Public Utilities Commission of Nevada
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The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada is the state agency responsible for overseeing and regulating Nevada’s utility services, including electricity and natural gas providers.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Public Utilities Commission of Nevada canonical | 4 |
| Nevada Public Utilities Commission | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13184414 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Public Utilities Commission of Nevada Context triple: [NV Energy, regulator, Public Utilities Commission of Nevada]
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A.
Nevada Department of Business and Industry
The Nevada Department of Business and Industry is a state government agency that oversees and regulates a broad range of commercial, financial, and professional activities in Nevada to promote economic development and protect consumers.
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B.
Government of Nevada
The Government of Nevada is the state-level governing authority of Nevada, encompassing its executive, legislative, and judicial branches that administer and enforce state laws and policies.
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C.
Nevada Division of State Lands
The Nevada Division of State Lands is a state agency responsible for managing, planning, and overseeing the use and disposition of Nevada’s state-owned lands and related land resources.
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D.
Nevada Division of Water Resources
The Nevada Division of Water Resources is the state agency responsible for managing, allocating, and overseeing the use of Nevada’s water resources, including rivers, groundwater, and water rights administration.
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E.
Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
The Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is the state agency responsible for managing Nevada’s natural, cultural, and recreational resources, including water, land, wildlife, and environmental protection programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Public Utilities Commission of Nevada Target entity description: The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada is the state agency responsible for overseeing and regulating Nevada’s utility services, including electricity and natural gas providers.
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A.
Nevada Department of Business and Industry
The Nevada Department of Business and Industry is a state government agency that oversees and regulates a broad range of commercial, financial, and professional activities in Nevada to promote economic development and protect consumers.
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B.
Government of Nevada
The Government of Nevada is the state-level governing authority of Nevada, encompassing its executive, legislative, and judicial branches that administer and enforce state laws and policies.
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C.
Nevada Division of State Lands
The Nevada Division of State Lands is a state agency responsible for managing, planning, and overseeing the use and disposition of Nevada’s state-owned lands and related land resources.
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D.
Nevada Division of Water Resources
The Nevada Division of Water Resources is the state agency responsible for managing, allocating, and overseeing the use of Nevada’s water resources, including rivers, groundwater, and water rights administration.
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E.
Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
The Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is the state agency responsible for managing Nevada’s natural, cultural, and recreational resources, including water, land, wildlife, and environmental protection programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public utilities commission
ⓘ
state regulatory agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
PUCN
ⓘ
linked to:
PUC
|
| alsoKnownAs |
Nevada Public Utilities Commission
ⓘ
linked to:
Public Utilities Commission of Nevada
|
| appliesRegulationTo |
investor-owned utilities in Nevada
ⓘ
some competitive energy service providers in Nevada ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
ⓘ
North American Electric Reliability Corporation ⓘ |
| commissionersAppointedBy | Governor of Nevada ⓘ |
| commissionersConfirmedBy | Nevada Senate ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| follows | public interest standard in utility regulation ⓘ |
| governingBody | three-member commission ⓘ |
| governs |
retail electric rates for regulated utilities in Nevada
ⓘ
retail natural gas rates for regulated utilities in Nevada ⓘ |
| hasHeadquartersLocation |
Carson City, Nevada
ⓘ
linked to:
Carson City
|
| hasNumberOfCommissioners | 3 ⓘ |
| hasOfficeLocation | Las Vegas, Nevada ⓘ |
| holds | public hearings on utility rate cases ⓘ |
| issues |
certificates of public convenience and necessity for utilities
ⓘ
orders in utility regulatory proceedings ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
State of Nevada
ⓘ
linked to:
Nevada
|
| monitors |
utility compliance with safety regulations in Nevada
ⓘ
utility compliance with service quality standards in Nevada ⓘ |
| oversees |
certain telecommunications service quality in Nevada
ⓘ
energy efficiency programs of regulated utilities in Nevada ⓘ integrated resource planning for Nevada electric utilities ⓘ interconnection of distributed generation in Nevada ⓘ net metering policies in Nevada ⓘ pipeline safety for intrastate natural gas pipelines in Nevada ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
State of Nevada
ⓘ
linked to:
Nevada
|
| participatesIn |
implementation of Nevada energy efficiency standards
ⓘ
implementation of Nevada renewable energy policies ⓘ |
| regulates |
certain transportation services in Nevada
ⓘ
electric utilities in Nevada ⓘ natural gas utilities in Nevada ⓘ telecommunications utilities in Nevada ⓘ wastewater utilities in Nevada ⓘ water utilities in Nevada ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
ensuring reasonably priced utility service in Nevada
ⓘ
ensuring reliable utility service in Nevada ⓘ ensuring safe utility service in Nevada ⓘ implementing Nevada utility statutes and regulations ⓘ |
| sector |
energy regulation
ⓘ
public utilities regulation ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
Nevada Administrative Code
ⓘ
Nevada Revised Statutes ⓘ |
| website | https://puc.nv.gov/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Public Utilities Commission of Nevada Description of subject: The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada is the state agency responsible for overseeing and regulating Nevada’s utility services, including electricity and natural gas providers.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Public Utilities Commission of Nevada