Hi:
I have been writing software for 30 years, now semi-retired. I have a lot of experience with utility companies. I started working for a Certified Public Accounting firm when I graduated from university in 1977. A year later I went to work for Southern Indiana Gas and Electric company as assistant to the Controller. Before I left there, I was able to design a program on their mainframe to save me almost 4 hours each month in closing activities and guarantee accuracy.
Through the years, I became a full time, self employed computer solution provider, assessing, designing, coding, installing, and training clients on my custom software solutions. In about 2000, I was asked to write a billing and financial program for our town utility, which provided water, waste water, and natural gas delivery to a community of about a thousand customers. I was able to reuse the same program to a neighboring town a year later with three times the customer base. That software is still working today and contains all 16 years of historical data from its inception.
I would use this and my experience and knowledge of the industry to speed delivery, adapt it to your needs, and save on costs. I can also demonstrate the product immediately. Bid includes the software, necessary modifications (form modifications, rate calculations, etc.), installation and remote training and assistance for 1 year. IT ALSO INCLUDES IMPORTING YOU STARTING DATA - CUSTOMERS, ACCOUNTS, RATES, ADDRESSES, BALANCES.