Getting Started with Regulatory AI

Next Generation Regulatory AI Overview

Regulatory AI is HData’s purpose-built tool for transforming how regulatory professionals discover, analyze, and apply information from the vast world of utility regulation. Unlike general-purpose AI systems, Regulatory AI is based exclusively on utility industry data directly from regulatory commissions across the country. These authoritative documents used for every session are selected by the user, or the user can upload their own private documents to Data Hub to be used in a session. This specialized foundation ensures that the insights it provides are accurate, relevant, and grounded in the same regulatory sources you rely on every day. Watch the brief demo video below for an overview of how Regulatory AI works.

 


 
How It Works

At its core, Regulatory AI is designed to make regulatory research faster, more transparent, and more actionable. Users select the documents they want to analyze, whether from public catalogs in the HData Library or private files they’ve uploaded into the Data Hub, and the AI is limited to working only with those documents. This process, called grounding, ensures that every answer is based on verifiable sources rather than speculation or web-based sources.

When you ask a question, Regulatory AI scans the selected documents, identifies the most relevant information, and generates a detailed response. Each answer comes with built-in citations that allow you to trace statements back to their exact source, down to the page number and quoted text. This transparency gives you confidence in the AI’s output and makes it easy to reference the original filing when preparing reports, memos, testimony, or presentations.

Key Benefits for Users:

  • Faster Research: Instead of manually combing through hundreds of pages of regulatory filings, Regulatory AI delivers concise, well-structured answers in seconds.

  • Greater Transparency: Every response is paired with citations that link directly to the source document, ensuring traceability and accuracy.

  • Deeper Insights: Beyond answering questions, Regulatory AI can surface key topics, companies, people, or dates; and suggests follow-up questions that guide your analysis.

  • Flexibility and Control: You choose the documents to analyze, up to 200 at a time, so the tool works within the boundaries you define. This makes it just as effective for broad policy comparisons as for detailed case-level research.

  • Collaboration Ready: Sessions can be saved, shared, and revisited, enabling teams to work together more efficiently and stay aligned on findings.


Why It Matters

The regulatory landscape is expanding rapidly, with utilities, commissions, and stakeholders producing an ever-growing volume of filings. Traditional research methods can’t keep pace with this complexity. By combining the authority of regulatory source documents with the speed and structure of AI, Regulatory AI enables professionals to shift their focus from searching for information to applying it.

Whether you’re evaluating filings for compliance, preparing for proceedings, or comparing regulatory approaches across states, Regulatory AI helps you make smarter, faster, and more defensible decisions.

 

Next Steps

Regulatory AI transforms how regulatory professionals work by combining AI-powered research with authoritative, centralized data. It saves time, reduces manual effort, and provides full transparency with every answer. Whether you’re exploring filings across multiple states, validating citations, or preparing materials for stakeholders, Regulatory AI helps you move faster and with more confidence.

Now that you understand what Regulatory AI is and the value it delivers, explore our How to Use Regulatory AI Knowledge Base article for step-by-step instructions on getting the most out of your sessions.

 

Explore More Resources in the Regulatory AI Knowledge Base

  • How to Use Regulatory AI – A step-by-step guide to navigating sessions, using Files View, refining questions, collaborating with colleagues, and more.

  • Advanced Search in the HData Library – Tips and techniques for refining results with exact phrases, exclusions, operators, and expert search strategies.

  • Using Files View vs. Session View – Learn when to focus on interactive Q&A versus document-level exploration and how to launch new sessions from key files.

  • Regulatory AI Citations – Understand how citations work, how to trace answers to their sources, and how to validate insights.

  • In-Text Citations – Learn how to use In-Text Citations, which give the user one-click access to exactly where an answer came from, down to the document, page number, and quoted text.

  • Book Reports – Capture entire sessions in interactive PDFs with preserved formatting, clickable links, and integrated citations for sharing and reference.

  • HData Alerts – Set up custom alerts to monitor companies, topics, or keywords and get AI-powered summaries of new filings.

  • Cross-Catalog Comparison – Compare regulatory processes across states or agencies by analyzing documents from multiple catalogs in a single session.

  • Sharing Sessions – Collaborate with colleagues or your HData Customer Success team by securely sharing saved sessions with controlled permissions.



Questions? Let Us Know

Hopefully this article gave you all the information you needed to be successful in getting started with Regulatory AI. If you still need help, please reach out to your customer success representative, or contact us at support@hdata.com.