HEADLINE AI-Powered Virtual Assistant, Redefines Customer Satisfaction SUBHEADLINE Faster answers by design. Smarter service by nature. Built to help utility customers get support without waiting in the contact center queue.
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AI-Powered Virtual Assistant, Redefines Customer Satisfaction

Faster answers by design. Smarter service by nature. Built to help utility customers get support before the contact center queue becomes the experience
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The customer service queue used to be where customers waited. Now, it is where satisfaction starts to break
Why this AI-Powered Virtual Assistant, Redefines Customer Satisfaction challenge?
From Contact Center Pressure to Always-On Digital Service

Routine inquiries were putting pressure on contact centers, increasing wait times, raising operational costs, and limiting agents’ ability to focus on complex or high-priority cases. Many customer needs were repeatable — from billing and account management to meter readings, payment agreements, service changes, and outage support. The opportunity was to create a faster, more accessible digital service model while keeping human expertise available for the moments that truly need it

Key benefits
When Service Moves Before the Queue Builds

The AI-powered energy assistant turns high-volume utility interactions into faster, more accessible digital experiences — while every exchange helps the model improve

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Answer the routine before it becomes a call

The assistant handles frequent questions across billing, balances, payments, meter readings, service changes, and outage support

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Keep humans focused where judgment matters

Contact center agents can spend more time on complex, high-priority, and business-critical cases

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Make digital service feel connected

Website and backend-system integration enable more accurate, personalized responses through secure APIs

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Let every interaction teach the model

Customer queries, responses, surveys, and feedback feed continuous improvement over time

How NTT DATA helps

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Design around the calls that matter most

NTT DATA helped identify twelve main call drivers, then shaped conversational flows around real customer demand

Design around the calls that matter most
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Build fast without lowering the bar

The project was successfully deployed in just one month through structured planning, development, testing, and training using historical call data

Build fast without lowering the bar
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Connect the assistant to the service ecosystem

The assistant integrates with the company website and internal systems, giving customers accessible support and more accurate responses

Connect the assistant to the service ecosystem
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Keep escalation seamless

When an issue exceeds the assistant’s scope, conversations can transfer to the support center with context from the prior interaction

Keep escalation seamless
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Stay with the operating model

We don’t launch an assistant and walk away. We keep improving performance through monitoring, customer feedback, and data-driven refinement

Stay with the operating model
Real operational impact across the utility customer service lifecycle
Proven impact
Faster answers. Smarter escalation. More satisfying customer service
Results that matter
Real operational impact across the utility customer service lifecycle
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Routine demand redirected

A high volume of low-complexity interactions routed to the virtual assistant

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Implementation accelerated

The assistant was successfully deployed in just one month

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Service design grounded in demand

Twelve main call drivers shaped the initial conversational flows

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Continuous improvement activated

Queries, responses, surveys, and customer feedback now support ongoing model refinement

Make customer service faster, smarter, and easier to scale

Start the conversation that redefines utility customer experience

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