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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.

Pipeline System
Length
Average throughput (2006)
Alberta System 23,498 km 11.1 Bcf/d
Canadian Mainline 14,957 km 8.1 Bcf/d
Foothills System* 1,241 km 3.8 Bcf/d
ANR Pipeline 17,000 km 4.0 Bcf/d
GTN 2,174 km 2.2 Bcf/d
North Baja 129 km 0.3 Bcf/d
Tamazunchale Pipeline 130 km In service December 2006
*This information includes 2006 data from the B.C. System assets, which were integrated with the Foothills System on April 1, 2007.

Affiliated Pipelines
Length
Average throughput (2006)
Great Lakes Gas Transmission Company*
(53.55% direct; 6.2% indirect ownership)
3,404 km 2.2 Bcf/d
Iroquois Gas Transmission System
(44.5% ownership)
666 km 1.1 Bcf/d
Northern Border Pipeline Company*
(6.7% indirect ownership)
2,250 km 2.2 Bcf/d
Portland Natural Gas Transmission System*
(61.71% ownership)
474 km 0.1 Bcf/d
Trans Québec and Maritimes Pipeline (TQM)*
(50% ownership)
572 km 0.4 Bcf/d
Tuscarora Gas Transmission*
(1% direct; 13.1% indirect ownership)
491 km 0.1 Bcf/d
*Operated by TransCanada

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.

Plant Name Nameplate capacity
Bear Creek [255 KB .pdf] 80 MW
Bécancour Power Plant
Centrale Cogénération de Bécancour
550 MW
Cancarb [250 KB .pdf] 27 MW
Carseland [280 KB .pdf] 80 MW
Connecticut River System [405 KB .pdf] 484 MW
Deerfield River System [405 KB .pdf] 83 MW
Grandview [213 KB .pdf] 90 MW
Halton Hills 683 MW
MacKay River [210 KB .pdf] 165 MW
Ocean State [295 KB .pdf] 560 MW
Redwater [250 KB .pdf] 40 MW

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).