DTE Energy
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DTE Energy is a Detroit-based diversified energy company that provides electric and natural gas utility services to customers in Michigan and operates various energy-related businesses across the United States.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| DTE Electric Company | 6 |
| DTE Energy canonical | 4 |
| Michigan Consolidated Gas Company | 2 |
| DTE | 1 |
| DTE Gas Company | 1 |
| Detroit Edison Company | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3349755 — 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: DTE Energy Context triple: [Gail J. McGovern, boardMemberOf, DTE Energy]
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A.
Exelon
Exelon is a major American energy company and utility services holding corporation, known for operating one of the largest fleets of nuclear power plants in the United States.
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B.
Xcel Energy
Xcel Energy is a major U.S. electric and natural gas utility company serving millions of customers across several Midwestern and Western states.
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C.
Reliant Energy
Reliant Energy is a U.S.-based retail electricity provider and energy company known for supplying power to residential and commercial customers, particularly in Texas.
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D.
Berkshire Hathaway Energy
Berkshire Hathaway Energy is a major U.S.-based energy company focused on regulated utilities and renewable power generation, operating as a key subsidiary of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate.
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E.
Southern Company
Southern Company is one of the largest U.S. energy providers, primarily supplying electricity and natural gas across the southeastern United States through its regulated utilities and related businesses.
- 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: DTE Energy Target entity description: DTE Energy is a Detroit-based diversified energy company that provides electric and natural gas utility services to customers in Michigan and operates various energy-related businesses across the United States.
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A.
Exelon
Exelon is a major American energy company and utility services holding corporation, known for operating one of the largest fleets of nuclear power plants in the United States.
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B.
Xcel Energy
Xcel Energy is a major U.S. electric and natural gas utility company serving millions of customers across several Midwestern and Western states.
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C.
Reliant Energy
Reliant Energy is a U.S.-based retail electricity provider and energy company known for supplying power to residential and commercial customers, particularly in Texas.
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D.
Berkshire Hathaway Energy
Berkshire Hathaway Energy is a major U.S.-based energy company focused on regulated utilities and renewable power generation, operating as a key subsidiary of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate.
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E.
Southern Company
Southern Company is one of the largest U.S. energy providers, primarily supplying electricity and natural gas across the southeastern United States through its regulated utilities and related businesses.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
electric utility company
ⓘ
energy company ⓘ natural gas utility company ⓘ public utility holding company ⓘ |
| basedIn | Detroit metropolitan area ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| energySource |
coal
ⓘ
natural gas ⓘ nuclear power ⓘ renewable energy ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
diversified energy businesses
ⓘ
regulated utility operations ⓘ |
| formerName |
DTE Energy
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Detroit Edison Company
|
| hasBusinessSegment |
electric utility operations
ⓘ
energy trading and marketing ⓘ gas utility operations ⓘ midstream energy ⓘ power and industrial projects ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Detroit
ⓘ
surface form:
Detroit, Michigan
|
| industry |
electric utility
ⓘ
energy infrastructure ⓘ midstream energy ⓘ natural gas distribution ⓘ natural gas utility ⓘ power generation ⓘ |
| legalForm | publicly traded company ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| owns |
electric transmission and distribution infrastructure
ⓘ
natural gas pipeline and distribution infrastructure ⓘ |
| parentCompanyOf |
DTE Energy
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
DTE Electric Company
DTE Energy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
DTE Gas Company
|
| providesService |
electric power generation
ⓘ
electricity distribution ⓘ energy trading ⓘ energy-related services ⓘ natural gas distribution ⓘ renewable energy development ⓘ |
| regionServed | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| regulator | Michigan Public Service Commission ⓘ |
| renewableEnergyType |
biomass
ⓘ
solar power ⓘ wind power ⓘ |
| sector | utilities ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
Michigan
ⓘ
Southeast Michigan ⓘ
surface form:
southeastern Michigan
|
| stateOfHeadquarters | Michigan ⓘ |
| stockExchange | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol |
DTE Energy
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
DTE
|
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: DTE Energy Description of subject: DTE Energy is a Detroit-based diversified energy company that provides electric and natural gas utility services to customers in Michigan and operates various energy-related businesses across the United States.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
DTE Electric Company
this entity surface form:
Michigan Consolidated Gas Company
this entity surface form:
Michigan Consolidated Gas Company
this entity surface form:
DTE
this entity surface form:
DTE Electric Company
this entity surface form:
DTE Gas Company
this entity surface form:
Detroit Edison Company