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AI offers utilities a new path for modernizing customer systems

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Artificial intelligence presents a new approach to modernizing utility customer information systems (CIS), moving beyond traditional platform replacement. Instead of costly overhauls, AI can enhance how employees and customers interact with existing CIS platforms. Technologies like Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) can create a connection layer, allowing AI assistants and copilot tools to access and process data from these legacy systems without direct replacement. AI

IMPACT AI can streamline customer interactions and data access for utilities, reducing the need for costly system replacements.

RANK_REASON Article discusses the application of AI to existing enterprise software, not a new AI model release or core AI research.

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AI offers utilities a new path for modernizing customer systems

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  1. Forbes — Innovation TIER_1 English(EN) · Steve Dawson, Forbes Councils Member ·

    Why AI Could Change The Way Utilities Modernize Their Customer Information Systems

    Does a utility need an entirely new CIS or a better way to interact with the one it already has?

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