Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Utilities and local governments recognize the importance of AI, but the path from awareness to implementation remains unclear.

Most are stuck with dozens of ideas and a few in production, while 75% lack formal governance and staff experiment with tools on their own. We help you assess whether AI fits your actual operational challenges, build the governance and data foundations that make adoption possible, and manage the workforce concerns that derail most implementations. You walk away with a clear strategy, policies in place, a prioritized roadmap tied to rate case justification, and a workforce ready to embrace change rather than fear it.

What we do

We diagnose business problems before prescribing technology.

Our team begins by understanding your operational pain points: the tedious tasks that consume staff time, the data quality issues that block decisions, and the customer service bottlenecks. Then we assess whether AI is the right solution or if process improvements should come first. 

We develop public sector-specific roadmaps that sequence foundational work (policies, data preparation, quick wins) before complex implementations. We utilize our extensive public sector experience to provide peer benchmarking from 20+ other agencies at all stages of adoption, vendor-neutral guidance with no tool agenda, and change management expertise that addresses the real barrier: workforce anxiety. 

If you need to provide staff with a secure, approved alternative to consumer AI tools, we also offer our purpose-built secure AI assistant platform, Rafio. Rafio connects to the systems you already run, lets your team interact with real operational data using natural language, generates dashboards and visualizations on demand, and automates recurring work with AI agents. All in a platform where your data never trains a public model or leaves your control. This allows your organization to gain the productivity benefits of AI without the security compromises.

We speak your language. Rate cycles, board governance, union environments, and public accountability. Not Silicon Valley hype.

Our process

We prioritize your operational reality over technological hype. Starting by diagnosing your specific business challenges, we build a step-by-step roadmap that prepares your data, policies, and workforce for AI adoption, ensuring you invest in solutions that solve real problems rather than just chasing trends.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) leaders

Chris McPhee
Chris McPhee

Chief Technology Officer

Michelle Ferguson
Michelle Ferguson

Executive Vice President

Christine McIntyre
Christine McIntyre

Chief Financial Officer

Elaine Conti
Elaine Conti

Chief Administrative Officer

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