AI Shortlist Index · September 2026 snapshot · Prompt Set v1.0
Utility Management: AI Shortlist Index, September 2026
The utility management ranking as the September 2026 edition measured it: 25 runs across 25 prompts. The live category page carries the current edition; this one does not change.
Editorial read
Twenty-five prompts, one run each, captured from the ChatGPT app in early October 2026. Conservice was named in 83% of runs, Zego in 52% and Guardian Water & Power in 39%; 11 of the 20 vendors named appeared in 12% of runs or fewer. conservice.com was the most-cited domain, with 27 citations. One billing company sets the default answer here, and everyone else competes for the second slot. One run per prompt; read it as a first reading.
Ranking
| # | Vendor | Mention rate | Engines | Consistency | Move | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservice | 83% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 2 | Zego | 52% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 3 | Guardian Water & Power | 39% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 4 | Anchor Utility | 28% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 5 | Minol USA | 27% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 6 | Livable | 25% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 7 | National Exemption Service | 20% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 8 | Utility Management Solutions | 16% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 9 | Vitality | 16% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 10 | Citizen Home Solutions | 12% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 11 | Synergy Utility Billing | 12% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 12 | Utility Profit | 8% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 13 | American Utility Management | 8% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 14 | Utility Connect | 8% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 15 | YES Energy Management | 8% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 16 | UtilityPro | 8% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 17 | SimpleBills | 8% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 18 | Think Utility Services | 8% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 19 | Second Nature | 4% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 20 | Updater | 4% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| – | American Submetering | 0% | 0/1 | – | – | – |
| – | Billee | 0% | 0/1 | – | – | – |
| – | Hocutt | 0% | 0/1 | – | – | – |
| – | MeterNet | 0% | 0/1 | – | – | – |
| – | Move Concierge | 0% | 0/1 | – | – | – |
| – | Reliance Utility Services | 0% | 0/1 | – | – | – |
| – | Studebaker Submetering | 0% | 0/1 | – | – | – |
| – | Submeter Solutions | 0% | 0/1 | – | – | – |
| – | UB West | 0% | 0/1 | – | – | – |
| – | Utility Ranger | 0% | 0/1 | – | – | – |
Engines
| Engine | Status | Model | Runs | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | ran | gpt-5-6-thinking | 25 |
Part of the September 2026 edition of the AI Shortlist Index. All editions: archive.