Brattle consultants have presented testimony before the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and Canadian Energy Regulator (CER) analyzing the market power held by oil and natural gas pipelines in the context of applications for market-based rates or whether negotiated rates should be approved. Our analysis focuses on the competitiveness of alternatives to the pipeline and the ability of the pipeline to increase rates above a competitive level. This analysis focuses on the competitiveness of origin as well as destination geographic markets.

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