Power Deals Annual Review 2006

Mergers and acquisitions activity within the global electricity and gas market

2006 was another record-breaking year in the electricity and gas utilities sector. Total deal values shot through the record level set in 2005 to reach a dizzying US$298.8bn. This is nearly seven times the US$43bn level of transactions recorded in the sector only three years earlier in 2003.

This report examines the rationale behind the overall trends and the key individual deals.

We also highlight, in a series of deal dialogues throughout the report, some of the critical issues for companies engaging in deal activity within the sector drawing on our global experience as an adviser to players in major deals throughout the sector in all key power and gas markets.

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