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Preparing rate case testimony and filings

Enhances◐ 1–3 years

What You Do Today

Write testimony supporting proposed rates, prepare exhibits, compile supporting workpapers, and present analysis that can withstand scrutiny from intervenors and regulators.

AI That Applies

AI generates first-draft testimony from analysis outputs, creates consistent exhibits, and checks for internal consistency across filing documents.

Technologies

How It Works

The system ingests analysis outputs as its primary data source. The processing layer applies the appropriate analytical models to the structured data, generating scored outputs that surface the most actionable insights. The output — first-draft testimony from analysis outputs — surfaces in the existing workflow where the practitioner can review and act on it.

What Changes

Filing preparation is faster. AI ensures internal consistency across documents and generates standard exhibits from analysis data.

What Stays

Defending your analysis under cross-examination and in settlement negotiations. That requires deep knowledge and poise.

What To Do Next

This section won't tell you what your numbers should be. It will show you how to find them yourself. Every instruction below produces a real, verifiable result in your organization. No benchmarks, no projections — just the steps to build your own evidence.

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Establish Your Baseline

Know where you are before you move

Before adopting AI tools for preparing rate case testimony and filings, understand your current state.

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Map your current process: Document how preparing rate case testimony and filings works today — who does what, how long it takes, where the bottlenecks are. You need this baseline to measure improvement.
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Identify the judgment points: Defending your analysis under cross-examination and in settlement negotiations. These are the boundaries AI won't cross.
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Assess your data readiness: AI tools for this area need data to work. Check whether your organization has the historical data, integrations, and data quality to support testimony drafting tools tools.

Without a baseline, you can't measure whether AI actually improved anything. You'll adopt tools without knowing if they're working.

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Define Your Measures

What to track and how to calculate it

Time per cycle

How to calculate

Measure how long preparing rate case testimony and filings takes end-to-end today, then after AI adoption.

Why it matters

The most visible improvement is speed. If AI doesn't save time, question whether it's adding value.

Quality of output

How to calculate

Track error rates, rework frequency, or stakeholder satisfaction scores before and after.

Why it matters

Speed without quality is just faster mistakes. Measure both.

When to check: Check after 30 days of consistent use, then quarterly.
The commitment: Give new tools at least 30 days before judging. The first week is always awkward.
What NOT to measure: Don't measure AI adoption rate as a KPI. Adoption follows value — if the tool helps, people use it.
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Start These Conversations

Who to talk to and what to ask

your VP Operations or COO

“What data do we already have that could improve how we handle preparing rate case testimony and filings?”

They're prioritizing which operational processes to automate

your process improvement or lean lead

“Who on our team has the deepest experience with preparing rate case testimony and filings, and what tools are they already using?”

They understand the workflow dependencies that AI tools need to respect

a frontline supervisor

“If we brought in AI tools for preparing rate case testimony and filings, what would we measure before and after to know it actually helped?”

They see the daily reality that AI tools need to fit into

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Check Your Prerequisites

Confirm readiness before you invest

Check items as you confirm them.

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