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feat(data): add missing tribal/native utilities + fix data quality issues#25

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Summary

Adds 3 missing Native/tribal utilities from EIA-861 (2024) and cleans up 2 data quality issues.

Missing utilities added

  • EIA 65261 | Gila River Indian Utility Authority (GRICUA) — AZ, 3,433 customers, $35.8M revenue, 278,737 MWh
  • EIA 56621 | Yakama Power — WA, 2,288 customers, $7.0M revenue, 91,450 MWh
  • EIA 65352 | Umpqua Indian Utility Cooperative — OR, 69 customers, $1.8M revenue, 22,257 MWh

GeoJSON service territory boundaries available for GRICUA and Umpqua (from HIFLD). Yakama Power has no HIFLD territory on file.

Data quality fixes

  1. Gila River duplicate removed — We had "Gila River Indian Community Utility Authority" with no EIA ID. This is the same entity as EIA 65261 (GRICUA). Merged: added EIA ID, linked to region-st-65261, populated customer/revenue/MWh data.

  2. Navajo duplicate removed — Two Navajo Tribal Utility Authority records existed; one had no EIA ID and was a ghost. Removed the ghost, keeping EIA 13314.

  3. Navajo segment corrected — Was INVESTOR_OWNED_UTILITY. EIA classifies NTUA as "State" but it's tribally-owned and operates as a distribution cooperative. Changed to DISTRIBUTION_COOPERATIVE.

Why these were missed

EIA 861 has no dedicated "Tribal" ownership code — tribal utilities are classified as Cooperative, Municipal, Political Subdivision, etc. The enrich script only handles CCA, transmission, and IOU gaps. Tribal detection requires name matching against the Frame file.

Total utilities: 3,132 → 3,133

… quality

Changes:
- Add Yakama Power (EIA 56621) — WA, 2,288 customers, tribal co-op
- Add Umpqua Indian Utility Cooperative (EIA 65352) — OR, 69 customers
  - Linked to existing service territory region-st-65352 (GeoJSON via HIFLD)
- Fix Gila River: merge ghost record into EIA 65261 (GRICUA)
  - Was: 'Gila River Indian Community Utility Authority' with no EIA ID
  - Now: EIA 65261, linked to region-st-65261 (GeoJSON available), 3,433 customers
- Fix Navajo duplicate: remove second ghost record with no EIA ID
- Fix Navajo segment: INVESTOR_OWNED_UTILITY → DISTRIBUTION_COOPERATIVE
  (EIA classifies as 'State' but NTUA is tribally-owned, operates as a co-op)

Total utilities: 3,132 → 3,133

Note: EIA has no dedicated 'Tribal' ownership code — tribal utilities are
classified as Cooperative, Municipal, etc. Detection requires name matching.
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