Electricity Regulatory Authority (Uganda)
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The Electricity Regulatory Authority (Uganda) is the national body responsible for licensing, regulating, and overseeing Uganda’s electricity generation, transmission, distribution, and sale to ensure reliable and fairly priced power.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Electricity Regulatory Authority (Uganda) canonical | 1 |
| Electricity Regulatory Authority of Uganda | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8586439 — 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: Electricity Regulatory Authority (Uganda) Context triple: [Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (Uganda), worksWith, Electricity Regulatory Authority (Uganda)]
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A.
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (Uganda)
The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (Uganda) is the national government body responsible for formulating and implementing policies on energy, minerals, and petroleum resources in Uganda.
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B.
Electoral Commission of Uganda
The Electoral Commission of Uganda is the national independent body responsible for organizing, managing, and supervising elections and referenda in Uganda.
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C.
Uganda Revenue Authority
The Uganda Revenue Authority is the government body responsible for tax collection and customs administration in Uganda.
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D.
Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (Uganda)
The Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (Uganda) is the national government body responsible for formulating and overseeing policies, regulations, and development initiatives in the information, communications, and technology sectors in Uganda.
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E.
Government of Uganda
The Government of Uganda is the central governing authority of the Republic of Uganda, responsible for national administration, policymaking, and international representation.
- 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: Electricity Regulatory Authority (Uganda) Target entity description: The Electricity Regulatory Authority (Uganda) is the national body responsible for licensing, regulating, and overseeing Uganda’s electricity generation, transmission, distribution, and sale to ensure reliable and fairly priced power.
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A.
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (Uganda)
The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (Uganda) is the national government body responsible for formulating and implementing policies on energy, minerals, and petroleum resources in Uganda.
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B.
Electoral Commission of Uganda
The Electoral Commission of Uganda is the national independent body responsible for organizing, managing, and supervising elections and referenda in Uganda.
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C.
Uganda Revenue Authority
The Uganda Revenue Authority is the government body responsible for tax collection and customs administration in Uganda.
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D.
Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (Uganda)
The Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (Uganda) is the national government body responsible for formulating and overseeing policies, regulations, and development initiatives in the information, communications, and technology sectors in Uganda.
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E.
Education Service Commission (Uganda)
The Education Service Commission (Uganda) is a government body responsible for recruiting, managing, and regulating personnel in Uganda’s education sector.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
electricity regulatory agency
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government agency ⓘ |
| country | Uganda ⓘ |
| ensures |
fairly priced electricity in Uganda
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reliable electricity supply in Uganda ⓘ |
| goal |
ensure quality of service in electricity supply
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promote efficient electricity industry performance ⓘ promote investment in Uganda’s electricity sector ⓘ protect interests of electricity consumers and licensees ⓘ |
| hasRegulatoryScope |
grid-connected electricity
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off-grid electricity systems ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Republic of Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalBasis | national electricity legislation of Uganda ⓘ |
| monitors | performance of electricity utilities in Uganda ⓘ |
| objective |
promote competition where feasible in the electricity market
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promote transparency in electricity sector regulation ⓘ support expansion of electricity access in Uganda ⓘ |
| oversees | electricity sector reforms in Uganda ⓘ |
| parentAgency | Government of Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regulatesActivity |
electricity distribution
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electricity generation ⓘ electricity sale ⓘ electricity transmission ⓘ |
| regulatesMarketParticipant |
electricity distribution companies in Uganda
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electricity generation companies in Uganda ⓘ electricity retail suppliers in Uganda ⓘ electricity transmission companies in Uganda ⓘ |
| regulatesSector | electricity sector in Uganda ⓘ |
| regulatoryFunction |
consumer protection in the electricity sector
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enforcement of electricity sector regulations ⓘ ensuring fair electricity pricing ⓘ ensuring reliability of electricity supply ⓘ licensing of electricity operators ⓘ monitoring compliance with electricity licenses ⓘ tariff setting and approval ⓘ |
| sector |
energy
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power ⓘ |
| stakeholder |
electricity consumers in Uganda
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electricity distributors in Uganda ⓘ electricity producers in Uganda ⓘ electricity transmission system operators in Uganda ⓘ |
| typeOfRegulation |
economic regulation of electricity tariffs
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safety regulation in the electricity sector ⓘ technical regulation of electricity standards ⓘ |
| website | official website of the Electricity Regulatory Authority of Uganda ⓘ |
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: Electricity Regulatory Authority (Uganda) Description of subject: The Electricity Regulatory Authority (Uganda) is the national body responsible for licensing, regulating, and overseeing Uganda’s electricity generation, transmission, distribution, and sale to ensure reliable and fairly priced power.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (Uganda)
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worksWith
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Electricity Regulatory Authority (Uganda)
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this entity surface form:
Electricity Regulatory Authority of Uganda