ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses some of the techniques that are applied to minimize price risks, balance national energy levels, and regulate the electricity networks in situations in which the market mechanism is not viewed as adequate for providing reliable electricity to all customers. It also addresses the gap in knowledge by studying the management of electricity and energy markets in a Finnish electricity company. The chapter explores the interrelationship between the role of monitors in an electricity control room and the management of electricity supply. It indicates that risk-based habits and technological artefacts such as monitors are not separate items in the control room setting. The chapter stresses a process of mutual shaping which was going on: the monitors continuously shape local work practices while local work practices continuously shape how the monitors are used. It concludes by relating the last point to broader debates on markets and risks.
