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1、StaffReportonCapacityReassignmentI.BackgroundInOrderNo.890,theCommissionpermittedresellersofpoint-to-pointtransmissioncapacitytochargemarketbasedrates.Theratesforthesereassignmentshadpreviouslybeenlimitedtoacost-basedpricecap–themaximumoftheoriginalpurchaseprice,thetransmissio
2、nprovider’scurrenttariff1rate,ortheassignor’sopportunitycostscappedatthecostofexpansion.Theremovalofthepricecapwasintendedtohelpexpandthesecondarymarket,andfurtherthegoalsstatedinOrderNo.888whichbeganallowingcapacityreassignmentin1996.InOrderNo.888theCommissionfoundthatallowin
3、gholdersoffirmtransmissioncapacityrightstoreassigncapacitywouldhelppartiesmanagethefinancialrisksassociatedwiththeirlongtermcommitments,reducethemarketpoweroftransmissionprovidersbyallowingcustomerstocompete,2andfosterefficientcapacityallocation.TheCommissionlimitedreassignmen
4、tsabovethepricecaptoastudy3periodendingOctober1,2010inOrderNo.890-A.TheCommissiondirectedstafftocloselymonitorthesecondarymarketfortransmissioncapacityduringthattimeandprepareareporttoassisttheCommissionindecidingwhethertoextendtherulebeyondthestudyperiod.InOrderNo.890-BtheCom
5、missionclarifiedthatthereportshouldfocusonthecompetitiveeffectsofremovingthepricecapforreassignedcapacity.Staffwasdirectedtoconsiderthenumberofreassignmentsoccurringoverthestudyperiod,themagnitudeandvariabilityofresaleprices,thetermofthereassignments,andanyrelationshipbetweenr
6、esalepricesandpricedifferentialsinrelatedenergymarkets.Staffwasalsodirectedtoexaminethenatureandscopeofreassignmentsundertakenbythetransmissionprovider’saffiliatesandincludeinitsreportanyevidenceofabuseinthe1PreventingUndueDiscriminationandPreferenceinTransmissionService,Order
7、No.890,72FR12,266(March15,2007),FERCStats.&Regs.¶31,241(2007)(OrderNo.890)atP778.2SeeOrderNo.890atP808.3PreventingUndueDiscriminationandPreferenceinTransmissionService,OrderNo.890,72FR12,266(March15,2007),FERCStats.&Regs.¶31,241(2007)(OrderNo.890),orderonreh’g,OrderNo.890-A,73
8、FR2984(Jan.16,2008),FERCStats.&Regs.¶31,261(2007)(OrderNo.890