Corporate
Statistics (CDN$, 2006 fiscal year) |
| Ticker symbol |
TRP (TSX, NYSE) |
| Total Assets |
$25.9 billion |
| Operating Income |
$2.3 billion |
| Net Income* |
$1.05 billion |
| Net Income per share* |
$2.15 |
| Funds generated* |
$2.4 billion |
| Shares Outstanding |
489 million |
| Wholly owned pipelines |
More than 59,000 kilometres (36,500 miles) |
| Gas Storage |
Approximately 355 Bcf |
| Wholly and partially owned power plants† |
16 |
| Total power generation |
Approximately 7,700 megawatts |
*From continuing operations. Excluding gains and non-recurring items, net earnings were $925 million or $1.90 per share.
†Including Power Purchase Arrangements and plants under construction. |
Business Portfolio
Pipelines
TransCanada's pipelines business segment includes the operation of our wholly
owned pipelines in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.
*This information includes 2006 data from the B.C. System assets, which were integrated with the Foothills System on April 1, 2007.
TransCanada is also general partner and a common
unit holder of TC PipeLines, LP, a publicly held limited partnership with interests
in the Tuscarora, Northern Border Pipelines and Great Lakes Gas Transmission Company.
Energy
The energy segment of TransCanada's business
builds, acquires, operates and owns interests in power plants in Canada
and the northern tier of the U.S.
Non-regulated Gas Storage
TransCanada is one of the largest natural gas storage providers in North America with approximately 360 Bcf of storage capacity.
Our non-regulated gas storage business owns or controls approximately 130 Bcf – approximately one-third of all storage capacity in Alberta – through our wholly owned 50 Bcf Edson, Alta. facility, contracted long-term capacity of approximately 30 Bcf from a third party, and our 60 per cent interest in CrossAlta Gas Storage & Services Ltd., which operates a 50 Bcf storage facility near Crossfield, Alta.
Our regulated gas strorage business, ANR Storage Company, serves our Pipelines division and provides firm and interruptible natural gas storage services to customers on our Great Lakes Gas Transmission and ANR Pipeline systems
Other Energy Investments
- TransCanada owns 31.6 per cent of Bruce B, consisting of operating Units 5 to 8 with approximately 3,200 MW of generating capacity. In addition, TransCanada owns 48.7 per cent of Bruce A, consisting of operating Units 3 and 4 with approximately 1,500 MW of generating capacity and currently idle Units 1 and 2 with approximately 1,500 MW of generating capacity, which are currently being refurbished and are expected to restart in late 2009 or early 2010.
- Cartier Wind Energy has agreements totalling 740 megawatts (MW) of wind power projects located in the Gaspésie-Iles-de-la-Madeleine region and the Regional County Municipality of Matane in the province of Québec. The assets related to the projects are indirectly co-owned by TransCanada (62 per cent) and Innergex II Income Fund (38 per cent).
- The Portlands Energy Centre is high-efficiency, combined cycle natural gas generation plant located in downtown Toronto, ON that will begin supplying power in the summer of 2008 under a 20-year contract with the Ontario Power Authority. Construction of the 550-MW plant will be completed by the second quarter of 2009. PEC is a limited partnership of TransCanada and Ontario Power Generation.
- TransCanada also has rights to the electricity
generated by the 560 MW Sundance
A power plant (100 per cent), the 706 MW Sundance
B plant (50 per cent) and the 756 MW Sheerness plant (100 per cent).
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