THE TOOLKIT

Turn a good idea
into a useful pilot.

A few practical tools to define the work, test your assumptions, and make the next decision with evidence.

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Bring the next step to your team.

Two practical resources to read, adapt, and share. No sign-up required.

Cover of the AI journey presentation, with a utility team working around a table.

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Start your utility’s AI journey

An editable presentation for aligning your team, choosing a first use case, and making the case for a focused pilot.

24 slides with planning tables, a 90-day roadmap, and facilitator notes.

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AI at your utility: the lessons guide

A complete implementation guide drawing on Senpilot’s 2025 and 2026 handbooks, with practical lessons for utility teams.

28 pages with 16 lessons, utility examples, a worked business case, and pilot worksheets.

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Both resources include aiforutilities.org branding and are free to adapt for your team.

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01 / MAKE THE CASE

What could your team get back?

Start with one repeatable task. Include the time it takes to review the result.

Your assumptions

Illustrative values to get you started. Use the same currency for every cost.

Eligible tasks in this workflow
Before human review and correction
Include corrections and exceptions
Salary, benefits, and overhead
Share of eligible tasks using AI
Software, usage, support, and monitoring
Setup, integration, and training
How this estimate works

Annual hours = monthly tasks × 12 × adoption × (minutes saved − review minutes) ÷ 60.

Capacity value = annual hours × fully loaded hourly cost. Net annual value deducts running cost. Year-one value also deducts one-time implementation cost.

The model assumes a full year at the adoption rate you enter, with stable task volume and time savings. It does not model a gradual rollout. If review takes longer than the time saved, the result is negative.

Time only becomes a cash saving when a budget changes—for example, avoided overtime or external spend. Track those changes separately. Validate all assumptions in a pilot, and include quality, service, and risk outcomes alongside time.

02 / CHECK YOUR STARTING POINT

Ready for a
bounded pilot?

You do not need perfect data or a company-wide transformation plan. You do need a clear task, people who own it, and a way to tell whether it works.

Tick what you have in place. Use the gaps to shape your next conversation.

0 of 6 in place0 of 6A planning checklist, not a deployment approval.
03 / PUT IT ON PAPER

Your first pilot, on one brief.

A working template for the problem, baseline, data, operating boundaries, success criteria, and decision to scale—or stop.

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