A column on April 12 dealt with the gradual deregulation of the electric industry in New York and described phase one of that deregulation.

It has begun the gradual deregulation of such services where, in the commission's opinion, a sufficient level of competition exists.

But he favors only gradual financial deregulation.

Several low-cost carriers have cropped up in Europe in recent years with the gradual deregulation of the airline industry there.

There is little hope of loosening the rental market, stimulating new rental construction and sustaining better buildings as rentals without a move toward gradual deregulation.

The purging of small independents has partly come from growing competition that followed the gradual deregulation in natural gas markets during the 1980's.

Ms. Clitheroe was named chief executive in 1999 when Hydro One was formed as part of a gradual deregulation of Ontario's power sector.

The process of gradual deregulation of the EU markets has been the most important component for improving services of general economic interest during the last decade.

Trygve Bratteli, on the other hand, was viewed as a proponent of gradual deregulation.

Owners are also expected to seek a system of vacancy decontrol that would allow a gradual deregulation of apartments as they become vacant.