Tacoma Power
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Tacoma Power is a publicly owned electric utility in Washington State that generates, transmits, and distributes electricity, largely through hydroelectric projects on regional rivers.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tacoma Power canonical | 14 |
| Tacoma Public Utilities | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7712002 — 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: Tacoma Power Context triple: [Cowlitz River, managedBy, Tacoma Power]
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A.
Portland Power
Portland Power was a professional women's basketball team that competed in the American Basketball League in the late 1990s.
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B.
MV Tacoma
MV Tacoma is a Jumbo Mark II-class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries, known for serving busy routes in the Puget Sound region.
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C.
Portland Storm
The Portland Storm was a short-lived professional American football team that competed in the mid-1970s World Football League.
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D.
Seattle Totems
The Seattle Totems were a professional ice hockey team based in Seattle, Washington, that competed primarily in the Western Hockey League from the 1950s through the 1970s.
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E.
Southern Power
Southern Power is a U.S.-based wholesale energy company that develops, owns, and operates a portfolio of power generation assets, primarily focused on clean and renewable energy.
- 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: Tacoma Power Target entity description: Tacoma Power is a publicly owned electric utility in Washington State that generates, transmits, and distributes electricity, largely through hydroelectric projects on regional rivers.
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A.
Portland Power
Portland Power was a professional women's basketball team that competed in the American Basketball League in the late 1990s.
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B.
MV Tacoma
MV Tacoma is a Jumbo Mark II-class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries, known for serving busy routes in the Puget Sound region.
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C.
Portland Storm
The Portland Storm was a short-lived professional American football team that competed in the mid-1970s World Football League.
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D.
Seattle Totems
The Seattle Totems were a professional ice hockey team based in Seattle, Washington, that competed primarily in the Western Hockey League from the 1950s through the 1970s.
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E.
Southern Power
Southern Power is a U.S.-based wholesale energy company that develops, owns, and operates a portfolio of power generation assets, primarily focused on clean and renewable energy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | public electric utility ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| employs | electric utility workers ⓘ |
| energySource | hydroelectric power ⓘ |
| fuelMixMajority | renewable energy ⓘ |
| governedBy | Tacoma Public Utility Board ⓘ |
| gridConnection | Western Interconnection ⓘ |
| gridRole | load-serving entity ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
Customer Services
ⓘ
Power Generation ⓘ Power Management ⓘ Transmission and Distribution ⓘ |
| industry | electric power industry ⓘ |
| legalForm | municipal department ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Tacoma, Washington ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
energy efficiency programs
ⓘ
low-income assistance programs ⓘ |
| operatesDam |
Alder Dam
ⓘ
Cushman Dam No. 1 ⓘ Cushman Dam No. 2 ⓘ LaGrande Dam ⓘ Mayfield Dam ⓘ Mossyrock Dam ⓘ |
| operatesHydroelectricProject |
Cowlitz River Project
ⓘ
Cushman Hydroelectric Project ⓘ Nisqually River Project ⓘ Puyallup River Project ⓘ |
| operatesOnRiver |
Cowlitz River
ⓘ
Cushman (North Fork Skokomish) River ⓘ
linked to:
Skokomish River
Nisqually River ⓘ Puyallup River ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
City of Tacoma
ⓘ
linked to:
Tacoma, Washington
|
| parentOrganization |
Tacoma Public Utilities
ⓘ
linked to:
Tacoma Power
|
| partOf |
Tacoma Public Utilities
ⓘ
linked to:
Tacoma Public Utility Board
|
| primaryGenerationType | hydroelectric generation ⓘ |
| regulator | Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission ⓘ |
| regulatoryStatus | publicly owned utility ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
City of Tacoma
ⓘ
linked to:
Tacoma, Washington
Pierce County, Washington ⓘ
linked to:
Pierce County
parts of King County, Washington ⓘ parts of Lewis County, Washington ⓘ parts of Thurston County, Washington ⓘ |
| serviceType |
electricity distribution
ⓘ
electricity generation ⓘ electricity transmission ⓘ |
| state | Washington ⓘ |
| website | https://www.mytpu.org/tacoma-power/ ⓘ |
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: Tacoma Power Description of subject: Tacoma Power is a publicly owned electric utility in Washington State that generates, transmits, and distributes electricity, largely through hydroelectric projects on regional rivers.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Tacoma Power
linked to: Tacoma Power
linked to: Tacoma Power
linked to: Tacoma Power