Regulatory report generation and submission workflows

Purpose

1.1. Centralizes, automates, and streamlines electric utility company regulatory report generation and submission workflows, lowering human error, accelerating compliance, and maintaining audit trails.
1.2. Automates data collection, validation, report creation, approvals, and submission to government/industry regulators, supporting standards such as FERC, NERC, EPA, and local rules.
1.3. Manages multi-source integration, schedule-based regulatory communication, multi-format reporting, recurring deadlines, escalations, and automated notification flows.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Scheduled deadlines (monthly, quarterly, annual targets for compliance reports).
2.2. Receipt of new data in ERP, billing, SCADA, or environmental systems.
2.3. Approval of internal compliance checklists or operational changes.
2.4. Direct trigger from regulatory change notifications.
2.5. Data quality thresholds triggered (e.g., >95% validated completion).

Platform Variants

3.1. Microsoft Power Automate
• Feature/Setting: "Scheduled flows," configure with recurrence + Azure SQL or SharePoint connector for pulling compliance data, "Apply to Each" for processing, "Export to PDF" for report, "Send email" for regulator submission.
3.2. Zapier
• Feature/Setting: "Schedule by Zapier," "Formatter" for data transformation, connect Google Sheets to automated report template, "Gmail/Outlook" action for regulator submission.
3.3. UiPath
• Feature/Setting: "Robotic Process Automation for Data Extraction," orchestrate Excel/ERP/SAP connectors, "Create Document" and "Send SMTP Mail Message".
3.4. Make (formerly Integromat)
• Feature/Setting: "Scheduler" module, "HTTP" for API pulls from internal sources, "Document Generator," "Email" or "HTTP POST" upload to portal.
3.5. AWS Lambda
• Feature/Setting: "EventBridge scheduled event," Lambda function pulls, validates, and formats data, S3 integration for document storage, SES for notifications/submission.
3.6. Google Cloud Functions
• Feature/Setting: "Cloud Scheduler," "Pub/Sub" trigger, BigQuery API, "Document AI" for PDF generation, Gmail API for delivery.
3.7. ServiceNow
• Feature/Setting: "Flow Designer" for automated workflow, "IntegrationHub" for connecting regulatory databases/APIs, "Notification" for compliance team alert.
3.8. Oracle Integration Cloud
• Feature/Setting: "Scheduled Orchestration," Oracle Cloud ERP connector, export mapping, automated delivery to regulator FTP/REST endpoint.
3.9. Blue Prism
• Feature/Setting: "Work Queues" for report task automation, automator connects with email/file transfer protocols for submissions.
3.10. IBM Cloud Pak for Automation
• Feature/Setting: "Business Automation Workflow," document generation module, REST API for regulator connection, notification bot.
3.11. Smartsheet
• Feature/Setting: "Data Shuttle" for scheduled uploads, "Automated Workflows" for triggering report compilation and email delivery to regulator contacts.
3.12. DocuSign
• Feature/Setting: "PowerForms" for report approvals, "Connect configuration" for auto-routing to compliance email.
3.13. Pabbly Connect
• Feature/Setting: "Scheduler" and "Formatter" actions, ERP/Google Drive API pulls, SMTP for submission.
3.14. Salesforce Flow
• Feature/Setting: "Flow Orchestrator," connect to utility’s data objects, "Create Record" for compliance logs, "Email Alert" to regulatory inbox.
3.15. Workato
• Feature/Setting: "Scheduled Workflow," "FileBot" for document creation, SFTP/Email to regulator.
3.16. Jotform
• Feature/Setting: "Report Builder Automation," configure auto-email to recipient, "Approval Flows" for pre-submission check.
3.17. Trello + Butler Automation
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled card creation for compliance tasks, "Card custom fields" for report links, automated email on checklist completion.
3.18. Slack Workflow Builder
• Feature/Setting: "Scheduled Workflow," triggers compliance report reminders, "Email or Webhook" to submit final report.
3.19. Monday.com Automations
• Feature/Setting: "Recurring automations," connect forms/data boards, "DocGen by Monday" auto-creates reports, notification to stakeholders.
3.20. Asana + Zapier
• Feature/Setting: Automates compliance task creation, Google Doc/Drive integration, triggers submission email to regulatory address.
3.21. SharePoint Power Automate
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled flows with SharePoint List, "Document Set" automation, "Send HTTP request" for regulator portal API.
3.22. Nintex Workflow Cloud
• Feature/Setting: "Scheduled start event," connect with Excel/SQL for data, document automation, "External Start" for submission triggers.
3.23. AppSheet Smart Automation
• Feature/Setting: Automated data sync, report build on scheduler, auto-email PDF to recipient.
3.24. SFTP/FTP Services
• Feature/Setting: Automate report uploads using "Scheduled SFTP upload" scripts configured for regulator endpoints.

Benefits

4.1. Automates compliance monitoring, reduces manual effort, and supports continuous operation.
4.2. Automatedly ensures timeliness, accuracy, and full auditability for all filings.
4.3. Automation improves regulator relations, boosts transparency, lowers costs, and decreases compliance risk.
4.4. Automating report submission enables instant escalation for overdue, error, or non-compliant reports.
4.5. Automation frees staff to focus on analysis and strategy, not paperwork.