Public Utilities Commission of Colorado
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The Public Utilities Commission of Colorado is the state regulatory body that oversees and sets rules for utilities and certain transportation services to ensure safe, reliable, and reasonably priced service for Colorado consumers.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Colorado Public Utilities Commission | 2 |
| Public Utilities Commission of Colorado canonical | 2 |
| Colorado PUC | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7477056 — 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 Colorado Context triple: [Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, hasDivision, Public Utilities Commission of Colorado]
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A.
Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies
The Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies is a state government department responsible for overseeing professional licensing, consumer protection, and the regulation of various industries and civil rights enforcement in Colorado.
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B.
Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District
The Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District is a public water agency that manages and delivers Colorado-Big Thompson Project water supplies to municipalities, industries, and agricultural users across northeastern Colorado.
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C.
Government of Colorado
The Government of Colorado is the state-level governing body of Colorado, comprising executive, legislative, and judicial branches that administer and enforce state laws and policies.
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D.
Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District
The Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District is a regional public agency responsible for developing, managing, and distributing water resources to support municipal, industrial, and agricultural needs in southeastern Colorado.
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E.
Mesa County Board of Commissioners
The Mesa County Board of Commissioners is the elected three-member body responsible for setting policy, overseeing budgets, and managing county services and administration in Mesa County, Colorado.
- 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 Colorado Target entity description: The Public Utilities Commission of Colorado is the state regulatory body that oversees and sets rules for utilities and certain transportation services to ensure safe, reliable, and reasonably priced service for Colorado consumers.
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A.
Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies
The Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies is a state government department responsible for overseeing professional licensing, consumer protection, and the regulation of various industries and civil rights enforcement in Colorado.
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B.
Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District
The Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District is a public water agency that manages and delivers Colorado-Big Thompson Project water supplies to municipalities, industries, and agricultural users across northeastern Colorado.
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C.
Government of Colorado
The Government of Colorado is the state-level governing body of Colorado, comprising executive, legislative, and judicial branches that administer and enforce state laws and policies.
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D.
Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District
The Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District is a regional public agency responsible for developing, managing, and distributing water resources to support municipal, industrial, and agricultural needs in southeastern Colorado.
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E.
Mesa County Board of Commissioners
The Mesa County Board of Commissioners is the elected three-member body responsible for setting policy, overseeing budgets, and managing county services and administration in Mesa County, Colorado.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
regulatory agency
ⓘ
state public utilities commission ⓘ |
| adopts | rules for regulated utilities in Colorado ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Governor of Colorado ⓘ |
| conducts | evidentiary hearings on utility matters ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| ensures |
reasonably priced utility service for Colorado consumers
ⓘ
reliable utility service for Colorado consumers ⓘ safe utility service for Colorado consumers ⓘ |
| handles |
consumer complaints about regulated transportation services
ⓘ
consumer complaints about regulated utilities ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | CO PUC ⓘ |
| hasGoverningBody | three commissioners ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Denver, Colorado ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Colorado
ⓘ
State of Colorado ⓘ
linked to:
Colorado
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Colorado statutes ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Mountain Time Zone ⓘ |
| monitors |
safety of regulated transportation carriers
ⓘ
service quality of regulated utilities ⓘ |
| overseenBy | Colorado General Assembly ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies ⓘ |
| partOf |
Colorado state government
ⓘ
linked to:
Government of Colorado
|
| protects | consumers of regulated utilities in Colorado ⓘ |
| regulates |
certain transportation services in Colorado
ⓘ
electric utilities in Colorado ⓘ household goods movers in Colorado ⓘ motor carriers in Colorado ⓘ natural gas utilities in Colorado ⓘ public utilities in Colorado ⓘ rail safety in Colorado ⓘ telecommunications services in Colorado ⓘ towing carriers in Colorado ⓘ |
| regulatoryScope | intrastate services ⓘ |
| sector |
transportation regulation
ⓘ
utilities regulation ⓘ |
| sets | rates for regulated utilities in Colorado ⓘ |
| shortName |
Colorado PUC
ⓘ
linked to:
Public Utilities Commission of Colorado
PUC ⓘ |
| state | Colorado ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Colorado utility regulation law ⓘ |
| supervises | intrastate utility services in Colorado ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | government agency ⓘ |
| website | https://puc.colorado.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 Colorado Description of subject: The Public Utilities Commission of Colorado is the state regulatory body that oversees and sets rules for utilities and certain transportation services to ensure safe, reliable, and reasonably priced service for Colorado consumers.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies
→
hasDivision
→
Public Utilities Commission of Colorado
ⓘ
linked to: Public Utilities Commission of Colorado
Colorado Revised Statutes Title 40
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regulatoryBodyReferenced
→
Colorado Public Utilities Commission
ⓘ
linked to: Public Utilities Commission of Colorado
linked to: Public Utilities Commission of Colorado