Residents
Lower electricity costs and more control over one of their largest monthly household expenses.
Municipal Energy Intelligence & Resident Savings
A proposed partnership between Eekko and the City of Alexander City
Eekko City: Founding Deployment
eekko.io · Alexander City, Alabama · 2026
01Eekko| Alexander City
The opportunity
Help residents lower their electricity costs while building a smarter community energy system.
City
A new resident benefit delivered through existing municipal and utility channels. No new infrastructure required.
Utility
A potential residential demand-management resource as the program grows. Measurable, not theoretical.
“Eekko adds an intelligent residential layer to the physical energy infrastructure Alexander City is already investing in.”02
Eekko| Alexander City
The problem
Electricity is a household expense residents have little control over.
What residents have today
A monthly bill. A total dollar amount. Limited visibility into what drove the cost. No intelligent system helping them manage it.
What's missing
Homeowners know they use energy. They don’t know what’s driving costs, or what actions will actually make a difference before the bill arrives.
What changes with Eekko
The relationship with electricity shifts from simply paying a bill to actively managing the energy behind it, with an intelligent system doing the work.
“Information doesn’t lower a bill. Action does. Eekko is built to take that action automatically.”03
Eekko| Alexander City
The product
Eekko automatically manages a home’s energy.
With the resident’s permission, Eekko connects to their utility account and smart-meter data, finds where the home is wasting energy, and takes action on their behalf automatically.
STEP 01
Connect
Alexander City Light & Power account ending 4821
STEP 02
Understand
HVAC 42% · Water Heater 28% · Other 30%
STEP 03
Identify
water heater schedule est $4–6/mo · HVAC away setback est $8/mo · always-on devices est $3/mo
STEP 04
Act
Water Heater Schedule ON · HVAC Away Setback ON · Standby Power Alert SET
STEP 05
Measure
$18.40 saved this month · Last month $142 · This month $123.60 · down 13%
Illustrative screens. Figures are examples, not measured results. The founding deployment is how we’ll measure real ones.
Example message: “We automatically lowered your water heater while everyone was out and restored normal settings before 5:00 PM. Estimated savings: $0.42.”
“Eekko doesn’t just tell homeowners how to save. It takes action for them.”04
Eekko| Alexander City
For Alexander City residents
What the resident actually gets.
The resident doesn’t need to understand the grid, demand response, or energy markets. They simply need a reason to use Eekko: better control of their electricity costs.
Lower bills
Automated actions target avoidable usage and reduce monthly electricity spend.
More control
Residents can view and manage how automation behaves in their home.
Less guesswork
Clear guidance and measured impact replace trial-and-error behavior changes.
Automation
Savings actions happen in the background without requiring daily attention.
“No smart home required. Eekko makes the home smarter.”05
Eekko| Alexander City
Why Alexander City
Alexander City is the right place to build the first Eekko City.
Resident affordability
Electricity is an unavoidable household expense. Eekko focuses on a direct measurable resident benefit.
Infrastructure investment
The citywide rollout of advanced AMI smart meters began in 2025, creating a pathway from data to resident savings.
Community growth
Supports economic and community development goals through more efficient residential energy infrastructure use.
“Alexander City is already investing in its energy infrastructure. Eekko is the intelligent residential layer that complements that investment.”06
Eekko| Alexander City
The bigger opportunity
From individual homes to a community energy resource.
Today: individual residents manage electricity costs. As adoption grows: aggregate homes and measure collective behavior. Eventually: flexible demand may become useful for Alexander City Light & Power, while resident savings from using less remain distinct from peak-easing utility value.
This is an opportunity to prove through deployment, not a claim of demonstrated utility-scale outcomes today.
Multiple Homes
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Eekko Coordination Layer
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Aggregated Residential Resource
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Alexander City Light & Power
Eekko| Alexander City
Municipal value proposition
What Alexander City could gain.
Resident economic benefit
Direct household savings outcomes measured in real usage and dollars.
A new resident service
A practical benefit residents can access through trusted local channels.
Customer engagement
Higher-value communication tied to outcomes rather than generic messaging.
Demand management potential
A growing portfolio that may support future flexible demand initiatives.
Infrastructure intelligence
Operational insight linking AMI data and resident energy outcomes.
Future economic value
An evidence base that supports future funding, planning, and program expansion.
“Eekko would measure the results rather than asking the city to accept theoretical benefits.”08
Eekko| Alexander City
The Eekko City playbook
A repeatable municipal deployment model. Starting here.
The founding deployment is a proof of concept for future municipal partnerships.
- 01 PartnerFormalize partnership scope, objectives, and responsibilities.
- 02 DistributeLaunch through city and utility resident channels.
- 03 ActivateOnboard households and enable account-connected automation.
- 04 MeasureTrack enrollment, retention, savings, and behavior outcomes.
- 05 AggregateEvaluate collective patterns and demand flexibility potential.
- 06 OptimizeImprove actions and targeting using measured data.
- 07 ScaleExpand based on evidence and documented implementation learnings.
“The objective isn’t simply to launch Eekko in Alexander City. It is to establish the first evidence-based Eekko City deployment.”09
Eekko| Alexander City
What the partnership requires
Simple inputs. Measurable outputs.
The initial deployment requires no new city technology and no city-operated Eekko platform.
“Eekko builds and operates the technology. The city provides the trust and the channel.”10
Eekko| Alexander City
First deployment
Alexander City Founding Deployment.
Start locally. Measure everything. Scale what works. The objective isn’t simply to launch Eekko in Alexander City. It is to establish the first evidence-based Eekko City deployment model.
Initial objectives
Availability, enrollment funnel, engagement and retention, savings and outcomes measurement, and aggregate demand value assessment.
What this creates
First proof of concept, replicable framework, evidence-based outcomes, Alabama foundation, and a future municipal playbook.
“Alexander City doesn’t just benefit from the program. It defines how the program works.”11
Eekko| Alexander City
The ask
One clear next step.
We would like to explore a formal partnership with the City of Alexander City to make Eekko available to residents and establish Alexander City as the founding deployment of the Eekko City model.
Next step: work with city leadership and Alexander City Light & Power to define distribution channel, resident data-sharing, deployment structure, measurement, and stakeholders within 30 days.
Home energy, handled.
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