Analysis of pipeline discretionary pricing

In a proceeding before the National Energy Board (NEB), assisted in the development of testimony supporting TransCanada Pipeline Company’s discretionary pricing of short term and interruptible natural gas transportation services. The analysis demonstrated adequate competition from primary and market alternatives as well as a lack of statistical support for the claim that spikes gas prices during the “polar vortex” winder of 2013-14 were causally related to TransCanada’s pricing.