OPERATIONS AND ORGANIZATION:

Business Operations

Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, LP (“we,” “us,” the “Company” and “Panhandle”) is primarily engaged in the interstate transportation and storage of natural gas and also provides LNG terminalling and regasification services and is subject to the rules and regulations of the FERC. The Company’s entities include the following:


•	PEPL, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Southern Union, which is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of ETP;


•	Trunkline, a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of PEPL;


•	Sea Robin, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of PEPL;


•	LNG Holdings, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of PEPL;


•	Trunkline LNG, a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of LNG Holdings; and


•	Southwest Gas, a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of PEPL.

The Company’s operations consist of interstate pipelines that transport natural gas from the Gulf of Mexico, South Texas and the panhandle regions of Texas and Oklahoma to major U.S. markets in the Midwest and Great Lakes region, as well as owned underground storage capacity. The Company also owns and operates an LNG import terminal located on Louisiana’s Gulf Coast, as well as an above ground LNG storage facility.

Southern Union Panhandle LLC serves as the general partner of PEPL and owns a 1% general partnership interest in PEPL. PEPL Holdings, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Southern Union, owns a 99% limited partnership interest in PEPL and a 100% membership interest in Southern Union Panhandle LLC.

See Note 2 for information related to the completion of the Holdco Transaction.

Preparation of Interim Financial Statements

The accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2012, which has been derived from audited financial statements, and the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto of the Company as of September 30, 2013 and for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP for interim condensed consolidated financial information and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete consolidated financial statements. However, management believes that the disclosures made are adequate to make the information not misleading. The results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for a full year due to the seasonal nature of the Company’s operations.

The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements reflect adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair statement of results for the interim period. The unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto of Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, LP presented in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, as filed with the SEC on March 1, 2013.