UTILITIES BPO

When the grid goes down,
we don't.

Dedicated contact center seats for mid-market utilities. Surge-ready for outage events. Trained on your tariffs, your systems and your regulatory obligations. 24/7/365 — always answered.

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499
Lowest J.D. Power score ever /1,000
74%
Business customers had an outage in 2025
+210pts
Satisfaction lift from 5+ outage contacts
20%
Annual churn for low-trust providers

Utility satisfaction is at its lowest ever. Your contact center is either the problem or the solution.

J.D. Power 2025: residential utility satisfaction hit 499/1,000 — the lowest score ever recorded. The contact center is where trust is won or lost.

+210pts

The outage surge

74% of business customers experienced a power outage in 2025.

70%

Billing complexity and trust

Bills up 34% since 2020, averaging $189/month. 70% of utility calls are billing related.

20%

Churn from low trust scores

Customer churn hits 20% annually for providers with low trust scores. Trust drops 15% following an outage longer than 4 hours.

Fines

Regulatory compliance exposure

Performance-based regulation in Michigan, Illinois and New York ties utility revenues to service quality metrics.

Dedicated. Surge-ready. Trained on your operation.

Our dedicated seat model means your agents only ever work on your account. They know your tariffs, your systems, your escalation paths — and they're ready when volume spikes.

Surge-ready capacity

31 integrated sites with automatic call re-routing. When a weather event hits and volume spikes 400%, your contact center scales with it.

Outage communication

Proactive outbound outage updates across voice, SMS, email and live chat.

Billing expertise

Agents trained on your tariff structures, rate changes and billing systems.

Regulatory compliance

Every call documented. Compliance guardrails built into agent workflows.

24/7/365 live coverage

Always answered. Dedicated agents who know your escalation paths and emergency protocols.

Multilingual support

English, Spanish and French as standard. Real-time interpreter access for 250+ languages.

Performance-based regulation ties your revenue to service quality. Your contact center is on the scorecard.

Michigan, Illinois, New York and a growing number of states have implemented performance-based regulation that directly links utility revenues to measurable service quality outcomes — including contact center response times, complaint rates and outage communication performance.

A dedicated contact center that documents every interaction, handles surge events without collapse and proactively communicates during outages isn't just better for customers. It's a regulatory risk management tool.

  • Every call documented — full audit trail for regulators
  • Proactive outage communication — outbound across voice, SMS and email
  • Complaint handling with documented resolution and escalation paths
  • Agent training and certification documented — on-demand for regulators
  • SOC 2 Type II certified across all 31 sites

What regulators check for

Performance-based regulation audits typically examine the following contact center indicators:

Answer rate & hold time during outage events
Proactive outage notification — timing and coverage
Complaint resolution rate and average time to resolve
Agent training documentation and compliance records
Disaster recovery — backup site availability during crises
Billing dispute first-contact resolution rate

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Certifications & Awards
HIPAA Compliant HIPAA Compliant
SOC 2 Type II SOC 2 Type II
ATSI Award of Excellence 17× Award of Excellence
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