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Energy Software Development Services

Smarter Software for a Changing Energy System.

We build asset monitoring, smart metering, customer platforms, and renewable energy management software for utilities, energy retailers, and renewable operators, turning operational data into reliable, efficient decisions.

  • IEC 62443 and NERC CIP-aware architecture
  • AVEVA PI, SCADA and DLMS/COSEM integration
  • Senior-only engineering team

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OVERVIEW

Software shaped around how energy & utilities really works.

Energy companies are running grids and generation portfolios that look very different from the ones their systems were built for. Rooftop solar, wind, battery storage and electric vehicles add two-way flows and volatility, while customers expect real-time usage data, clear bills and fast outage updates. Regulators, meanwhile, want proof of decarbonisation progress and resilient operations.

As an energy software development company, we start from operations rather than screens: how data moves from meters, substations and plants to control rooms, field crews, billing and customers. We build asset monitoring, meter data management, customer self-service and renewable performance platforms that fit around the SCADA, historian and ERP investments you already have, instead of replacing them for the sake of it.

Integration is the core of the work. Our platforms read from AVEVA PI System, Ignition and vendor SCADA, speak IEC 61850, Modbus, DNP3, OPC UA and MQTT at the edge, collect smart meter data over DLMS/COSEM and LoRaWAN, and exchange work orders and financials with SAP, Oracle and Microsoft Dynamics, so operators stop reconciling spreadsheets between systems.

Security is designed for critical infrastructure from the first sprint. We follow IEC 62443 zone and conduit principles, support NERC CIP and ISO 27001 control evidence, and keep operational technology networks segregated from cloud analytics. The result is custom energy software that control rooms trust, field teams adopt, and auditors can inspect, with emissions and energy data that stand up to GHG Protocol and ISO 50001 reporting.

Why energy & utilities teams build with Creuto

OT and IT data integration

We connect SCADA, historians, IEDs and field sensors to analytics and business systems, normalising tags and time series so every team reads the same version of operational truth.

Critical infrastructure security

IEC 62443 zones and conduits, one-way data flows where needed, strong identity and audit trails, with evidence that supports NERC CIP and ISO 27001 assessments.

Smart metering and MDM

Meter data ingestion over DLMS/COSEM, validation, estimation and editing, interval storage at scale and clean billing determinants for downstream billing systems.

Renewables and DER platforms

Performance monitoring, availability tracking and forecasting for solar, wind and battery assets, plus aggregation tools for demand response and virtual power plants.

Predictive asset analytics

Condition and failure models for transformers, turbines, inverters and pumps, trained on your historian data and explained in terms maintenance planners can act on.

Customer and field apps

Usage insight, billing and outage reporting for customers, and offline-capable inspection and work order apps for field crews working far from coverage.

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WHAT WE BUILD

Energy & Utilities software solutions we build.

Each one designed with your teams, integrated with the systems you already run, and engineered to scale.

SECTORS

Energy & Utilities sectors we build software for

Each specialist area has its own page with solutions, features, compliance and FAQs.

We also work with

  • Electric Utilities
  • Energy Retailers
  • Solar & Wind Operators
  • Battery Storage
  • Water Utilities
  • Smart Grid & Demand Response
  • Waste Management
TYPES OF SOLUTIONS

Types of energy & utilities apps and software we develop.

The product categories energy & utilities organisations most often ask us to build, from focused mobile apps to multi-tenant platforms.

  1. 01

    Asset performance management (APM) platforms

    Condition monitoring, health indices and maintenance prioritisation for transformers, turbines, substations and generation plant.

  2. 02

    Meter data management systems (MDMS)

    Interval data ingestion, validation, estimation and editing, and billing determinants for smart meter rollouts.

  3. 03

    Utility customer portals and apps

    Usage insight, bills, payments, moves and outage reporting in one self-service experience for residential and business customers.

  4. 04

    Renewable energy monitoring software

    Solar, wind and battery performance dashboards, availability tracking and loss analysis across a portfolio of sites.

  5. 05

    DER management and virtual power plants

    Aggregation, dispatch and settlement tools for rooftop solar, batteries, EV chargers and flexible loads.

  6. 06

    Outage management and field service apps

    Fault reporting, crew dispatch, offline inspections and restoration tracking that keep control rooms and crews aligned.

  7. 07

    Energy trading and forecasting tools

    Load and generation forecasting, position tracking and market submission workflows for retailers and generators.

  8. 08

    Energy management systems (EMS)

    Site and portfolio energy monitoring for commercial and industrial customers, aligned with ISO 50001 energy reviews.

  9. 09

    Carbon and ESG reporting platforms

    Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions calculation and audit trails built on GHG Protocol methods and metered data.

  10. 10

    Water utility and network monitoring

    Telemetry, leak detection, pressure management and asset records for water and wastewater networks.

KEY FEATURES

Must-have features of a energy & utilities platform we build in.

Grouped by who uses them. Every feature below is one we have shipped to production, not a wishlist.

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Customer app

What households and businesses use to manage their energy.

  • Interval usage charts and comparisons
  • Bill explanations and downloadable invoices
  • Card, wallet and direct debit payments
  • Prepaid top-ups and low balance alerts
  • Outage map and fault reporting
  • Move in, move out and tariff changes
  • Solar export and battery dashboards
  • Push and SMS outage notifications
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Operator and field tools

For control rooms, engineers and crews in the field.

  • Live asset status and alarm views
  • Historian trends and event replay
  • Condition-based maintenance work orders
  • Offline inspection checklists with photos
  • GIS map of assets and crews
  • Switching and permit-to-work records
  • Renewable availability and loss analysis
  • Crew dispatch and restoration tracking
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Admin and back office

Control, reporting and integration oversight.

  • Role-based access across OT and IT
  • Meter data validation and exceptions
  • Billing determinant exports
  • Regulatory and reliability reporting
  • Emissions and energy intensity reports
  • Integration health for SCADA and ERP feeds
  • Audit logs and access reviews
  • Multi-region and multi-utility configuration
CHALLENGES WE SOLVE

What holds energy & utilities teams back.

The problems we most often help energy & utilities organisations solve, and design every engagement around.

  1. 01

    Ageing infrastructure

    Transformers, lines and plant are running beyond design life, and without condition data unplanned outages are costly, disruptive and hard to predict or prioritise.

  2. 02

    Distributed generation

    Rooftop solar, wind, storage and EV charging create two-way flows and volatility that legacy grid management and planning tools were never designed to handle.

  3. 03

    Siloed operational data

    SCADA, historians, GIS, metering and ERP each hold part of the picture, so engineers spend hours stitching exports together before they can make a decision.

  4. 04

    Customer expectations

    Customers want real-time usage insight, clear bills, flexible payment and proactive outage updates in an app, not a call centre queue.

  5. 05

    Cyber risk to critical assets

    Connecting operational technology to the cloud widens the attack surface, and regulators expect documented controls under NERC CIP, IEC 62443 and national rules.

SELECTED WORK

Products we have shipped. Results we can point to.

Real products designed and engineered by Creuto end to end, with the operational depth energy & utilities projects demand.

IoT Smart City Platform for Binimise
/01 · Smart City / IoT

IoT Smart City Platform for Binimise

A cloud-native, IoT-powered smart city platform — web command dashboard, citizen mobile app, field staff app, and full IoT integration designed and delivered by Creuto from the ground up.

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Integrated Modules

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Reduction in Vehicle Trips

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Platforms Delivered

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Smart Aquaculture Forecasting & Bidding Ecosystem
/02 · AgriTech / IoT

Smart Aquaculture Forecasting & Bidding Ecosystem

A full-stack pond-to-port aquaculture ecosystem — AI monitoring, disease prediction, supply chain linkage, and export readiness — designed and delivered by Creuto from scratch.

6,000+

Farmers Registered

8,000+

Acres Monitored

150+

Villages Covered

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Custom Cloud ERP for Large-Scale Industrial Operations
/03 · Enterprise ERP

Custom Cloud ERP for Large-Scale Industrial Operations

A fully custom, browser-based ERP system built to unify every department, eliminate silos, and scale with the business — designed and delivered by Creuto end to end.

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Departments Unified

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Source of Truth

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Browser-Based Access

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COMPLIANCE AND SECURITY

Compliance and security, designed in.

The energy & utilities standards we build against and the controls behind them. Your compliance team keeps ownership; we make the software easy to certify.

Energy regulations and standards we build for

  • NERC CIP for bulk electric systems (North America)
  • IEC 62443 industrial cybersecurity
  • GDPR for customer and smart meter data (EU and UK)
  • UAE PDPL and Saudi PDPL for customer data
  • India DPDP Act and CEA cyber security guidelines
  • ISO/IEC 27001 aligned controls
  • ISO 50001 energy management support

Grid and metering protocols

  • IEC 61850 for substation automation
  • DNP3 and IEC 60870-5-104
  • Modbus TCP and RTU
  • OPC UA
  • MQTT and Sparkplug B
  • DLMS/COSEM smart metering
  • CIM (IEC 61968 / 61970) data models

Security controls

  • OT and IT network segregation
  • Encryption in transit and at rest
  • Role-based and least-privilege access
  • Immutable audit trails
  • Vulnerability management and patch windows
  • Penetration testing before go-live

Platform quality and reporting

  • GHG Protocol aligned emissions calculations
  • Time-series data lineage and quality flags
  • High availability and failover design
  • Disaster recovery runbooks
  • Requirements traceability and test evidence
INTEGRATIONS

Energy & Utilities integrations we connect.

The platforms, standards and third-party services a product in this sector usually has to talk to. If yours is not listed, it is almost certainly something we have connected before.

/01SCADA and historians

  • AVEVA PI System
  • Ignition SCADA
  • Siemens Spectrum Power and WinCC
  • GE Vernova GridOS
  • Schneider Electric EcoStruxure
  • Vendor SCADA via OPC UA

/02Metering and IoT

  • DLMS/COSEM smart meters
  • Head-end systems
  • LoRaWAN network servers
  • AWS IoT Core
  • Azure IoT Hub
  • MQTT brokers

/03Enterprise and asset management

  • SAP S/4HANA and SAP IS-U
  • Oracle Utilities
  • Microsoft Dynamics 365
  • IBM Maximo
  • Esri ArcGIS
  • Salesforce Energy and Utilities Cloud

/04Customer and data services

  • Twilio
  • Stripe
  • Razorpay
  • Weather and irradiance APIs
  • Market operator APIs
  • Firebase Cloud Messaging
WHY CREUTO

Why choose Creuto as your energy & utilities software development company

The reasons clients in this sector give when they recommend us, not the ones we would pick ourselves.

Either we build it exceptional, or we don't.

The standard every energy & utilities product leaves our studio with.

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    We understand OT as well as IT

    Our engineers have worked with historians, SCADA tags and field protocols, so integrations are designed with control room realities in mind.

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    Security that stands up to audit

    We deliver zone diagrams, access matrices and test evidence that support IEC 62443, NERC CIP and ISO 27001 reviews.

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    We build around your existing systems

    We extend PI, SCADA, SAP and GIS investments rather than forcing a rip-and-replace that operations cannot afford.

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    Data you can act on

    Time-series pipelines, data quality flags and models are built so engineers trust the numbers and planners can act on them.

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    A long-term engineering partner

    Monitoring, support and a measured roadmap keep the platform current as regulations, assets and tariffs change.

BENEFITS

Benefits of custom energy & utilities software over off-the-shelf tools.

What organisations in this sector gain when the software is built around their workflows rather than the other way around.

  1. 01

    Fewer unplanned outages

    Condition monitoring and predictive alerts let teams fix assets before they fail, protecting reliability indices and customers.

  2. 02

    Lower maintenance cost

    Maintenance moves from fixed calendars to asset condition, so crews spend time where risk is highest.

  3. 03

    Better renewable yield

    Availability tracking and loss analysis show exactly where solar, wind and storage assets underperform and why.

  4. 04

    Happier, better-informed customers

    Self-service usage, billing and outage updates reduce call volumes and improve satisfaction scores.

  5. 05

    Audit-ready compliance

    Access logs, security evidence and emissions data are captured by the system rather than assembled at year end.

  6. 06

    One operational picture

    Field, control room, asset and finance data in one place replace manual reconciliation and conflicting reports.

HOW WE WORK

Our energy & utilities software development process.

Transparent, sprint-based and built around decisions you can see. You know what ships, when, and why at every step.

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  1. 01

    Operational discovery

    We sit with control room, asset and customer teams, map data flows from field to finance, and agree the reliability, cost or customer outcomes the software must move.

  2. 02

    Architecture and security plan

    OT and IT boundaries, data residency, protocols, historian access and the standards in scope, such as IEC 62443 or NERC CIP, are documented before any design work.

  3. 03

    Design and operator validation

    Prototypes are tested with operators, engineers and customers, including alarm floods, poor field coverage and the reality of shift handovers.

  4. 04

    Agile engineering

    Two-week sprints with working software reviewed by your operations leads, with integrations built early against test historians, simulators and meter sandboxes.

  5. 05

    Integration, QA and hardening

    Protocol conformance checks, load tests with realistic interval and telemetry volumes, failover drills and an independent penetration test before go-live.

  6. 06

    Phased launch and growth

    Site-by-site or region-by-region rollout with training, monitoring and a roadmap shaped by asset performance and customer adoption data.

TECHNOLOGY STACK

Technology stack for energy & utilities software development.

Chosen per project for longevity, hiring depth and fit with your existing systems, never by fashion.

/01Mobile

  • Swift
  • SwiftUI
  • Kotlin
  • Jetpack Compose
  • Flutter
  • React Native

/02Web and backend

  • React
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • NestJS
  • Python
  • FastAPI
  • Java
  • Go

/03IoT and industrial data

  • OPC UA
  • MQTT
  • Modbus
  • IEC 61850
  • Kafka
  • AWS IoT Core
  • Azure IoT Hub

/04Data

  • PostgreSQL
  • TimescaleDB
  • ClickHouse
  • Redis
  • Snowflake
  • BigQuery

/05Cloud and DevOps

  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Google Cloud
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Terraform
  • GitHub Actions

/06AI and analytics

  • Python
  • PyTorch
  • Scikit-learn
  • TensorFlow
  • Claude
  • OpenAI
  • Grafana

/07Security and identity

  • OAuth 2.0
  • OpenID Connect
  • SAML
  • Keycloak
  • AWS KMS
  • Vault

AI IN ENERGY & UTILITIES

AI that predicts failures and balances the grid.

We apply AI where energy operators get a clear return: spotting failing assets early, forecasting load and renewable output, and helping customers understand their usage, with explainable models and human approval for operational decisions.

Explore our AI engineering
  • Asset failure and health prediction
  • Load and renewable generation forecasting
  • Anomaly detection on meter and SCADA data
  • Theft and non-technical loss detection
  • Customer assistants for bills and outages
  • Maintenance report and document extraction
TRENDS

Trends shaping energy & utilities software right now.

The shifts we design for so a product launched this year is still the right product in three.

  1. 01

    Distributed energy and flexibility

    Rooftop solar, home batteries and EV charging are turning customers into participants, driving demand for DER management and virtual power plant software.

  2. 02

    Grid edge intelligence

    Smart meters and edge devices are carrying more analytics, so platforms must handle high-frequency data and decisions close to the asset.

  3. 03

    AI for asset management

    Utilities are moving from pilots to production models for failure prediction, vegetation risk and load forecasting, with explainability as a requirement.

  4. 04

    Stricter OT cybersecurity rules

    Regulators continue to tighten expectations under NERC CIP, IEC 62443 and national critical infrastructure laws, raising the bar for any connected system.

  5. 05

    Decarbonisation reporting

    Investors and regulators expect auditable emissions data aligned with the GHG Protocol, which depends on metered rather than estimated figures.

  6. 06

    Smart meter rollouts in emerging markets

    Large programmes in India, the Gulf and elsewhere are creating demand for MDM, prepaid metering and customer apps that scale to millions of meters.

COST AND TIMELINE

How much does energy & utilities software development cost?

There is no honest single number. Scope, integrations and compliance drive the budget, so we price against a written scope after discovery. The factors below are what move it.

  1. 01

    Number of integrations

    Each SCADA, historian, head-end, GIS or ERP integration adds analysis, test environment access, mapping and validation effort.

  2. 02

    Data volume and frequency

    Interval meter data and high-frequency telemetry need storage, partitioning and pipelines sized for years of history.

  3. 03

    Security and regulatory scope

    IEC 62443 or NERC CIP evidence, data residency and audit requirements add design, documentation and testing work.

  4. 04

    User roles and apps

    A single operator dashboard is smaller than customer, field and control room products on one platform.

  5. 05

    Edge and on-premise deployment

    Software that runs in substations, plants or private clouds needs extra packaging, update and support design.

  6. 06

    Analytics and AI

    Forecasting and predictive maintenance models need data preparation, evaluation and monitoring beyond standard reporting.

EngagementTypical scopeTimeline
Validation MVPOne asset class or customer journey, one historian or meter integration, core dashboards and security foundations.10 to 14 weeks
Production platformOperator, field and customer apps, SCADA or MDM integration, ERP connection, monitoring and audit.4 to 7 months
Enterprise or multi-sitePortfolio-wide APM or MDM, multiple regions and protocols, data migration, analytics and AI.8 to 14 months, phased
BUSINESS MODELS

How energy & utilities products make money.

Revenue models we have built billing, reporting and growth loops for. Most products combine two or three.

  1. 01

    Utility enterprise licences

    Annual licences and implementation fees for APM, MDM and outage management products sold to utilities.

  2. 02

    Per-asset or per-meter SaaS

    Subscription pricing per megawatt, site or meter for monitoring and analytics platforms.

  3. 03

    Energy-as-a-service

    Bundled monitoring, optimisation and reporting for commercial and industrial customers on a monthly fee.

  4. 04

    Flexibility revenue sharing

    Virtual power plant operators share revenue earned from grid services delivered by aggregated customer assets.

  5. 05

    Value-added customer services

    Paid insights, smart home bundles, EV tariffs and solar or battery offers delivered through the customer app.

HOW WE DELIVER

Services behind our energy & utilities work

The engineering disciplines every project in this sector draws on. Each has its own page with process, stack and FAQs.

TESTIMONIALS

Don't take our word for it.

Founders and product leaders on what it is like to build with Creuto.

“What stood out the most about Creuto was their exceptional UI/UX expertise.”

Creuto's work led to a significant increase in engagement, user interaction, and time spent on pages for the client. The team's project management, timely delivery, and receptiveness to feedback were commendable. Moreover, Creuto's UI/UX expertise and thoughtful designs stood out.

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Rounak Mehra

Co-Founder, Indus AI

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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Straight answers about energy & utilities software projects. If yours is not here, ask us directly.

Ask our energy & utilities team

Cost depends on the number of integrations such as SCADA, historians, meter head-ends and ERP, the volume of time-series data, the user roles and apps in scope, and security requirements like IEC 62443 or NERC CIP evidence. A focused MVP is a much smaller investment than a portfolio-wide platform. After a short discovery we provide a fixed-scope proposal with a clear breakdown.

A validation MVP typically takes 10 to 14 weeks. A production platform with operator, field and customer apps plus SCADA or MDM integration usually takes four to seven months. Enterprise or multi-site programmes are delivered in phases over eight to fourteen months so operations are never interrupted.

We design to IEC 62443 zone and conduit principles, keep OT networks segregated from cloud services, use one-way data flows where appropriate, and enforce least-privilege access with full audit trails. We provide the architecture and test evidence your team needs for NERC CIP, ISO 27001 or national critical infrastructure assessments.

Yes. We integrate with AVEVA PI System, Ignition and vendor SCADA platforms, read field data over IEC 61850, DNP3, Modbus, OPC UA and MQTT, and connect smart meters over DLMS/COSEM and LoRaWAN through AWS IoT Core or Azure IoT Hub. Business data flows to SAP, Oracle or Microsoft Dynamics.

Energy app development usually means the customer or field-facing mobile and web apps. Energy software development covers the whole system: those apps plus data pipelines, historian and SCADA integrations, meter data management, analytics and the security controls behind them. We deliver both as one connected product.

Yes. We build portals and apps for usage insight, bills, payments, prepaid top-ups, moves and outage reporting, connected to your billing and outage systems so customers see accurate, current information and call centres handle fewer routine queries.

Yes. We build monitoring and performance platforms for solar, wind and battery portfolios, covering availability, loss analysis, inverter and turbine alarms, generation forecasting and owner reporting, using data from SCADA, data loggers and weather or irradiance services.

Yes. We build data pipelines and reports that calculate Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions using GHG Protocol methods, track energy performance indicators for ISO 50001, and keep an audit trail from metered source data to the published figure.

LET'S BUILD

Planning a energy & utilities product? Let's scope it together.

Tell us what you are building. We will help you scope it, design it, and ship it, with a senior team accountable end to end.

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