# How energy teams turn theft detection into governed action with Genie and AI business processes

DevFeed: [How energy teams turn theft detection into governed action with Genie and AI business processes](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-energy-teams-turn-theft-detection-into-governed-action-with-genie-and-ai-business-processes-26720.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.databricks.com/blog/how-energy-teams-turn-theft-detection-governed-action-genie-and-ai-business-processes>)

Author: Daniel Zoccali; Jack Yallop

Published: 2026-09-15T16:50:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Databricks](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/databricks.md>)

Topics: [databricks](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databricks.md>), [Machine learning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/machine-learning.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>)

Tags: [databricks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/databricks.md>), [energy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/energy.md>), [fraud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fraud.md>), [industries](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/industries.md>), [ml](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ml.md>), [model](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/model.md>), [reporting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reporting.md>), [safety](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/safety.md>), [speed](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/speed.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains how energy teams can operationalize energy-theft detection by connecting model-generated risk signals with investigation, field operations, revenue recovery, and reporting in a governed workflow. It presents a Databricks implementation using a Databricks App, Lakebase, and Unity Catalog.

## Source excerpt

Energy theft is the deliberate use of gas or electricity without paying for it, typically...