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The surge in power deals put the total 2007 deal value of US$372.5bn nearly
nine times above the US$43bn recorded just four years earlier in 2003 (Figure
1). The total number of 2007 deals in the power utilities sector was up by 23%
year-on-year compared to 2006. The level of cross-border activity rose (Figure
2) but it was domestic activity that set the totals on fire. The value of domestic
electricity deals nearly trebled, rising from US$73.4bn in 2006 to US$208.8bn
in 2007 (Figure 3).
The US$135.4bn increase in domestic electricity deals more than offset a no
less remarkable US$82.5bn fall in the value of gas deals worldwide (Figure 4).
In large part, the latter is not so much a reflection of any underlying trend but,
rather, the exceptional mega-gas deals transacted in 2006 when four big deals
– the purchases of Gaz de France, Kinder Morgan, KeySpan and Australian Gas
Light Company – dominated the top ten power deals table and accounted for
US$81.9bn of value.......

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