Reliable SMS for Utilities

Keep your customers informed and operations running smoothly with Textedly’s business texting solution for utility companies. Send urgent outage alerts, automate billing collection, and coordinate field technicians at scale.
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Streamlined Text Messaging for Utility Companies

Utility providers manage a constant flow of communication to balance customer and internal coordination. Juggling high volumes of service alerts, billing reminders, and support inquiries can easily overwhelm even the most efficient teams.  Textedly’s modern SMS solution simplifies this complexity. Our SMS platform gives utility teams a direct and reliable communication channel. With tools like mass messaging, two-way texting, and workflow automations, SMS offers a way to connect in seconds and ease the burden on support staff.

How Texting Benefits Utility Service Providers

With the right SMS tools, utility providers can do more than just send alerts. Transform how you operate and engage with customers with Textedly’s user-friendly SMS solution. Here’s how texting delivers real value to utility teams.

Automated Payment Reminder Texts
Stay on top of customer payments with timely, automated payment reminders via SMS. Sending payment reminders directly to customers’ mobile phones can reduce late payments, protect cash flow, help customers stay on top of bills, and keep accounts up-to-date. Plus, automate payment workflows to schedule recurring payment messages, saving staff time and minimizing delinquencies. 
Faster Communication
When your customers’ power is out or water service is disrupted, speed matters. SMS delivers messages instantly, unlike emails that can sit unread for hours. Plus, the average text message is read within 3 minutes, making SMS the ideal channel for rapid communication. Whether you’re notifying one customer or an entire zip code, Textedly ensures your updates are delivered and seen in real time.
Better Customer Service
Texting enhances the customer experience by making support faster, easier, and more accessible. Instead of waiting on hold or navigating complex phone menus, customers can simply text their questions, service issues, or photos directly to your team. With Textedly’s direct two-way SMS, support staff can respond in real time and resolve issues more efficiently, which builds customer trust and satisfaction.
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How Our Pay-by-Text Process Works

Textedly makes it easy for utility companies to manage billing at scale. Leverage the Text-to-Pay feature to automate bill reminders, send secure invoice links, and collect payments, all in just a few clicks. Offer customers a simple, mobile-friendly payment option that reduces late payments and streamlines the customer experience. Start collecting payments fast in these simple steps: 

  • Customers Opt-In

    Clients agree to receive billing updates via text by opting in through your website, signup form, or service portal. Textedly makes managing opt-ins easy and compliant.
  • Send Payment Texts

    Send personalized text messages with billing updates, upcoming due dates, or past-due reminders. Messages can include secure payment links and invoice details.
  • Customers Pay in a Few Taps 

    Customers can tap the secure payment link in the message, enter payment info, and submit payments instantly.
  • Payments Sync With Your System 

    Once submitted, payments are processed within seconds and integrated into your system. Funds are deposited directly into your account, and all data is securely tracked.

Other Useful Features for Utility Companies

In addition to payment reminders and customer support tools, Textedly offers a suite of advanced features that help utility providers communicate more efficiently, stay organized, and coordinate. These tools make it easy to manage high-volume messaging without sacrificing personalization or scale. 

AI Text Messaging Service

Leverage Textedly’s AI features to streamline your team’s workflow. Get assistance with drafting and rephrasing responses. With integrated ChatGPT features, support staff can handle more conversations, solve customer issues quicker, and answer questions with less effort.

Automated Texting

Automated texting is ideal for sending recurring or trigger-based messages without manual intervention. Automatically text customers when a bill is generated, a payment is overdue, or a service alert is triggered. Set automatic replies for frequently asked questions to assist customers instantly. 

Two-Way SMS

Give customers a direct line to reach you. With Two-Way SMS, residents can ask billing questions, report service issues, or request updates without needing to call in. Your team can respond instantly, ask for photos, track conversations, and resolve issues faster. 

Scheduled Messages

Scheduled messages enable you to choose exactly when a one-time message should be delivered. Need to send a planned outage alert or remind customers about water restrictions next week? With scheduled messages, you write it now and set it to send later, perfect for timed announcements and ensuring important messages get sent.

Mass Texting

Need to alert an entire neighborhood or service region about an outage or emergency repair? Mass texting gives you the power to broadcast thousands of messages at once, ensuring vital updates reach everyone who needs them in real time. 

Personalization

Generic messages often get ignored. Add a personal touch to your messages with personalization at scale. Include customer names, service addresses, or specific account details to make each message feel tailored, relevant, and actionable. 

Textedly is Fully SMS Compliant

Compliance is essential in regulated industries like utilities. Alongside being TCPA and CCPA compliant, Textedly supports key SMS requirements, including proper opt-in and opt-out management, admin controls, and secure data handling. 

With Textedly, every message you send meets carrier and legal standards so you can focus on service, not risk.

Modernize Utilities Texting With Textedly

When it comes to providing utility services, every customer interaction matters. With Textedly, your business can build trust through timely, personalized messaging that meets modern-day expectations. From outage alerts to billing reminders, our platform helps teams deliver crucial information at scale.

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