Technically what the electric utility is selling is energy, not power. One gets billed for kilowatt-hours, not kilowatts. See [0]. However, colloquially, the terms power and energy when it comes to electric utilities are used interchangeably, although "power company" seems to be favored vs. "energy company" in the US where I live. If we want to be clear, why not office=electric_utility (if that is what we mean)?
A more general issue is that often utilities provide more than one service. Xcel, which operates in parts of the US, provides both electricity and natural gas (the latter which is technically energy too). In a nearby city to where I live, the city owned utility provides electricity, water, sewer, and internet. Mike [0] https://energyeducation.ca/encyclopedia/Energy_vs_power On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 12:56 PM Dimitar <osm.dimitar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello. > > I’m > [proposing]( > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Power_utility_office) > > to introduce a new tag for power utility offices (office=power_utility) > and deprecate the existing one (office=energy_supplier). The rationale > behind this idea is that energy_supplier can be confusing to most people. > > > Please comment wherever you feel most comfortable: > > * Here > * On the wiki talk page > * On the community forum > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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