Group sizes can range from 12 to 24 participants, preferably from the same business unit, but often of mixed level and job type. To picture what experiencing the simulation is like, imagine yourself in a room with 12 to 24 other participants. You are seated with 2-4 team mates at a table with a game board representing the gas distribution business that you and your team members are going to run. There are 5 other teams in the same room each seated in front of their own game board. Initially, your company's gas distribution business is fully regulated.
Deregulation is introduced gradually.
As deregulation starts, few of your customers are free to choose their suppliers. The selling prices of gas remains regulated, but gas purchases are made through competitive purchasing, and your companies profit is no longer limited or assured though cost-plus pricing. During this phase, you learn to make decisions about cost reduction, marketing, customer retention, and purchasing gas in a competitive supply market. Revenues from gas commodity sales are now separated from distribution revenues and from supply services. Finally, the industry becomes fully deregulated.