gross margin gross margin increased $ 307 million , or 15% ( 15 % ) , to $ 2.3 billion in 2001 from $ 2.0 billion in 2000 .gross margin as a percentage of revenues decreased to 25% ( 25 % ) in 2000 from 26% ( 26 % ) in 2001 .the increase in gross margin is due to acquisition of new businesses and new operations from greenfield projects offset by lower market prices in the united kingdom .the decrease in gross margin as a percentage of revenues is due to a decline in the competitive supply and contract generation gross margin percentages offset slightly by increased gross margin percentages from large utilities and growth distribution .excluding businesses acquired or that commenced commercial operations in 2001 or 2000 , gross margin decreased 2% ( 2 % ) to $ 1.8 billion in 2001. .
[['', '2001', '2000', '% (  % ) change'], ['contract generation', '$ 827 million', '$ 767 million', '8% ( 8 % )'], ['competitive supply', '$ 440 million', '$ 559 million', '( 21% ( 21 % ) )'], ['large utilities', '$ 739 million', '$ 538 million', '37% ( 37 % )'], ['growth distribution', '$ 296 million', '$ 131 million', '126% ( 126 % )']]
contract generation gross margin increased $ 60 million , or 8% ( 8 % ) , to $ 827 million in 2001 from $ 767 million in 2000 .excluding businesses acquired or that commenced commercial operations during 2001 and 2000 , contract generation gross margin decreased 6% ( 6 % ) to $ 710 million in 2001 .contract generation gross margin increased in all geographic regions except for asia .the contract generation gross margin as a percentage of revenues decreased to 33% ( 33 % ) in 2001 from 44% ( 44 % ) in 2000 .in south america , contract generation gross margin increased $ 17 million and was 27% ( 27 % ) of revenues .the increase is due to the acquisition of gener offset by a decline at tiete from the rationing of electricity in brazil .in north america , contract generation gross margin increased $ 8 million and was 50% ( 50 % ) of revenues .the increase is due to improvements at southland and beaver valley partially offset by a decrease at thames from the contract buydown ( see footnote 13 to the company 2019s consolidated financial statements ) .in europe/ africa , contract generation gross margin increased $ 44 million and was 30% ( 30 % ) of revenues .the increase is due primarily to our additional ownership interest in kilroot and the acquisition of ebute in nigeria .in asia , contract generation gross margin decreased $ 22 million and was 29% ( 29 % ) of revenues .the decrease is due mainly to additional bad debt provisions at jiaozuo , hefei and aixi in china that were partially offset by the start of commercial operations at haripur .the decrease in contract generation gross margin as a percentage of revenue is due to the acquisition of generation businesses with overall gross margin percentages , which are lower than the overall portfolio of generation businesses .as a percentage of sales , contract generation gross margin declined in south america and asia , was relatively flat in north america and increased in europe/africa and the caribbean .the competitive supply gross margin decreased $ 119 million , or 21% ( 21 % ) , to $ 440 million in 2001 from $ 559 million in 2000 .excluding businesses acquired or that commenced commercial operations during 2001 and 2000 , competitive supply gross margin decreased 26% ( 26 % ) to $ 408 million in 2001 .the overall decrease is due to declines in europe/africa and south america that were partially offset by slight increases in north america , the caribbean and asia .the competitive supply gross margin as a percentage of revenues decreased to 16% ( 16 % ) in 2001 from 23% ( 23 % ) in 2000 .in south america , competitive supply segment gross margin decreased $ 61 million and was 1% ( 1 % ) of revenues due to declines at our businesses in argentina .in europe/africa , competitive supply segment gross margin decreased $ 95 million and was 22% ( 22 % ) of revenues .the decrease is due primarily to declines at drax , barry and fifoots from the lower market prices in the u.k .in north america , competitive supply segment gross margin increased $ 14 million and was 11% ( 11 % ) of revenues .the increase was due to an expanded customer base at new energy and was partially offset by decreases at somerset in new york and deepwater in texas .in the caribbean ( which includes colombia ) , the competitive supply gross margin increased $ 15 million and was 29% ( 29 % ) of revenues .the increase is due primarily to the acquisition of chivor .as a percentage .

Question: 2001 revenue from large utilities were how many times the revenues from the growth distribution segment?
Answer: 2.5