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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS  
Schedule of costs charged by related party
Year ended December 31 (millions of dollars)
 
2011

 
2010

 
2009

   

Capital and operating costs charged by TransCanada's subsidiaries to:                
  Great Lakes   31.2   30.3   33.8    
  Northern Border   28.7   25.8   25.5    
  GTN(a)   22.3        
  Bison(a)   7.7        
  North Baja(b)   3.7   4.4   2.9    
  Tuscarora   4.7   3.7   3.0    

Impact on the Partnership's net income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Great Lakes   14.1   12.8   14.3    
  Northern Border   13.4   12.5   12.3    
  GTN(a)   21.2        
  Bison(a)   4.3        
  North Baja(b)   3.5   3.2   2.4    
  Tuscarora   4.6   3.5   2.8    
 
Schedule of amounts payable to related party for costs charged during the period
December 31 (millions of dollars)
 
2011

 
2010  

   

Amount payable to TransCanada's subsidiaries for costs charged in the year by:            
  Great Lakes   3.1   3.0      
  Northern Border   2.9   2.2      
  GTN(a)   3.0      
  Bison(a)   1.0      
  North Baja   0.5   0.6      
  Tuscarora   0.6   0.7      

(a)
Represents operations from GTN and Bison from May 3, 2011, date of acquisition, to December 31, 2011.

(b)
Recast as discussed in Notes 2 and 5.