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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Summary of related party transactions
Capital and operating costs charged to our pipeline systems, except for Iroquois, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 by TC Energy’s subsidiaries and amounts payable to TC Energy’s subsidiaries at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 are summarized in the following tables:
 Three months endedNine months ended
(unaudited)September 30,September 30,
(millions of dollars)2020201920202019
Capital and operating costs charged by TC Energy’s subsidiaries to:  
Great Lakes (a) 
35 12 57 35 
Northern Border (a)
9 10 29 29 
GTN33 11 57 32 
Bison 1 
North Baja4 6 
Tuscarora3 5 
 PNGTS (a)
1 4 
Impact on the Partnership’s income (b):
  
Great Lakes4 13 14 
Northern Border4 12 13 
GTN7 22 25 
Bison — 1 
North Baja1 3 
Tuscarora 2 
PNGTS

 2 
 
(unaudited)  
(millions of dollars)September 30, 2020December 31, 2019
Net amounts payable to TC Energy’s subsidiaries are as follows:  
Great Lakes (a)
4 
Northern Border (a)
3 
GTN (c)
30 
Bison — 
North Baja 
Tuscarora — 
PNGTS (a)
1 
(a)Represents 100 percent of the costs.
(b)Represents the Partnership's proportionate share-based ownership percentage of these pipelines.
(c)Includes obligations related to commercial system purchase described below. The purchase price was paid in October 2020.