51.   U.S. utilities are trying to add customers and revenue before the U.S. government deregulates the industry to allow consumers to choose their power suppliers.

52.   Utilities and the PUC favor deregulating the industry for large industrial and commercial customers first.

53.   When state lawmakers deregulated the industry, insurance providers engaged in price slashing in an attempt to gain market share.

54.   When the airline industry was deregulated, virtually everyone assumed that the costs would be lower and the service would be greatly improved.

55.   While government and industry spokesmen praised the bill, some consumer groups said it deregulates the industry without doing enough to stimulate competition.

56.   Whitehead noted that the commission lost its regulatory power over trucking when Congress deregulated the transportation industry.

57.   While the Swedish government continues to finance health care, education and scores of social services, it has deregulated industries from telecommunications and energy to airlines and banking.

58.   While lawmakers agree that reforms are needed, they are starkly divided on how swiftly to deregulate the industries.

59.   Politicians have responded with modest increases in government spending and pledges to deregulate some industries.

60.   Ramos deregulated key industries and opened up the economy to increased foreign and domestic competition.