Abstract
Competition in the natural gas industry from the viewpoint of a distributor centers around the interstate pipeline producers' contract problems and the responsiveness of pipeline rates to markets. Trends in regulation have been to encourage producers to deal directly with distributors and end-users by blanket transportation approvals and by allowing pipeliners to act as brokers. Natural gas should maintain its competitiveness against alternate fuels in a deregulated market.
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