Energy and utilities
Electric and gas utilities
Billing and metering systems (out of scope); payment points fit. The core operation lies outside a point-of-sale catalog; only ancillary counters, cash desks or stores could use it.
Peripheral Planned NAICS 221
Status
Planned The coverage below describes the planned catalog as of repository commit 455b2c8. No app is released. Everything on this page is a plan. The repository contains a catalog and design documents, not a released app.
How the industry works
Operating characteristics
- generation, transmission and distribution
- metering and billing at scale
- customer payment points
- field crews
- regulated tariffs
Typical roles
- meter reader
- billing analyst
- payment-point cashier
- field technician
- customer-service agent
Day-to-day flows
- read meters
- bill customers
- collect payments at agents and counters
- dispatch field crews
Tenders and payments seen
- cash at agent counters
- cards
- bank transfer
- mobile wallets
Inventory and assets
- field materials and meters
- stores
Reports they ask for
- collections by agent
- arrears
- materials issued
Integrations they need
- billing system (out of scope)
- payment aggregators
A day in the life (illustrative scenario)
What the catalog covers
Statuses: C catalogued, P partial, G gap, N no claim. Modules involved: SALE, TKT, INV, PRC, DISC, RET, CRM, LOYL, GIFT, EMP, CASH, PAY, BK, LITE, RPT, ANL, MULTI, SEC, DATA, FAIL, HW, ECOM, PLAT, SET, LNCH, PKGR, LOGI.
| Capability | Status | Catalog modules |
|---|---|---|
| Selling and checkout | P Partial | SALE, TKT |
| Inventory, lots, purchasing | C Catalogued | INV |
| Pricing, discounts, tax rules | P Partial | PRC, DISC |
| Returns, credit, special sales | P Partial | RET |
| Cash drawer, shifts, safe | C Catalogued | CASH |
| Tender types and payments | C Catalogued | PAY |
| Customers, loyalty, gift cards | P Partial | CRM, LOYL, GIFT |
| Staff, time clock, payroll basics | C Catalogued | EMP |
| Bookkeeping and ledger | C Catalogued | BK, LITE |
| Reports and analytics | C Catalogued | RPT, ANL |
| Multi-store, multi-register, sync | C Catalogued | MULTI |
| Security, audit, backup, failsafes | C Catalogued | SEC, DATA, FAIL |
| Hardware and peripherals | C Catalogued | HW |
| Integrations, API, settings | P Partial | ECOM, PLAT, SET, LNCH, PKGR |
| Fleet, assets and maintenance | P Partial | LOGI |
| Core banking, lending, insurance policy admin | G Gap | no dedicated module |
| Enterprise accounting (consolidation, intercompany) | G Gap | no dedicated module |
Gaps
- billing, metering, tariffs and outage management are out of scope
- payment-point cashiers and utility stores could use cash and inventory modules
Closest catalog items
Items whose names or descriptions match this industry. Matching is by keyword, so read each as a pointer, not a promise.
- Double-entry journal BK-0008
- Multi-currency ledger BK-0027
- Cost centers / classes / locations BK-0030
- Cross-outlet reports MULTI-0012
- Fixed assets register BK-0083
- Vehicle documents tracker (SOAT, revisión técnica, licencia) LITE-0006
- Vehicle log (per vehicle) BK-0045
- Asset maintenance log BK-0087
- Order-level note SALE-0015
- Bank transfer / CCI / interbank record tender SALE-0065
- Print receipt on completion SALE-0072
- Send receipt by WhatsApp/email/SMS share SALE-0073
- Receipt reprint SALE-0074
- Gift receipt SALE-0075
- Quick repeat last sale SALE-0083
- Sale lock to cashier SALE-0084
Sub-verticals
Utility payment agent
bill collection for a fee
Open →Sub-verticalUtility field stores
materials to crews
Open →Regulation themes to verify
These are themes, not advice and not compliance claims.
- tariff and consumer-protection regulation
- reliability and safety rules
- data-privacy rules (themes only; Simca makes no claim)
Edge cases that break naive systems
- duplicate payment
- disconnection notice
- agent short on cash
Classification
- NAICS
- NAICS 221 (indicative; verify codes) · sectors 22
- Fortune 500 industry labels
- Utilities: Gas and Electric
- Fit
- Peripheral
Public references consulted
- Municipal cashiering (SalePoint, CentralSquare, CityView) (excerpt)
Questions
Is Simca ready for electric and gas utilities today?
What is missing for electric and gas utilities?
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