Electricity market
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Few large actors
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Several smaller actors
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Investment capital
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Large sums of investment capital are invested in one or a few actors
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Large sums of investment capital are divided between several actors on all levels of society (micro-, meso- and macro-level)
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Facilities
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A few large power plants that require specialists to operate
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Several smaller facilities that require generalists to operate
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Accountability (centralized/local)
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Accountability is centralized
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Accountability is decentralized and divided between local, regional and national institutions and actors
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Accountability (public/private)
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Government and a few large actors
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Municipal institutions, neighborhoods and local facilities
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Employment
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Requires highly qualified specialists; technocratic elite
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Requires generalists capable of adapting local energy sources to local needs
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Electricity system
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Dominates the preconditions for its surroundings and the environment
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Is dominated by the preconditions of its surroundings and environment
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