Governance · for the C-suite
A utility answers for two things: what the regulator requires and what shareholders expect.
Balance connects every operational decision to those two axes. Before the cycle closes, you know whether you will meet the contractual target and what each choice does to the return on the regulatory asset base. Structured, traceable decisions, with industry context behind every number.
- Regulatory risk under control before it becomes a penalty or a loss in the rate review
- Every decision measured by its impact on shareholder return
- From the operational event to the contractual target and the financial result, in one auditable chain
What is at stake
Every operational event becomes a regulatory position and a result for shareholders.
An unmetered loss, an unstable feeder, a sewer collection rate below what the contract requires: in operations they look routine, yet each one moves the target the regulator enforces and the return shareholders expect. Today those effects only surface at cycle close, too late to change course.
Balance's governance view links all three levels in a single auditable chain: the event in the field, the contractual target at risk and the economic impact. The C-suite decides on what can still be changed, with organized data and industry context applied to every number.
Utility health
Every contractual target with its position, its trend and the decision that protects the result.
Strategic indicators stop being figures seen only at cycle close and arrive with the decision already made: organized data, industry context applied and action prioritized by its impact on the regulator and on shareholders. Water, wastewater and energy in the same view, with a depth of decision that a BI dashboard cannot reach.
| Indicator | Target | Actual | Trend | Exposure | Decision |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water & Wastewater | |||||
| Losses · IPD | ≤ 25% | 31.4% | off pace | R$ 18M/year | Prioritized loss reduction portfolio |
| Sewer collection | 90% · 2029 | 82.0% | stable | R$ 9M in fines | Bring network expansion forward |
| Universal water coverage | 99% · 2027 | 94.2% | on pace | on schedule | Hold the pace in the North district |
| Energy | |||||
| Continuity · DEC | ≤ 8.0 h | 10.4 h | off pace | R$ 22M in customer compensation | Rebuild the network on feeder AL-114 |
| Technical and commercial losses | ≤ 7.5% | 9.2% | recovering | R$ 14M/year | Energy recovery and theft enforcement |
| Continuity · FEC | ≤ 6.0 | 6.8 | stable | R$ 5M in customer compensation | Bring preventive maintenance forward |
Illustrative figures, shown to demonstrate the reading. Each indicator carries the organized data and the industry context behind it.
Delivered by AI rather than consultants
The intelligence of an elite consultancy, continuous and at scale.
Keeping this view up to date today takes a consulting engagement lasting months or a dedicated internal team, and even then the assessment arrives after the decision. Balance delivers this layer as a continuous capability powered by specialist AI: organized data, industry context and prioritized decisions, at the pace of operations and at a fraction of the cost. You contract the outcome instead of a project that ends in a report.
Scalable
The same intelligence covers a single concession or an entire portfolio without adding headcount.
Responsive
Decisions keep pace with operations in near real time instead of waiting for cycle close.
Economical
A fraction of the cost of a recurring consulting engagement or a dedicated data team.
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