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An AI voicebot for energy providers automatically handles calls regarding meter readings, estimated payments, and rates—24/7 and without a wait.
- Significant relief for your customer service team, even during the billing season
- Handle meter readings and estimated payments end-to-end
- Integration with industry-specific systems such as Schleupen or Wilken
"Working with Botfriends is truly impressive, as they consistently deliver exceptional responsiveness. It's a pleasure to work with such a dedicated and efficient team."
Karlsruhe municipal utilities
"Thanks to real-time speech recognition, we can provide our customers with an intuitive system that is easy to use. This allows us to reduce the call volume to the contact center service portal in the long term."
City of Krefeld
"Communication with BOTfriends is very good and uncomplicated. The technical implementation is flawless, the tools are logical to use and the chatbot works the way you want it to."
Süwag Vertrieb AG & Co. KG
"We like the uncomplicated and flexible exchange with the BOTfriends. You always get food for thought and a new perspective. The bot helps us to answer "simple" customer queries on a daily basis."
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What Your AI Agent Must Be Able to Do in the Energy Industry Today
Automatically Resolve Recurring Inquiries
Inquiries about meter readings, changes to estimated payments, rate questions, or billing information come in waves and overwhelm customer service. The AI agent resolves them automatically and with consistent quality—even when they all come in at once—so your team has time to focus on the more complex cases.
A presence across all channels, in every language
Your customers choose the channel: by phone, via chat on your website, through the app, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, or Instagram, or by email. The BOTfriends X AI agent works across all channels and in over 100 languages, with a single configuration and a consistent brand voice.
Contextual Answers Instead of Just FAQs
Contract data, meter readings, and estimated payments are stored in your industry-specific system. The AI Agent retrieves relevant data in real time, verifies the user’s identity, and provides accurate, fact-based responses using your brand’s knowledge. This transforms it from a simple FAQ responder into a true service agent that also updates your systems.
Why BOTfriends X and not a single-prompt solution or an enterprise integrator?
Anyone deciding today on an AI agent for the energy sector essentially faces two dead ends: the quick, modular solution, which falls short when it comes to real-world data, and the heavyweight integrator project. BOTfriends X avoids both.
Hybrid intelligence instead of unstable single-prompt solutions
Forget about basic AI tools that give inaccurate answers or lose track of the context when capturing meter readings or adjusting estimated payments. BOTfriends X combines large language models with your business logic and a verified knowledge base. The result: fact-based, brand-consistent answers—even during critical data entry processes in your billing system.
Platform Sovereignty Instead of an Integrator Project
Take back control of your service AI agent. No more months-long integration projects with external consultants charging daily rates, and no more months-long wait until go-live. With BOTfriends X’s no-code architecture, your AI agent will be up and running in just a few weeks. Your team can build everything on its own. If you need help, our Solutions Team is here to support you whenever you need it.
Multi-Agent Orchestration: Teamwork Instead of Monolithic Prompts
A simple bot struggles with complex conversations because a single AI instruction is supposed to handle everything at once: understanding the customer’s request, identifying the customer, retrieving data, taking action, and sending a confirmation. BOTfriends X works differently. Specialized agents divide up the work, just like a well-coordinated service team, across all channels. A typical setup might look like this:
The triage agent categorizes the request
Classifies the inquiry in seconds, whether on the phone or via chat. The triage agent recognizes the context and automatically forwards the conversation to the appropriate contact person or specialized agent.
The authentication agent secures sensitive processes
It performs identification using customer or meter numbers or verification data. This ensures that sensitive actions, such as changes to advance payments or contract adjustments, are always secure and GDPR-compliant.
The process agent operates within your systems
The process agent performs the actual action: it reads the meter, adjusts the estimated bill, retrieves contract data, and writes the results back. End-to-end, within the same session, without any disruption.
Expert knowledge to support the process, available at any time
From fees to power injection: The system seamlessly integrates your energy industry expertise into customer management. If there are any uncertainties regarding grid fees, meter replacements, or dynamic rates, the AI immediately provides the right answer from the verified data pool. This takes the pressure off your team and ensures high-quality information. For maximum security, operational write processes in the billing and CRM systems are executed in isolation in the background.
That's why BOTfriends is the right partner for energy providers
Automatically Resolve Recurring Issues
Up to 80% of frequently asked questions can be answered automatically with a well-designed BOTfriends setup. Your service staff can then focus on the more complex cases.
Noticeable relief starting in the first month
Energy providers report savings of about 10,000 service minutes per month right from the start. More than 80 companies now rely on solutions from BOTfriends.
Integration with Energy Industry Systems
The AI agent integrates with industry-specific systems such as Schleupen and Wilken, as well as with your CRM and collaboration tools. Record meter readings, adjust advance payments, and retrieve contract data—all directly within the dialog.
GDPR-compliant and Made in Germany
Usage and contract data are encrypted and processed exclusively on European servers. The BOTfriends X platform is GDPR-compliant and meets the requirements of the EU AI Act.
Features that make the difference
Other providers
No templates
No industry experience
Often hidden costs
No integration templates
No individual onboarding
No Voicebot / Phonebot
Not GDPR-compliant depending on GenAI
What the BOTfriends AI Agent Can Do for Energy Providers
Report your meter reading, including via photo
Customers can report their meter readings themselves at any time—via chat (with the option to upload a photo if desired) or by phone. The AI agent records the reading, checks it for plausibility, and enters it directly into your billing system.
Adjust your down payment and answer questions about your plan
Changes to installment payments, rate overview, contract term, pricing components: The AI Agent responds to these inquiries immediately and, if necessary, handles the change end-to-end—from identification and data retrieval to confirmation.
Classifying and Responding to Emails
Incoming service emails are automatically classified, forwarded, or answered directly via the BOTfriends X platform. You define the level of automation yourself.
Service in Every Language
The AI agent communicates in over 100 languages without requiring you to maintain a separate configuration for each language. This is an advantage for utilities with a diverse customer base.
Seamless Transition to the Service Team
For complex issues, the platform seamlessly transfers the conversation to a staff member (human handover), including the full context, without the need for repetition.
Data-Driven Process Optimization Through Analytics
Thanks to the platform's precise analytics tools, you can generate reports on primary customer inquiries, service quality, and potential obstacles in your workflows.
A Success Story from the Energy Industry
Why service teams trust our AI Agent platform: Experience maximum process acceleration on a platform that redefines security and performance for complex enterprise structures.
“Working with Botfriends is truly impressive, as they consistently impress with their quick response times. It’s a real pleasure to work with a team that is so dedicated and efficient. Particularly noteworthy is how attentively Botfriends responds to customers’ wishes and needs, which shows that they truly put the customer first. Not to mention the user-friendly platform, which even those with little IT experience enjoy working with.”
Integration with Your Energy Provider's System Infrastructure
- No dedicated IT team required
- GDPR-compliant & hosted in the EU
- Made in Germany
BOTfriends AI agents connect via open interfaces to your telephony systems (SIP, PSTN), your chat channels, industry-specific systems such as Schleupen and Wilken, and CRM and collaboration tools such as Salesforce, HubSpot, Microsoft Teams, and Google Workspace. The AI agent retrieves data in real time, performs actions, and returns results.
The first productive AI agents are typically up and running in a matter of weeks, not quarters. You don't need your own development team, yet you still get the full technical depth if you want to take a closer look.
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Frequently asked questions
All recurring and rule-based tasks: meter reading submissions (including via image), advance payment adjustments, rate and contract inquiries, and billing information—via phone, chat, and email. Through integration with your billing system, the AI Agent also handles these processes end-to-end and returns the results.
Over 72.5% of frequently asked questions can be answered automatically. Energy providers report saving about 10,000 service minutes per month, starting as early as the first month.
Yes. Integration with industry-specific systems such as Schleupen and Wilken, as well as with CRM systems, is a core component of the BOTfriends solution. The AI agent retrieves data in real time and returns the results.
Yes. Usage and contract data are encrypted and processed exclusively on German or European servers. The BOTfriends X platform is GDPR-compliant and meets the requirements of the EU AI Act.
Depending on the complexity and system architecture, the first production AI agents can go live within a few weeks. BOTfriends supports the entire process, from conception to go-live and beyond.