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Incident reporting handled by a workflow engine, with a human signing rather than writing. Aimed at energy asset managers, replacing the spreadsheet that currently holds it together.
In short: Energy Incident Recorder is a workflow engine aimed at energy asset managers, covering incident reporting. It scores 76/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by feasibility (91) and held back by timing (38). Typical pricing is $1.3k–$26k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in a weekend for $3.0k–$8.0k.
Energy teams lose incidents written up days later from memory. In most energy businesses this job has never had software written for it. The error rate is tolerated because measuring it would cost more than the errors.
A narrow workflow engine scoped to incident reporting alone — no platform, no migration, no six-month rollout. Revenue is seat saas, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $1.6B |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 20% |
| Annual contract value | $1.3k – $26k |
| Pricing model | Seat SaaS |
| Time to first revenue | 50 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $3.0k – $8.0k |
| Build effort | Weekend |
Connectors exist for systems that were closed five years ago. Energy is growing at roughly 18% a year, and this job has not been re-tooled since it was designed around paper.
| Who | The gap |
|---|---|
| An internal hire | Works until volume doubles, then breaks again |
| A vertical competitor | Priced and scoped for enterprise accounts, not this segment |
| The incumbent suite | Sells a platform; this job is one neglected module inside it |
The buying cycle is slower than the build, so runway assumptions matter more than code.
An idea you cannot act on is entertainment. Four concrete steps, wired to tools already running on AltFTool.
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