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BSA's rate and regulatory support
assignments
| | BSA’s key people have provided consulting services on rate and
regulatory issues over the past 25 years to natural gas, electric and
oil pipeline companies, as well as producers, marketers, shippers and
trade associations. BSA personnel specialize in analyzing key aspects
of the applicable regulation, including:
 | Cost of Service |
| Cost of Capital |
| Depreciation studies |
| Cost allocation and rate design issues |
| Tariff analysis in conjunction with federal and state regulatory
proceedings |
| Analytic support for gas pipeline certificate filings before the
FERC |
| Analysis of market power |
| Incentive regulation |
Our principals have developed natural gas and oil pipeline rate
models used to forecast rates, evaluate alternate pipeline proposals
and test the sensitivity of rates and market demand to alternative
cost estimates and rate design proposals. Key BSA personnel have
testified before the FERC, the Department of Energy, and state and
provincial regulatory agencies and panels in:
| Alaska |
| Arizona |
| California |
| Connecticut |
| Florida |
| Georgia |
| Iowa |
| Kansas |
| Louisiana |
| Maryland |
| Massachusetts |
| Mississippi |
| New Mexico |
| New York |
| Ohio |
| Ontario |
| Pennsylvania |
| Texas |
| West Virginia |
Scope of Assignments
In the regulatory arena we have been asked to provide analysis and
expert testimony on a wide range of issues. Our assignments have
typically included:
| Expert testimony addressing pipeline and utility capital
structure and cost of capital filed in Federal and State regulatory
proceedings
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| Expert testimony filed on behalf of natural gas pipelines and
customers on pipeline cost allocation and rate design proposals
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| Expert testimony on energy markets, market power, and price
competition filed on behalf of gas pipeline, gas storage companies,
and oil pipelines to support requests for market based rates
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| Preparation of test year volume forecasts and expert testimony
used in LDC and pipeline rate proceedings
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| Preparation of cost of service, cost allocation and rate design
studies to provide timely support to clients engaged in settlement
negotiations in pipeline and utility rate proceedings
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| Analysis and preparation of schedules use in gas pipeline
certificate applications for new pipelines and pipeline expansions
filed before the FERC
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| Preparation of delivered gas cost projections over the life of
the project, cost ranges, and "what-if" scenarios involving
differing energy market forecasts, rolled-in versus incremental
pipeline and distributor rates, varying construction scenarios, and
market value risks |
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Benjamin Schlesinger and Associates, Inc.
The Bethesda Gateway
7201 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 740
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 951-7266
Fax (301) 951-3381
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