Hydro-Québec
E176876
Hydro-Québec is a Canadian public utility company owned by the government of Quebec that generates, transmits, and distributes electricity, primarily from hydroelectric power.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hydro-Québec canonical | 11 |
| Hydro-Québec transmission system | 3 |
| Hydro-Québec Production | 2 |
| Hydro-Québec Distribution | 1 |
| Hydro-Québec TransÉnergie | 1 |
| Hydro-Québec hydropower fleet | 1 |
| Hydro-Québec transmission network | 1 |
| Studio Hydro-Québec | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1567355 — 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.
Target entity: Hydro-Québec Context triple: [Churchill Falls, powerSoldTo, Hydro-Québec]
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A.
Électricité de France
Électricité de France is France’s state-owned electric utility company and one of the world’s largest producers and distributors of electricity, particularly known for its extensive nuclear power fleet.
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B.
Les Cèdres generating station
Les Cèdres generating station is a hydroelectric power plant in Quebec, Canada, that harnesses the flow of the Saint Lawrence River to generate electricity.
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C.
Beauharnois generating station
The Beauharnois generating station is a large hydroelectric power plant in Quebec, Canada, known for harnessing the flow of the Saint Lawrence River to produce electricity.
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D.
GDF Suez
GDF Suez was a major French multinational energy company, primarily active in electricity and natural gas, that later rebranded as Engie.
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E.
Muskrat Falls Generating Station
Muskrat Falls Generating Station is a large hydroelectric power facility on the lower Churchill River in Labrador, Canada, developed to supply renewable electricity to Newfoundland and Labrador and beyond.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Hydro-Québec Target entity description: Hydro-Québec is a Canadian public utility company owned by the government of Quebec that generates, transmits, and distributes electricity, primarily from hydroelectric power.
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A.
Électricité de France
Électricité de France is France’s state-owned electric utility company and one of the world’s largest producers and distributors of electricity, particularly known for its extensive nuclear power fleet.
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B.
Les Cèdres generating station
Les Cèdres generating station is a hydroelectric power plant in Quebec, Canada, that harnesses the flow of the Saint Lawrence River to generate electricity.
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C.
Beauharnois generating station
The Beauharnois generating station is a large hydroelectric power plant in Quebec, Canada, known for harnessing the flow of the Saint Lawrence River to produce electricity.
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D.
GDF Suez
GDF Suez was a major French multinational energy company, primarily active in electricity and natural gas, that later rebranded as Engie.
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E.
Muskrat Falls Generating Station
Muskrat Falls Generating Station is a large hydroelectric power facility on the lower Churchill River in Labrador, Canada, developed to supply renewable electricity to Newfoundland and Labrador and beyond.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Crown corporation
ⓘ
electric utility company ⓘ public utility ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| currency | Canadian dollar ⓘ |
| employs | thousands of employees ⓘ |
| energySourceShare | majority hydroelectric generation ⓘ |
| exportsElectricityTo |
New Brunswick
ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| follows | Quebec energy policy ⓘ |
| gridInterconnection |
North American power transmission grid
ⓘ
surface form:
New England power grid
New York Power Authority ⓘ
surface form:
New York power grid
|
| gridType | high-voltage transmission network ⓘ |
| hasLogo | Hydro-Québec corporate logo ⓘ |
| hasMajorProject |
Hydro-Québec James Bay Project
ⓘ
surface form:
James Bay Project
La Grande complex ⓘ |
| hasMandate |
promote energy efficiency
ⓘ
provide reliable electricity to Quebec ⓘ |
| hasShareholder | Government of Quebec ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Canada
ⓘ
Montreal ⓘ Quebec, Canada ⓘ
surface form:
Quebec
|
| inception | 1944 ⓘ |
| industry |
electric power industry
ⓘ
energy ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | French ⓘ |
| legalForm | Crown corporation ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Province of Quebec ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | America/Montreal ⓘ |
| mainActivity |
electricity distribution
ⓘ
electricity generation ⓘ electricity transmission ⓘ |
| officialWebsite | https://www.hydroquebec.com ⓘ |
| operatesInSector | renewable energy ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Government of Quebec ⓘ |
| owner | Government of Quebec ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Government of Quebec ⓘ |
| powerGenerationType |
reservoir hydroelectric plants
ⓘ
run-of-river hydroelectric plants ⓘ |
| primaryEnergySource | hydroelectric power ⓘ |
| regulates | electric power in Quebec ⓘ |
| regulatoryAuthority | Régie de l’énergie du Québec ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
Quebec, Canada
ⓘ
surface form:
Quebec
|
| shortName | HQ ⓘ |
| subsidiary |
Hydro-Québec
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Hydro-Québec Distribution
Hydro-Québec self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Hydro-Québec Production
Hydro-Québec self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Hydro-Québec TransÉnergie
Société d’énergie de la Baie James ⓘ |
| usesStandard | North American power grid standards ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Hydro-Québec Description of subject: Hydro-Québec is a Canadian public utility company owned by the government of Quebec that generates, transmits, and distributes electricity, primarily from hydroelectric power.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.