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RNS Number:0960S TransCanada Pipelines Ld 01 March 2007 PART 1 ************************************************************************************************ * IMPORTANT: Please note the information in the submission header MUST match the information * * on the cover page of your filing. The SEC accepts or suspends filings based upon the * * information in the submission header. Please carefully check all tags and values, * * as well as the content of your EDGAR proof. * * * * REGISTRANT TRANSMISSION AUTHORIZATION * * * * ( ) I have reviewed the submission header and find it to be correct. * * ( ) I have reviewed the submission file and find it to be correct and complete. * * ( ) I have reviewed the electronic HTML proof and find all content including graphics and * * links to be correct. * * ( ) I authorize Merrill Corporation to transmit this filing to the SEC. * * ( ) I have reviewed the Series & Class (Contracts) Identifiers and find them to be correct * * and complete (if applicable). * * ( ) I have reviewed the document descriptions (on the page following the Submission Header * * in the PDF proof) and find it to be correct and complete. * * * * Printed Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________ Time: ______________ * * * * Signature: _________________________________________ * * * ************************************************************************************************ SUBMISSION TYPE 40-F LIVE DOCUMENT-COUNT 27 (6 Edgar Docs, 21 Graphic Docs) FILER CIK 0000099070 CCC XXXXXXXX /FILER PERIOD 12/31/2006 SROS NYSE SUBMISSION-CONTACT NAME EDGAR Advantage Service Team PHONE (800) 688 - 1933 /SUBMISSION-CONTACT NOTIFY-INTERNET clgcust@merrillcorp.com DOCUMENT TYPE 40-F DESCRIPTION FORM 40-F FILENAME a2176383z40-f.htm TEXT QuickLinks -- Click here to rapidly navigate through this document -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 40-F ( ) REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT of 1934 OR (X) annual report pursuant to section 13(a) OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 Commission File Number 1-8887 TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED (Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its charter) Canada (Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) 4922, 4923, 4924, 5172 (Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number (if applicable)) Not Applicable (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number (if applicable)) TransCanada Tower, 450 - 1 Street S.W. Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2P 5H1 (403) 920-2000 (Address and telephone number of Registrant's principal executive offices) CT Corporation, Suite 2610, 520 Pike Street Seattle, Washington, 98101; (206) 622-4511; 1-800-456-4511 (Name, address (including zip code) and telephone number (including area code) of agent for service in the United States) Securities registered pursuant to section 12(b) of the Act: Title of each class Name of each exchange on which registered 8.25% Preferred Securities due 2047 New York Stock Exchange Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act: None For annual reports, indicate by check mark the information filed with this Form: ( X )Annual Information Form ( X ) Audited annual financial statements Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer's classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report. At December 31, 2006, 4,000,000 Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares Series U and 4,000,000 Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares Series Y were issued and outstanding All of the Registrant's common shares are owned by TransCanada Corporation. Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant by filing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"). If "Yes" is marked, indicate the file number assigned to the Registrant in connection with such Rule. Yes No X Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the preceding 12 months (or such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes X No -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONSOLIDATED AUDITED ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS A. Audited Annual Financial Statements For consolidated audited financial statements, including the report of independent chartered accountants with respect thereto, see pages 70 through 110 of the TransCanada PipeLines Limited ("TCPL") 2006 Management's Discussion and Analysis and Audited Consolidated Financial Statements included herein. See the related supplementary note entitled "Reconciliation to United States GAAP" for a reconciliation of the differences between Canadian and United States generally accepted accounting principles, including the auditors' report attached as document 13.4. B. Management's Discussion & Analysis For management's discussion and analysis, see pages 2 through 69 of TCPL's 2006 Management's Discussion and Analysis and Audited Consolidated Financial Statements included herein. For the purposes of this Report, only pages 2 through 69 and 70 through 110 of the TCPL 2006 Management's Discussion and Analysis and Audited Consolidated Financial Statements shall be deemed incorporated herein by reference and filed, and the balance of such 2006 Management's Discussion and Analysis and Audited Consolidated Financial Statements, except as otherwise specifically incorporated by reference in the TCPL Annual Information Form, shall be deemed not filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of this Report under the Exchange Act. C. Management's Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting For information on management's internal control over financial reporting, see "Report of Management" included in TCPL's consolidated audited financial statements on page 70, the section entitled "Management's Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting" under the heading "Controls and Procedures" in Management's Discussion and Analysis on page 62 of TCPL's Management's Discussion and Analysis and Audited Consolidated Financial Statements, and Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting filed as document 13.5. Management's assessment of the effectiveness of TCPL's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006 has been audited by TCPL's independent auditors, KPMG LLP, a registered public accounting firm, as stated in their audit report on management's assessment. KPMG LLP has issued a report on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006 filed as document 13.6. UNDERTAKING The Registrant undertakes to make available, in person or by telephone, representatives to respond to inquiries made by the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), and to furnish promptly, when requested to do so by the Commission staff, information relating to: the securities registered pursuant to Form 40-F; the securities in relation to which the obligation to file an Annual Report on Form 40-F arises; or transactions in said securities. DISCLOSURE CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES For information on disclosure controls and procedures, see "Controls and Procedures" in Management's Discussion and Analysis on page 62 of TCPL's 2006 Management's Discussion and Analysis and Audited Consolidated Financial Statements. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT The Registrant's board of directors has determined that it has at least one audit committee financial expert serving on its audit committee. Mr. Harry G. Schaefer has been designated an audit committee financial expert and is independent, as that term is defined by the New York Stock Exchange's listing standards applicable to the Registrant. The Commission has indicated that the designation of Mr. Schaefer as an audit committee financial expert does not make Mr. Schaefer an "expert" for any purpose, impose any duties, obligations or liability on Mr. Schaefer that are greater than those imposed on members of the audit committee and board of directors who do not carry this designation or affect the duties, obligations or liability of any other member of the audit committee. CODE OF ETHICS The Registrant has adopted codes of business ethics for its employees, its President and Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Controller and its directors. The Registrant's codes are available on its website at www.transcanada.com. There has been no waiver of the codes granted during the 2006 fiscal year. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES The aggregate fees for professional services rendered by KPMG LLP for the TransCanada group of companies for the 2006 and 2005 fiscal years are shown in the table below: Fees in millions of Canadian dollars 2006 2005 Audit Fees $ 4.94 $ 3.15 Audit-Related Fees 0.07 0.11 Tax Fees 0.22 0.12 All Other Fees 0.07 0.14 Total $ 5.30 $ 3.52 The nature of each category of fees is described below. Audit Fees Audit fees were incurred for professional services rendered by the auditors for the audit of the TransCanada group of companies' annual financial statements or services provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements, the review of interim consolidated financial statements and information contained in various prospectuses and other offering documents. Audit-Related Fees Audit-related fees were incurred for the audit of the financial statements of the Registrant's certain pension plans. Tax Fees Tax fees were primarily incurred for tax compliance and tax advice. These services consisted of: tax compliance including the review of Canadian and US income tax returns and tax items and tax services related to domestic and international taxation including income tax, capital tax and Goods and Services Tax. All Other Fees Fees disclosed in the table above under the item "all other fees" were incurred for services other than the audit fees, audit-related fees and tax fees described above. These services consisted of advice with regards to compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures TCPL's Audit Committee has adopted a pre-approval policy with respect to permitted non-audit services. Under the policy, the Audit Committee has granted pre-approval for specified non-audit services. For engagements of $25,000 CDN or less which are not within the annual pre-approved limit approval by the Audit Committee is not required, and for engagements between $25,000 CDN and $100,000 CDN, approval of the Audit Committee Chair is required, and the Audit Committee is to be informed of the engagement at the next scheduled Audit Committee meeting. For all engagements of $100,000 CDN or more, pre-approval of the Audit Committee is required. In all cases, regardless of dollar amount involved, where there is a potential for conflict of interest involving the external auditor on an engagement, the Audit Committee Chair must pre-approve the assignment. To date, TCPL has not approved any non-audit services on the basis of the de-minimis exemptions. All non-audit services have been pre-approved by the Audit Committee in accordance with the pre-approval policy described above. OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS The Registrant has no off-balance sheet arrangements, as defined in this Form, other than the guarantees described in Note 22 of the Notes to the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements attached to this Form 40-F and incorporated herein by reference. TABULAR DISCLOSURE OF CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS For information on Tabular Disclosure of Contractual Obligations, see "Management's Discussion and Analysis - Contractual Obligations", which is incorporated herein by reference on page 52 of TCPL's 2006 Management's Discussion and Analysis and Audited Consolidated Financial Statements. IDENTIFICATION OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE The Registrant has a separately-designated standing Audit Committee. The members of the Audit Committee are: Chair: H.G. Schaefer Members: D.H. Burney K.E. Benson P. Gauthier P.L. Joskow J.A. MacNaughton FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION This document, documents incorporated herein by reference, and other reports and filings made with the securities regulatory authorities contain certain information that is forward-looking and is subject to important risks and uncertainties. The words "anticipate", "expect", "may", "should", "estimate", "project", "outlook", "forecast" or other similar words are used to identify such forward looking information. All forward-looking statements are based on TCPL's beliefs and assumptions based on information available at the time such statements were made. The results or events predicted in this information may differ from actual results or events. Factors which could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations include, among other things, the ability of TCPL to successfully implement its strategic initiatives and whether such strategic initiatives will yield the expected benefits, the availability and price of energy commodities, regulatory decisions, changes in environmental and other laws and regulations, competitive factors in the pipeline and energy industry sectors, construction and completion of capital projects, access to capital markets, interest and currency exchange rates, technological developments and the current economic conditions in North America. By its nature, such forward-looking information is subject to various risks and uncertainties, including those material risks discussed herein, in TCPL's Annual Information Form filed as document 13.1 hereto and in TCPL's Management's Discussion and Analysis filed as document 13.2 hereto, which could cause TCPL's actual results and experience to differ materially from the anticipated results or other expectations expressed. The material assumptions in making these forward-looking statements are disclosed in TCPL's Management's Discussion and Analysis, filed as document 13.2 hereto, under the headings "TCPL Overview", "TCPL's Strategy", "Outlook", "Pipelines - Opportunities and Developments", "Pipelines - Outlook", "Energy - Opportunities and Developments" and "Energy - Outlook". Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on this forward-looking information, which is given as of the date it is expressed in this document or otherwise, and TCPL undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 40-F and has duly caused this Annual Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized, in the City of Calgary, Province of Alberta, Canada. TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED Per: /s/ GREGORY A. LOHNES GREGORY A. LOHNES Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer Date: February 28, 2007 DOCUMENTS FILED AS PART OF THIS REPORT 13.1 Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2006. 13.2 Management's Discussion and Analysis (included on pages 2 through 69 of TCPL's 2006 Management's Discussion and Analysis and Audited Consolidated Financial Statements). 13.3 2006 Consolidated Audited Financial Statements (included on pages 70 through 110 of TCPL's 2006 Management's Discussion and Analysis and Audited Consolidated Financial Statements). 13.4 Related supplementary note entitled "Reconciliation to United States GAAP" and the auditors' report thereon. 13.5 Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. 13.6 Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. 99.1 Comments by Auditors for United States Readers on Canada - United States Reporting Difference. EXHIBITS 23.1 Consent of KPMG LLP, Chartered Accountants. 31.1. Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. 31.2 Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. 32.1 Certification of Chief Executive Officer regarding Periodic Report containing Financial Statements. 32.2 Certification of Chief Financial Officer regarding Periodic Report containing Financial Statements. ,G688292.JPG TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED ANNUAL INFORMATION FORM February 22, 2007 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page TABLE OF CONTENTS i PRESENTATION OF INFORMATION ii FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION ii TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED 1 Corporate Structure 1 Significant Subsidiaries 2 GENERAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUSINESS 2 Developments in the Pipelines Business 2 Developments in the Energy Business 4 Recent Developments 7 BUSINESS OF TCPL 7 Pipelines Business 8 Regulation 10 Energy Business 11 Other Interests 12 HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT 12 LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AND REGULATORY ACTIONS 13 TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR 13 INTEREST OF EXPERTS 13 RISK FACTORS 14 DIVIDENDS 14 DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STRUCTURE 14 DEBT 15 CREDIT RATINGS 16 MARKET FOR SECURITIES 17 DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS 19 Directors 19 Officers 21 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 22 Compliance with Canadian Governance Guidelines 22 Audit Committee 22 Other Board Committees 24 Conflicts of Interest 25 INDEBTEDNESS OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS 25 SECURITIES OWNED BY DIRECTORS 25 COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS 26 EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND OTHER INFORMATION 29 Report on Executive Compensation 29 Performance Graph 41 Remuneration of Executive Officers of TCPL 41 Executive Compensation 41 Equity Compensation Plan Information 47 Pension and Retirement Benefits for Executives 49 Supplemental Disclosure - Total Compensation Awards 54 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 56 GLOSSARY 57 SCHEDULE "A" Metric Conversion Table A-1 SCHEDULE "B" Disclosure of Corporate Governance Practices B-1 SCHEDULE "C" Charter of The Board of Directors C-1 SCHEDULE "D" Description of Board Committees and Their Charters D-1 SCHEDULE "E" Charter of the Audit Committee E-1 TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED i PRESENTATION OF INFORMATION Unless otherwise noted, the information contained in this Annual Information Form ("AIF") for TransCanada PipeLines Limited ("TCPL") is given at or for the year ended December 31, 2006 ("Year End"). Amounts are expressed in Canadian dollars unless otherwise indicated. Financial information is presented in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles. Unless the context indicates otherwise, a reference in this AIF to "TCPL" or the "Company" includes TCPL's parent, TransCanada Corporation ("TransCanada") and the subsidiaries of TCPL through which its various business operations are conducted and a reference to "TransCanada" includes TransCanada Corporation and the subsidiaries of TransCanada Corporation, including TCPL. Where TCPL is referred to with respect to actions that occurred prior to its 2003 plan of arrangement with TransCanada, which is described below under the heading "TransCanada PipeLines Limited - Corporate Structure", these actions were taken by TCPL or its subsidiaries. The term "subsidiary", when referred to in this AIF, with reference to TCPL means direct and indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries of, and entities controlled by, TransCanada or TCPL, as applicable. TCPL's Management's Discussion and Analysis dated February 22, 2007 ("MD&A") and TCPL's Audited Consolidated Financial Statements dated February 22, 2007 are incorporated by reference into this AIF and can be found on SEDAR at www.sedar.com under TCPL's profile. Information relating to metric conversion can be found at Schedule "A" to this AIF. FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION This AIF, the documents incorporated by reference into this AIF, and other reports and filings made with the securities regulatory authorities contain certain information that is forward-looking and is subject to important risks and uncertainties. The words "anticipate", "expect", "may", "should", "estimate", "project", "outlook", "forecast" or other similar words are used to identify such forward looking information. All forward-looking statements are based on TCPL's beliefs and assumptions based on information available at the time such statements were made. The results or events predicted in this information may differ from actual results or events. Factors which could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations include, among other things, the ability of TCPL to successfully implement its strategic initiatives and whether such strategic initiatives will yield the expected benefits, the availability and price of energy commodities, regulatory decisions, changes in environmental and other laws and regulations, competitive factors in the pipeline and energy industry sectors, construction and completion of capital projects, access to capital markets, interest and currency exchange rates, technological developments and the current economic conditions in North America. By its nature, such forward-looking information is subject to various risks and uncertainties, including those material risks discussed in this AIF under "Risk Factors" and in the MD&A under "Pipelines - Business Risks" and "Energy - Business Risks", which could cause TCPL's actual results and experience to differ materially from the anticipated results or other expectations expressed. The material assumptions in making these forward-looking statements are disclosed in the MD&A under the headings "TCPL Overview", "TCPL's Strategy", "Outlook", "Pipelines - Opportunities and Developments", "Pipelines - Outlook", "Energy - Opportunities and Developments" and "Energy - Outlook". Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on this forward-looking information, which is given as of the date it is expressed in this AIF or otherwise, and TCPL undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. ii TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED Corporate Structure TCPL's head office and registered office are located at 450 - 1st Street S.W., Calgary, Alberta, T2P 5H1. TCPL is a Canadian public company. Significant dates and events are set forth below. Date Event March 21, 1951 Incorporated by Special Act of Parliament as Trans-Canada Pipe Lines Limited. April 19, 1972 Continued under the Canada Corporations Act by Letters Patent, which included the alteration of its capital and change of name to TransCanada PipeLines Limited. June 1, 1979 Continued under the Canada Business Corporations Act. July 2, 1998 Certificate of Arrangement issued in connection with the Plan of Arrangement with NOVA Corporation ("NOVA") under which the companies merged and then split off the commodity chemicals business carried on by NOVA into a separate public company. January 1, 1999 Certificate of Amalgamation issued reflecting TCPL's vertical short form amalgamation with a wholly-owned subsidiary, Alberta Natural Gas Company Ltd. January 1, 2000 Certificate of Amalgamation issued reflecting TCPL's vertical short form amalgamation with a wholly-owned subsidiary, NOVA Gas International Ltd. May 4, 2001 Restated TransCanada PipeLines Limited Articles of Incorporation filed. June 20, 2002 Restated TransCanada PipeLines Limited By-Laws filed. May 15, 2003 Certificate of Arrangement issued in connection with the plan of arrangement with TransCanada. TransCanada was incorporated pursuant to the provisions of the Canada Business Corporations Act on February 25, 2003. The arrangement was approved by TCPL common shareholders on April 25, 2003 and following court approval, Articles of Arrangement were filed making the arrangement effective May 15, 2003. The common shareholders of TCPL exchanged each of their TCPL common shares for one common share of TransCanada. The debt securities and preferred shares of TCPL remained obligations and securities of TCPL. TCPL continues to hold the assets it held prior to the arrangement and continues to carry on business as the principal operating subsidiary of the TransCanada group of entities. At Year End, TCPL had approximately 2,350 employees, substantially all of whom were employed in Canada and the United States. TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED 1 Significant Subsidiaries TCPL's significant subsidiaries(1) at Year End and the jurisdiction under which each subsidiary was incorporated are noted below. TCPL owns, directly or indirectly, 100 per cent of the voting shares of each of these subsidiaries. ,G262674.JPG (1) Excludes certain of TCPL's subsidiaries where: * the total assets of the subsidiary do not exceed ten per cent of the consolidated assets of TCPL at Year End; * the sales and operating revenues of the subsidiary do not exceed ten per cent of the consolidated sales and operating revenues of TCPL for the year ended December 31, 2006; * the aggregate assets of all the excluded subsidiaries do not exceed 20 per cent of the consolidated assets of TCPL at Year End; and * the aggregate sales and operating revenues of all the excluded subsidiaries do not exceed 20 per cent of the consolidated sales and operating revenues of TCPL for the year ended December 31, 2006. GENERAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUSINESS The general development of TCPL's business during the last three financial years, and the significant acquisitions, dispositions, events or conditions which have had an influence on that development, are described below. Effective June 1, 2006, TCPL revised the composition and names of its reportable business segments to Pipelines and Energy. Pipelines is principally comprised of the company's pipelines in Canada, the United States and Mexico. Energy includes the company's power operations, natural gas storage business and liquefied natural gas ("LNG") projects in Canada and the United States. Developments in the Pipelines Business TransCanada's strategy in pipelines is focused on both growing its North American natural gas transmission network and maximizing the long-term value of its existing pipeline assets. Summarized below are significant developments that have occurred in TCPL's pipelines business over the last three years. 2006 Pipeline Developments * January 2006. TCPL secured firm, long-term contracts for the Keystone oil pipeline project totalling 340,000 barrels per day with durations averaging 18 years; 2 TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED * April 2006. TC PipeLines, LP, an affiliate of TCPL, acquired an additional 20 per cent general partnership interest in Northern Border Pipeline Company ("NBPL") for approximately US$307 million which brings the total general partnership interest in NBPL to 50 per cent. TC PipeLines, LP also indirectly assumed approximately US$122 million of the debt of NBPL. TCPL expects to become the operator of NBPL in April 2007. TCPL is the parent company of TC PipeLines GP, Inc., the general partner of TC PipeLines, LP; * April 2006. TCPL sold its 17.5 per cent general partner interest in Northern Border Partners, L.P. for approximately US$29.5 million; * December 2006. The 130 km Tamazunchale pipeline in east central Mexico went into commercial service; * December 2006. TC PipeLines, LP acquired 49 per cent of Sierra Pacific Resources' 50 per cent interest in Tuscarora Gas Transmission Company ("Tuscarora"), with an option to acquire the remaining one per cent interest for US$100 million, plus US$37 million of assumed debt, subject to certain post closing adjustments. TC PipeLines, LP now holds a 99 per cent interest in Tuscarora and TCPL indirectly holds a one per cent ownership interest. A subsidiary of TCPL became the operator of Tuscarora; * December 2006. TransCanada entered into a purchase and sale agreement with El Paso Corporation pursuant to which TransCanada agreed to acquire American Natural Resources Company and ANR Storage Company (collectively, "ANR"). TransCanada also agreed to purchase an additional 3.55 per cent interest in Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited Partnership ("Great Lakes") from El Paso Corporation. The total purchase price is approximately US$3.4 billion and includes approximately US$488 million of assumed debt. The acquisition includes an approximately 17,000-kilometre pipeline system and 230 billion cubic feet ("Bcf") of storage capacity in the United States. The acquisition closed on February 22, 2007, as discussed under "General Development of the Business - Recent Developments" in this AIF; * December 2006. TC PipeLines, LP agreed to acquire a 46.45 per cent interest in Great Lakes from El Paso Corporation for a purchase price of US$962 million which includes the assumption of approximately US$212 million of assumed debt, subject to certain post closing adjustments. The acquisition closed on February 22, 2007, as discussed under "General Development of the Business - Recent Developments" in this AIF; * TCPL continued to invest in the Canadian Mainline and the Alberta System; * TCPL continued funding of the Mackenzie Valley Aboriginal Pipeline Limited Partnership for its participation in the Mackenzie Gas Pipeline Project; and * TCPL continued discussions relating to the proposed Alaska Highway Pipeline Project. Regulatory Matters * February 2006. TCPL filed an application with the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") for a certificate for a two-phase expansion of its existing natural gas pipeline in southern California, the North Baja system ("North Baja System") and the construction of a new lateral pipeline in California's Imperial Valley; * April 2006. The National Energy Board ("NEB") approved a negotiated settlement of the 2006 Canadian Mainline tolls which included a deemed common equity ratio of 36 per cent and incentives for managing cost through fixing certain components of the revenue requirement; * June 2006. TCPL filed an application with the NEB seeking approval to transfer a portion of TCPL's Canadian Mainline natural gas transmission facilities to the Keystone oil pipeline project for the purposes of transporting crude oil from Alberta to refining centres in the U.S. Midwest, which was approved by the NEB in February, 2007. Additionally, in December 2006, TCPL filed an application with the NEB for approval to construct and operate the Canadian portion of the Keystone oil pipeline, which is anticipated to be in service in late 2009; and * June 2006. TransCanada filed a rate case with the FERC requesting a number of tariff changes including an increase in rates for certain services on the Gas Transmission Northwest system ("Gas Transmission Northwest TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED 3 System"). Further information relating to the Gas Transmission Northwest System can be found in this AIF under "Business of TCPL - Regulation". Further information about these developments can be found in this AIF under "General Development of the Business - Recent Developments" and in the MD&A under the heading "TCPL's Strategy - Pipelines" and "Pipelines - Opportunities and Developments". 2005 Pipeline Developments * February 2005, TCPL announced the Keystone oil pipeline project, a US$2.1 billion oil pipeline project to transport approximately 435,000 barrels per day of heavy crude oil from Alberta to Illinois; * March 2005. TCPL sold 3,574,200 common units of TC PipeLines, LP for $153 million; * TCPL continued discussions relating to the proposed Alaska Highway Pipeline Project; * June 2005. TCPL acquired an additional interest in the Iroquois Gas Transmission System L.P. ("Iroquois System") for US$13.6 million. The acquisition increased TCPL's ownership interest from 40.96 per cent to 44.48 per cent; * June 2005. TCPL commenced construction of the Tamazunchale Pipeline in east-central Mexico which went into service in December 2006; and * TCPL continued funding of the Mackenzie Valley Aboriginal Pipeline Limited Partnership for its participation in the Mackenzie Gas Pipeline Project. Regulatory Matters * March 2005. TCPL reached a settlement with shippers and other interested parties regarding the annual revenue requirements of its Alberta System for the years 2005, 2006 and 2007. The settlement was approved by regulators; and * May 2005. TCPL received the NEB's decision on the Canadian Mainline 2004 Tolls and Tariff Application (Phase II), approving an increase in the deemed common equity component of TCPL's Canadian Mainline System's capital structure from 33 per cent to 36 per cent effective January 1, 2004. 2004 Pipeline Developments * November 2004. TCPL acquired the Gas Transmission Northwest System and the North Baja System from National Energy & Gas Transmission, Inc. for US$1.7 billion, including approximately US$0.5 billion of assumed debt. Developments in the Energy Business In the past three years, TCPL has grown its energy business and, in particular, has increased its power generation capacity from facilities it owns, operates and/or controls, including those under construction or in development, from approximately 5,700 megawatts ("MW") in 2004 to approximately 7,700 MW at Year End. Summarized below are significant developments that have occurred in TCPL's energy business over the last three years. 2006 Energy Developments * TCPL continued construction of the Cartier wind energy project ("Cartier Wind Energy Project"), of which 62 per cent is owned by TCPL. The first of six proposed wind farm projects was commercial in late 2006 and construction commenced on the second which is expected to be in service in late 2007. The other phases of the Cartier Wind Energy Project will continue, subject to future appropriations and approvals, through 2012 at five 4 TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED different locations in the Gaspe region of Quebec and capacity is expected to total 740 MW when all phases are complete. Once completed, the entire output of the Cartier Wind Energy Project will be supplied to Hydro-Quebec Distribution under 20-year power purchase contracts; * September 2006. Portlands Energy Centre L.P., 50 per cent owned by TCPL, signed a 20-year Accelerated Clean Energy Supply ("ACES") contract with the Ontario Power Authority for Portlands Energy Centre ("PEC"), a 550 MW high-efficiency, combined-cycle natural gas generation plant is being constructed in downtown Toronto. The capital cost of PEC is estimated to be approximately $730 million. PEC is expected to be operational in simple-cycle mode and delivering 340 MW of electricity beginning June 2008, and is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2009, delivering up to 550 MW of power under the ACES contract; * September 2006. Construction of the 550 MW Becancour cogeneration plant near Trois Rivieres, Quebec, was completed and placed in commercial service providing power to Hydro-Quebec Distribution; * November 2006. TCPL was awarded a 20-year Clean Energy Supply contract by the Ontario Power Authority to build, own and operate a 683 MW natural gas-fired power plant near the Town of Halton Hills, Ontario. TCPL expects to invest approximately $670 million in the Halton Hills Generating Station, which is anticipated to be in service in the second quarter of 2010; * December 2006. The Edson gas storage facility was placed in service; and * TCPL continued work on the restart and refurbishment project at Bruce A nuclear power generation facility in Ontario. The first unit is expected to be online in late 2009, subject to approval by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. Regulatory Matters * January 2006. TCPL, on behalf of the Broadwater Energy project, filed an application with the FERC for approval of the LNG regasification project to be located in Long Island Sound, New York. The United States Coast Guard issued a report which determined that the waterways associated with the project are suitable if additional measures are implemented to manage the safety and security risks associated with the project. Broadwater's application to the New York Department of State for a determination that the project is consistent with New York's coastal zone policies was deemed complete by the state in November of 2006. Also in November, the FERC issued a statement which concludes that with strict adherence to federal and state permit requirements and regulations, and Broadwater's proposed mitigation measures and the FERC's recommendations, the Broadwater project will not result in significant impacts to the environment; and * December 2006. A public hearing on the Cacouna Energy LNG facility in Cacouna, Quebec (the "Cacouna Energy Project") was held in May and June of 2006 and in December 2006 the Minister of the Environment for Quebec and the federal Minister of the Environment, jointly released the report of the Joint Commission on the Cacouna Energy Project. The report has several recommendations and opinions but overall, in management's view, appears to be favourable to the project. TCPL continues to work towards gaining regulatory approval and provided the necessary approvals are obtained, the facility is anticipated to be in service sometime in 2010. Further information about each of these energy developments can be found in the MD&A under the heading "TCPL's Strategy - Energy" and "Energy - Opportunities and Developments". 2005 Energy Developments * February 2005. TCPL advanced the 740 MW Cartier Wind Energy Project with the signing of long term electricity supply contracts; * April 2005. TCPL acquired the hydroelectric power generation assets from USGen New England, Inc. for approximately US$503 million; TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED 5 * September 2005. TCPL sold all of its interests in TransCanada Power, L.P. ("Power LP") to EPCOR Utilities Inc. for net proceeds of $523 million; * October 2005. Bruce Power A L.P. ("Bruce A") entered into agreements with the Ontario Power Authority to restart units 1 and 2, extend the operating life of unit 3 and replace the generators on unit 4 at Bruce A. The capital program for the restart and refurbishment work is expected to total approximately $4.25 billion with TransCanada's share expected to be approximately $2.125 billion; * December 2005. TCPL sold its approximate 11 per cent interest in P.T. Paiton Energy Company to subsidiaries of The Tokyo Electric Power Company, resulting in gross proceeds of US$103 million; * December 2005. TCPL acquired the remaining rights and obligations of the 756-megawatt Sheerness Power Purchase Arrangement ("PPA") from the Alberta Balancing Pool for $585 million; * TCPL commenced construction of a natural gas storage facility located near Edson, Alberta; and * Ocean State Power successfully restructured its long-term natural gas fuel supply contracts with its supplier. Regulatory Matters * TCPL continued working toward gaining regulatory approval for its two LNG projects: Cacouna in Quebec and the Broadwater Energy project, offshore of New York State in Long Island Sound. 2004 Energy Developments * April 2004. TCPL received approval from the Quebec government to develop the 550 MW natural gas-fired Becancour cogeneration plant located at an industrial park near Trois-Rivieres, Quebec ("Becancour Plant") and which will supply its entire power output to Hydro-Quebec Distribution under 20 year power purchase contracts. Construction of the 550 MW Becancour Plant began in the third quarter of 2004; * April 2004. TCPL sold its ManChief and Curtis Palmer power plants to Power LP for approximately US$403 million, excluding closing adjustments; * September 2004. TCPL and Petro-Canada signed a memorandum of understanding for the development of the Cacouna Energy Project. The proposed facility will be capable of receiving, storing and regasifying imported LNG with an average annual send out capacity of approximately 500 million cubic feet per day of natural gas. The proposed facility requires regulatory and other approvals from federal, provincial and municipal governments and regulators; * October 2004. The Cartier Wind Energy Project, of which 62 per cent is owned by TCPL, was awarded six wind energy projects by Hydro-Quebec Distribution, representing a total of 740 MW in the Gaspe region of Quebec. The six proposed projects are distributed throughout the Gaspesie-Iles-de-la-Madeleine region and the Regional County Municipality of Matane; * November 2004. TCPL and Shell US Gas & Power LLC ("Shell") announced plans to jointly develop an offshore LNG regasification terminal, Broadwater Energy, in the New York State waters of Long Island Sound. The proposed floating storage and regasification unit will be capable of receiving, storing and regasifying imported LNG with an average send out capacity of approximately one Bcf per day of natural gas. TCPL owns 50 per cent of Broadwater Energy LLC, which will own and operate the facility, while Shell will contract for the facility's entire regasification capacity and supply the LNG. The proposed Broadwater Energy LNG facility required regulatory approval from federal and state governments before construction could begin; * Construction of the 165 MW MacKay River power plant located in Alberta was completed in 2003 and the plant was put into commercial service in 2004; and * Construction of the 90 MW Grandview natural gas-fired cogeneration power plant on the site of the Irving Oil refinery in Saint John, New Brunswick ("Grandview Plant") was completed by the end of 2004 and was commissioned in January 2005. Under a 20-year tolling arrangement, a subsidiary of Irving Oil Limited will 6 TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED provide fuel to the Grandview Plant and has contracted for 100 per cent of the Grandview Plant's heat and electricity output. Recent Developments On February 22, 2007, TransCanada closed its acquisitions of ANR and an additional 3.55 per cent interest in Great Lakes from El Paso Corporation for approximately US$3.4 billion, and includes approximately US$488 million of assumed long-term debt. The acquisition of ANR was partially financed through a public offering of subscription receipts by TransCanada, resulting in proceeds of approximately $1.5 billion. For further information see "General Development of the Business - Developments in the Pipelines Business" in this AIF. In February 2007, TC PipeLines, LP completed a private placement offering of 17,356,086 units at a price of US$34.57 per unit. TransCanada acquired 50 per cent of the units for US$300 million, increasing its total ownership to 32.1 per cent. TransCanada also invested an additional approximately $12 million to maintain its general partnership ownership interest in TC PipeLines, LP. The total private placement resulted in gross proceeds of approximately US$612 million which were used to partially finance TC PipeLines, LP's acquisition of its 46.45 per cent interest in Great Lakes. TCPL received NEB approval on February 9, 2007, to transfer a section of the Canadian Mainline natural gas transmission facilities to the Keystone oil pipeline project to transport crude oil from Alberta to refining centres in the U.S. Midwest. TCPL continues to proceed with applications for U.S. regulatory approvals at federal and state levels. Construction of the Keystone pipeline is expected to begin in early 2008, with commercial operations scheduled to commence in the fourth quarter of 2009. In addition, TCPL announced in January 2007 the start of a binding Open Season for an expansion and extension of the propsed Keystone oil pipeline. The purpose of the Open Season is to obtain binding commitments to support the expansion of the proposed Keystone pipeline from approximately 435,000 barrels per day to 590,000 barrels per day and the construction of the 468 km extension of the United States portion of the pipeline. The US$700 million expansion and extension project is targetted to be in-service in the fourth quarter of 2010. In February 2007, TCPL received approval from the NEB to integrate the B.C. system into the Foothills system in southern B.C. An agreement between the Company and shippers on the B.C. system includes a sharing mechanism for anticipated cost savings through increased administrative efficiencies arising from the integration of the two systems. In January 2007, TCPL received a procedural order from the FERC establishing a timeline for Gas Transmission Northwest System's rate case proceeding. The comprehensive filing requests a number of tariff changes, including increased rates for transportation services. The hearing into this rate case is scheduled to commence on October 31, 2007. For further information see this AIF under "Business of TCPL - Regulation". BUSINESS OF TCPL TCPL is a leading North American energy infrastructure company focused on pipelines and energy. At Year End, Pipelines accounted for approximately 53 per cent of revenues and 71 per cent of TCPL's total assets and the Energy business accounted for approximately 47 per cent of revenues and 25 per cent of TCPL's total assets. The following is a description of each of TCPL's two main areas of operation. TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED 7 The following table shows TCPL's revenues from operations by segment, classified geographically, for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005. Revenues From Operations(millions of dollars) 2006 2005(4) Pipelines Canada - Domestic Deliveries 2,390 2,281 Canada - Export Deliveries(1) 971 1,159 United States 629 553 3,990 3,993 Energy(2) Canada - Domestic Deliveries 2,566 1,218 Canada - Export Deliveries(1) 1 1 United States 963 912 3,530 2,131 Total Revenues(3) 7,520 6,124 (1) Export deliveries include pipeline revenues attributable to deliveries to U.S. pipelines and power deliveries to U.S. markets. (2) Revenues include sales of natural gas. (3) Revenues are attributed to countries based on country of origin of product or service. (4) Effective June 1, 2006, TCPL revised the composition and names of its reportable business segments to Pipelines and Energy. The financial reporting of these segments was aligned to reflect the internal organizational structure of the Company. Pipelines principally comprises the Company's pipelines in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. Energy includes the Company's power operations, natural gas storage business and liquefied natural gas projects in Canada and the U.S. The segmented information has been retroactively reclassified to reflect the changes in reportable segments. These changes had no impact on consolidated net income. Pipelines Business TCPL has substantial Canadian and U.S. natural gas pipeline and related holdings, including: Canada * a natural gas transmission system running from the Alberta border east to delivery points in eastern Canada and at various U.S. border points ("Canadian Mainline"); * a natural gas transmission system throughout the province of Alberta ("Alberta System"); * a natural gas transmission system in southeastern B.C., southern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan (the "B.C. and Foothills Systems"); * a 121 km natural gas transmission pipeline and related facilities which supply natural gas to the oil sands region of northern Alberta and a 27 km natural gas pipeline which supplies natural gas to a petrochemical complex at Joffre, Alberta; and * a 50 per cent interest in Trans Quebec & Maritimes Pipeline Inc. ("TQM") which operates a natural gas transmission system in southeastern Quebec (the "TQM System"). United States * effective February 22, 2007, TransCanada owns the ANR system (the "ANR System") a natural gas transmission system which extends approximately 17,000 km from producing fields in Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas and the Gulf of Mexico to markets in Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio and Indiana; 8 TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED * the Gas Transmission Northwest System, a natural gas transmission system running from northwestern Idaho, through Washington and Oregon to the California border; * the North Baja System, a natural gas transmission system which extends from southwestern Arizona to a point near Ogilby, California on the California/Mexico border; * effective February 22, 2007, a 68.5 per cent effective ownership interest in the Great Lakes Gas Transmission system ("Great Lakes System") which is located in the north central U.S., roughly parallel to the Canada-U.S. Border. Of this interest, 53.55 per cent is held directly by TransCanada and the remainder is held through TransCanada's interest in TC PipeLines, LP; * a 44.5 per cent interest in the Iroquois System which runs southwards down through the eastern part of the State of New York terminating at points in Long Island and New York City; * a 61.7 per cent interest in the Portland Natural Gas Transmission system ("Portland System") which runs through Maine and New Hampshire into Massachusetts; * effective February 22, 2007, a 16.1 per cent effective ownership interest, held through TC PipeLines, LP, in the NBPL system ("NBPL System") which is located in the upper midwestern portion of the U.S.; and * effective February 22, 2007, a 32.8 per cent effective ownership interest in the Tuscarora system ("Tuscarora System") which runs from Oregon eastwards to the upper portion of Nevada. One per cent of this interest is held directly through a subsidiary of TCPL and the remainder is held through TCPL's interest in TC PipeLines, LP. As at February 22, 2007 TCPL holds a 32.1 per cent interest in TC PipeLines, LP, a publicly held limited partnership of which a subsidiary of TCPL acts as the general partner. The remaining interest of TC PipeLines, LP is widely held by the public. At Year End, TC PipeLines, LP also held a 50 per cent interest in NBPL and a 99 per cent interest in Tuscarora. Additionally, as at February 22, 2007, TC PipeLines, LP owns the remaining 46.45 per cent in Great Lakes. International TCPL also has the following natural gas pipeline and related holdings in Mexico and South America: * a 46.5 per cent interest in the TransGas system which runs from Mariquita in central Colombia to Cali in southwest Colombia; * a 30 per cent interest in the Gas Pacifico pipeline which extends from Loma de la Lata, Argentina to Concepcion, Chile; * a 30 per cent interest in INNERGY Holdings S.A. which is an industrial natural gas marketing and distribution company based in Concepcion, Chile; and * a 100 per cent interest in the Tamazunchale pipeline, which extends from the Pemex Gas facilities near Naranjos, Veracruz, Mexico to an electricity generation station near Tamazunchale, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Further information about TCPL's pipeline holdings, developments and opportunities and significant regulatory developments which relate to pipelines can be found in the MD&A under the headings "Pipelines - Opportunities and Developments", and "Pipelines - Financial Analysis". In addition, information about the Mackenzie Gas Pipeline Project and the Alaska Highway Pipeline Project can be found in the MD&A under the headings "Pipelines - Opportunities and Developments - Mackenzie Gas Pipeline Project" and "Pipelines - Opportunities and Developments - Alaska Highway Pipeline Project", respectively. TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED 9 Regulation Canada CANADIAN MAINLINE Under the terms of the National Energy Board Act (Canada), the Canadian Mainline and B.C. and Foothills Systems are regulated by the NEB. The NEB sets tolls which provide TCPL the opportunity to recover projected costs of transporting natural gas, including the return on the Canadian Mainline's and B.C. and Foothills System's average investment base. In addition, new facilities are approved by the NEB before construction begins and the NEB regulates the operation of the Canadian Mainline and B.C. and Foothills Systems. Net earnings of the Canadian Mainline and B.C. and Foothills Systems may be affected by changes in investment base, the allowed return on equity, the level of deemed common equity and any incentive earnings. ALBERTA SYSTEM The Alberta System is regulated by the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board ("EUB") primarily under the provisions of the Gas Utilities Act ("GUA") and the Pipeline Act. Under the GUA, the Alberta System rates, tolls and other charges, and terms and conditions of services are subject to approval by the EUB. Under the provisions of the Pipeline Act, the EUB oversees various matters including the economic, orderly and efficient development of pipeline facilities, the operation and abandonment of the facilities and certain related pollution and environmental conservation issues. In addition to requirements under the Pipeline Act, the construction and operation of natural gas pipelines in Alberta are subject to certain provisions of other provincial legislation such as the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act. United States TCPL's wholly-owned and partially owned U.S. pipelines, including ANR System, Gas Transmission Northwest System, Great Lakes System, Iroquois System, Portland System, NBPL System, North Baja System and Tuscarora System, are 'natural gas companies' operating under the provisions of the Natural Gas Act of 1938 and the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978, and are subject to the jurisdiction of the FERC. The Natural Gas Act of 1938 grants the FERC authority over the construction and operation of pipelines and related facilities. The FERC also has authority to regulate rates for natural gas transportation and interstate commerce. GAS TRANSMISSION NORTHWEST SYSTEM AND NORTH BAJA SYSTEM Rates and tariffs of the Gas Transmission Northwest System and the North Baja System have been approved by the FERC. These two systems operate under fixed rate models, whereby rates for various service types have been approved by the FERC and under which each of the two systems is permitted to discount or negotiate rates on a non-discriminatory basis. Currently effective rates for mainline capacity on the Gas Transmission Northwest System went into effect on January 1, 2007, following Gas Transmission Northwest System's filing of a general rate case in June 2006 under Section 4 of the Natural Gas Act of 1938. Gas Transmission Northwest System's current rates were accepted for filing by the FERC, subject to refund. Refunds, with interest, may be due following approval of final rates by the FERC. Gas Transmission Northwest System's previously effective rates, which remained in effect through December 31, 2006, were established through a 1994 rate proceeding which culminated in a settlement that was approved by the FERC in 1996. Rates for capacity on the North Baja System were established in the FERC's initial order certificating construction and operations of its system. PORTLAND SYSTEM In 2003, the Portland System received final approval from the FERC of its general rate case under the Natural Gas Act of 1938. The Portland System is required to file a general rate case under the Natural Gas Act of 1938 with a proposed effective date of April 1, 2008. 10 TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED Energy Business The Energy segment of TCPL's business includes the acquisition, development, construction, ownership and operation of electrical power generation plants, the purchase and marketing of electricity, the provision of electricity account services to energy and industrial customers, and the development, construction, ownership and operation of natural gas storage and LNG facilities in Canada and the United States. The electrical power generation plants and power supply that TCPL owns, operates and/or controls, including those under development or in construction, in the aggregate, represent approximately 7,700 MW of power generation capacity. Power plants and power supply in Canada account for approximately 85 per cent of this total, and power plants in the United States account for the balance, being approximately 15 per cent. TCPL owns and operates: * natural gas-fired cogeneration plants in Alberta at Carseland (80 MW), Redwater (40 MW), Bear Creek (80 MW) and MacKay River (165 MW); * the natural gas-fired cogeneration plant (90 MW) near Saint John, New Brunswick (Grandview); * a waste-heat fuelled power plant at the Cancarb facility in Medicine Hat, Alberta (27 MW) (Cancarb); * a natural gas-fired, combined-cycle plant in Burrillville, Rhode Island (560 MW) (Ocean State Power); * hydroelectric generation assets in New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts (567 MW) (TC Hydro); * a natural gas-fired cogeneration plant near Trois-Rivieres, Quebec (550 MW) (Becancour); and * a natural gas storage facility near Edson, Alberta (Edson). TCPL has long-term power purchase arrangements in place for: * 100 per cent of the production of the Sundance A (560 MW) and a 50 per cent interest, through a partnership, of the production of the Sundance B (353 MW of 706 MW) power facilities near Wabamun, Alberta; and * 756 MW of the production from the Sheerness facility near Hanna, Alberta. TCPL has: * a 60 per cent interest in CrossAlta Gas Storage Services Ltd., an underground natural gas storage facility located near Crossfield, Alberta; * a long-term natural gas storage lease with a third party located in Alberta; and * a 62 per cent interest in the Baie-des-Sables Cartier Wind Energy Project in the Gaspe region of Quebec (68 MW of a total 109.5 MW). TCPL owns, but does not operate: * a 48.7 per cent partnership interest in the Bruce A nuclear power generation facility in Ontario (730.5 MW of a total of 1,500 MW that is currently in operation. Another 1,500 MW, of which 730.5 MW are attributable to TCPL, will be generated from two other units currently under refurbishment with restart expected to begin in late 2009 or early 2010); * a 31.6 per cent partnership interest in the Bruce B nuclear power generation facilities in Ontario (1,011 MW of a total of 3,200 MW that is in operation); and * a 16.7 per cent interest in Huron Wind L.P. whose assets are located at the Bruce site (2 MW of a total of 9 MW that is in operation). TCPL owns the following facilities which are under construction or development: * a 62 per cent interest in the Cartier Wind Energy Project which is expected to construct five additional wind energy projects in the Gaspe region of Quebec over the period 2007 to 2012 (391 MW of a total of 630 MW) subject to future appropriations and approvals; TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED 11 * a 50 per cent interest in the Portlands Energy Centre, a 550 MW natural gas-fired power plant located in the Portlands area of Toronto, which is expected to be in commercial service in the second quarter of 2009; * the 683 MW Halton Hills natural gas-fired power plant located near the Town of Halton Hills, Ontario, which is anticipated to be in service in the second quarter of 2010; * a joint venture with Shell on the Broadwater LNG project located offshore of New York State in Long Island Sound, a facility when completed that would be capable of receiving, storing and regasifying imported LNG with an average send out capacity of approximately one billion cubic feet per day of natural gas; and * a joint venture with Petro-Canada on the Cancouna LNG project located in Quebec at Gros Cacouna harbour on the St. Lawrence River, a facility when completed that would be capable of receiving, storing and regasifying imported LNG with an average send out capacity of approximately 500 million cubic feet per day of natural gas. Further information about TCPL's energy holdings and significant developments and opportunities relating to energy can be found in the MD&A under the headings "Energy - Financial Analysis" and "Energy - Opportunities and Developments". Other Interests Cancarb Limited TCPL owns Cancarb Limited, a world scale thermal carbon black manufacturing facility located in Medicine Hat, Alberta. TransCanada Turbines TCPL owns a 50 per cent interest in TransCanada Turbines Ltd., a repair and overhaul business for aero-derivative industrial gas turbines. This business operates primarily out of facilities in Calgary, Alberta, with offices in Bakersfield, California; East Windsor, Connecticut; and Liverpool, England. TransCanada Calibrations TCPL owns an 80 per cent interest in TransCanada Calibrations Ltd., a gas meter calibration business certified by Measurement Canada, located at Ile des Chenes, Manitoba. HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT TCPL is committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for its employees, contractors, the public and to the protection of the environment. Health, safety and environment ("HS&E") is a priority in all of TCPL's operations. The HS&E Committee of TCPL's Board of Directors ("Board") monitors conformance with the TCPL HS&E corporate policy through regular reporting provided by TCPL's department of Community, Safety & Environment. TCPL's senior executives are also committed to ensuring TCPL is in conformance with its policies and regulated requirements and is an industry leader. Senior executives are regularly advised of all important operational issues and initiatives relating to HS&E by way of formal reporting processes. TCPL's HS&E management system and performance are assessed by an independent outside firm every three years or more often if the HS&E Committee requests it. The most recent assessment was conducted in November 2006 by Det Norsk Veritas. These assessments involve senior executive and employee interviews, review of policies, procedures, objectives, performance measurement and reporting. TCPL's HS&E management system is modeled to the elements of the International Organization for Standardization's (ISO) standard for environmental management systems, ISO 14001. The HS&E management system facilitates the focus of resources on the areas of significant risk to the organization's HS&E business activities. The system highlights opportunities for improvement, enables TCPL to work towards defined HS&E expectations and objectives, and provides a competitive business advantage. Independent third party assessments, internal management system assessments and work place and facility planned inspections are used to evaluate the implementation effectiveness of the HS&E programs, processes and procedures, and confirms TCPL's compliance with regulatory requirements. 12 TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED TCPL employs full-time staff dedicated to HS&E matters, and incorporates HS&E policies and principles into the planning, development, construction and operation of all its projects. Environmental protection requirements have not had a material impact on the capital expenditures of TCPL to date. However, there can be no assurance that such requirements will not have a material impact on TCPL's financial or operating results in future years. Such requirements can be dependent on a variety of factors including the regulatory environment in which TCPL operates. Environment Climate change remains a serious issue for TCPL. The change of government in Canada in early 2006 resulted in a shift of focus from meeting environmental regulation targets to a broader emphasis on clean air as well as greenhouse gas emissions. The government of Canada released the Clean Air Act on October 19, 2006. At this time, however, the policy framework for the new regulations has not been released by the federal government and detailed sectoral targets and timeframes as well as compliance options have not been set. At a provincial level, the Quebec government has passed legislation for a hydrocarbon royalty on industrial greenhouse gas emitters. The details as to how the royalty will be applied have not yet been determined but it is expected these details will be set in the coming year. In Alberta, the government has indicated it will continue with its own plan for implementing regulations to manage greenhouse gas emissions. It is yet to be determined how this effort will tie into a federal program. In the United States, state level initiatives are under way to limit greenhouse gas emissions, particularly in the north-eastern United States and California. Details have not been finalized and the impact to TCPL's United States based assets is uncertain. Despite this uncertainty, TCPL continues with its programs to manage greenhouse gas emissions from its assets, and to evaluate new processes and technologies that result in improved efficiencies and lower greenhouse gas emissions rates. In addition, TCPL remains involved in policy discussions in those jurisdictions where policy development is under way and where the Company has operations. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AND REGULATORY ACTIONS The Canadian Alliance of Pipeline Landowners' Association (CAPLA) and two individual landowners commenced an action in 2003 under Ontario's Class Proceedings Act, 1992, against TCPL and Enbridge Inc. for damages of $500 million alleged to arise from the creation of a control zone within 30 metres of the pipeline pursuant to Section 112 of the National Energy Board Act. On November 20, 2006, the Ontario Superior Court granted the motion of TCPL and Enbridge Inc. for a dismissal of the case. CAPLA has now appealed the decision. TCPL continues to believe the claim is without merit and will vigorously defend the action. TCPL has made no provision for any potential liability. Any liability, if any, would be dealt with through the regulatory process. TCPL and its subsidiaries are subject to various other legal proceedings and actions arising in the normal course of business. While the final outcome of such legal proceedings and actions cannot be predicted with certainty, it is the opinion of TCPL's management that the resolution of such proceedings and actions will not have a material impact on TCPL's consolidated financial position or results of operations. TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR TCPL's transfer agent and registrar is Computershare Trust Company of Canada with transfer facilities in the Canadian cities of Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax. INTEREST OF EXPERTS Our auditors, KPMG LLP, have confirmed that they are independent within the meaning of the Rules of Professional Conduct of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta. TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED 13 RISK FACTORS A discussion of the Company's risk factors can be found in the MD&A for the year ended December 31, 2006, which is incorporated by reference, under the headings "Pipelines - Opportunities and Developments", "Pipelines - Business Risks", "Energy - Opportunities and Developments", "Energy - Business Risks" and "Risks and Risk Management". DIVIDENDS All of TCPL's common shares are held by TransCanada and as a result, any dividends declared by TCPL on its common shares are paid to TransCanada. TCPL's Board of Directors has not adopted a formal dividend policy. The Board reviews the financial performance of TCPL quarterly and makes a determination of the appropriate level of dividends to be declared on its common shares in the following quarter. Provisions of various trust indentures and credit arrangements to which TCPL is a party, restrict TCPL's ability to declare and pay dividends to TransCanada and preferred shareholders under certain circumstances and, if such restrictions apply, they may, in turn, have an impact on TransCanada's ability to declare and pay dividends on its common and preferred shares. In the opinion of TCPL management, such provisions do not currently restrict or alter TCPL's ability to declare or pay dividends. The dividends declared per common share during the past three completed financial years are set forth in the following table. 2006 2005 2004 Dividends declared on common shares(1) $1.28 $1.23 $1.17 Dividends declared on preferred shares, Series U $2.80 $2.80 $2.80 Dividends declared on preferred shares, Series Y $2.80 $2.80 $2.80 (1) Effective May 15, 2003, TCPL dividends have been declared in an amount equal to the aggregate dividend paid by TransCanada. The amounts presented reflect the aggregate amount divided by the total outstanding common shares of TCPL. DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STRUCTURE Share Capital TCPL's authorized share capital consists of an unlimited number of common shares, of which 483,344,109 were issued and outstanding at Year End, and an unlimited number of first preferred shares and second preferred shares, issuable in series. There were 4,000,000 Series U and 4,000,000 Series Y first preferred shares issued and outstanding at Year End. The following is a description of the material characteristics of each of these classes of shares. Common Shares As the holder of all of TCPL's common shares, TransCanada holds all the voting rights in those common shares. First Preferred Shares, Series U Subject to certain limitations, the Board may, from time to time, issue first preferred shares in one or more series and determine for any such series, its designation, number of shares and respective rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions. The first preferred shares as a class, have, among others, provisions to the following effect. The holders of the first preferred shares, Series U are entitled to receive as and when declared by the Board, fixed cumulative preferential cash dividends at an annual rate of $2.80 per share, payable quarterly. The first preferred shares of each series shall rank on a parity with the first preferred shares of every other series, and shall be entitled to preference over the common shares and any other shares ranking junior to the first preferred shares with respect to the payment of dividends, the repayment of capital and the distribution of assets to TCPL in the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of TCPL. 14 TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED TCPL is entitled to purchase for cancellation, some or all of the first preferred shares, Series U outstanding at the lowest price which such shares are obtainable, in the opinion of the Board, but not exceeding $50.00 per share plus costs of purchase. Furthermore, TCPL may redeem, on or after October 15, 2013, some or all of the first preferred shares, Series U upon payment for each share at $50.00 per share. Except as provided by the Canada Business Corporations Act or as referred to below, the holders of the first preferred shares will not have any voting rights nor will they be entitled to receive notice of or to attend shareholders' meetings unless and until TCPL fails to pay, in the aggregate, six quarterly dividends on the first preferred shares, Series U. The provisions attaching to the first preferred shares as a class may be modified, amended or varied only with the approval of the holders of the first preferred shares as a class. Any such approval to be given by the holders of the first preferred shares may be given by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than 662/3 per cent of the first preferred shares represented and voted at a meeting or adjourned meeting of such holders. First Preferred Shares, Series Y The rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the first preferred shares, Series Y are substantially identical to those attaching to the first preferred shares, Series U except that the first preferred shares, Series Y are redeemable by TCPL after March 5, 2014. DEBT The following table sets out the issuances by TCPL of senior unsecured notes with terms to maturity in excess of one year, during the 12 months ended December 31, 2006. Date Issued Issue Price per Aggregate $1,000 Principal Issue Price Amount of Notes January 13, 2006 $999.55 $299,865,000 March 20, 2006 US$997.21 US$498,605,000 October 3, 2006 $999.76 $399,904,000 There are no provisions associated with this debt that entitle debt holders to voting rights. From time to time, TCPL issues commercial paper for terms not exceeding nine months. TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED 15 CREDIT RATINGS The following table sets out the credit ratings assigned to those outstanding classes of securities of TCPL: Overall DBRS Moody's S&P Senior Secured Debt First Mortgage Bonds A A2 A Senior Unsecured Debt Debentures A A2 A- Medium-term Notes A A2 A- Subordinated Debt A (low ) A3 BBB+ Junior Subordinated Debt Pfd-2 A3 BBB Preferred Shares Pfd-2 (low ) Baa1 BBB Commercial Paper R-1 (low ) P-1 - Trend/Rating Outlook Stable(1) Stable Negative (1) At February 22, 2007, the DBRS rating was confirmed as stable. At December 31, 2006, the rating was under review. Discussed further in the DBRS section below. Credit ratings are intended to provide investors with an independent measure of credit quality of an issue of securities. Credit ratings are not recommendations to purchase, hold or sell securities and do not address the market price or suitability of a specific security for a particular investor. There is no assurance that any rating will remain in effect for any given period of time or that any rating will not be revised or withdrawn entirely by a rating agency in the future if, in its judgment, circumstances so warrant. A description of the rating agencies' credit ratings listed in the table above is set out below. Dominion Bond Rating Service (DBRS) DBRS has different rating scales for short and long-term debt and preferred shares. "High" or "low" grades are used to indicate the relative standing within a rating category. The absence of either a "high" or "low" designation indicates the rating is in the "middle" of the category. The R-1 (low) rating assigned to TCPL's short-term debt is the third highest of ten rating categories and indicates satisfactory credit quality. The overall strength and outlook for key liquidity, debt and profitability ratios is not normally as favourable as with higher rating categories, but these considerations are still respectable. Any qualifying negative factors that exist are considered manageable, and the entity is normally of sufficient size to have some influence in its industry. The A ratings assigned to TCPL's senior secured and senior unsecured debt and the A (low) rating assigned to its subordinated debt are the third highest of ten categories for long-term debt. Long-term debt rated A is of satisfactory credit quality. Protection of interest and principal is still substantial, but the degree of strength is less than that of AA rated entities. While a respectable rating, entities in the A category are considered to be more susceptible to adverse economic conditions and have greater cyclical tendencies than higher rated entities. The Pfd-2 and Pfd-2 (low) ratings assigned to TCPL's junior subordinated debt and preferred shares are the second highest of six rating categories for preferred shares. Preferred shares rated Pfd-2 are of satisfactory credit quality. Protection of dividends and principal is still substantial; however, earnings, the balance sheet and coverage ratios are not as strong as Pfd-1 rated companies. Subsequent to TransCanada's December 22, 2006 announcement of its plans to acquire ANR, DBRS put TCPL's rating under review with developing implications. On February 22, 2007, DBRS confirmed the rating of TCPL with a stable trend and subsequently removed TCPL's rating from under review. 16 TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED Moody's Investor Services (Moody's) Moody's has different rating scales for short and long-term obligations. Numerical modifiers 1, 2 and 3 are applied to each rating classification, with 1 being the highest and 3 being the lowest. The P-1 rating assigned to TCPL's short-term debt is the highest of four rating categories and indicates a superior ability to repay short-term debt obligations. The A2 ratings assigned to TCPL's senior secured and senior unsecured debt and the A3 ratings assigned to its subordinated debt and junior subordinated debt are the third highest of nine rating categories for long-term obligations. Obligations rated A are considered upper-medium grade and are subject to low credit risk. The Baa1 rating assigned to TCPL's preferred shares is the fourth highest of nine rating categories for long-term obligations. Obligations rated Baa are subject to moderate credit risk, are considered medium-grade, and as such, may possess certain speculative characteristics. Standard & Poor's (S&P) S&P has different rating scales for short and long-term obligations. Ratings may be modified by the addition of a plus (+) or minus (-) sign to show the relative standing within a particular rating category. The A and A- ratings assigned to TCPL's senior secured and senior unsecured debt, respectively, are the third highest of ten rating categories for long-term obligations. An A rating indicates the obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment is strong; however, the obligation is somewhat susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than obligations in higher rated categories. The BBB+ rating assigned to TCPL's subordinated debt and the BBB ratings assigned to its junior subordinated debt and preferred shares are the fourth highest of ten rating categories for long-term obligations. An obligation rated BBB exhibits adequate protection parameters. However, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity of the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation. MARKET FOR SECURITIES TransCanada holds all the common shares of TCPL and these are not listed on a public market. TransCanada's common shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX") and the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"). The following table sets forth the reported monthly high and low closing prices and monthly trading volumes of the common shares of TransCanada on the TSX for the period indicated: Common Shares (TRP) Month High Low Volume ($) ($) Traded December 2006 40.77 38.95 20,122,013 November 2006 39.14 36.50 21,499,249 October 2006 36.34 33.95 19,350,398 September 2006 35.97 34.65 22,209,089 August 2006 36.35 34.86 22,367,872 July 2006 34.75 31.70 17,073,298 June 2006 34.50 31.55 23,121,387 May 2006 33.50 30.94 30,019,492 April 2006 34.73 33.02 20,961,283 March 2006 35.38 33.67 25,708,683 February 2006 35.25 34.57 21,932,670 January 2006 37.01 34.75 24,218,158 TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED 17 In addition, the following securities of TCPL are listed: TCPL's Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares, Series U (TCA.PR.X) and Series Y (TCA.PR.Y), which are listed on the TSX Series U Series Y Month High Low Volume High Low Volume ($) ($) Traded ($) ($) Traded December 2006 55.75 53.55 247,895 55.70 53.85 24,486 November 2006 55.75 54.66 45,230 55.65 54.60 37,280 October 2006 55.25 53.80 72,586 55.30 53.75 93,736 September 2006 53.70 52.80 28,346 54.50 52.70 37,876 August 2006 53.00 52.25 27,981 53.40 52.25 76,794 July 2006 52.90 51.65 28,901 52.49 51.72 150,491 June 2006 53.00 51.32 31,406 53.25 51.55 41,185 May 2006 52.50 51.10 36,962 52.15 51.27 46,570 April 2006 53.50 51.45 38,063 53.50 51.28 34,017 March 2006 54.10 53.30 43,092 54.45 53.55 40,666 February 2006 55.19 53.87 46,321 55.00 54.00 37,332 January 2006 54.25 53.41 32,091 54.85 53.75 24,292 TCPL's 8.25% preferred securities due 2047, which are listed on the NYSE (TCAPr) Month High Low Volume ($) ($) Traded December 2006 26.35 25.68 106,700 November 2006 26.15 25.66 120,400 October 2006 26.20 25.76 99,500 September 2006 26.16 25.55 104,800 August 2006 26.06 25.59 77,000 July 2006 25.73 25.46 133,800 June 2006 26.25 25.31 153,500 May 2006 25.49 25.31 136,000 April 2006 25.40 25.21 136,700 March 2006 26.03 25.19 225,300 February 2006 25.90 25.70 97,500 January 2006 25.89 25.60 127,000 18 TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED In addition, TCPL's 16.50% First Mortgage Pipe Line Bonds due 2007, are listed on the London Stock Exchange; however, this issue is thinly traded and accounts for approximately $50 million or less than one per cent of TCPL's consolidated capital structure. DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS As of February 22, 2007, the directors and officers of TransCanada as a group beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, have exercisable options to own, or exercised control or direction over, 1,676,238 common shares of TransCanada which constitutes less than one per cent of TransCanada's common shares and less than one per cent of the voting securities of any of its subsidiaries or affiliates. TransCanada collects this information from its directors and officers but otherwise has no direct knowledge of individual holdings of its securities. Directors Set forth below are the names of the thirteen directors who served on TCPL's Board at Year End, together with their jurisdictions of residence, all positions and offices held by them with TransCanada and its significant affiliates, their principal occupations or employment during the past five years and the year from which each director has continually served as a director of TransCanada. Positions and offices held with TransCanada are also held by such person at TCPL. Name and Principal Occupation During the Five Preceding Years Place of Residence Director Since Kevin E. Benson(1) President and Chief Executive Officer, Laidlaw International, 2005 Wheaton, Illinois Inc. (transportation services) since June 2003, and Laidlaw, United States Inc. from September 2002 to June 2003. President and Chief Executive Officer, The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia from December 2001 until September 2002. Director, Laidlaw International, Inc. Derek H. Burney, O.C. Senior strategic advisor at Ogilvy Renault LLP (law firm). 2005 Ottawa, Ontario President and Chief Executive Officer, CAE Inc. (technology) Canada from October 1999 to August 2004. Lead director at Quebecor World Inc. (communications and media) from April 2003 to November 2005. Chairman, CanWest Global Communications Corp. and Lead Director, Shell Canada Limited. Wendy K. Dobson Professor, Rotman School of Management and Director, Institute 1992 Uxbridge, Ontario for International Business, University of Toronto (education). Canada Vice Chair, Canadian Public Accountability Board. Director, Toronto-Dominion Bank. E. Linn Draper Corporate Director. Chairman, President and Chief Executive 2005 Lampasas, Texas Officer of Columbus, Ohio-based American Electric Power Co., United States Inc. from April 1993 to April 2004. Director, Alliance Data Systems Corporation, Lead Director, Alpha Natural Resources, Inc., Chair of NorthWestern Corporation and Director, Temple-Inland Inc. The Hon. Paule Gauthier, Senior Partner, Desjardins Ducharme LLP (law firm). Director, 2002 P.C., O.C., O.Q., Q.C. Cossette Communication Group Inc., Institut Quebecois des Hautes Quebec, Quebec Etudes Internationales, Laval University, Metro Inc., RBC Dexia Canada Investor Services Trust, Rothmans Inc. and Royal Bank of Canada. TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED 19 Kerry L. Hawkins Corporate Director. President, Cargill Limited (agricultural) 1996 Winnipeg, Manitoba from September 1982 to December 2005. Director, NOVA Chemicals Canada Corporation and Shell Canada Limited. S. Barry Jackson Corporate Director. Chair of the Board, TransCanada since April 2002 Calgary, Alberta 2005. Chair of Resolute Energy Inc. (oil and gas) from January Canada 2002 to April 2005 and Chair of Deer Creek Energy Limited (oil and gas) from April 2001 to September 2005. Director, Cordero Energy Inc. and Nexen Inc. Paul L. Joskow Professor, Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of 2004 Brookline, Massachusetts Technology (MIT) (education). Director of the MIT Center for United States Energy and Environmental Policy Research. Director, National Grid PLC and Putnam Mutual Funds. Harold N. Kvisle President and Chief Executive Officer, TransCanada since May 2001 Calgary, Alberta 2003 and TCPL since May 2001. Director, Bank of Montreal and Canada PrimeWest Energy Inc. Chair of the Mount Royal College Board of Governors. John A. MacNaughton, C.M. Corporate Director. Chairman of the Canadian Trading and 2006 Toronto, Ontario Quotation System Inc. Founding President and Chief Executive Canada Officer of the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board from 1999 to 2005. Director, Nortel Networks Corporation. David P. O'Brien(2) Corporate Director. Chair, EnCana Corporation (oil and gas) 2001 Calgary, Alberta since April 2002 and Chair, Royal Bank of Canada since February Canada 2004. Chair and Chief Executive Officer of PanCanadian Energy Corporation (oil and gas) from October 2001 to April 2002. Director, Focus Energy Trust, Molson Coors Brewing Company, and C.D. Howe Institute. Chancellor, Concordia University. Harry G. Schaefer, F.C.A. President, Schaefer & Associates (business advisory services). 1987 Calgary, Alberta Vice-Chair of the Board, TransCanada since May 2003 and TCPL Canada since June 1998. Director, Agrium Inc. and Trustee of Fording Canadian Coal Trust. D. Michael G. Stewart Principal of the privately held Ballinacurra Group of Investment 2006 Calgary, Alberta Companies since March 2002. A number of senior executive Canada positions with Westcoast Energy Inc. (energy infrastructure, services and utilities) including Executive Vice-President, Business Development from September 1993 to March 2002. Director Canadian Energy Services Inc. and Pengrowth Corporation. (1) Mr. Benson was President and Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Airlines International Ltd. from July 1996 to February 2000. Canadian Airlines International Ltd. filed for protection under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada) and applicable bankruptcy protection statutes in the United States on March 24, 2000. (2) Mr. O'Brien was a director of Air Canada on April 1, 2003 when Air Canada filed for protection under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada). Mr. O'Brien resigned as a director from Air Canada in November 2003. TransCanada will hold its annual meeting of common shareholders on Friday, April 27, 2007, and subject to the election of the thirteen nominees proposed for election to TransCanada's board, these directors will be elected by the sole 20 TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED shareholder of TCPL as directors of TCPL on that date. Each director holds office until TCPL's next annual meeting or until his or her successor is earlier elected or appointed. Mr. Stewart was elected to the Board on April 28, 2006 and Mr. MacNaughton was appointed to the Board on June 14, 2006. In addition, Mr. Schaefer will retire effective April 27, 2007 and Mr. W.T. Stephens has been selected as a new nominee for election. Mr. Stephens previously served on the Board from 2000 to 2005. Officers All of the executive officers and corporate officers of TransCanada reside in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Current positions and offices held with TransCanada are also held by such person at TCPL. As of the date hereof, the officers of TransCanada, their present positions within TransCanada and their principal occupations during the five preceding years are as follows: Executive Officers Name Present Position Held Principal Occupation During the Five Preceding Years Harold N. Kvisle President and Chief Executive President and Chief Executive Officer. Officer Russell K. Girling President, Pipelines Executive Vice-President, Corporate Development and Chief Financial Officer, March 2003 to June 2006. Prior to March 2003, Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer. Gregory A. Lohnes Executive Vice-President and Chief Prior to June 2006, President and Chief Executive Financial Officer Officer of Great Lakes Gas Transmission Company. Dennis J. McConaghy Executive Vice-President, Prior to June 2006, Executive Vice-President, Gas Pipeline Strategy and Development Development. Sean McMaster(1) Executive Vice-President, Corporate Executive Vice-President, General Counsel and and General Counsel and Chief Chief Compliance Officer from October 2006 to Compliance Officer January 2007. Prior to October 2006, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer. Prior thereto, General Counsel since June 2006. Vice-President, Transactions, Power Division, TCPL from April 2003 to June 2006. President, TransCanada Power Services Ltd., general partner of TransCanada Power LP, from June 2003 to August 2005. Prior to June 2003, Vice-President, Power Services Ltd. Alexander J. Pourbaix President, Energy Executive Vice-President, Power March 2003 to June 2006. Prior to March 2003, Executive Vice-President, Power Development. Sarah E. Raiss Executive Vice-President, Corporate Executive Vice-President, Corporate Services. Services Donald M. Wishart Executive Vice-President, Operations Prior to March 2003, Senior Vice-President, Field and Engineering Operations. (1) Mr. McMaster was appointed Executive Vice-President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer on October 30, 2006. TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED 21 Corporate Officers Name Present Position Held Principal Occupation During the Five Preceding Years Ronald L. Cook Vice-President, Taxation Prior to April 2002, Director, Taxation. Donald J. DeGrandis Corporate Secretary Prior to June 2006, Associate General Counsel, Corporate. Garry E. Lamb Vice-President, Risk Management Vice-President, Risk Management. Donald R. Marchand Vice-President, Finance and Vice-President, Finance and Treasurer. Treasurer G. Glenn Menuz Vice President and Controller Prior to June 2006, Assistant Controller. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE The Board and the members of TCPL's management are committed to the highest standards of corporate governance. TCPL's corporate governance practices comply with the governance rules of the Canadian Securities Administrators ("CSA"), those of the NYSE applicable to foreign issuers and of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), and those mandated by the United States Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 ("SOX"). As a non-U.S. company, TCPL is not required to comply with most of the NYSE corporate governance listing standards; however, except as summarized on its website at www.transcanada.com, the governance practices followed are in compliance with the NYSE standards for U.S. companies in all significant respects. TCPL is in compliance with the CSA's Multilateral Instrument 52-110 pertaining to audit committees. TCPL is also in compliance with the CSA's National Policy 58-201, Corporate Governance Guidelines, and National Instrument 58-101, Disclosure of Corporate Governance Practices (collectively, the "Canadian Governance Guidelines"). In 2005, the Canadian Governance Guidelines came into effect and for purposes of the TSX replaced the TSX Corporate Governance Guidelines. Further information about TCPL's corporate governance can be found on TransCanada's website under the heading "Corporate Governance". Compliance with Canadian Governance Guidelines The "Disclosure of Corporate Governance Practices" addressing disclosure in accordance with the Canadian Governance Guidelines is attached to this AIF at Schedule "B". It has been approved by the Governance Committee and the Board. Audit Committee TCPL has an Audit Committee which is responsible for assisting the Board in overseeing the integrity of TCPL's financial statements and compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and in ensuring the independence and performance of TCPL's internal and external auditors. The members of the Audit Committee at Year End were Harry G. Schaefer (Chair), Kevin E. Benson, Derek H. Burney, Paule Gauthier, Paul L. Joskow and John A. MacNaughton. Mr. Jackson is a non-voting member of the Audit Committee. The Board believes that the composition of the Audit Committee reflects a high level of financial literacy and expertise. Each member of the Audit Committee has been determined by the Board to be "independent" and "financially literate" within the meaning of the definitions under Canadian and U.S. securities laws and the NYSE rules. In addition, the Board has determined that Mr. Schaefer is an "Audit Committee Financial Expert" as that term is defined under U.S. securities laws. The Board has made these determinations based on the education and breadth and depth of experience of each member of the Audit Committee. The following is a description of the education and experience, 22 TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED apart from their respective roles as directors of TCPL, of each member of the Audit Committee that is relevant to the performance of his or her responsibilities as a member of the Audit Committee: Mr. Schaefer earned a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Alberta, is a Chartered Accountant and is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. He serves on and has served on the boards of several public companies and other organizations, including as Chairman of the Alberta Chapter of the Institute of Corporate Directors, and on the audit committees of certain of those boards. Mr. Schaefer has also held several executive positions with public companies. He is currently Chair of the Audit Committee and of the audit committees of two other public companies. Mr. Benson earned a Bachelor of Accounting from the University of Witwatersrand (South Africa) and was a member of the South African Society of Chartered Accountants. Mr. Benson is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Laidlaw International, Inc. In prior years, he has held several executive positions including one as President and Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Airlines International Ltd. and has served on other public company boards. Mr. Burney earned a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and Master of Arts from Queen's University. He is currently a senior strategic advisor at Ogilvy Renault LLP. Mr. Burney previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of CAE Inc. and as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bell Canada International Inc. Mr. Burney is the lead director at Shell Canada Limited and the Chairman of CanWest Global Communications Corp. He has served on one other organization's audit committee. Mme. Gauthier earned a Bachelor of Arts from the College Jesus-Marie de Sillery, a Bachelor of Laws from Laval University and a Master of Laws in Business Law (Intellectual Property) from Laval-University. She has served on the boards of several public companies and other organizations and on the audit committees of certain of those boards. Mr. Joskow earned a Bachelor of Arts with Distinction in Economics from Cornell University, a Masters of Philosophy in Economics from Yale University, and Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University. He is currently a Professor, Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has served on the boards of several public companies and other organizations and on the audit committees of certain of those boards. Mr. MacNaughton earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Western Ontario. Mr. MacNaughton is currently the Chairman of Canadian Trading and Quotation System Inc. In prior years, he has held several executive positions including founding President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board and President of Nesbitt Burns Inc. He is currently the Chair of an audit committee of one other public company. The Charter of the Audit Committee can be found in Schedule "E" of this AIF and on TransCanada's website under the Corporate Governance - Board Committees page, at the link specified above under the heading "Corporate Governance". Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures TCPL's Audit Committee has adopted a pre-approval policy with respect to permitted non-audit services. Under the policy, the Audit Committee has granted pre-approval for specified non-audit services. For engagements of $25,000 or less which are not within the annual pre-approved limit, approval by the Audit Committee is not required, and for engagements between $25,000 and $100,000, approval of the Audit Committee Chair is required, and the Audit Committee is to be informed of the engagement at the next scheduled Audit Committee meeting. For all engagements of $100,000 or more, pre-approval of the Audit Committee is required. In all cases, regardless of the dollar amount involved, where there is a potential for conflict of interest involving the external auditor to arise on an engagement, the Audit Committee Chair must pre-approve the assignment. To date, TCPL has not approved any non-audit services on the basis of the de-minimis exemptions. All non-audit services have been pre-approved by the Audit Committee in accordance with the pre-approval policy described above. TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED 23 External Auditor Service Fees The aggregate fees for external auditor services rendered by the External Auditor for the TransCanada group of companies for the 2006 and 2005 fiscal years, are shown in the table below: Fee Category 2006 2005 Description of Fee Category (millions of dollars) Audit Fees 4.94 3.15 Aggregate fees for audit services rendered by TCPL's External Auditor for the audit of TransCanada's annual financial statements or services provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements, the review of interim consolidated financial statements and information contained in various prospectuses and other offering documents. Audit Related Fees 0.07 0.11 Aggregate fees for assurance and related services rendered by TCPL's External Auditor that are reasonably related to performance of the audit or review of TransCanada's financial statements and are not reported as Audit Fees. The nature of services comprising these fees related to the audit of the financial statements of TCPL's certain pension plans. Tax Fees 0.22 0.12 Aggregate fees rendered by TCPL's External Auditor for primarily tax compliance and tax advice. The nature of these services consisted of: tax compliance including the review of Canadian and U.S. income tax returns; and tax items and tax services related to domestic and international taxation including income tax, capital tax and Goods and Services Tax. All Other Fees 0.07 0.14 Aggregate fees for products and services other than those reported in this table above rendered by TCPL's External Auditor. The nature of these services consisted of advice with respect to TCPL's compliance with SOX. Total 5.30 3.52 Other Board Committees In addition to the Audit Committee, TCPL has three other Board committees: the Governance Committee, the Health, Safety and Environment Committee and the Human Resources Committee. Mr. Jackson, the Chair of the Board, sits on each of Board's committees as a non-voting member. The voting members of each of these committees, as of Year End, are identified below: Governance Committee Health, Safety & Environment Committee Human Resources Committee Chair: W.K. Dobson Chair: E.L. Draper Chair: K.L. Hawkins Members: D.H. Burney Members: P. Gauthier Members: W.K. Dobson P.L. Joskow K.L. Hawkins E.L. Draper D.P. O'Brien D.M.G. Stewart D.P. O'Brien H.G. Schaefer J.A. MacNaughton The charters of the Governance Committee, the Health, Safety & Environment Committee and the Human Resources Committee can be found on TransCanada's website under the Corporate Governance - Board Committees page at the link specified below. Further information about TCPL's Board committees and corporate governance can be found in Schedule "D" attached to this AIF or on TransCanada's website located at: http://www.transcanada.com/company/board_committees.html. 24 TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED Conflicts of Interest Directors and officers of TCPL and its subsidiaries are required to disclose the existence of existing or potential conflicts in accordance with TCPL policies governing directors and officers and in accordance with the Canada Business Corporations Act. Although some of the directors sit on boards or may be otherwise associated with companies that ship natural gas on TCPL's pipeline systems, TCPL as a common carrier in Canada cannot, under its tariff, deny transportation service to a credit-worthy shipper. Further, due to the specialized nature of the industry, TCPL believes that it is important for its Board to be composed of qualified and knowledgeable directors, so some of them must come from oil and gas producers and shippers; the Governance Committee closely monitors relationships among directors to ensure that business associations do not affect the Board's performance. In a circumstance where a director declares an interest in any material contract or material transaction being considered at a meeting, the director generally absents himself or herself from the meeting during the consideration of the matter, and does not vote on the matter. INDEBTEDNESS OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS As at the date hereof and since the beginning of the most recently completed financial year, no executive officer, director, or former executive officer or director of TCPL or its subsidiaries, no proposed nominee as a director of TCPL, or any associate of any such director, executive officer or proposed nominee has been indebted to TCPL or any of its subsidiaries. There is no indebtedness of any such person to another entity that is the subject of a guarantee, support agreement, letter of credit or other similar arrangement or understanding provided by TCPL or any of its subsidiaries. SECURITIES OWNED BY DIRECTORS The following table sets out the number of each class of securities of TransCanada or any of its affiliates beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, or over which control or direction is exercised and the number of deferred share units credited to each director, as of February 22, 2007. Director Securities Deferred Share Owned, Units(2) Controlled or Directed(1) K. Benson 3,000 7,857 D. Burney 1,000 7,310 W. Dobson 3,000 29,584 E.L. Draper 0 7,647 P. Gauthier 1,000 21,314 K. Hawkins 3,898 (3) 32,875 S.B. Jackson 39,000 13,931 P.L. Joskow 5,000 10,423 H. Kvisle 607,516 (4) 0 J. MacNaughton 30,000 3,464 D. O'Brien 18,771 21,314 H. Schaefer 23,214 (5) 20,208 D.M.G. Stewart 7,500 (6) 3,026 TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED 25 (1) The information as to shares beneficially owned or over which control or direction is exercised, not being within the knowledge of TransCanada, has been furnished by each of the nominees. Except as indicated in these notes, the nominees have sole voting and dispositive power with respect to the securities listed above. As to each class of shares of TransCanada, its subsidiaries and affiliates, the percentage of outstanding shares beneficially owned by any one director or nominee or by all directors and officers of TransCanada as a group does not exceed 1% of the class outstanding. (2) The value of a deferred share unit is tied to the value of TransCanada's common shares. A deferred share unit is a bookkeeping entry, equivalent to the value of a TransCanada common share, and does not entitle the holder to voting or other shareholder rights, other than the accrual of additional deferred share units for the value of dividends. A director cannot redeem deferred share units until the director ceases to be a member of the Board. Canadian directors can then redeem their units for cash or shares while U.S. directors can only redeem their units for cash. Mr. Kvisle is an employee of TransCanada and participates is the ESU program; he does not participate in the DSU program. (3) The shares listed include 2,500 shares held by Mr. Hawkins' wife. (4) Securities owned, controlled or directed include common shares that Mr. Kvisle has a right to acquire through the exercise of stock options that are vested under the Stock Option Plan, which is described elsewhere in this AIF. Directors as such do not participate in the Stock Option Plan. Mr. Kvisle, as an employee of TransCanada, has the right to acquire 474,500 common shares under vested stock options, which amount is included in this column. (5) The shares listed do not include 700 common shares held by Mr. Schaefer's wife and 5,500 common shares held by a company controlled by Mr. Schaefer's wife. Mr. Schaefer disclaims beneficial ownership of, or control or direction over, such shares. (6) The shares listed include 500 shares held by Mr. Stewart's wife. COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS Unless as otherwise defined in the following sections, all capitalized terms used from herein shall have the same meaning ascribed to them in TransCanada's Management Proxy Circular (the "Proxy Circular"), dated February 22, 2007. TransCanada's directors also serve as directors of TCPL. An aggregate fee is paid for serving on the Boards of TransCanada and TCPL. Since TransCanada does not hold any assets directly, other than the common shares of TCPL and receivables from certain of TransCanada's subsidiaries, all directors' costs are assumed by TCPL according to a management services agreement between the two companies. The meetings of the boards and committees of TransCanada and TCPL run concurrently. Minimum Share Ownership Guidelines The Board believes that directors can more effectively represent the interests of shareholders if they have a significant investment in the common shares of TransCanada, or their economic equivalent. As a result, TransCanada requires each director (other than Mr. Kvisle who is subject to executive share ownership guidelines) to acquire and hold a minimum number of common shares, or their economic equivalent, equal in value to five times the director's annual cash retainer fee. Directors have a maximum of five years to reach this level of ownership. The level of ownership can be achieved by direct purchase of common shares, by participation in the TransCanada Dividend Reinvestment Plan or by means of directing cash retainer fees (or any other fees subsequent to January 1, 2007) into, or otherwise acquiring deferred share units ("DSUs") under, the Share Unit Plan for Non-Employee Directors (1998) (the "DSU Plan"), described under the heading "Share Unit Plan for Non-Employee Directors" below. All of the current directors have achieved the minimum share ownership. 26 TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED Board and Committee Remuneration TCPL's director compensation practices are designed to reflect the size and complexity of TCPL and to reinforce the emphasis TCPL places on shareholder value by linking a portion of directors' compensation to the value of TransCanada's common shares. The market competitiveness of director compensation is assessed against the Comparator Group (as defined under the heading "Executive Compensation and Other Information - Report on Executive Compensation") and a general industry sample of Canadian companies of similar size and scope to TCPL. For the financial year ended December 31, 2006, each director who was not an employee of TCPL, other than the Chair, was paid in quarterly installments in arrears as follows: Retainer fee $30,000 per annum Committee retainer fee $3,000 per annum Committee Chair retainer fee $4,000 per annum Board and Committee attendance fee $1,500 per meeting Committee Chair attendance fee $1,500 per meeting The Chair, who was paid none of the directors' fees outlined above, was paid a retainer fee of $300,000 per annum in respect of his duties as Chair, $3,000 per chaired Board meeting, and was reimbursed for certain office and other expenses. Half of Mr. Jackson's retainer fee for acting as Chair was paid in DSUs. The Vice-Chair was paid a retainer fee of $12,000 per annum in respect of his duties as Vice-Chair, in addition to his other director's fees as outlined above. Each committee chair is entitled to claim a per diem for time spent on committee activities outside of the committee meetings. Additionally, directors other than the Chair and the CEO receive, in respect of their service as directors, an annual grant of units under the DSU Plan, see "Share Unit Plan for Non-Employee Directors" below for details on this plan. Fees are paid quarterly and are pro-rated from the date of the director's appointment to the Board and the relevant committees. TCPL pays a travel fee of $1,500 per meeting for which round trip travel time exceeds three hours, and reimburses the directors for out-of-pocket expenses incurred in attending such meetings. Directors who are U.S. residents are paid the same amounts as outlined above in U.S. dollars. Fees Paid to Directors in 2006 The following table sets out the total fees paid in cash and the value of the DSUs awarded or credited for each non-employee director in 2006 as at the date of the grant, unless otherwise stated. Mr. Kvisle, as an employee of TCPL, receives no cash fees or DSUs as a director. Directors generally direct their retainer fee to be paid in DSUs until the minimum share ownership guideline is reached, and are always entitled to direct their retainer fee (and, subsequent to January 1, 2007, any other fees) to be paid in DSUs. In 2006, K.E. Benson, D.H. Burney, E.L. Draper, P. Gauthier, K.L. Hawkins, J.A. MacNaughton and D.P. O'Brien received their retainer fees in DSUs and half of Mr. Jackson's retainer fee for acting as Chair was paid in DSUs. For TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED 27 further information on the DSU Plan, see the description under the heading "Share Unit Plan for Non-Employee Directors" below. Name Board Committee Committee Board Committee Travel Strategic Total Total Total Retainer Retainer Chair Attendance Attendance Fee Issues Fees Value of Cash and Fee Fee Retainer Fee Fee and Paid in DSUs Value of Fee Strategic Cash Credited DSUs Planning (2) Credited Sessions D.D. Baldwin $15,000 $3,000 $2,000 $4,500 $6,000 $0 $1,500 $32,000 $0 $32,000 (3)(4) K.E. Benson(5) 30,000 3,000 N/A 15,000 9,000 13,500 4,500 45,000 136,290 181,290 D.H. Burney 30,000 5,250 N/A 12,000 6,000 10,500 4,500 38,250 136,290 174,540 W.K. Dobson(3) 30,000 6,000 4,000 16,500 12,000 9,000 6,000 83,500 106,290 189,790 E.L. Draper(3) 30,000 6,000 3,000 16,500 15,000 12,000 6,000 58,500 136,290 194,790 (5)(6) P. Gauthier(3)30,000 6,000 N/A 16,500 16,500 10,500 6,000 55,500 136,290 191,790 (6) K.L. Hawkins 30,000 6,000 4,000 15,000 16,500 10,500 6,000 58,000 136,290 194,290 (3) S.B. Jackson 300,000 N/A N/A 33,000 1,500 4,500 4,500 193,500 150,000 343,500 (6)(7) P.L. Joskow(5) 30,000 6,000 N/A 16,500 12,000 10,500 6,000 81,000 106,290 187,290 J.A. 22,500 4,500 N/A 10,500 6,000 4,500 1,500 33,264 122,526 155,790 MacNaughton D.P. O'Brien 30,000 6,000 N/A 13,500 4,500 1,500 1,500 27,000 136,290 163,290 H.G. Schaefer 42,000 6,000 4,000 16,500 21,000 3,000 6,000 98,500 106,290 204,790 (3)(8) D.M.G. Stewart 22,500 2,250 N/A 12,000 3,000 6,000 3,000 48,750 106,290 155,040 (6) (1) Fees are aggregate amounts respecting duties performed on both TransCanada and TCPL Boards. (2) Total DSUs credited includes the amount of the retainer fee elected to be received in DSUs and the grant of 3,000 DSUs made in September 2006 which had an initial cash value of approximately $35.43 per DSU. (3) The committee chair retainer fee amount includes per diem fees paid in addition to the committee retainer fee in respect of duties performed and meetings held in preparation for committee meetings. Mme. Gauthier chaired one meeting of the Health, Safety and Environment Committee in Mr. Baldwin's absence. (4) Mr. Baldwin retired from the Board on April 28, 2006. (5) U.S. directors are paid or credited these amounts, including DSU equivalents, based on U.S. dollars. (6) The committee attendance fee includes the amount of $1,500 for a Health, Safety and Environment Committee off-site facility visit. (7) Mr. Jackson's Board attendance fee includes the fee of $3,000 in respect of each Board meeting chaired. Half of Mr. Jackson's retainer fee for acting as Chair was paid in DSUs. (8) Mr. Schaefer's retainer fee amount includes the fee of $12,000 in respect of duties performed as Vice-Chair. Share Unit Plan for Non-Employee Directors The Share Unit Plan for Non-Employee Directors (1998) was established in 1998 and was last amended and restated effective January 1, 2007. Prior to the January 1, 2007 amendment, the DSU Plan allowed eligible Board members, on a quarterly basis, to direct their annual directors' retainer fee or, at the discretion of the Governance Committee, other Board-related fees, to acquire units representing the right to acquire common shares or their cash equivalent. Subsequent to January 1, 2007, Board members are permitted to elect to receive any portion of their fees in DSUs. The DSU Plan also allows the Governance Committee to grant units as additional directors' compensation. In September 2006, a grant of 3,000 DSUs was made to each director other than the Chair and the CEO. 28 TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED Initially the value of a DSU is equal to the market value of a common share at the time the directors are credited with the units. Thus each grant of 3,000 DSUs in September 2006 had an initial cash value of approximately $106,290. The value of a DSU, when redeemed, is equivalent to the market value of a common share at the time the redemption takes place. In addition, at the time dividends are declared and paid on the common shares, each DSU accrues an amount equal to such dividends, which amount is then reinvested in additional DSUs at a price equal to the then market value of a common share. DSUs cannot be redeemed until the director ceases to be a member of the Board. Canadian directors may redeem for cash or common shares at their option. U.S. directors may only redeem for cash. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange MORE TO FOLLOW FR OKDKKKBKKBNK
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