Compliance Evidence Packaging Across Multiple Regulatory Authorities

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Solution Overview

Problem

Regulated entities face a patchwork of varying evidentiary requirements across different jurisdictions, leading to manually intensive and time-consuming efforts to demonstrate compliance with centralized regulatory standards, as regional authorities have distinct parameters for operational data submission.

Innovation Solution

A compliance standard system that generates an inclusive evidentiary package by comparing evidentiary request packages from multiple regional authorities, selecting common parameters, and generating a tailored submittal package to satisfy multiple jurisdictions, reducing the need for repetitive data collection and adaptation to changing regulatory requirements.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If regulated entities submit separate evidentiary packages for each regional authority, then compliance with each jurisdiction's specific requirements is achieved, but the workload and time required for compliance demonstration increases significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompliance verification accuracyVSAvoidcompliance demonstration time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system creates a universal evidentiary package structure that can satisfy multiple regional authorities simultaneously. By identifying common parameters across different authorities' evidentiary request packages, the system generates a single comprehensive package that serves multiple compliance purposes, eliminating the need to create separate packages for each jurisdiction.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system merges multiple evidentiary request packages from different regional authorities into a single inclusive evidentiary package. It combines the requirements from various authorities, consolidates overlapping parameters, and creates a unified submission that addresses all jurisdictions' needs in one comprehensive package.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Manufacturing precision

If regulated entities collect and process data for each regional authority separately, then specific jurisdictional requirements are met, but redundant data collection and processing efforts increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveevidentiary package accuracyVSAvoiddata collection efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary analysis of multiple evidentiary request packages to identify common parameters and requirements before actual data collection begins. By pre-processing the requirements and determining the inclusive set of needed data elements, the system avoids redundant collection efforts and streamlines the subsequent data gathering and package generation processes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Adaptability or versatility

If manual processes are used to adapt compliance data to different regional requirements, then flexibility in meeting specific jurisdictional needs is maintained, but the complexity and time consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveregulatory requirement flexibilityVSAvoidcompliance system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically adjusts parameters within the evidentiary package based on the specific requirements of different regional authorities. By dynamically modifying package parameters, data formats, and included elements according to each authority's specifications, the system maintains flexibility and adaptability while eliminating manual intervention and reducing overall system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS20250348592A1Substantiating a compliance standard for a regulated entity
Publication Date: 2025.11.13 FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO
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AI summary

A method includes identifying the compliance standard based on a regulatory compliance monitoring and enforcement program report. The method includes comparing evidentiary request packages to substantiate the compliance standard from a plurality of regulatory authorities. An evidentiary package defines status indicators of parameters for the regulated entity to meet the compliance standard including a first evidentiary package and a second evidentiary package. The method includes generating an inclusive evidentiary package based on the comparison. The method includes generating an evidentiary submittal package for a first regulatory authority based on the inclusive evidentiary package. The method includes selecting an asset of the regulated entity based on the evidentiary submittal package. The method includes receiving operational data associated with the asset based on the evidentiary submittal package. The method includes applying a compliance result to the compliance standard based on an analysis of the operational data.