depositshttps://energygrowthjournal.com/news/texas-puc-lowers-interest-rate-on-customer-deposits/2026-11-13T12:00:00ZThe Texas PUC set the 2027 interest rates that REPs pay on customer deposits and on overbillings. Both are lower than the 2026 rates. Test your plans the way the new AI brokers dohttps://energygrowthjournal.com/marketing/test-your-plans-the-way-the-new-ai-brokers-do/2026-11-13T12:00:00ZNew Texas brokers rank every Power to Choose plan against a customer's own smart meter data and flag the fine print. Run the same test on your own plans first. Score how AI assistants rank your company in your areahttps://energygrowthjournal.com/marketing/score-how-ai-assistants-rank-your-company/2026-11-13T12:00:00ZA car dealer scored all 349 stores of his brand on how AI assistants answer about them. An energy seller can score itself and five competitors by hand. New Texas brokers rank every plan on real meter datahttps://energygrowthjournal.com/news/new-texas-brokers-rank-every-plan-on-real-meter-data/2026-11-13T12:00:00ZTwo new Texas brokers rank every electricity plan for a customer. One tests each Power to Choose plan against the home's own 15-minute smart meter data for $9.99. Google AI Mode now books home services: check your softwarehttps://energygrowthjournal.com/marketing/google-ai-mode-booking-links-home-services/2026-11-13T12:00:00ZGoogle added booking and quote links for home services to AI Mode in the US, through Jobber, Housecall Pro, Angi and Thumbtack. Check whether your software is on the list. Check proposals against your sales rules with AIhttps://energygrowthjournal.com/ai-at-work/check-proposals-against-your-sales-rules-with-ai/2026-11-13T12:00:00ZThe legal team at Fujifilm Biotechnologies built an AI agent that checks contracts against written standards. A seller can use the same method on proposals and sales scripts. Check if your company can claim its ChatGPT profilehttps://energygrowthjournal.com/marketing/claim-your-company-chatgpt-profile/2026-11-13T12:00:00ZOpenAI opened a free tool for claiming a business profile in ChatGPT. Search for your company this week, and claim the profile with an account you control. Check if staff built AI apps that hold customer datahttps://energygrowthjournal.com/ai-at-work/check-staff-built-ai-apps-with-customer-data/2026-11-13T12:00:00ZA security firm found 35,578 apps made with one AI app builder open to anyone with the link. Check this week whether your staff built an app with customer data in it. Base Power moves into Walmart stores and grows with a co-ophttps://energygrowthjournal.com/news/base-power-walmart-stores-and-coserv-450-mw/2026-11-13T12:00:00ZWalmart invested in Base Power and will sign up home battery customers in Texas stores. Base and the co-op CoServ will expand their battery program to 450 MW. Answer night and weekend inquiries with an AI agenthttps://energygrowthjournal.com/ai-at-work/answer-night-and-weekend-inquiries-with-an-ai-agent/2026-11-13T12:00:00ZSaaStr put an AI agent on the page where buyers decide and reports about 600 booked meetings in 12 months. An energy seller can do the same on its quote request page. Add AI to permit paperwork one step at a timehttps://energygrowthjournal.com/ai-at-work/add-ai-to-permit-paperwork-one-step-at-a-time/2026-11-13T12:00:00ZPennymac says AI agents now do about 40% of its back-office loan work, and each agent started under full human review. A battery and solar seller has the same kind of paperwork before PTO.