High tech versus high hype: Avoiding the pitfalls of black-box technologies
Customer engagement through smart meter portals
Harvesting energy savings in indoor agriculture facilities
Utility Website Design Center
Our Website Design Center will give you the information you need to build and optimize your online customer contact channel. You can access all of our benchmark studies, rankings, feature analyses, and additional resources to help your utility design a highly functional and user-friendly website.
E Source completes utility industry’s first omnichannel study
E Source recently released findings from its industry-first Omnichannel Survey. By gathering omnichannel data from 51 electric and natural gas utilities in the US and Canada, as well as insights from more than 800 residential utility customers, E Source illuminated the gaps between customer and utility perceptions of omnichannel experiences across eight customer-facing channels.
Omnichannel Survey
The E Source Omnichannel Survey assesses the omnichannel efforts of the utility industry across eight customer-facing channels:
- Website (desktop, laptop, and mobile)
- Mobile app
- Text messaging
- Online chat
- Phone—IVR
- Phone—live agent
- Social media
From a residential customer perspective, we look at:
How to support business customers who choose solar power
Utilities have an opportunity to retain and engage customers by supporting solar power. This infographic shows the characteristics of business customers adopting solar and the top business sectors that have already adopted photovoltaics at their largest facility.
ABCs of CX
If you’ve ever had a conversation with a customer experience (CX) professional, you’ve probably been barraged by buzzwords. This e-book is a primer to help you get fluent in the language of CX. Check out the complete E Source customer experience glossary to learn the meanings of more than 100 CX-related terms. Before you know it, you’ll be using your VOE to talk CXM to your CCO.
CX 101: Measuring your maturity
Do this, not that, to create a positive experience for customers on your utility solar website
Residential customer awareness of and interest in solar energy continues to grow in the US and globally. Utilities that shift to become proactive solar advisors and embrace a changing market will position themselves for a successful, customer-centric future. And positioning yourself with a successful solar website is a great place to start. Check out our e-book, with data from the Utility Solar Website Benchmark, for some examples of what you should and shouldn’t do to design and market your solar website.