'''Divestiture ''' is the selling of an [[asset]] or part of a [[business]] to an independent entity, usually to end all ownership of that asset or part of a business by the original [[owner]].
In energy industries, divestiture or stripping off is most commonly associated with [[spinning-off]] [[generation assets]] so they are no longer owned by the [[shareholders]] that own the [[transmission]] and [[distribution assets]].
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