Southwestern Power Administration
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Southwestern Power Administration is a U.S. federal agency that markets and transmits hydroelectric power generated at federally owned dams across the southwestern region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Southwestern Power Administration canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2607343 — 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: Southwestern Power Administration Context triple: [United States federal power system, operator, Southwestern Power Administration]
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A.
Western Area Power Administration
Western Area Power Administration is a U.S. federal agency that markets and transmits wholesale hydroelectric power across the western and central United States.
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B.
Southeastern Power Administration
The Southeastern Power Administration is a U.S. federal agency that markets and delivers hydroelectric power generated at federally owned dams to public bodies and rural electric cooperatives in the southeastern United States.
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C.
Bonneville Power Administration
Bonneville Power Administration is a U.S. federal agency that markets and transmits electric power, primarily from hydroelectric dams in the Pacific Northwest.
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D.
Tennessee Valley Authority
The Tennessee Valley Authority is a federally owned U.S. corporation created during the New Deal to provide regional economic development, flood control, and electricity generation in the Tennessee Valley.
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E.
Rural Utilities Service
The Rural Utilities Service is a U.S. Department of Agriculture agency that provides financing and support for infrastructure and utility services—such as electricity, water, and telecommunications—in rural communities.
- 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: Southwestern Power Administration Target entity description: Southwestern Power Administration is a U.S. federal agency that markets and transmits hydroelectric power generated at federally owned dams across the southwestern region.
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A.
Western Area Power Administration
Western Area Power Administration is a U.S. federal agency that markets and transmits wholesale hydroelectric power across the western and central United States.
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B.
Southeastern Power Administration
The Southeastern Power Administration is a U.S. federal agency that markets and delivers hydroelectric power generated at federally owned dams to public bodies and rural electric cooperatives in the southeastern United States.
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C.
Bonneville Power Administration
Bonneville Power Administration is a U.S. federal agency that markets and transmits electric power, primarily from hydroelectric dams in the Pacific Northwest.
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D.
Tennessee Valley Authority
The Tennessee Valley Authority is a federally owned U.S. corporation created during the New Deal to provide regional economic development, flood control, and electricity generation in the Tennessee Valley.
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E.
Rural Utilities Service
The Rural Utilities Service is a U.S. Department of Agriculture agency that provides financing and support for infrastructure and utility services—such as electricity, water, and telecommunications—in rural communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal agency of the United States
ⓘ
power marketing administration ⓘ |
| activity |
electric power transmission
ⓘ
power marketing ⓘ |
| coordinatesWith | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| energySourceType | renewable energy ⓘ |
| ensures | cost-based rates for preference customers ⓘ |
| gridRole | bulk power supplier ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Tulsa, Oklahoma
|
| inception | 1943 ⓘ |
| industry | electric power industry ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal jurisdiction of the United States ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | federal agency ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Oklahoma ⓘ |
| mandate | to encourage widespread use of federal hydropower ⓘ |
| operates | high-voltage transmission lines ⓘ |
| operatesInConformityWith | Flood Control Act of 1944 ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| parentOrganization |
U.S. Department of Energy
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Department of Energy
|
| partOf |
United States federal power marketing system
ⓘ
surface form:
United States power marketing administrations
|
| preferenceCustomerType | public bodies and cooperatives ⓘ |
| primaryProduct | hydroelectric power ⓘ |
| purpose | to market and transmit federal hydroelectric power at the lowest possible cost consistent with sound business principles ⓘ |
| regulates | none (power marketing, not regulatory) ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
Arkansas
ⓘ
Kansas ⓘ Louisiana ⓘ Missouri ⓘ Oklahoma ⓘ Texas ⓘ southwestern United States ⓘ |
| shortName | SWPA ⓘ |
| sourceOfEnergy | federally owned hydroelectric dams ⓘ |
| suppliesElectricityTo |
municipal utilities
ⓘ
publicly owned utilities ⓘ rural electric cooperatives ⓘ |
| usesTransmissionVoltageLevel |
115 kV
ⓘ
161 kV ⓘ 230 kV ⓘ 69 kV ⓘ |
| website | https://www.swpa.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: Southwestern Power Administration Description of subject: Southwestern Power Administration is a U.S. federal agency that markets and transmits hydroelectric power generated at federally owned dams across the southwestern region.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.