Date: April 27, 2018 | TRANSCANADA CORPORATION | |
By: | /s/ Donald R. Marchand | |
Donald R. Marchand | ||
Executive Vice-President and | ||
Chief Financial Officer | ||
By: | /s/ G. Glenn Menuz | |
G. Glenn Menuz | ||
Vice-President and Controller |
13.1 | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of the registrant as at and for the period ended March 31, 2018. |
13.2 | Consolidated comparative interim unaudited financial statements of the registrant for the period ended March 31, 2018 (included in the registrant's First Quarter 2018 Quarterly Report to Shareholders). |
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 pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
32.2 | Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
99.1 | A copy of the registrant’s news release of April 27, 2018. |
three months ended March 31 | ||||||||
(unaudited - millions of $, except per share amounts) | 2018 | 2017 | ||||||
Income | ||||||||
Revenues | 3,424 | 3,407 | ||||||
Net income attributable to common shares | 734 | 643 | ||||||
per common share – basic and diluted | $0.83 | $0.74 | ||||||
Comparable EBITDA1 | 2,071 | 1,977 | ||||||
Comparable earnings1 | 870 | 698 | ||||||
per common share1 | $0.98 | $0.81 | ||||||
Cash flows | ||||||||
Net cash provided by operations | 1,412 | 1,302 | ||||||
Comparable funds generated from operations1 | 1,619 | 1,508 | ||||||
Comparable distributable cash flow1 | ||||||||
– reflecting all maintenance capital expenditures | 1,223 | 1,203 | ||||||
– reflecting only non-recoverable maintenance capital expenditures | 1,447 | 1,340 | ||||||
Comparable distributable cash flow per common share1 | ||||||||
– reflecting all maintenance capital expenditures | $1.38 | $1.39 | ||||||
– reflecting only non-recoverable maintenance capital expenditures | $1.64 | $1.55 | ||||||
Capital spending2 | 2,096 | 1,794 | ||||||
Dividends declared | ||||||||
Per common share | $0.69 | $0.625 | ||||||
Basic common shares outstanding (millions) | ||||||||
– weighted average for the period | 885 | 866 | ||||||
– issued and outstanding at end of period | 891 | 867 |
1 | Comparable EBITDA, comparable earnings, comparable earnings per common share, comparable funds generated from operations, comparable distributable cash flow and comparable distributable cash flow per common share are all non-GAAP measures. See the Non-GAAP measures section for more information. |
2 | Includes capital expenditures, capital projects in development and contributions to equity investments. |
• | planned changes in our business |
• | our financial and operational performance, including the performance of our subsidiaries |
• | expectations or projections about strategies and goals for growth and expansion |
• | expected cash flows and future financing options available to us |
• | expected dividend growth |
• | expected costs for planned projects, including projects under construction, permitting and in development |
• | expected schedules for planned projects (including anticipated construction and completion dates) |
• | expected regulatory processes and outcomes, including the expected impact of recent FERC policy changes |
• | expected outcomes with respect to legal proceedings, including arbitration and insurance claims |
• | expected capital expenditures and contractual obligations |
• | expected operating and financial results |
• | expected impact of future accounting changes, commitments and contingent liabilities |
• | expected impact of U.S. Tax Reform |
• | expected industry, market and economic conditions. |
• | continued wind down of our U.S. Northeast power marketing business |
• | inflation rates and commodity prices |
• | nature and scope of hedging activities |
• | regulatory decisions and outcomes, including those related to recent FERC policy changes |
• | interest, tax and foreign exchange rates, including the impact of U.S. Tax Reform |
• | planned and unplanned outages and the use of our pipeline and energy assets |
• | integrity and reliability of our assets |
• | access to capital markets |
• | anticipated construction costs, schedules and completion dates. |
• | our ability to successfully implement our strategic priorities and whether they will yield the expected benefits |
• | the operating performance of our pipeline and energy assets |
• | amount of capacity sold and rates achieved in our pipeline businesses |
• | the availability and price of energy commodities |
• | the amount of capacity payments and revenues from our energy business |
• | regulatory decisions and outcomes, including those related to recent FERC policy changes |
• | outcomes of legal proceedings, including arbitration and insurance claims |
• | performance and credit risk of our counterparties |
• | changes in market commodity prices |
• | changes in the regulatory environment |
• | changes in the political environment |
• | changes in environmental and other laws and regulations |
• | competitive factors in the pipeline and energy sectors |
• | construction and completion of capital projects |
• | costs for labour, equipment and materials |
• | access to capital markets, including the economic benefit of asset drop downs to TC PipeLines, LP |
• | interest, tax and foreign exchange rates, including the impact of U.S. Tax Reform |
• | weather |
• | cyber security |
• | technological developments |
• | economic conditions in North America as well as globally. |
• | comparable earnings |
• | comparable earnings per common share |
• | comparable EBITDA |
• | comparable EBIT |
• | funds generated from operations |
• | comparable funds generated from operations |
• | comparable distributable cash flow |
• | comparable distributable cash flow per common share. |
• | certain fair value adjustments relating to risk management activities |
• | income tax refunds and adjustments and changes to enacted tax rates |
• | gains or losses on sales of assets or assets held for sale |
• | legal, contractual and bankruptcy settlements |
• | impact of regulatory or arbitration decisions relating to prior year earnings |
• | restructuring costs |
• | impairment of property, plant and equipment, goodwill, investments and other assets including certain ongoing maintenance and liquidation costs |
• | acquisition and integration costs. |
Comparable measure | Original measure |
comparable earnings | net income attributable to common shares |
comparable earnings per common share | net income per common share |
comparable EBITDA | segmented earnings |
comparable EBIT | segmented earnings |
comparable funds generated from operations | net cash provided by operations |
comparable distributable cash flow | net cash provided by operations |
three months ended March 31 | ||||||||
(unaudited - millions of $, except per share amounts) | 2018 | 2017 | ||||||
Canadian Natural Gas Pipelines | 253 | 282 | ||||||
U.S. Natural Gas Pipelines | 648 | 561 | ||||||
Mexico Natural Gas Pipelines | 137 | 118 | ||||||
Liquids Pipelines | 341 | 227 | ||||||
Energy | 50 | 198 | ||||||
Corporate | (81 | ) | (33 | ) | ||||
Total segmented earnings | 1,348 | 1,353 | ||||||
Interest expense | (527 | ) | (500 | ) | ||||
Allowance for funds used during construction | 105 | 101 | ||||||
Interest income and other | 63 | 20 | ||||||
Income before income taxes | 989 | 974 | ||||||
Income tax expense | (121 | ) | (200 | ) | ||||
Net income | 868 | 774 | ||||||
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests | (94 | ) | (90 | ) | ||||
Net income attributable to controlling interests | 774 | 684 | ||||||
Preferred share dividends | (40 | ) | (41 | ) | ||||
Net income attributable to common shares | 734 | 643 | ||||||
Net income per common share - basic and diluted | $0.83 | $0.74 |
• | a $24 million after-tax charge for integration-related costs associated with the acquisition of Columbia |
• | a $10 million after-tax charge for costs related to the monetization of our U.S. Northeast power generation business |
• | a $7 million after-tax charge related to the maintenance of Keystone XL assets which was expensed in 2017 pending further advancement of the project. In 2018, Keystone XL expenditures are being capitalized |
• | a $7 million income tax recovery related to the realized loss on a third-party sale of Keystone XL project assets. |
three months ended March 31 | ||||||||
(unaudited - millions of $, except per share amounts) | 2018 | 2017 | ||||||
Net income attributable to common shares | 734 | 643 | ||||||
Specific items (net of tax): | ||||||||
Risk management activities1 | 136 | 21 | ||||||
Integration and acquisition related costs – Columbia | — | 24 | ||||||
Loss on sales of U.S. Northeast power generation assets | — | 10 | ||||||
Keystone XL asset costs | — | 7 | ||||||
Keystone XL income tax recoveries | — | (7 | ) | |||||
Comparable earnings | 870 | 698 | ||||||
Net income per common share | $0.83 | $0.74 | ||||||
Specific items (net of tax): | ||||||||
Risk management activities | 0.15 | 0.03 | ||||||
Integration and acquisition related costs – Columbia | — | 0.03 | ||||||
Loss on sales of U.S. Northeast power generation assets | — | 0.01 | ||||||
Keystone XL asset costs | — | 0.01 | ||||||
Keystone XL income tax recoveries | — | (0.01 | ) | |||||
Comparable earnings per common share | $0.98 | $0.81 |
1 | Risk management activities | three months ended March 31 | ||||||
(unaudited - millions of $) | 2018 | 2017 | ||||||
Liquids marketing | (7 | ) | — | |||||
Canadian Power | 2 | 1 | ||||||
U.S. Power | (101 | ) | (62 | ) | ||||
Natural Gas Storage | (3 | ) | 5 | |||||
Foreign exchange | (79 | ) | 15 | |||||
Income tax attributable to risk management activities | 52 | 20 | ||||||
Total unrealized losses from risk management activities | (136 | ) | (21 | ) |
• | higher contribution from Liquids Pipelines primarily due to earnings from intra-Alberta pipelines placed in service in the second half of 2017, higher volumes on the Keystone Pipeline System and increased earnings from liquids marketing activities |
• | higher contribution from U.S. Natural Gas Pipelines mainly due to increased earnings from Columbia Gas and Columbia Gulf growth projects placed in service, additional contract sales on ANR and Great Lakes and amortization of net regulatory liabilities recognized as a result of U.S. Tax Reform |
• | lower income tax expense primarily due to lower income tax rates as a result of U.S. Tax Reform and lower flow-through income taxes in Canadian rate-regulated pipelines |
• | higher contribution from Mexico Natural Gas Pipelines mainly due to higher revenues |
• | higher interest income and other due to realized gains in 2018 compared to realized losses in 2017 on derivatives used to manage our net exposure to foreign exchange rate fluctuations on U.S. dollar-denominated income |
• | lower earnings from U.S. Power mainly due to the monetization of U.S. Northeast power generation assets in second quarter 2017 and the continued wind down of our U.S. power marketing operations |
• | lower earnings from Bruce Power primarily due to lower volumes resulting from increased outage days |
• | higher interest expense as a result of long-term debt and junior subordinated notes issuances, net of maturities, partially offset by the repayment of the Columbia acquisition bridge facilities in June 2017. |
• | make a limited Natural Gas Act Section 4 filing to reduce its rates by the percentage reduction in its cost of service shown in its FERC Form No. 501-G |
• | commit to file either a pre-packaged uncontested rate settlement or a general Section 4 rate case if it believes that using the limited Section 4 option will not result in just and reasonable rates. If the pipeline commits to file either by December 31, 2018, FERC will not initiate a Natural Gas Act Section 5 investigation of its rates prior to that date |
• | file a statement explaining its rationale for why it does not believe the pipeline's rates must change |
• | file the one-time report without taking any other action. At that point, FERC would consider whether to initiate a Section 5 investigation of any pipeline that has not submitted a limited Section 4 rate reduction filing or committed to file a general Section 4 rate case. |
Expected in-service date | Estimated project cost | Carrying value at March 31, 2018 | ||||||
(unaudited - billions of $) | ||||||||
Canadian Natural Gas Pipelines | ||||||||
Canadian Mainline | 2018-2021 | 0.2 | — | |||||
NGTL System | 2018 | 0.6 | 0.4 | |||||
2019 | 2.4 | 0.4 | ||||||
2020 | 1.7 | 0.1 | ||||||
2021+ | 2.5 | — | ||||||
U.S. Natural Gas Pipelines | ||||||||
Columbia Gas | ||||||||
Mountaineer XPress | 2018 | US 3.0 | US 0.7 | |||||
WB XPress | 2018 | US 0.9 | US 0.5 | |||||
Modernization II | 2018-2020 | US 1.1 | US 0.2 | |||||
Buckeye XPress | 2020 | US 0.2 | — | |||||
Columbia Gulf | ||||||||
Gulf XPress | 2018 | US 0.6 | US 0.3 | |||||
Other1 | 2018-2020 | US 0.3 | US 0.1 | |||||
Mexico Natural Gas Pipelines | ||||||||
Sur de Texas2 | 2018 | US 1.3 | US 1.1 | |||||
Villa de Reyes | 2018 | US 0.8 | US 0.5 | |||||
Tula | 2019 | US 0.7 | US 0.5 | |||||
Liquids Pipelines | ||||||||
White Spruce | 2019 | 0.2 | — | |||||
Energy | ||||||||
Napanee | 2018 | 1.3 | 1.1 | |||||
Bruce Power – life extension3 | up to 2020 | 0.9 | 0.3 | |||||
18.7 | 6.2 | |||||||
Foreign exchange impact on near-term projects4 | 2.6 | 1.1 | ||||||
Total near-term projects (Cdn$) | 21.3 | 7.3 |
1 | Reflects our proportionate share of costs related to Portland XPress and various expansion projects. |
2 | Reflects our proportionate share. |
3 | Reflects our proportionate share of the remaining capital costs that Bruce Power expects to incur on its life extension investment programs in advance of the Unit 6 major refurbishment outage which is expected to begin in 2020. |
4 | Reflects U.S./Canada foreign exchange rate of 1.29 at March 31, 2018. |
Estimated project cost | Carrying value at March 31, 2018 | |||||
(unaudited - billions of $) | ||||||
Canadian Natural Gas Pipelines | ||||||
Canadian west coast LNG-related projects | ||||||
Coastal GasLink | 4.8 | 0.4 | ||||
NGTL System – Merrick | 1.9 | — | ||||
Liquids Pipelines | ||||||
Heartland and TC Terminals1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | ||||
Grand Rapids Phase 22 | 0.7 | — | ||||
Keystone XL3 | US 8.0 | US 0.3 | ||||
Keystone Hardisty Terminal1,3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | ||||
Energy | ||||||
Bruce Power – life extension2 | 5.3 | — | ||||
21.9 | 0.9 | |||||
Foreign exchange impact on medium to longer-term projects4 | 2.3 | 0.1 | ||||
Total medium to longer-term projects (Cdn$) | 24.2 | 1.0 |
1 | Regulatory approvals have been obtained, additional commercial support is being pursued. |
2 | Reflects our proportionate share. |
3 | Carrying value reflects amount remaining after impairment charge recorded in 2015, along with additional amounts capitalized from January 1, 2018. |
4 | Reflects U.S./Canada foreign exchange rate of 1.29 at March 31, 2018. |
three months ended March 31 | ||||||
(unaudited - millions of $) | 2018 | 2017 | ||||
NGTL System | 271 | 230 | ||||
Canadian Mainline | 193 | 247 | ||||
Other1 | 30 | 27 | ||||
Comparable EBITDA | 494 | 504 | ||||
Depreciation and amortization | (241 | ) | (222 | ) | ||
Comparable EBIT and segmented earnings | 253 | 282 |
1 | Includes results from Foothills, Ventures LP, Great Lakes Canada, our share of equity income from our investment in TQM, general and administrative and business development costs related to our Canadian Natural Gas Pipelines. |
three months ended March 31 | NGTL System | Canadian Mainline | |||||||||
(unaudited - millions of $) | 2018 | 2017 | 2018 | 2017 | |||||||
Net Income | 92 | 82 | 37 | 52 | |||||||
Average investment base | 9,091 | 7,853 | 3,817 | 4,103 |
three months ended March 31 | ||||||
(unaudited - millions of US$, unless noted otherwise) | 2018 | 2017 | ||||
Columbia Gas | 231 | 185 | ||||
ANR | 141 | 122 | ||||
TC PipeLines, LP1,2,3 | 39 | 32 | ||||
Great Lakes4 | 35 | 27 | ||||
Midstream | 30 | 23 | ||||
Columbia Gulf | 26 | 18 | ||||
Other U.S. pipelines3,5 | 15 | 28 | ||||
Non-controlling interests6 | 118 | 108 | ||||
Comparable EBITDA | 635 | 543 | ||||
Depreciation and amortization | (122 | ) | (112 | ) | ||
Comparable EBIT | 513 | 431 | ||||
Foreign exchange impact | 135 | 140 | ||||
Comparable EBIT (Cdn$) | 648 | 571 | ||||
Specific items: | ||||||
Integration and acquisition related costs – Columbia | — | (10 | ) | |||
Segmented earnings (Cdn$) | 648 | 561 |
1 | Results reflect our earnings from TC PipeLines, LP’s ownership interests in GTN, Great Lakes, Iroquois, Northern Border, Bison, PNGTS, North Baja and Tuscarora, as well as general and administrative costs related to TC PipeLines, LP. |
2 | TC PipeLines, LP periodically conducts ATM equity issuances which decrease our ownership in TC PipeLines, LP. For the three months ended March 31, 2018, our ownership interest in TC PipeLines, LP ranged between 25.7 per cent and 25.5 per cent compared to a range of 26.8 per cent and 26.4 per cent for the same period in 2017. |
3 | TC PipeLines, LP acquired 49.34 per cent of our 50 per cent interest in Iroquois and our remaining 11.81 per cent interest in PNGTS on June 1, 2017. |
4 | Results reflect our 53.55 per cent direct interest in Great Lakes. The remaining 46.45 per cent is held by TC PipeLines, LP. |
5 | Results reflect earnings from our direct ownership interests in Iroquois, Crossroads and PNGTS (until June 1, 2017) and our effective ownership in Millennium and Hardy Storage, as well as general and administrative and business development costs related to our U.S. natural gas pipelines. |
6 | Results reflect earnings attributable to portions of TC PipeLines, LP, PNGTS (until June 1, 2017) and CPPL (until February 17, 2017) that we do not own. |
• | increased earnings from Columbia Gas and Columbia Gulf growth projects placed in service, additional contract sales on ANR and Great Lakes and favourable commodity prices in Midstream |
• | increased earnings due to the amortization of the net regulatory liability recognized in 2017 as a result of U.S. Tax Reform. |
three months ended March 31 | ||||||
(unaudited - millions of US$, unless noted otherwise) | 2018 | 2017 | ||||
Topolobampo | 44 | 40 | ||||
Tamazunchale | 31 | 29 | ||||
Mazatlán | 20 | 16 | ||||
Guadalajara | 19 | 17 | ||||
Sur de Texas1 | 9 | 4 | ||||
Other | 4 | — | ||||
Comparable EBITDA | 127 | 106 | ||||
Depreciation and amortization | (19 | ) | (17 | ) | ||
Comparable EBIT | 108 | 89 | ||||
Foreign exchange impact | 29 | 29 | ||||
Comparable EBIT and segmented earnings (Cdn$) | 137 | 118 |
1 | Represents our 60 per cent equity interest. |
• | higher revenues from operations |
• | equity earnings from our investment in the Sur de Texas pipeline which records AFUDC during construction, net of interest expense on an inter-affiliate loan from TransCanada. The inter-affiliate loan is fully offset in interest income and other in the Corporate segment. |
three months ended March 31 | ||||||
(unaudited - millions of $) | 2018 | 2017 | ||||
Keystone Pipeline System | 340 | 306 | ||||
Intra-Alberta pipelines | 39 | — | ||||
Other1 | 52 | 6 | ||||
Comparable EBITDA | 431 | 312 | ||||
Depreciation and amortization | (83 | ) | (77 | ) | ||
Comparable EBIT | 348 | 235 | ||||
Specific items: | ||||||
Risk management activities | (7 | ) | — | |||
Keystone XL asset costs | — | (8 | ) | |||
Segmented earnings | 341 | 227 | ||||
Comparable EBIT denominated as follows: | ||||||
Canadian dollars | 93 | 55 | ||||
U.S. dollars | 202 | 135 | ||||
Foreign exchange impact | 53 | 45 | ||||
348 | 235 |
1 | Includes primarily liquids marketing and business development activities. |
• | unrealized losses in 2018 from changes in the fair value of derivatives related to our liquids marketing business |
• | in 2017, an $8 million charge related to the maintenance of Keystone XL assets which was expensed pending further advancement of the project. In 2018, Keystone XL expenditures are being capitalized. |
• | contributions from intra-Alberta pipelines, Grand Rapids and Northern Courier, which began operations in the second half of 2017 |
• | higher volumes on the Keystone Pipeline System |
• | a higher contribution from liquids marketing activities |
• | a weaker U.S. dollar which had a negative impact on the Canadian dollar equivalent earnings from our U.S. operations. |
three months ended March 31 | ||||||
(unaudited - millions of Canadian $, unless noted otherwise) | 2018 | 2017 | ||||
Canadian Power | ||||||
Western Power | 37 | 30 | ||||
Eastern Power1 | 82 | 94 | ||||
Bruce Power1 | 54 | 91 | ||||
U.S. Power (US$)2 | 6 | 54 | ||||
Foreign exchange impact on U.S. Power | 2 | 18 | ||||
Natural Gas Storage and other | 7 | 21 | ||||
Business Development | (4 | ) | (3 | ) | ||
Comparable EBITDA | 184 | 305 | ||||
Depreciation and amortization | (32 | ) | (40 | ) | ||
Comparable EBIT | 152 | 265 | ||||
Specific items: | ||||||
Risk management activities | (102 | ) | (56 | ) | ||
Loss on sales of U.S. Northeast power generation assets | — | (11 | ) | |||
Segmented earnings | 50 | 198 |
1 | Includes our share of equity income from our investments in Portlands Energy and Bruce Power. |
2 | In second quarter 2017, we completed the sales of our U.S. Northeast power generation assets. |
• | unrealized gains and losses from changes in the fair value of derivatives used to reduce our exposure to certain commodity price risks, as noted in the table below |
• | in 2017, $11 million of pre-tax costs related to the monetization of our U.S. Northeast power generation business. |
Risk management activities | three months ended March 31 | |||||
(unaudited - millions of $, pre-tax) | 2018 | 2017 | ||||
Canadian Power | 2 | 1 | ||||
U.S. Power | (101 | ) | (62 | ) | ||
Natural Gas Storage | (3 | ) | 5 | |||
Total unrealized losses from risk management activities | (102 | ) | (56 | ) |
• | lower contribution from U.S. Power due to the sales of our generation assets in second quarter 2017 and the continued wind down of our U.S. Power marketing operations, partially offset by income recognized on the sale of our retail contracts in the first quarter of 2018 |
• | decreased Bruce Power earnings primarily due to lower volumes resulting from increased outage days. Additional financial and operating information on Bruce Power is provided below |
• | decreased Natural Gas Storage results mainly due to lower realized natural gas storage price spreads |
• | lower Eastern Power results mainly due to the sale of our Ontario solar assets in December 2017 |
• | increased Western Power results due to higher realized prices on higher generation volumes. |
three months ended March 31 | ||||||||
(unaudited - millions of $, unless noted otherwise) | 2018 | 2017 | ||||||
Equity income included in comparable EBITDA and EBIT comprised of: | ||||||||
Revenues | 371 | 401 | ||||||
Operating expenses | (227 | ) | (224 | ) | ||||
Depreciation and other | (90 | ) | (86 | ) | ||||
Comparable EBITDA and EBIT1 | 54 | 91 | ||||||
Bruce Power – other information | ||||||||
Plant availability2 | 85 | % | 89 | % | ||||
Planned outage days | 74 | 56 | ||||||
Unplanned outage days | 31 | 17 | ||||||
Sales volumes (GWh)1 | 5,696 | 5,983 | ||||||
Realized sales price per MWh3 | $67 | $67 |
1 | Represents our 48.4 per cent (2017 - 48.4 per cent) ownership interest in Bruce Power. Sales volumes include deemed generation. |
2 | The percentage of time the plant was available to generate power, regardless of whether it was running. |
3 | Calculation based on actual and deemed generation. Realized sales prices per MWh includes realized gains and losses from contracting activities and cost flow-through items. Excludes unrealized gains and losses on contracting activities and non-electricity revenues. |
three months ended March 31 | ||||||
(unaudited - millions of $) | 2018 | 2017 | ||||
Comparable EBITDA and EBIT | (2 | ) | (4 | ) | ||
Specific items: | ||||||
Foreign exchange loss – inter-affiliate loan1 | (79 | ) | — | |||
Integration and acquisition related costs – Columbia | — | (29 | ) | |||
Segmented loss | (81 | ) | (33 | ) |
1 | Reported in Income from equity investments on the Condensed consolidated statement of income. |
• | in 2018, foreign exchange loss on a peso-denominated inter-affiliate loan to the Sur de Texas project for our proportionate share of the project's financing. There is a corresponding foreign exchange gain included in Interest income and other on the inter-affiliate loan receivable which fully offsets this loss |
• | in 2017, pre-tax integration and acquisition costs associated with the acquisition of Columbia. |
three months ended March 31 | ||||||
(unaudited - millions of $) | 2018 | 2017 | ||||
Interest on long-term debt and junior subordinated notes | ||||||
Canadian dollar-denominated | (134 | ) | (108 | ) | ||
U.S. dollar-denominated | (314 | ) | (317 | ) | ||
Foreign exchange impact | (83 | ) | (103 | ) | ||
(531 | ) | (528 | ) | |||
Other interest and amortization expense | (22 | ) | (17 | ) | ||
Capitalized interest | 26 | 45 | ||||
Interest expense | (527 | ) | (500 | ) |
• | long-term debt and junior subordinated notes issuances, net of maturities |
• | final repayment of the Columbia acquisition bridge facilities in June 2017, resulting in lower interest expense and debt amortization expense |
• | the positive impact of a weaker U.S. dollar in translating U.S. dollar denominated interest |
• | lower capitalized interest primarily due to completion of construction of Grand Rapids and Northern Courier in 2017. |
three months ended March 31 | ||||||
(unaudited - millions of $) | 2018 | 2017 | ||||
Canadian dollar-denominated | 20 | 50 | ||||
U.S. dollar-denominated | 67 | 38 | ||||
Foreign exchange impact | 18 | 13 | ||||
Allowance for funds used during construction | 105 | 101 |
three months ended March 31 | ||||||
(unaudited - millions of $) | 2018 | 2017 | ||||
Interest income and other included in comparable earnings | 63 | 5 | ||||
Specific items: | ||||||
Foreign exchange gain – inter-affiliate loan | 79 | — | ||||
Risk management activities | (79 | ) | 15 | |||
Interest income and other | 63 | 20 |
• | interest income along with the $79 million foreign exchange gain related to an inter-affiliate loan receivable from the Sur de Texas joint venture. The corresponding interest expense and foreign exchange loss are reflected in Income from equity investments in the Mexico Natural Gas Pipelines and Corporate segments, respectively. Both currency-related amounts are excluded from comparable earnings |
• | unrealized losses on risk management activities in 2018 compared to unrealized gains in 2017. These amounts have been excluded from comparable earnings |
• | realized gains in 2018 compared to realized losses in 2017 on derivatives used to manage our net exposure to foreign exchange rate fluctuations on U.S. dollar-denominated income. |
three months ended March 31 | ||||||
(unaudited - millions of $) | 2018 | 2017 | ||||
Income tax expense included in comparable earnings | (173 | ) | (244 | ) | ||
Specific items: | ||||||
Risk management activities | 52 | 20 | ||||
Integration and acquisition related costs – Columbia | — | 15 | ||||
Keystone XL income tax recoveries | — | 7 | ||||
Loss on sales of U.S. Northeast power generation assets | — | 1 | ||||
Keystone XL asset costs | — | 1 | ||||
Income tax expense | (121 | ) | (200 | ) |
three months ended March 31 | ||||||
(unaudited - millions of $) | 2018 | 2017 | ||||
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests | (94 | ) | (90 | ) |
three months ended March 31 | ||||||
(unaudited - millions of $) | 2018 | 2017 | ||||
Preferred share dividends | (40 | ) | (41 | ) |
• | our ability to generate cash flow from operations |
• | our access to capital markets |
• | approximately $9.1 billion of unutilized, unsecured credit facilities. |
three months ended March 31 | ||||||||
(unaudited - millions of $, except per share amounts) | 2018 | 2017 | ||||||
Net cash provided by operations | 1,412 | 1,302 | ||||||
Increase in operating working capital | 207 | 155 | ||||||
Funds generated from operations1 | 1,619 | 1,457 | ||||||
Specific items: | ||||||||
Integration and acquisition related costs – Columbia | — | 32 | ||||||
Keystone XL asset costs | — | 8 | ||||||
Net loss on sales of U.S. Northeast power generation assets | — | 11 | ||||||
Comparable funds generated from operations1 | 1,619 | 1,508 | ||||||
Dividends on preferred shares | (39 | ) | (39 | ) | ||||
Distributions paid to non-controlling interests | (69 | ) | (80 | ) | ||||
Maintenance capital expenditures | ||||||||
– recoverable in future tolls | (224 | ) | (137 | ) | ||||
– other | (64 | ) | (49 | ) | ||||
Comparable distributable cash flow1 | ||||||||
– reflecting all maintenance capital expenditures | 1,223 | 1,203 | ||||||
– reflecting only non-recoverable maintenance capital expenditures | 1,447 | 1,340 | ||||||
Comparable distributable cash flow per common share1 | ||||||||
– reflecting all maintenance capital expenditures | $1.38 | $1.39 | ||||||
– reflecting only non-recoverable maintenance capital expenditures | $1.64 | $1.55 |
1 | See the Non-GAAP measures section of this MD&A for further discussion of funds generated from operations, comparable funds generated from operations, comparable distributable cash flow and comparable distributable cash flow per common share. |
three months ended March 31 | ||||||
(unaudited - millions of $) | 2018 | 2017 | ||||
Canadian Natural Gas Pipelines | 119 | 48 | ||||
U.S. Natural Gas Pipelines | 103 | 86 | ||||
Liquids Pipelines | 3 | 3 | ||||
Other1 | 63 | 49 | ||||
Maintenance capital expenditures | 288 | 186 |
1 | Includes contributions to Bruce Power to fund our proportionate share of maintenance capital expenditures. |
three months ended March 31 | ||||||
(unaudited - millions of $) | 2018 | 2017 | ||||
Capital spending | ||||||
Capital expenditures | (1,702 | ) | (1,560 | ) | ||
Capital projects in development | (36 | ) | (42 | ) | ||
Contributions to equity investments | (358 | ) | (192 | ) | ||
(2,096 | ) | (1,794 | ) | |||
Other distributions from equity investments | 121 | 363 | ||||
Deferred amounts and other | 110 | (85 | ) | |||
Net cash used in investing activities | (1,865 | ) | (1,516 | ) |
three months ended March 31 | ||||||
(unaudited - millions of $) | 2018 | 2017 | ||||
Notes payable issued, net | 1,812 | 670 | ||||
Long-term debt issued, net of issue costs1 | 93 | — | ||||
Long-term debt repaid1 | (1,226 | ) | (1,051 | ) | ||
Junior subordinated notes issued, net of issue costs | — | 1,982 | ||||
Dividends and distributions paid | (466 | ) | (419 | ) | ||
Common shares issued, net of issue costs | 340 | 18 | ||||
Partnership units of TC PipeLines, LP issued, net of issue costs | 49 | 92 | ||||
Common units of Columbia Pipeline Partners LP acquired | — | (1,205 | ) | |||
Net cash provided by financing activities | 602 | 87 |
1 | Includes draws and repayments on unsecured loan facility by TC PipeLines, LP. |
Quarterly dividend on our common shares | |
$0.69 per share | |
Payable on July 31, 2018 to shareholders of record at the close of business on June 29, 2018. |
Quarterly dividends on our preferred shares | |
Series 1 | $0.204125 |
Series 2 | $0.19477534 |
Series 3 | $0.1345 |
Series 4 | $0.15444658 |
Payable on June 29, 2018 to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 31, 2018. | |
Series 5 | $0.1414375 |
Series 6 | $0.16367534 |
Series 7 | $0.25 |
Series 9 | $0.265625 |
Payable on July 30, 2018 to shareholders of record at the close of business on July 3, 2018. | |
Series 11 | $0.2375 |
Series 13 | $0.34375 |
Series 15 | $0.30625 |
Payable on May 31, 2018 to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 15, 2018. |
as at April 23, 2018 | ||
Common shares | Issued and outstanding | |
893 million | ||
Preferred shares | Issued and outstanding | Convertible to |
Series 1 | 9.5 million | Series 2 preferred shares |
Series 2 | 12.5 million | Series 1 preferred shares |
Series 3 | 8.5 million | Series 4 preferred shares |
Series 4 | 5.5 million | Series 3 preferred shares |
Series 5 | 12.7 million | Series 6 preferred shares |
Series 6 | 1.3 million | Series 5 preferred shares |
Series 7 | 24 million | Series 8 preferred shares |
Series 9 | 18 million | Series 10 preferred shares |
Series 11 | 10 million | Series 12 preferred shares |
Series 13 | 20 million | Series 14 preferred shares |
Series 15 | 40 million | Series 16 preferred shares |
Options to buy common shares | Outstanding | Exercisable |
13 million | 8 million |
Amount | Unused capacity | Borrower | Description | Matures | |
Committed, syndicated, revolving, extendible, senior unsecured credit facilities | |||||
$3.0 billion | $3.0 billion | TCPL | Supports TCPL's Canadian dollar commercial paper program and for general corporate purposes | December 2022 | |
US$2.0 billion | US$2.0 billion | TCPL | Supports TCPL's U.S. dollar commercial paper program and for general corporate purposes | December 2018 | |
US$1.0 billion | US$0.9 billion | TCPL USA | Used for TCPL USA general corporate purposes, guaranteed by TCPL | December 2018 | |
US$1.0 billion | US$0.4 billion | Columbia | Used for Columbia general corporate purposes, guaranteed by TCPL | December 2018 | |
US$0.5 billion | US$0.5 billion | TAIL | Supports TAIL's U.S. dollar commercial paper program and for general corporate purposes, guaranteed by TCPL | December 2018 | |
Demand senior unsecured revolving credit facilities | |||||
$2.1 billion | $0.6 billion | TCPL/TCPL USA | Supports the issuance of letters of credit and provides additional liquidity, TCPL USA facility guaranteed by TCPL | Demand | |
MXN$5.0 billion | MXN$4.9 billion | Mexican subsidiary | Used for Mexico general corporate purposes, guaranteed by TCPL | Demand |
• | accounts receivable |
• | the fair value of derivative assets |
• | cash and cash equivalents |
• | loans receivable. |
three months ended March 31, 2018 | 1.27 | |
three months ended March 31, 2017 | 1.32 |
three months ended March 31 | ||||||
(unaudited - millions of US$) | 2018 | 2017 | ||||
U.S. Natural Gas Pipelines comparable EBIT | 513 | 431 | ||||
Mexico Natural Gas Pipelines comparable EBIT1 | 130 | 89 | ||||
U.S. Liquids Pipelines comparable EBIT | 202 | 135 | ||||
U.S. Power comparable EBIT | 6 | 54 | ||||
AFUDC on U.S. dollar-denominated projects | 67 | 38 | ||||
Interest on U.S. dollar-denominated long-term debt | (314 | ) | (317 | ) | ||
Capitalized interest on U.S. dollar-denominated capital expenditures | 3 | — | ||||
U.S. dollar non-controlling interests and other | (80 | ) | (70 | ) | ||
527 | 360 |
1 | Excludes interest expense on our inter-affiliate loan with Sur de Texas which is offset in interest income and other. |
March 31, 2018 | December 31, 2017 | |||||||||
(unaudited - millions of Canadian $, unless noted otherwise) | Fair value1,2 | Notional amount | Fair value1,2 | Notional amount | ||||||
U.S. dollar cross-currency interest rate swaps (maturing 2018 to 2019)3 | (132 | ) | US 800 | (199 | ) | US 1,200 | ||||
U.S. dollar foreign exchange options (maturing 2018) | (2 | ) | US 300 | 5 | US 500 | |||||
(134 | ) | US 1,100 | (194 | ) | US 1,700 |
1 | Fair values equal carrying values. |
2 | No amounts have been excluded from the assessment of hedge effectiveness. |
3 | In the three months ended March 31, 2018, Net income includes net realized gains of $1 million (2017 - $1 million) related to the interest component of cross-currency swap settlements which are reported within interest expense. |
(unaudited - millions of Canadian $, unless noted otherwise) | March 31, 2018 | December 31, 2017 | ||
Notional amount | 26,200 (US 20,300) | 25,400 (US 20,200) | ||
Fair value | 29,000 (US 22,500) | 28,900 (US 23,100) |
(unaudited - millions of $) | March 31, 2018 | December 31, 2017 | ||||
Other current assets | 132 | 332 | ||||
Intangible and other assets | 72 | 73 | ||||
Accounts payable and other | (301 | ) | (387 | ) | ||
Other long-term liabilities | (80 | ) | (72 | ) | ||
(177 | ) | (54 | ) |
three months ended March 31 | ||||||
(unaudited - millions of $) | 2018 | 2017 | ||||
Derivative instruments held for trading1 | ||||||
Amount of unrealized (losses)/gains in the period | ||||||
Commodities2 | (109 | ) | (56 | ) | ||
Foreign exchange | (79 | ) | 15 | |||
Interest rate | — | 1 | ||||
Amount of realized gains/(losses) in the period | ||||||
Commodities | 110 | (48 | ) | |||
Foreign exchange | 15 | (4 | ) | |||
Derivative instruments in hedging relationships | ||||||
Amount of realized gains in the period | ||||||
Commodities | 3 | 6 | ||||
Foreign exchange | — | 5 | ||||
Interest rate | 1 | 1 |
1 | Realized and unrealized gains and losses on held for trading derivative instruments used to purchase and sell commodities are included net in Revenues. Realized and unrealized gains and losses on interest rate and foreign exchange held for trading derivative instruments are included net in Interest expense and Interest income and other, respectively. |
2 | In the three months ended March 31, 2018, there were no gains or losses included in Net income relating to discontinued cash flow hedges where it was probable that the anticipated transaction would not occur (2017 - nil). |
three months ended March 31 | ||||||
(unaudited - millions of $) | 2018 | 2017 | ||||
Change in fair value of derivative instruments recognized in OCI (effective portion)1 | ||||||
Commodities | (3 | ) | 5 | |||
Interest rate | 9 | 1 | ||||
6 | 6 | |||||
Reclassification of (losses)/gains on derivative instruments from AOCI to net income1 | ||||||
Commodities2 | (1 | ) | (4 | ) | ||
Interest rate3 | 5 | 4 | ||||
4 | — |
1 | Amounts presented are pre-tax. No amounts have been excluded from the assessment of hedge effectiveness. Amounts in parentheses indicate losses recorded to OCI and AOCI. |
2 | Reported within Revenues on the Condensed consolidated statement of income. |
3 | Reported within Interest expense on the Condensed consolidated statement of income. |
• | pattern of revenue recognition, whether the performance obligation is satisfied at a point in time versus over time within a contract |
• | term of the contract |
• | amount of variable consideration associated with a contract and timing of the associated revenue recognition. |
three months ended March 31 | ||||||
(unaudited - millions of $) | 2018 | 2017 | ||||
Comparable EBITDA | ||||||
Canadian Natural Gas Pipelines | 494 | 504 | ||||
U.S. Natural Gas Pipelines | 804 | 720 | ||||
Mexico Natural Gas Pipelines | 160 | 140 | ||||
Liquids Pipelines | 431 | 312 | ||||
Energy | 184 | 305 | ||||
Corporate | (2 | ) | (4 | ) | ||
Comparable EBITDA | 2,071 | 1,977 | ||||
Depreciation and amortization | (535 | ) | (510 | ) | ||
Comparable EBIT | 1,536 | 1,467 | ||||
Specific items: | ||||||
Risk management activities1 | (109 | ) | (56 | ) | ||
Foreign exchange loss – inter-affiliate loan | (79 | ) | — | |||
Integration and acquisition related costs – Columbia | — | (39 | ) | |||
Loss on sales of U.S. Northeast power generation assets | — | (11 | ) | |||
Keystone XL asset costs | — | (8 | ) | |||
Segmented earnings | 1,348 | 1,353 |
1 | Risk management activities | three months ended March 31 | ||||||
(unaudited - millions of $) | 2018 | 2017 | ||||||
Liquids marketing | (7 | ) | — | |||||
Canadian Power | 2 | 1 | ||||||
U.S. Power | (101 | ) | (62 | ) | ||||
Natural Gas Storage | (3 | ) | 5 | |||||
Total unrealized losses from risk management activities | (109 | ) | (56 | ) |
2018 | 2017 | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(unaudited - millions of $, except per share amounts) | First | Fourth | Third | Second | First | Fourth | Third | Second | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenues | 3,424 | 3,617 | 3,195 | 3,230 | 3,407 | 3,635 | 3,642 | 2,756 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income/(loss) attributable to common shares | 734 | 861 | 612 | 881 | 643 | (358 | ) | (135 | ) | 365 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Comparable earnings | 870 | 719 | 614 | 659 | 698 | 626 | 622 | 366 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Per share statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income/(loss) per common share - basic and diluted | $0.83 | $0.98 | $0.70 | $1.01 | $0.74 | ($0.43 | ) | ($0.17 | ) | $0.52 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Comparable earnings per common share | $0.98 | $0.82 | $0.70 | $0.76 | $0.81 | $0.75 | $0.78 | $0.52 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividends declared per common share | $0.69 | $0.625 | $0.625 | $0.625 | $0.625 | $0.565 | $0.565 | $0.565 |
• | regulators' decisions |
• | negotiated settlements with shippers |
• | acquisitions and divestitures |
• | developments outside of the normal course of operations |
• | newly constructed assets being placed in service. |
• | regulatory decisions |
• | developments outside of the normal course of operations |
• | newly constructed assets being placed in service |
• | demand for uncontracted transportation services |
• | liquids marketing activities |
• | certain fair value adjustments. |
• | weather |
• | customer demand |
• | market prices for natural gas and power |
• | capacity prices and payments |
• | planned and unplanned plant outages |
• | acquisitions and divestitures |
• | certain fair value adjustments |
• | developments outside of the normal course of operations |
• | newly constructed assets being placed in service. |
• | an $804 million recovery of deferred income taxes as a result of U.S. Tax Reform |
• | a $136 million after-tax gain related to the sale of our Ontario solar assets |
• | a $64 million net after-tax gain related to the monetization of our U.S. Northeast power business, which included an incremental after-tax loss of $7 million recorded on the sale of the thermal and wind package, $23 million of after-tax third-party insurance proceeds related to a 2017 Ravenswood outage and income tax adjustments |
• | a $954 million after-tax impairment charge for the Energy East pipeline and related projects as a result of our decision not to proceed with the project applications |
• | a $9 million after-tax charge related to the maintenance and liquidation of Keystone XL assets which were expensed pending further advancement of the project. |
• | an incremental net loss of $12 million related to the monetization of our U.S. Northeast power business which included an incremental loss of $7 million after tax on the sale of the thermal and wind package and $14 million of after-tax disposition costs and income tax adjustments |
• | an after-tax charge of $30 million for integration-related costs associated with the acquisition of Columbia |
• | an after-tax charge of $8 million related to the maintenance of Keystone XL assets which were being expensed pending further advancement of the project. |
• | a $265 million net after-tax gain related to the monetization of our U.S. Northeast power business which included a $441 million after-tax gain on the sale of TC Hydro and an additional loss of $176 million after tax on the sale of the thermal and wind package |
• | an after-tax charge of $15 million for integration-related costs associated with the acquisition of Columbia |
• | an after-tax charge of $4 million related to the maintenance of Keystone XL assets which were being expensed pending further advancement of the project. |
• | a charge of $24 million after tax for integration-related costs associated with the acquisition of Columbia |
• | a charge of $10 million after tax for costs related to the monetization of our U.S. Northeast power generation business |
• | a charge of $7 million after tax related to the maintenance of Keystone XL assets which were being expensed pending further advancement of the project |
• | a $7 million income tax recovery related to the realized loss on a third-party sale of Keystone XL project assets. A provision for the expected pre-tax loss on these assets was included in our 2015 impairment charge but the related income tax recoveries could not be recorded until realized. |
• | an $870 million after-tax charge related to the loss on U.S. Northeast power assets held for sale which included an $863 million after-tax loss on the thermal and wind package held for sale and $7 million of after-tax costs related to the monetization |
• | an additional $68 million after-tax loss on the transfer of environmental credits to the Balancing Pool upon final settlement of the Alberta PPA terminations |
• | an after-tax charge of $67 million for costs associated with the acquisition of Columbia which included a $44 million deferred tax adjustment upon acquisition and $23 million of retention, severance and integration costs |
• | an after-tax charge of $18 million related to Keystone XL costs for the maintenance and liquidation of project assets which were being expensed pending further advancement of the project |
• | an after-tax restructuring charge of $6 million for additional expected future losses under lease commitments. These charges formed part of a restructuring initiative, which commenced in 2015, to maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of our existing operations and reduce overall costs. |
• | a $656 million after-tax impairment on the Ravenswood goodwill. As a result of information received during the process to monetize our U.S. Northeast power business in third quarter 2016, it was determined that the fair value of Ravenswood no longer exceeded its carrying value |
• | costs associated with the acquisition of Columbia including a charge of $67 million after tax primarily relating to retention, severance and integration expenses |
• | $28 million of income tax recoveries related to the realized loss on a third-party sale of Keystone XL plant and equipment. A provision for the expected loss on these assets was included in our fourth quarter 2015 impairment charge but the related tax recoveries could not be recorded until realized |
• | a charge of $9 million after tax related to Keystone XL costs for the maintenance and liquidation of project assets which were being expensed pending further advancement of the project |
• | a $3 million after-tax charge related to the monetization of our U.S. Northeast power business. |
• | a charge of $113 million related to costs associated with the acquisition of Columbia which included $109 million related to dividend equivalent payments on the subscription receipts issued to partially fund the acquisition |
• | a charge of $9 million after tax related to Keystone XL costs for the maintenance and liquidation of project assets which were being expensed pending further advancement of the project |
• | a charge of $10 million after tax for restructuring charges mainly related to expected future losses under lease commitments. |
three months ended March 31 | ||||||||
(unaudited - millions of Canadian $, except per share amounts) | 2018 | 2017 | ||||||
Revenues | ||||||||
Canadian Natural Gas Pipelines | 884 | 882 | ||||||
U.S. Natural Gas Pipelines | 1,091 | 994 | ||||||
Mexico Natural Gas Pipelines | 151 | 143 | ||||||
Liquids Pipelines | 623 | 472 | ||||||
Energy | 675 | 916 | ||||||
3,424 | 3,407 | |||||||
Income from Equity Investments | 80 | 174 | ||||||
Operating and Other Expenses | ||||||||
Plant operating costs and other | 874 | 1,006 | ||||||
Commodity purchases resold | 597 | 543 | ||||||
Property taxes | 150 | 162 | ||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 535 | 517 | ||||||
2,156 | 2,228 | |||||||
Financial Charges | ||||||||
Interest expense | 527 | 500 | ||||||
Allowance for funds used during construction | (105 | ) | (101 | ) | ||||
Interest income and other | (63 | ) | (20 | ) | ||||
359 | 379 | |||||||
Income before Income Taxes | 989 | 974 | ||||||
Income Tax Expense | ||||||||
Current | 50 | 67 | ||||||
Deferred | 71 | 133 | ||||||
121 | 200 | |||||||
Net Income | 868 | 774 | ||||||
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests | 94 | 90 | ||||||
Net Income Attributable to Controlling Interests | 774 | 684 | ||||||
Preferred share dividends | 40 | 41 | ||||||
Net Income Attributable to Common Shares | 734 | 643 | ||||||
Net Income per Common Share | ||||||||
Basic and diluted | $0.83 | $0.74 | ||||||
Dividends Declared per Common Share | $0.69 | $0.625 | ||||||
Weighted Average Number of Common Shares (millions) | ||||||||
Basic | 885 | 866 | ||||||
Diluted | 886 | 868 |
three months ended March 31 | ||||||
(unaudited - millions of Canadian $) | 2018 | 2017 | ||||
Net Income | 868 | 774 | ||||
Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss), Net of Income Taxes | ||||||
Foreign currency translation gains and losses on net investment in foreign operations | 432 | (82 | ) | |||
Change in fair value of net investment hedges | (2 | ) | (1 | ) | ||
Change in fair value of cash flow hedges | 7 | 5 | ||||
Reclassification to net income of gains and losses on cash flow hedges | 3 | — | ||||
Reclassification of actuarial gains and losses on pension and other post-retirement benefit plans | (2 | ) | 3 | |||
Other comprehensive income on equity investments | 6 | 3 | ||||
Other comprehensive income/(loss) | 444 | (72 | ) | |||
Comprehensive Income | 1,312 | 702 | ||||
Comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests | 160 | 50 | ||||
Comprehensive Income Attributable to Controlling Interests | 1,152 | 652 | ||||
Preferred share dividends | 40 | 41 | ||||
Comprehensive Income Attributable to Common Shares | 1,112 | 611 |
three months ended March 31 | ||||||
(unaudited - millions of Canadian $) | 2018 | 2017 | ||||
Cash Generated from Operations | ||||||
Net income | 868 | 774 | ||||
Depreciation and amortization | 535 | 517 | ||||
Deferred income taxes | 71 | 133 | ||||
Income from equity investments | (80 | ) | (174 | ) | ||
Distributions received from operating activities of equity investments | 234 | 219 | ||||
Employee post-retirement benefits funding, net of expense | 3 | 3 | ||||
Equity allowance for funds used during construction | (78 | ) | (64 | ) | ||
Unrealized losses on financial instruments | 188 | 41 | ||||
Other | (122 | ) | 8 | |||
Increase in operating working capital | (207 | ) | (155 | ) | ||
Net cash provided by operations | 1,412 | 1,302 | ||||
Investing Activities | ||||||
Capital expenditures | (1,702 | ) | (1,560 | ) | ||
Capital projects in development | (36 | ) | (42 | ) | ||
Contributions to equity investments | (358 | ) | (192 | ) | ||
Other distributions from equity investments | 121 | 363 | ||||
Deferred amounts and other | 110 | (85 | ) | |||
Net cash used in investing activities | (1,865 | ) | (1,516 | ) | ||
Financing Activities | ||||||
Notes payable issued, net | 1,812 | 670 | ||||
Long-term debt issued, net of issue costs | 93 | — | ||||
Long-term debt repaid | (1,226 | ) | (1,051 | ) | ||
Junior subordinated notes issued, net of issue costs | — | 1,982 | ||||
Dividends on common shares | (358 | ) | (300 | ) | ||
Dividends on preferred shares | (39 | ) | (39 | ) | ||
Distributions paid to non-controlling interests | (69 | ) | (80 | ) | ||
Common shares issued, net of issue costs | 340 | 18 | ||||
Partnership units of TC PipeLines, LP issued, net of issue costs | 49 | 92 | ||||
Common units of Columbia Pipeline Partners LP acquired | — | (1,205 | ) | |||
Net cash provided by financing activities | 602 | 87 | ||||
Effect of Foreign Exchange Rate Changes on Cash and Cash Equivalents | 29 | 5 | ||||
Increase/(Decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents | 178 | (122 | ) | |||
Cash and Cash Equivalents | ||||||
Beginning of period | 1,089 | 1,016 | ||||
Cash and Cash Equivalents | ||||||
End of period | 1,267 | 894 |
March 31, | December 31, | ||||||
(unaudited - millions of Canadian $) | 2018 | 2017 | |||||
ASSETS | |||||||
Current Assets | |||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | 1,267 | 1,089 | |||||
Accounts receivable | 2,208 | 2,522 | |||||
Inventories | 384 | 378 | |||||
Other | 718 | 691 | |||||
4,577 | 4,680 | ||||||
Plant, Property and Equipment | net of accumulated depreciation of $24,416 and $23,734, respectively | 59,313 | 57,277 | ||||
Equity Investments | 6,362 | 6,366 | |||||
Regulatory Assets | 1,334 | 1,376 | |||||
Goodwill | 13,483 | 13,084 | |||||
Loan Receivable from Affiliate | 1,211 | 919 | |||||
Intangible and Other Assets | 1,725 | 1,484 | |||||
Restricted Investments | 1,005 | 915 | |||||
89,010 | 86,101 | ||||||
LIABILITIES | |||||||
Current Liabilities | |||||||
Notes payable | 3,658 | 1,763 | |||||
Accounts payable and other | 3,697 | 4,057 | |||||
Dividends payable | 631 | 586 | |||||
Accrued interest | 552 | 605 | |||||
Current portion of long-term debt | 3,406 | 2,866 | |||||
11,944 | 9,877 | ||||||
Regulatory Liabilities | 4,473 | 4,321 | |||||
Other Long-Term Liabilities | 712 | 727 | |||||
Deferred Income Tax Liabilities | 5,529 | 5,403 | |||||
Long-Term Debt | 30,995 | 31,875 | |||||
Junior Subordinated Notes | 7,177 | 7,007 | |||||
60,830 | 59,210 | ||||||
EQUITY | |||||||
Common shares, no par value | 21,703 | 21,167 | |||||
Issued and outstanding: | March 31, 2018 - 891 million shares | ||||||
December 31, 2017 - 881 million shares | |||||||
Preferred shares | 3,980 | 3,980 | |||||
Additional paid-in capital | 10 | — | |||||
Retained earnings | 1,859 | 1,623 | |||||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (1,353 | ) | (1,731 | ) | |||
Controlling Interests | 26,199 | 25,039 | |||||
Non-controlling interests | 1,981 | 1,852 | |||||
28,180 | 26,891 | ||||||
89,010 | 86,101 |
three months ended March 31 | |||||
(unaudited - millions of Canadian $) | 2018 | 2017 | |||
Common Shares | |||||
Balance at beginning of period | 21,167 | 20,099 | |||
Shares issued: | |||||
Under at-the-market equity issuance program, net of issue costs | 327 | — | |||
Under dividend reinvestment and share purchase plan | 195 | 190 | |||
On exercise of stock options | 14 | 19 | |||
Balance at end of period | 21,703 | 20,308 | |||
Preferred Shares | |||||
Balance at beginning and end of period | 3,980 | 3,980 | |||
Additional Paid-In Capital | |||||
Balance at beginning of period | — | — | |||
Issuance of stock options, net of exercises | 3 | 2 | |||
Dilution from TC PipeLines, LP units issued | 7 | 10 | |||
Columbia Pipeline Partners LP acquisition | — | (171 | ) | ||
Reclassification of additional paid-in capital deficit to retained earnings | — | 159 | |||
Balance at end of period | 10 | — | |||
Retained Earnings | |||||
Balance at beginning of period | 1,623 | 1,138 | |||
Net income attributable to controlling interests | 774 | 684 | |||
Common share dividends | (614 | ) | (542 | ) | |
Preferred share dividends | (19 | ) | (18 | ) | |
Adjustment related to income tax effects of asset drop downs to TC PipeLines, LP | 95 | — | |||
Adjustment related to employee share-based payments | — | 12 | |||
Reclassification of additional paid-in capital deficit to retained earnings | — | (159 | ) | ||
Balance at end of period | 1,859 | 1,115 | |||
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | |||||
Balance at beginning of period | (1,731 | ) | (960 | ) | |
Other comprehensive income/(loss) | 378 | (32 | ) | ||
Balance at end of period | (1,353 | ) | (992 | ) | |
Equity Attributable to Controlling Interests | 26,199 | 24,411 | |||
Equity Attributable to Non-Controlling Interests | |||||
Balance at beginning of period | 1,852 | 1,726 | |||
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests | 94 | 90 | |||
Other comprehensive income/(loss) attributable to non-controlling interests | 66 | (40 | ) | ||
Issuance of TC PipeLines, LP units | |||||
Proceeds, net of issue costs | 49 | 92 | |||
Decrease in TransCanada's ownership of TC PipeLines, LP | (9 | ) | (17 | ) | |
Distributions declared to non-controlling interests | (71 | ) | (80 | ) | |
Reclassification from common units of TC PipeLines, LP subject to rescission | — | 24 | |||
Impact of Columbia Pipeline Partners LP acquisition | — | 33 | |||
Balance at end of period | 1,981 | 1,828 | |||
Total Equity | 28,180 | 26,239 |
• | pattern of revenue recognition, whether the performance obligation is satisfied at a point in time versus over time within a contract |
• | term of the contract |
• | amount of variable consideration associated with a contract and timing of the associated revenue recognition. |
three months ended March 31, 2018 | Canadian Natural Gas Pipelines | U.S. Natural Gas Pipelines | Mexico Natural Gas Pipelines | Liquids Pipelines | |||||||||||||||||
(unaudited - millions of Canadian $) | Energy | Corporate1 | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
Revenues | 884 | 1,091 | 151 | 623 | 675 | — | 3,424 | ||||||||||||||
Intersegment revenues | — | 25 | — | — | 42 | (67 | ) | 2 | — | ||||||||||||
884 | 1,116 | 151 | 623 | 717 | (67 | ) | 3,424 | ||||||||||||||
Income/(loss) from equity investments | 3 | 67 | 11 | 15 | 63 | (79 | ) | 3 | 80 | ||||||||||||
Plant operating costs and other | (323 | ) | (324 | ) | (2 | ) | (191 | ) | (99 | ) | 65 | 2 | (874 | ) | |||||||
Commodity purchases resold | — | — | — | — | (597 | ) | — | (597 | ) | ||||||||||||
Property taxes | (70 | ) | (55 | ) | — | (23 | ) | (2 | ) | — | (150 | ) | |||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | (241 | ) | (156 | ) | (23 | ) | (83 | ) | (32 | ) | — | (535 | ) | ||||||||
Segmented Earnings/(Loss) | 253 | 648 | 137 | 341 | 50 | (81 | ) | 1,348 | |||||||||||||
Interest expense | (527 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Allowance for funds used during construction | 105 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Interest income and other | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Income before income taxes | 989 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Income tax expense | (121 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Net Income | 868 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests | (94 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Net Income Attributable to Controlling Interests | 774 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Preferred share dividends | (40 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Net Income Attributable to Common Shares | 734 |
1 | Includes intersegment eliminations. |
2 | The Company records intersegment sales at contracted rates. For segmented reporting, these transactions are included as Intersegment revenues in the segment providing the service and Plant operating costs and other in the segment receiving the service. These transactions are eliminated on consolidation. Intersegment profit is recognized when the product or service has been provided to third parties or otherwise realized. |
3 | Income/(loss) from equity investments includes foreign exchange losses on the Company's inter-affiliate loan with Sur de Texas. The peso-denominated loan to the Sur de Texas joint venture represents the Company's proportionate share of debt financing for this joint venture. |
three months ended March 31, 2017 | Canadian Natural Gas Pipelines | U.S. Natural Gas Pipelines | Mexico Natural Gas Pipelines | Liquids Pipelines | |||||||||||||||||
(unaudited - millions of Canadian $) | Energy | Corporate1 | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
Revenues | 882 | 994 | 143 | 472 | 916 | — | 3,407 | ||||||||||||||
Intersegment revenues | — | 11 | — | — | — | (11 | ) | 2 | — | ||||||||||||
882 | 1,005 | 143 | 472 | 916 | (11 | ) | 3,407 | ||||||||||||||
Income from equity investments | 3 | 65 | 6 | — | 100 | — | 174 | ||||||||||||||
Plant operating costs and other | (312 | ) | (306 | ) | (9 | ) | (145 | ) | (212 | ) | (22 | ) | 2 | (1,006 | ) | ||||||
Commodity purchases resold | — | — | — | — | (543 | ) | — | (543 | ) | ||||||||||||
Property taxes | (69 | ) | (47 | ) | — | (23 | ) | (23 | ) | — | (162 | ) | |||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | (222 | ) | (156 | ) | (22 | ) | (77 | ) | (40 | ) | — | (517 | ) | ||||||||
Segmented Earnings/(Loss) | 282 | 561 | 118 | 227 | 198 | (33 | ) | 1,353 | |||||||||||||
Interest expense | (500 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Allowance for funds used during construction | 101 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Interest income and other | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Income before income taxes | 974 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Income tax expense | (200 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Net Income | 774 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests | (90 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Net Income Attributable to Controlling Interests | 684 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Preferred share dividends | (41 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Net Income Attributable to Common Shares | 643 |
1 | Includes intersegment eliminations. |
2 | The Company records intersegment sales at contracted rates. For segmented reporting, these transactions are included as Intersegment revenues in the segment providing the service and Plant operating costs and other in the segment receiving the service. These transactions are eliminated on consolidation. Intersegment profit is recognized when the product or service has been provided to third parties or otherwise realized. |
(unaudited - millions of Canadian $) | March 31, 2018 | December 31, 2017 | ||||
Canadian Natural Gas Pipelines | 17,171 | 16,904 | ||||
U.S. Natural Gas Pipelines | 37,586 | 35,898 | ||||
Mexico Natural Gas Pipelines | 5,931 | 5,716 | ||||
Liquids Pipelines | 15,916 | 15,438 | ||||
Energy | 8,376 | 8,503 | ||||
Corporate | 4,030 | 3,642 | ||||
89,010 | 86,101 |
three months ended March 31, 2018 (unaudited - millions of Canadian $) | Canadian Natural Gas Pipelines | U.S. Natural Gas Pipelines | Mexico Natural Gas Pipelines | Liquids Pipelines | Energy | Total | ||||||
Revenues from contracts with customers | ||||||||||||
Capacity arrangements and transportation | 884 | 884 | 150 | 534 | — | 2,452 | ||||||
Power generation | — | — | — | — | 590 | 590 | ||||||
Natural gas storage and other | — | 192 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 224 | ||||||
884 | 1,076 | 151 | 535 | 620 | 3,266 | |||||||
Other revenues1,2 | — | 15 | — | 88 | 55 | 158 | ||||||
884 | 1,091 | 151 | 623 | 675 | 3,424 |
1 | Other revenues includes income from the Company's financial instruments and lease arrangements within each operating segment. Income from lease arrangements includes certain long term PPAs, as well as certain liquids pipelines capacity and transportation arrangements. These arrangements are not in the scope of the new guidance, therefore, revenues related to these contracts are excluded from revenues from contracts with customers. Refer to Note 11, Risk management and financial instruments, for further information on income from financial instruments. |
2 | Other revenues from U.S. Natural Gas Pipelines includes the amortization of the regulatory liability resulting from U.S. Tax Reform. Refer to Note 6, Income taxes, for further information. |
As reported | Adjustment | |||||
(unaudited - millions of Canadian $) | December 31, 2017 | January 1, 2018 | ||||
Current Assets | ||||||
Accounts receivable | 2,522 | (62 | ) | 2,460 | ||
Other1 | 691 | 79 | 770 | |||
Current Liabilities | ||||||
Accounts payable and other2 | 4,057 | 17 | 4,074 |
1 | Adjustment relates to contract assets previously included in Accounts receivable. |
2 | Adjustment relates to contract liabilities previously included in Accounts receivable. |
March 31, 2018 | |||||
As reported | Pro-forma using Legacy U.S. GAAP | ||||
(unaudited - millions of Canadian $) | |||||
Current Assets | |||||
Accounts receivable | 2,208 | 2,358 | |||
Other | 718 | 568 |
(unaudited - millions of Canadian $) | March 31, 2018 | January 1, 2018 | ||||
Receivables from contracts with customers | 1,344 | 1,736 | ||||
Contract assets1 | 150 | 79 | ||||
Contract liabilities2 | 6 | 17 | ||||
Long-term contract liabilities3 | 7 | — |
1 | Recorded as part of Other current assets on the Condensed consolidated balance sheet. |
2 | Comprised of deferred revenue recorded in Accounts payable and other on the Condensed consolidated balance sheet. During the three months ended March 31, 2018, $17 million of revenue was recognized that was included in the contract liability at the beginning of the period. |
3 | Comprised of deferred revenue recorded in Other long-term liabilities on the Condensed consolidated balance sheet. |
1) | The original expected duration of the contract is one year or less. |
3) | The variable revenue generated from the contract is allocated entirely to a wholly unsatisfied performance obligation or to a wholly unsatisfied promise to transfer a distinct good or service that forms part of a single performance obligation in a series. A single performance obligation in a series occurs when the promises under a contract are a series of distinct services that are substantially the same and have the same pattern of transfer to the customer over time. |
(unaudited - millions of Canadian $, unless noted otherwise) Company | Retirement date | Type | Amount | Interest rate | ||||||
TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED | ||||||||||
March 2018 | Debentures | 150 | 9.45 | % | ||||||
January 2018 | Senior Unsecured Notes | US 500 | 1.875 | % | ||||||
January 2018 | Senior Unsecured Notes | US 250 | Floating | |||||||
GREAT LAKES GAS TRANSMISSION LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | ||||||||||
March 2018 | Senior Unsecured Notes | US 9 | 6.73 | % |
three months ended March 31, 2018 | Income Tax | ||||||||
(unaudited - millions of Canadian $) | Before Tax Amount | Recovery/(Expense) | Net of Tax Amount | ||||||
Foreign currency translation gains on net investment in foreign operations | 416 | 16 | 432 | ||||||
Change in fair value of net investment hedges | (3 | ) | 1 | (2 | ) | ||||
Change in fair value of cash flow hedges | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
Reclassification to net income of gains and losses on cash flow hedges | 4 | (1 | ) | 3 | |||||
Reclassification of actuarial gains and losses on pension and other post-retirement benefit plans | 4 | (6 | ) | (2 | ) | ||||
Other comprehensive income on equity investments | 7 | (1 | ) | 6 | |||||
Other comprehensive income | 434 | 10 | 444 |
three months ended March 31, 2017 | Income Tax | ||||||||
(unaudited - millions of Canadian $) | Before Tax Amount | Recovery/(Expense) | Net of Tax Amount | ||||||
Foreign currency translation losses on net investment in foreign operations | (88 | ) | 6 | (82 | ) | ||||
Change in fair value of net investment hedges | (2 | ) | 1 | (1 | ) | ||||
Change in fair value of cash flow hedges | 6 | (1 | ) | 5 | |||||
Reclassification of actuarial gains and losses on pension and other post-retirement benefit plans | 5 | (2 | ) | 3 | |||||
Other comprehensive income on equity investments | 4 | (1 | ) | 3 | |||||
Other comprehensive loss | (75 | ) | 3 | (72 | ) |
three months ended March 31, 2018 | Currency | Pension and | |||||||||||||
(unaudited - millions of Canadian $) | Translation Adjustments | Cash Flow Hedges | OPEB Plan Adjustments | Equity Investments | Total1 | ||||||||||
AOCI balance at January 1, 2018 | (1,043 | ) | (31 | ) | (203 | ) | (454 | ) | (1,731 | ) | |||||
Other comprehensive income/(loss) before reclassifications2,3 | 373 | (2 | ) | — | — | 371 | |||||||||
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss | — | 3 | (2 | ) | 6 | 7 | |||||||||
Net current period other comprehensive income/(loss) | 373 | 1 | (2 | ) | 6 | 378 | |||||||||
AOCI balance at March 31, 2018 | (670 | ) | (30 | ) | (205 | ) | (448 | ) | (1,353 | ) |
1 | All amounts are net of tax. Amounts in parentheses indicate losses recorded to OCI. |
2 | Other comprehensive income/(loss) before reclassifications on currency translation adjustments and cash flow hedges is net of non-controlling interest gains of $57 million and $9 million, respectively. |
3 | Losses related to cash flow hedges reported in AOCI and expected to be reclassified to net income in the next 12 months are estimated to be $22 million ($16 million, net of tax) at March 31, 2018. These estimates assume constant commodity prices, interest rates and foreign exchange rates over time, however, the amounts reclassified will vary based on the actual value of these factors at the date of settlement. |
Amounts Reclassified From AOCI1 | Affected Line Item in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income | ||||||
three months ended March 31 | |||||||
(unaudited - millions of Canadian $) | 2018 | 2017 | |||||
Cash flow hedges | |||||||
Commodities | 1 | 4 | Revenues (Energy) | ||||
Interest | (5 | ) | (4 | ) | Interest expense | ||
(4 | ) | — | Total before tax | ||||
1 | — | Income tax expense | |||||
(3 | ) | — | Net of tax | ||||
Pension and other post-retirement benefit plan adjustments | |||||||
Amortization of actuarial gains and losses | (4 | ) | (4 | ) | Plant operating costs and other2 | ||
6 | 2 | Income tax expense | |||||
2 | (2 | ) | Net of tax | ||||
Equity investments | |||||||
Equity income | (7 | ) | (4 | ) | Income from equity investments | ||
1 | 1 | Income tax expense | |||||
(6 | ) | (3 | ) | Net of tax |
1 | All amounts in parentheses indicate expenses to the Condensed consolidated statement of income. |
2 | These accumulated other comprehensive loss components are included in the computation of net benefit cost. Refer to Note 10, Employee post-retirement benefits, for further information. |
three months ended March 31 | ||||||||||||
Pension benefit plans | Other post-retirement benefit plans | |||||||||||
(unaudited - millions of Canadian $) | 2018 | 2017 | 2018 | 2017 | ||||||||
Service cost1 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Other components of net benefit cost1 | ||||||||||||
Interest cost | 33 | 34 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||
Expected return on plan assets | (55 | ) | (50 | ) | (4 | ) | (5 | ) | ||||
Amortization of actuarial loss | 4 | 4 | — | — | ||||||||
Amortization of regulatory asset | 5 | 6 | — | — | ||||||||
(13 | ) | (6 | ) | (1 | ) | (1 | ) | |||||
Net Benefit Cost | 17 | 23 | — | — |
1 | Service cost and other components of net benefit cost are included in Plant operating costs and other on the Condensed consolidated statement of income. |
March 31, 2018 | December 31, 2017 | |||||||||
(unaudited - millions of Canadian $, unless noted otherwise) | Fair value1,2 | Notional amount | Fair value1,2 | Notional amount | ||||||
U.S. dollar cross-currency interest rate swaps (maturing 2018 to 2019)3 | (132 | ) | US 800 | (199 | ) | US 1,200 | ||||
U.S. dollar foreign exchange options (maturing 2018) | (2 | ) | US 300 | 5 | US 500 | |||||
(134 | ) | US 1,100 | (194 | ) | US 1,700 |
1 | Fair values equal carrying values. |
2 | No amounts have been excluded from the assessment of hedge effectiveness. |
3 | In the three months ended March 31, 2018, Net income includes net realized gains of $1 million (2017 – $1 million) related to the interest component of cross-currency swap settlements which are reported within Interest expense. |
(unaudited - millions of Canadian $, unless noted otherwise) | March 31, 2018 | December 31, 2017 | ||
Notional amount | 26,200 (US 20,300) | 25,400 (US 20,200) | ||
Fair value | 29,000 (US 22,500) | 28,900 (US 23,100) |
March 31, 2018 | December 31, 2017 | |||||||||||
(unaudited - millions of Canadian $) | Carrying amount | Fair value | Carrying amount | Fair value | ||||||||
Long-term debt including current portion1,2 | (34,401 | ) | (38,789 | ) | (34,741 | ) | (40,180 | ) | ||||
Junior subordinated notes | (7,177 | ) | (7,264 | ) | (7,007 | ) | (7,233 | ) | ||||
(41,578 | ) | (46,053 | ) | (41,748 | ) | (47,413 | ) |
1 | Long-term debt is recorded at amortized cost except for US$1.2 billion (December 31, 2017 – US$1.1 billion) that is attributed to hedged risk and recorded at fair value. |
2 | Net income for the three months ended March 31, 2018 included unrealized gains of $5 million (2017 – $2 million) for fair value adjustments attributable to the hedged interest rate risk associated with interest rate swap fair value hedging relationships on US$1.2 billion of long-term debt at March 31, 2018 (December 31, 2017 – US$1.1 billion). There were no other unrealized gains or losses from fair value adjustments to the non-derivative financial instruments. |
March 31, 2018 | December 31, 2017 | ||||||||||
(unaudited - millions of Canadian $) | LMCI restricted investments | Other restricted investments1 | LMCI restricted investments | Other restricted investments1 | |||||||
Fair values of fixed income securities2 | |||||||||||
Maturing within 1 year | — | 25 | — | 23 | |||||||
Maturing within 1-5 years | — | 123 | — | 107 | |||||||
Maturing within 5-10 years | 71 | — | 14 | — | |||||||
Maturing after 10 years | 801 | — | 790 | — | |||||||
872 | 148 | 804 | 130 |
1 | Other restricted investments have been set aside to fund insurance claim losses to be paid by the Company's wholly-owned captive insurance subsidiary. |
2 | Available for sale assets are recorded at fair value and included in Other current assets and Restricted investments on the Condensed consolidated balance sheet. |
March 31, 2018 | March 31, 2017 | |||||||||||
(unaudited - millions of Canadian $) | LMCI restricted investments1 | Other restricted investments2 | LMCI restricted investments1 | Other restricted investments2 | ||||||||
Net unrealized gains in the period | ||||||||||||
three months ended | 2 | 1 | 2 | — |
1 | Gains and losses arising from changes in the fair value of LMCI restricted investments impact the subsequent amounts to be collected through tolls to cover future pipeline abandonment costs. As a result, the Company records these gains and losses as regulatory assets or liabilities. |
2 | Unrealized gains and losses on other restricted investments are included in Interest income and other. |
at March 31, 2018 | Cash Flow Hedges | Fair Value Hedges | Net Investment Hedges | Held for Trading | Total Fair Value of Derivative Instruments1 | |||||||||
(unaudited - millions of Canadian $) | ||||||||||||||
Other current assets | ||||||||||||||
Commodities2 | — | — | — | 103 | 103 | |||||||||
Foreign exchange | — | — | 4 | 20 | 24 | |||||||||
Interest rate | 5 | — | — | — | 5 | |||||||||
5 | — | 4 | 123 | 132 | ||||||||||
Intangible and other assets | ||||||||||||||
Commodities2 | — | — | — | 59 | 59 | |||||||||
Foreign exchange | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | |||||||||
Interest rate | 11 | — | — | — | 11 | |||||||||
11 | — | 2 | 59 | 72 | ||||||||||
Total Derivative Assets | 16 | — | 6 | 182 | 204 | |||||||||
Accounts payable and other | ||||||||||||||
Commodities2 | (9 | ) | — | — | (120 | ) | (129 | ) | ||||||
Foreign exchange | — | — | (126 | ) | (38 | ) | (164 | ) | ||||||
Interest rate | — | (8 | ) | — | — | (8 | ) | |||||||
(9 | ) | (8 | ) | (126 | ) | (158 | ) | (301 | ) | |||||
Other long-term liabilities | ||||||||||||||
Commodities2 | (2 | ) | — | — | (62 | ) | (64 | ) | ||||||
Foreign exchange | — | — | (14 | ) | — | (14 | ) | |||||||
Interest rate | — | (2 | ) | — | — | (2 | ) | |||||||
(2 | ) | (2 | ) | (14 | ) | (62 | ) | (80 | ) | |||||
Total Derivative Liabilities | (11 | ) | (10 | ) | (140 | ) | (220 | ) | (381 | ) | ||||
Total Derivatives | 5 | (10 | ) | (134 | ) | (38 | ) | (177 | ) |
1 | Fair value equals carrying value. |
2 | Includes purchases and sales of power, natural gas and liquids. |
at December 31, 2017 | Cash Flow Hedges | Fair Value Hedges | Net Investment Hedges | Held for Trading | Total Fair Value of Derivative Instruments1 | |||||||||
(unaudited - millions of Canadian $) | ||||||||||||||
Other current assets | ||||||||||||||
Commodities2 | 1 | — | — | 249 | 250 | |||||||||
Foreign exchange | — | — | 8 | 70 | 78 | |||||||||
Interest rate | 3 | — | — | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
4 | — | 8 | 320 | 332 | ||||||||||
Intangible and other assets | ||||||||||||||
Commodities2 | — | — | — | 69 | 69 | |||||||||
Interest rate | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | |||||||||
4 | — | — | 69 | 73 | ||||||||||
Total Derivative Assets | 8 | — | 8 | 389 | 405 | |||||||||
Accounts payable and other | ||||||||||||||
Commodities2 | (6 | ) | — | — | (208 | ) | (214 | ) | ||||||
Foreign exchange | — | — | (159 | ) | (10 | ) | (169 | ) | ||||||
Interest rate | — | (4 | ) | — | — | (4 | ) | |||||||
(6 | ) | (4 | ) | (159 | ) | (218 | ) | (387 | ) | |||||
Other long-term liabilities | ||||||||||||||
Commodities2 | (2 | ) | — | — | (26 | ) | (28 | ) | ||||||
Foreign exchange | — | — | (43 | ) | — | (43 | ) | |||||||
Interest rate | — | (1 | ) | — | — | (1 | ) | |||||||
(2 | ) | (1 | ) | (43 | ) | (26 | ) | (72 | ) | |||||
Total Derivative Liabilities | (8 | ) | (5 | ) | (202 | ) | (244 | ) | (459 | ) | ||||
Total Derivatives | — | (5 | ) | (194 | ) | 145 | (54 | ) |
1 | Fair value equals carrying value. |
2 | Includes purchases and sales of power, natural gas and liquids. |
Carrying amount | Fair value hedging adjustments1 | |||||||||||
(unaudited - millions of Canadian $) | March 31, 2018 | December 31, 2017 | March 31, 2018 | December 31, 2017 | ||||||||
Current portion of long-term debt | (1,091 | ) | (688 | ) | 6 | 1 | ||||||
Long-term debt | (448 | ) | (685 | ) | 4 | 4 | ||||||
(1,539 | ) | (1,373 | ) | 10 | 5 |
1 | At March 31, 2018, the balance includes adjustments for discontinued hedging relationships of nil (December 31, 2017 – nil). |
at March 31, 2018 | Power | Natural Gas | Liquids | Foreign Exchange | Interest | |||||||||
(unaudited) | ||||||||||||||
Purchases1 | 46,005 | 101 | 11 | — | — | |||||||||
Sales1 | 31,648 | 107 | 14 | — | — | |||||||||
Millions of U.S. dollars | — | — | — | US 3,137 | US 2,400 | |||||||||
Maturity dates | 2018-2022 | 2018-2021 | 2018 | 2018-2019 | 2018-2028 |
1 | Volumes for power, natural gas and liquids derivatives are in GWh, Bcf and MMBbls, respectively. |
at December 31, 2017 | Power | Natural Gas | Liquids | Foreign Exchange | Interest | |||||||||
(unaudited) | ||||||||||||||
Purchases1 | 66,132 | 133 | 6 | — | — | |||||||||
Sales1 | 42,836 | 135 | 7 | — | — | |||||||||
Millions of U.S. dollars | — | — | — | US 2,931 | US 2,300 | |||||||||
Millions of Mexican pesos | — | — | — | MXN 100 | — | |||||||||
Maturity dates | 2018-2022 | 2018-2021 | 2018 | 2018 | 2018-2022 |
1 | Volumes for power, natural gas and liquids derivatives are in GWh, Bcf and MMBbls, respectively. |
three months ended March 31 | |||||||
(unaudited - millions of Canadian $) | 2018 | 2017 | |||||
Derivative Instruments Held for Trading1 | |||||||
Amount of unrealized (losses)/gains in the period | |||||||
Commodities2 | (109 | ) | (56 | ) | |||
Foreign exchange | (79 | ) | 15 | ||||
Interest rate | — | 1 | |||||
Amount of realized gains/(losses) in the period | |||||||
Commodities | 110 | (48 | ) | ||||
Foreign exchange | 15 | (4 | ) | ||||
Derivative Instruments in Hedging Relationships | |||||||
Amount of realized gains in the period | |||||||
Commodities | 3 | 6 | |||||
Foreign exchange | — | 5 | |||||
Interest rate | 1 | 1 |
1 | Realized and unrealized gains and losses on held for trading derivative instruments used to purchase and sell commodities are included net in Revenues. Realized and unrealized gains and losses on interest rate and foreign exchange derivative instruments held for trading are included net in Interest expense and Interest income and other, respectively. |
2 | In the three months ended March 31, 2018, there were no gains or losses included in Net Income relating to discontinued cash flow hedges where it was probable that the anticipated transaction would not occur (2017 – nil). |
three months ended March 31 | ||||||
(unaudited - millions of Canadian $) | 2018 | 2017 | ||||
Change in fair value of derivative instruments recognized in OCI1 | ||||||
Commodities | (3 | ) | 5 | |||
Interest rate | 9 | 1 | ||||
6 | 6 |
1 | Amounts presented are pre-tax. No amounts have been excluded from the assessment of hedge effectiveness. Amounts in parentheses indicate losses recorded to OCI and AOCI. |
three months ended March 31 | ||||||||||||
Revenues (Energy) | Interest Expense | |||||||||||
(unaudited - millions of Canadian $) | 2018 | 2017 | 2018 | 2017 | ||||||||
Total Amount Presented in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income | 675 | 916 | (527 | ) | (500 | ) | ||||||
Fair Value Hedges | ||||||||||||
Interest rate contracts | ||||||||||||
Hedged items | — | — | (20 | ) | (19 | ) | ||||||
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | — | — | — | 1 | ||||||||
Cash Flow Hedges | ||||||||||||
Reclassification of gains/(losses) on derivative instruments from AOCI to net income | ||||||||||||
Interest rate contracts1 | — | — | 1 | — | ||||||||
Commodity contracts2 | (1 | ) | (4 | ) | — | — | ||||||
Reclassification of gains on derivative instruments from AOCI to net income as a result of forecasted transactions that are no longer probable of occurring | ||||||||||||
Interest rate contracts1 | — | — | 4 | 4 |
1 | Refer to Note 9, Other comprehensive income/(loss) and accumulated other comprehensive loss, for the components of OCI related to derivatives in cash flow hedging relationships including the portion attributable to non-controlling interests. |
2 | There are no amounts recognized in earnings that were excluded from effectiveness testing. |
at March 31, 2018 | Gross derivative instruments | Amounts available for offset1 | Net amounts | ||||||
(unaudited - millions of Canadian $) | |||||||||
Derivative instrument assets | |||||||||
Commodities | 162 | (94 | ) | 68 | |||||
Foreign exchange | 26 | (22 | ) | 4 | |||||
Interest rate | 16 | (2 | ) | 14 | |||||
204 | (118 | ) | 86 | ||||||
Derivative instrument liabilities | |||||||||
Commodities | (193 | ) | 94 | (99 | ) | ||||
Foreign exchange | (178 | ) | 22 | (156 | ) | ||||
Interest rate | (10 | ) | 2 | (8 | ) | ||||
(381 | ) | 118 | (263 | ) |
1 | Amounts available for offset do not include cash collateral pledged or received. |
at December 31, 2017 | Gross derivative instruments | Amounts available for offset1 | Net amounts | ||||||
(unaudited - millions of Canadian $) | |||||||||
Derivative instrument assets | |||||||||
Commodities | 319 | (198 | ) | 121 | |||||
Foreign exchange | 78 | (56 | ) | 22 | |||||
Interest rate | 8 | (1 | ) | 7 | |||||
405 | (255 | ) | 150 | ||||||
Derivative instrument liabilities | |||||||||
Commodities | (242 | ) | 198 | (44 | ) | ||||
Foreign exchange | (212 | ) | 56 | (156 | ) | ||||
Interest rate | (5 | ) | 1 | (4 | ) | ||||
(459 | ) | 255 | (204 | ) |
1 | Amounts available for offset do not include cash collateral pledged or received. |
Levels | How fair value has been determined |
Level I | Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities that the Company has the ability to access at the measurement date. An active market is a market in which frequency and volume of transactions provides pricing information on an ongoing basis. |
Level II | Valuation based on the extrapolation of inputs, other than quoted prices included within Level I, for which all significant inputs are observable directly or indirectly. Inputs include published exchange rates, interest rates, interest rate swap curves, yield curves and broker quotes from external data service providers. This category includes interest rate and foreign exchange derivative assets and liabilities where fair value is determined using the income approach and commodity derivatives where fair value is determined using the market approach. Transfers between Level I and Level II would occur when there is a change in market circumstances. |
Level III | Valuation of assets and liabilities are measured using a market approach based on extrapolation of inputs that are unobservable or where observable data does not support a significant portion of the derivative's fair value. This category mainly includes long-dated commodity transactions in certain markets where liquidity is low and the Company uses the most observable inputs available or, if not available, long-term broker quotes to estimate the fair value for these transactions. Valuation of options is based on the Black-Scholes pricing model. Assets and liabilities measured at fair value can fluctuate between Level II and Level III depending on the proportion of the value of the contract that extends beyond the time frame for which significant inputs are considered to be observable. As contracts near maturity and observable market data become available, they are transferred out of Level III and into Level II. |
at March 31, 2018 | Quoted prices in active markets | Significant other observable inputs | Significant unobservable inputs | |||||||||
(unaudited - millions of Canadian $) | (Level I)1 | (Level II)1 | (Level III)1 | Total | ||||||||
Derivative instrument assets | ||||||||||||
Commodities | 20 | 137 | 5 | 162 | ||||||||
Foreign exchange | — | 26 | — | 26 | ||||||||
Interest rate | — | 16 | — | 16 | ||||||||
Derivative instrument liabilities | ||||||||||||
Commodities | (26 | ) | (144 | ) | (23 | ) | (193 | ) | ||||
Foreign exchange | — | (178 | ) | — | (178 | ) | ||||||
Interest rate | — | (10 | ) | — | (10 | ) | ||||||
(6 | ) | (153 | ) | (18 | ) | (177 | ) |
1 | There were no transfers from Level I to Level II or from Level II to Level III for the three months ended March 31, 2018. |
at December 31, 2017 | Quoted prices in active markets (Level I)1 | Significant other observable inputs (Level II)1 | Significant unobservable inputs (Level III)1 | |||||||||
(unaudited - millions of Canadian $) | Total | |||||||||||
Derivative instrument assets | ||||||||||||
Commodities | 21 | 283 | 15 | 319 | ||||||||
Foreign exchange | — | 78 | — | 78 | ||||||||
Interest rate | — | 8 | — | 8 | ||||||||
Derivative instrument liabilities | ||||||||||||
Commodities | (27 | ) | (193 | ) | (22 | ) | (242 | ) | ||||
Foreign exchange | — | (212 | ) | — | (212 | ) | ||||||
Interest rate | — | (5 | ) | — | (5 | ) | ||||||
(6 | ) | (41 | ) | (7 | ) | (54 | ) |
1 | There were no transfers from Level I to Level II or from Level II to Level III for the year ended December 31, 2017. |
three months ended March 31 | |||||||
(unaudited - millions of Canadian $) | 2018 | 2017 | |||||
Balance at beginning of period | (7 | ) | 16 | ||||
Total losses included in Net income | (2 | ) | — | ||||
Settlements | (9 | ) | — | ||||
Sales | — | (2 | ) | ||||
Transfers out of Level III | — | (4 | ) | ||||
Balance at end of period1 | (18 | ) | 10 |
1 | For the three months ended March 31, 2018, revenues include unrealized losses of $11 million attributed to derivatives in the Level III category that were still held at March 31, 2018 (2017 – unrealized losses of less than $1 million). |
at March 31, 2018 | at December 31, 2017 | |||||||||||||
(unaudited - millions of Canadian $) | Term | Potential exposure1 | Carrying value | Potential exposure1 | Carrying value | |||||||||
Sur de Texas | ranging to 2020 | 199 | 1 | 315 | 2 | |||||||||
Bruce Power | ranging to 2019 | 88 | — | 88 | 1 | |||||||||
Other jointly-owned entities | ranging to 2059 | 105 | 12 | 104 | 13 | |||||||||
392 | 13 | 507 | 16 |
1 | TransCanada’s share of the potential estimated current or contingent exposure. |
March 31, | December 31, | ||||||
(unaudited - millions of Canadian $) | 2018 | 2017 | |||||
ASSETS | |||||||
Current Assets | |||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | 88 | 41 | |||||
Accounts receivable | 61 | 63 | |||||
Inventories | 24 | 23 | |||||
Other | 15 | 11 | |||||
188 | 138 | ||||||
Plant, Property and Equipment | 3,617 | 3,535 | |||||
Equity Investments | 944 | 917 | |||||
Goodwill | 482 | 490 | |||||
Intangible and Other Assets | 11 | 3 | |||||
5,242 | 5,083 | ||||||
LIABILITIES | |||||||
Current Liabilities | |||||||
Accounts payable and other | 128 | 137 | |||||
Dividends payable | 3 | 1 | |||||
Accrued interest | 31 | 23 | |||||
Current portion of long-term debt | 86 | 88 | |||||
248 | 249 | ||||||
Regulatory Liabilities | 36 | 34 | |||||
Other Long-Term Liabilities | 3 | 3 | |||||
Deferred Income Tax Liabilities | 13 | 13 | |||||
Long-Term Debt | 3,304 | 3,244 | |||||
3,604 | 3,543 |
March 31, | December 31, | ||||||
(unaudited - millions of Canadian $) | 2018 | 2017 | |||||
Balance sheet | |||||||
Equity investments | 4,306 | 4,372 | |||||
Off-balance sheet | |||||||
Potential exposure to guarantees | 172 | 171 | |||||
Maximum exposure to loss | 4,478 | 4,543 |
1. | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 6-K of TransCanada Corporation; |
2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
4. | The issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the issuer and have: |
(a) | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
(b) | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
(c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the issuer’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
(d) | Disclosed in this report any change in the issuer’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the issuer’s most recent fiscal quarter (the issuer’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the issuer’s internal control over financial reporting; and |
5. | The issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the issuer’s auditors and the audit committee of the issuer’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
(a) | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the issuer’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
(b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the issuer’s internal control over financial reporting. |
Dated: April 27, 2018 | /s/ Russell K. Girling |
Russell K. Girling | |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
1. | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 6-K of TransCanada Corporation; |
2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
4. | The issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the issuer and have: |
(a) | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
(b) | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
(c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the issuer’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
(d) | Disclosed in this report any change in the issuer’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the issuer’s most recent fiscal quarter (the issuer’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the issuer’s internal control over financial reporting; and |
5. | The issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the issuer’s auditors and the audit committee of the issuer’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
(a) | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the issuer’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
(b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the issuer’s internal control over financial reporting. |
Dated: April 27, 2018 | /s/ Donald R. Marchand |
Donald R. Marchand | |
Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer |
1. | the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and |
2. | the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. |
/s/ Russell K. Girling | |
Russell K. Girling | |
Chief Executive Officer | |
April 27, 2018 |
1. | the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and |
2. | the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. |
/s/ Donald R. Marchand | |
Donald R. Marchand | |
Chief Financial Officer | |
April 27, 2018 |
QuarterlyReport to Shareholders | ||
• | First quarter 2018 financial results |
◦ | Comparable distributable cash flow of $1.4 billion or $1.64 per share reflecting only non-recoverable maintenance capital expenditures |
• | Declared a quarterly dividend of $0.69 per common share for the quarter ending June 30, 2018 |
• | Placed approximately $160 million of NGTL facilities in service to complete the 2017 Expansion Program as well as the approximate $100 million Sundre Crossover project |
• | Successfully completed open seasons for NGTL securing contracts for 620 MMcf/d of incremental firm receipt service and 1.5 Bcf/d of existing and expansion export delivery capacity. These facilities are expected to result in an expansion program of approximately $2.5 billion |
• | Filed an NGTL application with the NEB for approval of a negotiated settlement with customers for 2018 and 2019 |
• | Placed the US$1.6 billion Leach XPress and US$0.3 billion Cameron Access projects in service |
• | Received FERC approval for Great Lakes and Northern Border rate settlements |
• | FERC proposed changes related to a number of income tax matters with respect to pipeline ratemaking. |
• | a higher contribution from Liquids Pipelines primarily due to earnings from intra-Alberta pipelines placed in service in the second half of 2017, higher volumes on the Keystone Pipeline System and increased earnings from liquids marketing activities |
• | a higher contribution from U.S. Natural Gas Pipelines mainly due to increased earnings from Columbia Gas and Columbia Gulf growth projects placed in service, additional contract sales on ANR and Great Lakes and amortization of net regulatory liabilities recognized as a result of U.S. Tax Reform |
• | lower income tax expense primarily due to lower rates as a result of U.S. Tax Reform and lower flow-through income taxes in Canadian rate-regulated pipelines |
• | a higher contribution from Mexico Natural Gas Pipelines mainly due to higher revenues |
• | higher interest income and other due to realized gains in 2018 compared to realized losses in 2017 on derivatives used to manage our net exposure to foreign exchange rate fluctuations on U.S. dollar-denominated income |
• | lower earnings from U.S. Power mainly due to the monetization of U.S. Northeast power generation assets in second quarter 2017 and the continued wind down of our U.S. power marketing operations |
• | lower earnings from Bruce Power primarily due to lower volumes resulting from increased outage days |
• | higher interest expense as a result of long-term debt and junior subordinated notes issuances, net of maturities, partially offset by the repayment of the Columbia acquisition bridge facilities in June 2017. |
• | NGTL System: On April 9, 2018, we announced that the Sundre Crossover project was placed in service. The approximate $100 million pipeline project increases NGTL capacity at our Alberta / B.C. Export Delivery Point by 245 TJ/d (228 MMcf/d), enhancing connectivity to key downstream markets in the Pacific Northwest and California. |
• | Leach XPress: Leach XPress was placed in service on January 1, 2018. This Columbia Gas project transports approximately 1.6 PJ/d (1.5 Bcf/d) of Marcellus and Utica gas supply to delivery points along the system. |
• | Cameron Access: Cameron Access was placed in service on March 13, 2018. This Columbia Gulf project is designed to transport approximately 0.9 PJ/d (0.8 Bcf/d) of gas supply to the Cameron LNG export terminal in Louisiana. |
• | Mountaineer XPress and WB XPress: In first quarter 2018, estimated project costs of US$3.0 billion for Mountaineer XPress and US$0.9 billion for WB XPress increased by US$0.4 billion and US$0.1 billion, respectively. These increases primarily reflect the impact of delays of various regulatory approvals from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and other agencies, increased contractor construction costs due to unusually high demand for construction resources in the region, and modifications to contractor work plans and resources to maintain our projected in-service dates. |
• | Great Lakes and Northern Border Rate Settlements: In February 2018, FERC approved the 2017 Great Lakes Rate Settlement and the 2017 Northern Border Rate Settlement, both of which were uncontested. |
• | Tula and Villa de Reyes: We continue to work toward finalizing amending agreements for both of these pipelines with the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) to formalize the schedule and payments resulting from their respective force majeure events. The CFE has commenced payments on both pipelines in accordance with the TSAs. |
• | Sur de Texas: Offshore construction is now approximately 80 per cent complete and the project continues to progress toward an anticipated in-service date of late 2018. |
• | Keystone XL: In December 2017, an appeal to Nebraska's Court of Appeals was filed by intervenors after the Nebraska Public Service Commission (PSC) issued an approval of an alternative route for the Keystone XL project in November 2017. On March 14, 2018, the Nebraska Supreme Court, on its own motion, agreed to bypass the Court of Appeals and hear the appeal case against the PSC’s alternative route itself. We expect the Nebraska Supreme Court, as the final arbiter, could reach a decision by late 2018 or first quarter 2019. |
• | White Spruce: In February 2018, the Alberta Energy Regulator issued a permit for the construction of the White Spruce pipeline. Construction has commenced with an anticipated in-service date in second quarter 2019. |
• | Monetization of U.S. Northeast power business: On March 1, 2018, as part of the continued wind down of our U.S. power marketing operations, we closed the sale of our U.S. power retail contracts for proceeds of approximately US$23 million and recognized income of US$10 million (US$7 million after tax). |
• | Common Share Dividend: Our Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.69 per share for the quarter ending June 30, 2018 on TransCanada's outstanding common shares. The quarterly amount is equivalent to $2.76 per common share on an annualized basis. |
• | Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRP): In first quarter 2018, the participation rate in our DRP was approximately 38 per cent of common share dividends, resulting in $234 million reinvested in common equity under the program. |
• | ATM Equity Issuance Program: In first quarter 2018, 5.8 million common shares were issued through the corporate ATM program at an average price of $56.51 per common share for gross proceeds of $329 million. An additional 1.6 million common shares were issued in April 2018, bringing year-to-date gross proceeds to $415 million at an average price of $55.64 per common share. |
• | U.S. Tax Reform and 2018 FERC Actions: In December 2016, FERC issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) seeking comment on how to address the issue of whether its existing policies resulted in a ‘double recovery’ of income taxes in a pass-through entity such as a master limited partnership (MLP). The NOI was in response to a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in July 2016, in United Airlines, Inc., et al. v. FERC, directing FERC to address the issue. |