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Continental Divide Electric Cooperative and other member-owned rural electric cooperatives can be __________ the other main types of US electrical utilities by their chosen governance models. Although public power utilities are, like cooperatives, not-for-profit enterprises, they are owned and run by local governments; investor-owned utilities, meanwhile, are managed by private boards for the benefit of shareholders.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A
protected against
B
integrated with
C
established by
D
distinguished from