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Case Study 01 · WattWise

The unreadable answer.

Households overpay because the evidence is inside a document they cannot read. The explanation for a charge is present in the bill and functionally inaccessible.

WattWise turns difficult billing evidence into an inspectable decision — every number stays attached to the line it came from.

Independently built product AI product · billing evidence
Scroll to read the statement
MAR 2026
  1. 01Complete bill
  2. 02Sections separated
  3. 03Charge isolated
  4. 04Evidence attached
  5. 05Decision issued

From statement to evidence.

01 Complete bill 02 Sections separated 03 Charge isolated 04 Evidence attached 05 Decision issued

Dense, correct, and unreadable. Nothing here is hidden — it is simply unusable at this density.

Step 1 of 5 · Complete bill
ACCOUNT 4820-114-7 MAR 2026
Service
Internet 500 Mbps $89.99
Finding 01 · Evidence Existing-customer 12-month renewal available · 500 Mbps · $67.99/mo Eligible renewal rate not reflected on current statement $22.00/mo · $264.00/yr
Voice line $14.99
Equipment
Gateway rental $12.00
Gateway rental $12.00
Finding 02 · Evidence Account record · one gateway registered Duplicate gateway rental charge $12.00/mo · $144.00/yr
Taxes & fees
Regulatory recovery $3.41
State telecom tax $6.18
Federal universal service $2.74
Total due $141.31

Fictional statement, account terms, and household profile · March 2026

Decision plane
Finding 01 · Identified Eligible renewal rate not reflected $264.00/yr
Finding 02 · Identified Duplicate gateway rental charge $144.00/yr
Annual opportunity identified $408.00
Outside the identified total May qualify for the provider’s connectivity assistance plan Eligible · benefit pending provider confirmation · not counted
Product reality

The reconstruction has a real counterpart.

The same three rules — source, interpretation, evidence state — carry into a shipped surface. The reconstruction above is demonstration data. This is the product as it currently stands.

The current public WattWise experience: a headline about utility bills beside a live analysis panel listing three findings and an annual savings figure.
Current public WattWise experience · captured August 1, 2026 Supporting product evidence · not an authenticated household result
Chapter 03

The decision made six days in.

A three-tier evidence framework, built six days into the project, separating what was verified against a tariff schedule from what a household qualifies for from what a household actually recovered.

Weight, not colour. The tiers are not interchangeable badges — each carries a different burden of proof and sits at a different distance from the household.

Tier 01
Confirmed Outcome reported by the household

The user told us they called or acted, and the charge was cancelled or a refund received.

Tier 02
Identified Verified in the bill data

We found it in the bill data, verified against the tariff schedule, actionable.

Tier 03
Eligible Depends on a third party

Program eligibility confirmed, but depends on approval or action.

Only Tier 02 contributes to an identified total. Only Tier 01 describes money that moved. Tier 03 never enters a total at all.

Chapter 04

One bill, resolved carefully.

Open a row to inspect the source, what it was compared against, and the state the finding is allowed to claim.

Real product walkthrough

Before any finding exists, the product asks three questions. These are the current onboarding screens, in order.

  1. 01 Home type
  2. 02 Location & providers
  3. 03 Eligibility information
  4. 04 Findings — reconstruction below
WattWise onboarding, step one: What kind of home do you have, with six options from renter apartment to homeowner multi-family. WattWise onboarding, step two: Where are you located, with a state selection and electricity and internet provider fields filled with sample entries. WattWise onboarding, step three: Tell us about your household, with empty name, email, household size and income fields for program eligibility.
Current WattWise onboarding · household context Illustrative walkthrough · sample location and providers Current WattWise onboarding · eligibility step shown with no personal information entered Current product UI · no specific household
Step 1 of 3 · Home type
Household context → evidence analysis → inspectable finding
Source Internet 500 Mbps · $89.99/mo
Compared against Existing-customer 12-month renewal available · 500 Mbps · $67.99/mo
Interpretation Eligible renewal rate not reflected on current statement
Opportunity $22.00/mo · $264.00/yr Counted in the identified total
Source Two gateway-rental lines at $12.00
Account evidence One gateway registered
Interpretation Duplicate gateway rental charge
Opportunity $12.00/mo · $144.00/yr Later row state: household marked this finding as fixed · Demonstration scenario. Self-reported; no refund or verification implied.
Source Fictional household profile · income and household size verified
Compared against Fictional provider-assistance criteria
Interpretation May qualify for the provider’s connectivity assistance plan
State Eligible · benefit pending provider confirmation · not counted Excluded from the $408.00 identified total.

An explanatory reconstruction combining WattWise’s shipped analysis outputs with the evidence framework used to evaluate pilot results. Demonstration data.

Pilot status (as of June 8, 2026).

21 households analyzed Count
14 states covered Count
29 households in the pipeline Count
7 households that acted Count
$375 refunds recovered Confirmed
$1,443–$1,657/yr ongoing annual savings Confirmed
$4,400–$8,500/yr annual savings opportunity identified Identified
$253–$331/yr average per household Identified
49 days to working product Verified

Identified value is not recovered value. Counts, confirmed outcomes and identified opportunity are reported separately and never summed together.

Chapter 06

What the product does not yet prove.

  • Confidence routing operates at the overall-analysis level, not per finding.
  • Preliminary findings may still render.
  • No individual finding is shown entering a review queue.
  • Nothing implies human or computer-operator verification.
Product decision · proposed next iteration

The current implementation routes the overall analysis below a 70-confidence threshold but may still surface preliminary findings. A stronger next version would apply the confidence and evidence rules at the level of each individual finding.

Not shipped · proposal

Chapter 07

Where the evidence points next.

WattWise is now being adapted to evaluate a commercial building portfolio. Data has been received, and analysis is pending.

The source stays on the table, and the number never gets ahead of it.

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