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A forecasting model that handles dispatch end to end and hands a human the exceptions rather than the queue. Aimed at utilities compliance leads, replacing the spreadsheet that currently holds it together.
In short: Automated Dispatch for Utilities is a forecasting model aimed at utilities compliance leads, covering dispatch. It scores 71/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by open field (95) and held back by monetisation (37). Typical pricing is $800–$8.0k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in about a month for $5.0k–$12k.
Utilities teams lose routing decisions made from memory at 6am. In most utilities businesses this job has never had software written for it. Whoever knows how it works becomes a single point of failure.
A narrow forecasting model scoped to dispatch alone — no platform, no migration, no six-month rollout. Revenue is flat saas, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $1.3B |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 9% |
| Annual contract value | $800 – $8.0k |
| Pricing model | Flat SaaS |
| Time to first revenue | 19 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $5.0k – $12k |
| Build effort | ~1 month |
Forecasting that used to need a data team now runs on off-the-shelf models. Utilities is growing at roughly 11% a year, and this job has not been re-tooled since it was designed around paper.
| Who | The gap |
|---|---|
| An offshore back office | Cheaper per hour, but does not scale down to the tail |
| A spreadsheet | The real incumbent in most of the market, and it is free |
| A vertical competitor | Priced and scoped for enterprise accounts, not this segment |
The incumbent is a person, and displacing a person is a change-management problem.
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