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Deregulation is creating more opportunities for distributedgeneration than there have been since the 1920s, according toconsultant Frost &amp Sullivan. Although regulatory, technical,economic and environmental hurdles remain, deregulation hasprompted utilities and other energy providers to start offeringdistributed generation as a value-added service to retaincustomers. Also, some industrial and commercial customers arebuying generators to gain independence from electric providers.

While admitting that proliferating pipeline projects arecreating a tall order for marketers, the Canadian natural gascommunity is not only talking optimistically – it is acting onexpectations that its hopes for increased exports will come true.