8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant To Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) April 21, 2016

TC PipeLines, LP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-35358	52-2135448
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer  Identification No.)

700 Louisiana Street, Suite 700 Houston, TX	77002-2761
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (877) 290-2772

(Former name or former address if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions

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Item 8.01  Other Events

On April 21, 2016, TC PipeLines, LP (the “Partnership”) issued a press release announcing a first quarter 2016 cash distribution of $0.89 per common unit payable on May 13, 2016 to common unitholders of record on May 2, 2016.  A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report. 

Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)            Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release of TC PipeLines, LP, dated April 21, 2016, reporting the Partnership’s first quarter 2016 cash distribution.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

TC PipeLines, LP

by:  TC PipeLines GP, Inc.,

its general partner

By:   /s/ Jon Dobson                                             

Jon Dobson

Secretary

Dated:  April 21, 2016

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release of TC PipeLines, LP, dated April 21, 2016, reporting the Partnership’s first quarter 2016 cash distribution.

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

NewsRelease

TC PipeLines, LP Announces First Quarter Cash Distribution

HOUSTON, Texas – April 21, 2016 – TC PipeLines, LP (NYSE: TCP) (the Partnership) today announced that the board of directors of TC PipeLines GP, Inc., its general partner, declared the Partnership’s first quarter 2016 cash distribution of $0.89 per common unit.  The distribution is unchanged from the fourth quarter 2015 distribution and represents a 6 percent increase from the $0.84 per common unit paid in first quarter 2015.

This cash distribution is the 68th consecutive quarterly distribution paid by the Partnership and is payable on May 13, 2016 to unitholders of record at the close of business on May 2, 2016.

TC PipeLines, LP is a Delaware master limited partnership with interests in seven federally regulated U.S. interstate natural gas pipelines which serve markets in the Western, Midwestern and Eastern United States. The Partnership is managed by its general partner, TC PipeLines GP, Inc., a subsidiary of TransCanada Corporation (NYSE: TRP). For more information about TC PipeLines, LP, visit the Partnership’s website at www.tcpipelineslp.com.

This release serves as qualified notice to nominees under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1446-4(b)(4) and (d). Please note that 100 percent of TC PipeLines, LP's distributions to foreign investors are attributable to income that is effectively connected with a United States trade or business. Accordingly, all of the Partnership's distributions to foreign investors are subject to federal income tax withholding at the highest effective tax rate for individuals or corporations, as applicable. Nominees are treated as the withholding agents responsible for withholding distributions received by them on behalf of foreign investors.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  These statements are based on current expectations and, therefore, subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the projections, anticipated results or other expectations expressed in this release, including, without limitation, competitive conditions in the natural gas industry, increases in operating and compliance costs, the outcome of rate proceedings, our ability to identify and complete expansion and growth opportunities, operating hazards beyond our control, availability of capital and market demand that the Partnership expects or believes will or may occur in the future.  These and other factors that could cause future results to differ materially from those anticipated are discussed in Item 1A in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year-ended December 31, 2015 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), as updated and supplemented by subsequent filings with the SEC. All forward-looking statements are made only as of the date made and except as required by applicable law, we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, subsequent events or other changes.

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