UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

 

FORM 6-K

 

Report of Foreign Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Dated November 3, 2016

Commission file number 001-15254

 

 

 

ENBRIDGE INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

200, 425 – 1st Street S.W.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada  T2P 3L8

(Address of principal executive offices and postal code)

 

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

Form 20-F

 

 

Form 40-F

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Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):

 

Yes

 

 

No

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Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):

 

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No

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THIS REPORT ON FORM 6-K SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENTS ON FORM S-8 (FILE NO. 333-145236, 333-127265, 333-13456, 333-97305 AND 333-6436), FORM F-3 (FILE NO. 33-77022) AND FORM F-10 (FILE NO. 333-198566) OF ENBRIDGE INC. AND TO BE PART THEREOF FROM THE DATE ON WHICH THIS REPORT IS FURNISHED, TO THE EXTENT NOT SUPERSEDED BY DOCUMENTS OR REPORTS SUBSEQUENTLY FILED OR FURNISHED.

 



 

The following documents are being submitted herewith:

 

·                 Interim Report to Shareholders for the nine months ended September, 2016.

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

 

ENBRIDGE INC.

 

 

 

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

November 3, 2016

 

By:

/s/”Tyler W. Robinson”

 

 

 

 

Tyler W. Robinson

Vice President & Corporate Secretary

 

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ENBRIDGE INC.

 

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

 

September 30, 2016

 



 

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

 

This Management’s Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) dated November 3, 2016 should be read in conjunction with the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements and notes thereto of Enbridge Inc. (Enbridge or the Company) as at and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP). It should also be read in conjunction with the audited amended consolidated financial statements and MD&A for the year ended December 31, 2015 filed on May 12, 2016. All financial measures presented in this MD&A are expressed in Canadian dollars, unless otherwise indicated. Additional information related to the Company, including its Annual Information Form, is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

 

Effective January 1, 2016, Enbridge revised its reportable segments to better reflect the underlying operations of the Company. The Company believes this new format more clearly describes the financial performance of its business segments, provides increased transparency with respect to operational results and aligns with business segment decision making and management.

 

Revisions to the segmented information presentation on a retrospective basis include:

·                The replacement of the previous segments: Liquids Pipelines; Gas Distribution; Gas Pipelines, Processing and Energy Services; Sponsored Investments; and Corporate with new segments: Liquids Pipelines; Gas Distribution; Gas Pipelines and Processing; Green Power and Transmission; and Energy Services; and

·                Presenting the Earnings before interest and income taxes (EBIT) of each segment as opposed to Earnings attributable to Enbridge common shareholders. Amounts related to Interest expense, Income taxes, Earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests and Preference share dividends are now reported on a consolidated basis.

 

These changes had no impact on reported consolidated earnings for the comparative three and nine months ended September 30, 2015.

 

The Company’s activities are carried out through five business segments: Liquids Pipelines; Gas Distribution; Gas Pipelines and Processing; Green Power and Transmission; and Energy Services, as discussed below.

 

LIQUIDS PIPELINES

Liquids Pipelines consists of common carrier and contract crude oil, natural gas liquids (NGL) and refined products pipelines and terminals in Canada and the United States, including Canadian Mainline, Lakehead Pipeline System (Lakehead System), Regional Oil Sands System, Mid-Continent and Gulf Coast, Southern Lights Pipeline, Bakken System and Feeder Pipelines and Other.

 

GAS DISTRIBUTION

Gas Distribution consists of the Company’s natural gas utility operations, the core of which is Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. (EGD), which serves residential, commercial and industrial customers, primarily in central and eastern Ontario as well as northern New York State. This business segment also includes natural gas distribution activities in Quebec and New Brunswick and the Company’s investment in Noverco Inc. (Noverco).

 

GAS PIPELINES AND PROCESSING

Gas Pipelines and Processing consists of investments in natural gas pipelines and gathering and processing facilities. Investments in natural gas pipelines include the Company’s interests in the Alliance Pipeline, the Vector Pipeline (Vector) and transmission and gathering pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico. Investments in natural gas processing include the Company’s interest in Aux Sable, a natural gas extraction and fractionation business located near the terminus of the Alliance Pipeline, Canadian Midstream assets located in northeast British Columbia and northwest Alberta and United States Midstream assets located primarily in Texas and Oklahoma.

 

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GREEN POWER AND TRANSMISSION

Green Power and Transmission consists of the Company’s investments in renewable energy assets and transmission facilities. Renewable energy assets consist of wind, solar, geothermal and waste heat recovery facilities and are located in Canada primarily in the provinces of Alberta, Ontario and Quebec and in the United States primarily in Colorado, Texas and Indiana.

 

ENERGY SERVICES

The Energy Services businesses in Canada and the United States undertake physical commodity marketing activity and logistical services, oversee refinery supply services and manage the Company’s volume commitments on Alliance Pipeline, Vector and other pipeline systems.

 

ELIMINATIONS AND OTHER

In addition, Eliminations and Other includes operating and administrative costs and foreign exchange impacts which are not allocated to business segments. Also included in Eliminations and Other are new business development activities, general corporate investments and elimination of transactions between segments required to present the Company’s financial performance and financial position on a consolidated basis.

 

MERGER AGREEMENT WITH SPECTRA ENERGY

 

On September 6, 2016 Enbridge and Spectra Energy Corp (Spectra Energy) announced that they had entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Enbridge and Spectra Energy would combine in a stock-for-stock merger transaction (the Merger Transaction), which valued Spectra Energy common stock at approximately $37 billion (US$28 billion), based on the closing price of Enbridge’s common shares on September 2, 2016.

 

The Merger Transaction was unanimously approved by the Boards of Directors of both companies and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2017, subject to shareholder and certain regulatory approvals, and other customary conditions. The combination will create the largest energy infrastructure company in North America and one of the largest globally based on a pro-forma enterprise value of approximately $165 billion (US$127 billion) as measured at the time of the announcement.

 

Under the terms of the Merger Transaction, Spectra Energy shareholders will receive 0.984 shares of the combined company for each share of Spectra Energy common stock they own. Upon completion of the Merger Transaction, Enbridge shareholders are expected to own approximately 57% of the combined company and Spectra Energy shareholders are expected to own approximately 43%. The combined company will be called Enbridge Inc.

 

On September 23, 2016, Enbridge filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on Form F-4, a preliminary Registration Statement with respect to the Merger Transaction, which included an updated value of the Spectra Energy common stock at approximately $40 billion (US$30 billion), based on the closing price of Enbridge’s common shares on September 19, 2016. The final purchase price for the Merger Transaction may vary based on the market price of Enbridge’s common shares at the time the Merger Transaction is completed. There is no assurance when or if the Merger Transaction will be completed.

 

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CONSOLIDATED EARNINGS

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

Nine months ended

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

2016

 

2015

(millions of Canadian dollars, except per share amounts)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liquids Pipelines

 

(87)

 

179

 

2,168

 

1,131

Gas Distribution

 

20

 

27

 

342

 

344

Gas Pipelines and Processing

 

67

 

77

 

147

 

(298)

Green Power and Transmission

 

34

 

25

 

124

 

127

Energy Services

 

(25)

 

169

 

(38)

 

233

Eliminations and Other

 

(102)

 

(367)

 

71

 

(743)

Earnings/(loss) before interest and income taxes

 

(93)

 

110

 

2,814

 

794

Interest expense

 

(397)

 

(718)

 

(1,178)

 

(1,253)

Income taxes recovery/(expense)

 

253

 

(129)

 

(174)

 

(76)

Loss attributable to noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests

 

207

 

200

 

166

 

334

Preference share dividends

 

(73)

 

(72)

 

(217)

 

(214)

Earnings/(loss) attributable to common shareholders

 

(103)

 

(609)

 

1,411

 

(415)

Earnings/(loss) per common share

 

(0.11)

 

(0.72)

 

1.56

 

(0.49)

Diluted earnings/(loss) per common share

 

(0.11)

 

(0.72)

 

1.55

 

(0.49)

 

EARNINGS/(LOSS) BEFORE INTEREST AND INCOME TAXES

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, loss before interest and income taxes was $93 million and EBIT was $2,814 million, respectively, compared with EBIT of $110 million and $794 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015. As discussed below in Adjusted EBIT, the Company has continued to deliver strong earnings growth from a majority of its businesses, offset partly in the second quarter of 2016 by the impacts of the northeastern Alberta wildfires discussed in Recent DevelopmentsLiquids Pipelines – Impact of Wildfires in Northeastern Alberta. The positive impact of this growth and the comparability of the Company’s earnings are also impacted by a number of unusual, non-recurring or non-operating factors that are enumerated in the Non-GAAP Reconciliation tables and discussed in the results for each reporting segment, the most significant of which are changes in unrealized derivative fair value gains and losses. For the three months ended September 30, 2016, the Company’s EBIT reflected a $14 million unrealized derivative fair value loss compared with an $896 million unrealized derivative fair value loss in the corresponding 2015 period. For the nine months ended September 30, 2016, the Company’s EBIT reflected $820 million of unrealized derivative fair value gains compared with a $1,938 million unrealized derivative fair value loss in the corresponding 2015 period. The Company has a comprehensive long-term economic hedging program to mitigate interest rate, foreign exchange and commodity price risks which create volatility in short-term earnings. Over the long term, Enbridge believes its hedging program supports the reliable cash flows and dividend growth upon which the Company’s investor value proposition is based.

 

In addition, the comparability of the nine-month period-over-period EBIT was impacted by certain impairment charges recorded in the second and third quarters of 2016 and in the second quarter of 2015. In the third quarter of 2016, an impairment charge of $1,000 million ($81 million after-tax attributable to Enbridge) was recognized in relation to Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P.’s (EEP) Sandpiper Project (Sandpiper). In September 2016, EEP announced that it had applied for the withdrawal of the regulatory applications for Sandpiper that were pending with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MNPUC). In connection with this announcement and other factors, EEP evaluated Sandpiper for impairment and concluded the project was impaired and recorded an asset impairment of US$763 million, including related project costs. Of the total amount, US$270 million was allocated to Marathon Petroleum Corporation (MPC), EEP’s partner in Sandpiper, and US$493 million was attributable to EEP’s unit holders. The Company’s Consolidated Statements of Earnings for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 included a gross charge of $1,000 million, of which $871 million was attributable to noncontrolling interests in EEP and MPC and $81 million after-tax attributable to Enbridge’s common shareholders.

 

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In the second quarter of 2016, an impairment of $176 million ($103 million after-tax attributable to Enbridge) was recorded relating to Enbridge’s 75% joint venture interest in Eddystone Rail, a rail-to-barge transloading facility located in the greater Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area that delivers Bakken and other light sweet crude oil to Philadelphia area refineries. Due to a significant decrease in price spreads between Bakken crude oil and West Africa/Brent crude oil and increased competition in the region, demand for Eddystone Rail services dropped significantly, resulting in an impairment of this facility. The comparability of the nine-month period-over-period EBIT was also impacted by a goodwill impairment charge of $440 million ($167 million after-tax attributable to Enbridge) recognized in the second quarter of 2015 related to EEP’s natural gas and NGL businesses. Also impacting the comparability of the three and nine-month period-over-period EBIT were charges of $18 million ($10 million after-tax attributable to Enbridge) and $39 million ($22 million after-tax attributable to Enbridge), respectively, for costs incurred to bring pipelines and facilities back into service following the northeastern Alberta wildfires discussed in Recent Developments – Liquids Pipelines – Impact of Wildfires in Northeastern Alberta.

 

EARNINGS/(LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS

Loss attributable to common shareholders was $103 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016, or $0.11 per common share, compared with a loss of $609 million, or $0.72 per common share, for the three months ended September 30, 2015. Earnings attributable to common shareholders were $1,411 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016, or $1.56 per common share, compared with a loss of $415 million, or $0.49 per common share, for the nine months ended September 30, 2015.

 

In addition to the factors discussed in Earnings/(Loss) Before Interest and Income Taxes above and in Adjusted Earnings, the period-over-period comparability of earnings/(loss) attributable to common shareholders was impacted by a number of unusual, non-recurring and non-operating factors that are summarized and described under Non-GAAP Reconciliation – EBIT to Adjusted Earnings.

 

FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

Forward-looking information, or forward-looking statements, have been included in this MD&A to provide information about the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates, including management’s assessment of Enbridge and its subsidiaries’ future plans and operations. This information may not be appropriate for other purposes. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words such as ‘‘anticipate’’, ‘‘expect’’, ‘‘project’’, ‘‘estimate’’, ‘‘forecast’’, ‘‘plan’’, ‘‘intend’’, ‘‘target’’, ‘‘believe’’, “likely” and similar words suggesting future outcomes or statements regarding an outlook. Forward-looking information or statements included or incorporated by reference in this document include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to the following: expected EBIT or expected adjusted EBIT; expected earnings/(loss) or adjusted earnings/(loss); expected earnings/(loss) or adjusted earnings/(loss) per share; expected available cash flow from operations (ACFFO); expected future cash flows; expected costs related to announced projects and projects under construction; expected in-service dates for announced projects and projects under construction; expected capital expenditures; expected equity funding requirements for the Company’s commercially secured growth program; expectations about the Company’s joint venture partners’ ability to complete and finance projects under construction; expected closing of acquisitions and dispositions; estimated cost and impact to the Company’s overall financial performance of complying with the settlement consent decree related to Line 6B and Line 6A; estimated future dividends; expected future actions of regulators; expected costs related to leak remediation and potential insurance recoveries; expectations regarding commodity prices; supply forecasts; the Merger Transaction and expectation regarding the purchase price, timing and closing thereof; expectations regarding the impact of the Merger Transaction; expectations regarding the impact of the dividend payout policy and dividend payout expectation; expectations on impact of hedging program; strategic alternatives currently being evaluated in connection with the United States sponsored vehicles strategy; expected timing of decisions from the Federal Cabinet (the Cabinet) relating to the Canadian portion of the Line 3 Replacement Program (Canadian L3R Program); and expected timing of any Supreme Court of Canada decision with respect to the Northern Gateway Project (Northern Gateway).

 

Although Enbridge believes these forward-looking statements are reasonable based on the information available on the date such statements are made and processes used to prepare the information, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and readers are cautioned against placing undue reliance on forward-looking statements. By their nature, these statements involve a variety of assumptions, known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors, which may cause actual results, levels of activity and achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Material assumptions include assumptions about the following: the expected supply of and demand for crude oil, natural gas, NGL and renewable energy; prices of crude oil, natural gas, NGL and renewable energy; exchange rates; inflation; interest rates; availability and price of labour and construction materials; operational reliability; customer and regulatory approvals; maintenance of support and regulatory approvals for the Company’s projects; anticipated in-service dates; weather; the timing and completion of the Merger Transaction, including receipt of regulatory and shareholder approvals and the satisfaction of other conditions precedent; the realization of anticipated benefits and synergies of the Merger Transaction and the timing thereof; the success of integration plans; cost of complying with the settlement consent decree related to Line 6B and Line 6A; impact of the dividend policy on the Company’s future cash flows; credit ratings; capital project funding; expected EBIT or expected adjusted EBIT; expected earnings/(loss) or adjusted earnings/(loss); expected earnings/(loss) or adjusted earnings/(loss) per share; expected future cash flows and expected future ACFFO; and estimated future dividends. Assumptions regarding the expected supply of and demand for crude oil, natural gas, NGL and renewable energy, and the prices of these commodities, are material to and underlie all forward-looking statements. These factors are relevant to all forward-looking statements as they may impact current and future levels of demand for the Company’s services. Similarly, exchange rates, inflation and interest rates impact the economies and business environments in which the Company operates and may impact levels of demand for the Company’s services and cost of inputs, and are therefore inherent in all forward-looking statements. Due to the interdependencies and correlation of these macroeconomic factors, the impact of any one assumption on a forward-looking statement cannot be determined with certainty, particularly with respect to the impact of the Merger Transaction on the Company,  expected EBIT, adjusted EBIT, earnings/(loss), adjusted earnings/(loss) and associated per share amounts, ACFFO or estimated future dividends. The most relevant assumptions associated with forward-looking statements on announced projects and projects under construction, including estimated completion dates and expected capital expenditures, include the following: the availability and price of labour and construction materials; the effects of inflation and foreign exchange rates on labour and material costs; the effects of interest rates on borrowing costs; the impact of weather; and customer and regulatory approvals on construction and in-service schedules.

 

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Enbridge’s forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties pertaining to the impact of the Merger Transaction, operating performance, regulatory parameters, dividend policy, project approval and support, weather, economic and competitive conditions, public opinion, changes in tax law and tax rate increases, exchange rates, interest rates, commodity prices, political decisions, supply of and demand for commodities and the settlement consent decree related to Line 6B and Line 6A, including but not limited to those risks and uncertainties discussed in this MD&A and in the Company’s other filings with Canadian and United States securities regulators. The impact of any one risk, uncertainty or factor on a particular forward-looking statement is not determinable with certainty as these are interdependent and Enbridge’s future course of action depends on management’s assessment of all information available at the relevant time. Except to the extent required by applicable law, Enbridge assumes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements made in this MD&A or otherwise, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. All subsequent forward-looking statements, whether written or oral, attributable to Enbridge or persons acting on the Company’s behalf, are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements.

 

NON-GAAP MEASURES

 

This MD&A contains references to adjusted EBIT, adjusted earnings/(loss) and ACFFO. Adjusted EBIT represents EBIT adjusted for unusual, non-recurring or non-operating factors on both a consolidated and segmented basis. Adjusted earnings/(loss) represent earnings or loss attributable to common shareholders adjusted for unusual, non-recurring or non-operating factors included in adjusted EBIT, as well as adjustments for unusual, non-recurring or non-operating factors in respect of interest expense, income taxes, noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests on a consolidated basis. These factors, referred to as adjusting items, are reconciled and discussed in the financial results sections for the affected business segments.

 

ACFFO is defined as cash flow provided by operating activities before changes in operating assets and liabilities (including changes in environmental liabilities) less distributions to noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests, preference share dividends and maintenance capital expenditures, and further adjusted for unusual, non-recurring or non-operating factors.

 

Management believes the presentation of adjusted EBIT, adjusted earnings/(loss) and ACFFO gives useful information to investors and shareholders as they provide increased transparency and insight into the performance of the Company. Management uses adjusted EBIT and adjusted earnings/(loss) to set targets and to assess the performance of the Company. Management also uses ACFFO to assess the performance of the Company and to set its dividend payout target. Adjusted EBIT, adjusted EBIT for each segment, adjusted earnings/(loss) and ACFFO are not measures that have standardized meaning prescribed by U.S. GAAP and are not U.S. GAAP measures. Therefore, these measures may not be comparable with similar measures presented by other issuers.

 

The tables below summarize the reconciliation of the GAAP and non-GAAP measures.

 

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NON-GAAP RECONCILIATION – EBIT TO ADJUSTED EARNINGS

 

 

Three months ended

 

Nine months ended

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

2016

 

2015

(millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings/(loss) before interest and income taxes

 

(93)

 

110

 

2,814

 

794

Adjusting items1:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Changes in unrealized derivative fair value (gains)/loss2

 

14

 

896

 

(820)

 

1,938

Sandpiper asset impairment3

 

1,000

 

-

 

1,000

 

-

Goodwill impairment loss

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

440

Assets and investment impairment loss

 

10

 

-

 

197

 

20

Unrealized intercompany foreign exchange (gains)/loss

 

(2)

 

(55)

 

53

 

(110)

Hydrostatic testing

 

(2)

 

49

 

(14)

 

49

Make-up rights adjustments

 

16

 

5

 

131

 

(8)

Northeastern Alberta wildfires pipelines and facilities restart costs

 

18

 

-

 

39

 

-

Leak remediation costs, net of leak insurance recoveries

 

(13)

 

(1)

 

3

 

(5)

Warmer/(colder) than normal weather

 

-

 

-

 

8

 

(37)

Employee severance and restructuring costs

 

22

 

-

 

30

 

-

(Gains)/loss on sale of non-core assets and investment, net

 

4

 

(60)

 

4

 

(88)

Project development and transaction costs

 

27

 

21

 

30

 

42

Other

 

-

 

(7)

 

(11)

 

3

Adjusted earnings before interest and income taxes

 

1,001

 

958

 

3,464

 

3,038

Interest expense

 

(397)

 

(718)

 

(1,178)

 

(1,253)

Income taxes recovery/(expense)

 

253

 

(129)

 

(174)

 

(76)

Loss attributable to noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests

 

207

 

200

 

166

 

334

Preference share dividends

 

(73)

 

(72)

 

(217)

 

(214)

Adjusting items in respect of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense4

 

12

 

401

 

36

 

352

Income taxes5

 

(330)

 

(13)

 

(210)

 

(280)

Noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests6

 

(236)

 

(228)

 

(331)

 

(529)

Adjusted earnings

 

437

 

399

 

1,556

 

1,372

1       The above table summarizes adjusting items by nature. For a detailed listing of adjusting items by segment, refer to individual segment discussions.

2       Changes in unrealized derivative fair value gains and losses are presented net of amounts realized on the settlement of derivative contracts during the applicable period.

3       Inclusive of $8 million of related project costs.

4       Interest expense for each period included changes in unrealized derivative fair value gains and losses on interest rate contracts. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, interest expense also included a loss of $338 million on de-designation of interest rate hedges from the transfer of assets between entities under common control of Enbridge in connection with the transfer of Enbridge’s Canadian liquids business and certain Canadian renewable energy assets to the Fund Group (comprising Enbridge Income Fund (the Fund), Enbridge Commercial Trust, Enbridge Income Partners LP (EIPLP) and its subsidiaries and investees) (the Canadian Restructuring Plan).

5       Income Taxes were impacted by adjustments for unusual, non-recurring and non-operating factors as enumerated under adjusting items for earnings before interest and income taxes. In the third quarter of 2016, income taxes also included a recovery of $247 million related to an adjustment for a curing loss as described in footnote 6 below. Adjustments for income taxes also included an out-of-period adjustment of $71 million recognized in the first quarter of 2015 in respect of an overstatement of deferred income taxes expense in 2013 and 2014. In the third quarter of 2015, income taxes included an $88 million write-off of a regulatory asset in respect of taxes in connection with the Canadian Restructuring Plan and a valuation allowance of $176 million in respect of deferred income tax assets related to EEP.

6       Noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests were also impacted by adjustments for unusual, non-recurring and non-operating factors as enumerated under adjusting items for earnings before interest and income taxes, as well as adjusting items for interest expense and income taxes. Under EEP’s partnership agreement, capital deficits cannot be accumulated in the capital account of any limited partner and thus, such capital account deficits are brought to zero or “cured”. During the third quarter of 2016, the book value of limited partnership capital accounts in EEP became negative, resulting in a reallocation of such deficit to the Company’s general partnership account in EEP. For the third quarter of 2016, earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests were higher by $652 million due to such reallocation. In the case of any additional losses or unanticipated charges to EEP in future periods, curing may occur in such periods.

 

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NON-GAAP RECONCILIATION – ADJUSTED EBIT TO ADJUSTED EARNINGS

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

Nine months ended

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

2016

 

2015

(millions of Canadian dollars, except per share amounts)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liquids Pipelines

 

941

 

895

 

2,947

 

2,435

Gas Distribution

 

31

 

24

 

344

 

318

Gas Pipelines and Processing

 

94

 

84

 

271

 

248

Green Power and Transmission

 

34

 

26

 

122

 

126

Energy Services

 

(15)

 

(23)

 

33

 

83

Eliminations and Other

 

(84)

 

(48)

 

(253)

 

(172)

Adjusted earnings before interest and income taxes

 

1,001

 

958

 

3,464

 

3,038

Interest expense1

 

(385)

 

(317)

 

(1,142)

 

(901)

Income taxes1

 

(77)

 

(142)

 

(384)

 

(356)

Noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests1

 

(29)

 

(28)

 

(165)

 

(195)

Preference share dividends

 

(73)

 

(72)

 

(217)

 

(214)

Adjusted earnings

 

437

 

399

 

1,556

 

1,372

Adjusted earnings per common share

 

0.47

 

0.47

 

1.72

 

1.62

 

1       These balances are presented net of adjusting items.

 

Adjusted EBIT

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, adjusted EBIT was $1,001 million and $3,464 million, respectively, an increase of $43 million and $426 million over the corresponding periods in 2015.

 

Growth in consolidated adjusted EBIT was largely driven by stronger contributions from the Company’s Liquids Pipelines segment which benefitted from a number of new assets that were placed into service in 2015, the most prominent being the expansion of the Company’s mainline system in the third quarter of 2015, as well as the reversal and expansion of Line 9B and completion of the Southern Access Extension Project (Southern Access Extension) in the fourth quarter of 2015, which have provided increased access to the eastern Canada and Patoka markets, respectively.

 

The Canadian Mainline and Regional Oil Sands System contributions increased in the first nine months of 2016 primarily due to higher period-over-period mainline system throughput that resulted from strong oil sands production in western Canada combined with contributions from new assets placed into service. However, the positive effect of increased capacity on liquids pipelines throughput was substantially negated in the second quarter by the impact of extreme wildfires in northeastern Alberta. The northeastern Alberta wildfires resulted in a curtailment of production from oil sands facilities and certain of the Company’s upstream pipelines and terminal facilities were temporarily shut down resulting in a disruption of service on Enbridge’s Regional Oil Sands System with corresponding impacts on Enbridge’s downstream pipelines deliveries, including Canadian Mainline and the Lakehead System. Reduced system deliveries have resulted in a negative impact of approximately $74 million on the Company’s adjusted EBIT for the nine-month period in 2016. Growth in Canadian Mainline adjusted EBIT was also affected by a combination of a lower average International Joint Tariff (IJT) Residual Benchmark Toll, which decreased effective April 1, 2016, and a lower foreign exchange hedge rate used to record Canadian Mainline revenues, resulting in a quarter-over-quarter decrease in Canadian Mainline adjusted EBIT.

 

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The Lakehead System delivered strong operating performance driven by higher Lakehead System Local Toll, higher throughput and contributions from new assets placed into service in 2015. Deliveries to the Lakehead System from the Canadian Mainline were lower during the second quarter as a result of the wildfires, but the impact on financial performance was relatively modest. The Company also benefitted from stronger adjusted EBIT contributions from the United States Mid-Continent and Gulf Coast systems, attributable to increased transportation revenues mainly resulting from an increase in the level of committed take-or-pay volumes on Flanagan South Pipeline (Flanagan South).

 

Within the Gas Distribution segment, EGD adjusted EBIT increased for each of the three and nine-month periods in 2016 compared with the corresponding 2015 periods. The increase in adjusted EBIT was primarily due to growth in EGD’s rate base and customer growth.

 

For the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2016, the Gas Pipelines and Processing segment benefitted from strong contributions from Alliance Pipeline under its new services framework that came into effect in the fourth quarter of 2015, higher throughput on certain Enbridge Offshore Pipelines (Offshore) and contributions from the Tupper Main and Tupper West gas plants (the Tupper Plants) acquired on April 1, 2016. These positive effects were partially offset by the impact of lower volumes on US Midstream pipelines due to reduced drilling by producers. For the three months ended September 30, 2016, Aux Sable also delivered an increase in adjusted EBIT period-over-period, primarily due to an improvement in fractionation margins and lower feedstock supply costs.

 

The Green Power and Transmission segment delivered lower adjusted EBIT for the first nine months of 2016 mainly attributable to disruptions at certain eastern Canadian wind farms in the first quarter of 2016 due to weather conditions which caused icing of blades. Adjusted EBIT for the third quarter of 2016 was higher compared with the third quarter of 2015 as a result of stronger wind resources at the Company’s United States wind farms.

 

Adjusted EBIT from Energy Services for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 decreased relative to the prior year period due to compression of certain crude oil location and quality differentials and the impact of a weaker NGL market. These negative effects were partially offset by contributions from increased crude oil storage opportunities in the third quarter of 2016 which also resulted in a quarter-over-quarter decrease in adjusted loss before interest and income taxes.

 

Adjusted Earnings

Adjusted earnings were $437 million, or $0.47 per common share, for the three months ended September 30, 2016 compared with $399 million, or $0.47 per common share, for the three months ended September 30, 2015. Adjusted earnings were $1,556 million, or $1.72 per common share, for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 compared with $1,372 million, or $1.62 per common share, for the nine months ended September 30, 2015.

 

The period-over-period increase in adjusted earnings reflected the operating factors as discussed above in Adjusted EBIT. The impacts of the northeastern Alberta wildfires on adjusted earnings and adjusted earnings per share for the nine-month period remained unchanged at $26 million and $0.03, respectively, since the end of the second quarter of 2016. Adjusted earnings period-over-period were also impacted by the effects of interest expense, income taxes and noncontrolling interests as discussed below.

 

Interest expense for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2016 was higher compared with the corresponding 2015 periods resulting from debt incurred to fund asset growth and the impact of refinancing construction debt with longer-term debt financing. The amount of interest capitalized period-over-period also decreased as a result of projects coming into service.

 

Income taxes increased for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 largely due to the period-over-period increase in earnings.

 

Adjusted earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests decreased for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 compared with the corresponding period in 2015. Although EEP’s performance reflected higher contributions from its liquids pipelines businesses, there was a decrease in EEP’s overall period-over-period contribution to adjusted earnings primarily due to higher interest expense.

 

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Finally, interest expense, income taxes and noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests were also impacted by adjustments for unusual, non-recurring and non-operating factors.

 

NON-GAAP RECONCILIATION – ADJUSTED EBIT TO ACFFO

To facilitate understanding of the relationship between adjusted EBIT and ACFFO, the following table provides a reconciliation of these two key non-GAAP measures.

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

Nine months ended

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

2016

 

2015

(millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted earnings before interest and income taxes

 

1,001

 

958

 

3,464

 

3,038

Depreciation and amortization1

 

562

 

524

 

1,676

 

1,483

Maintenance capital2

 

(171)

 

(204)

 

(466)

 

(520)

 

 

1,392

 

1,278

 

4,674

 

4,001

Interest expense3

 

(385)

 

(317)

 

(1,142)

 

(901)

Current income taxes3

 

20

 

(31)

 

(61)

 

(107)

Preference share dividends

 

(73)

 

(72)

 

(217)

 

(214)

Distributions to noncontrolling interests

 

(176)

 

(177)

 

(538)

 

(501)

Distributions to redeemable noncontrolling interests

 

(53)

 

(27)

 

(148)

 

(80)

Cash distributions in excess of equity earnings3

 

95

 

54

 

116

 

180

Other non-cash adjustments

 

32

 

(40)

 

150

 

(100)

Available cash flow from operations (ACFFO)

 

852

 

668

 

2,834

 

2,278

1       Depreciation and amortization:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liquids Pipelines

 

343

 

324

 

1,025

 

891

Gas Distribution

 

87

 

73

 

251

 

230

Gas Pipelines and Processing

 

73

 

69

 

222

 

202

Green Power and Transmission

 

47

 

47

 

142

 

139

Energy Services

 

-

 

(1)

 

1

 

(1)

Eliminations and Other

 

12

 

12

 

35

 

22

 

 

562

 

524

 

1,676

 

1,483

2       Maintenance capital:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liquids Pipelines

 

(59)

 

(94)

 

(131)

 

(234)

Gas Distribution

 

(86)

 

(70)

 

(251)

 

(184)

Gas Pipelines and Processing

 

(8)

 

(13)

 

(31)

 

(28)

Green Power and Transmission

 

(2)

 

-

 

(3)

 

-

Eliminations and Other

 

(16)

 

(27)

 

(50)

 

(74)

 

 

(171)

 

(204)

 

(466)

 

(520)

 

3       These balances are presented net of adjusting items.

 

Available Cash Flow from Operations

ACFFO was $852 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016 compared with $668 million for the three months ended September 30, 2015. ACFFO was $2,834 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 compared with $2,278 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015. The Company experienced strong period-over-period growth in ACFFO which was driven by the same factors as discussed in Adjusted EBIT above, as well as other items discussed below. For the nine months ended September 30, 2016, ACFFO was negatively impacted by $74 million due to the northeastern Alberta wildfires.

 

Maintenance capital expenditures decreased period-over-period as higher expenditures in the Company’s Gas Distribution segment were more than offset by lower maintenance capital expenditures in the Liquids Pipelines segment. The lower spending in Liquids Pipelines reflected a shift in the timing of maintenance activities to 2017 on certain leasehold improvements, as well as scope refinements to certain projects resulting from ongoing communication with regulators.

 

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ACFFO also includes cash distributions from the Company’s equity investments. Excluding the impact of an impairment of an equity investment in the second quarter of 2016, the Company’s equity earnings and distributions from such investments for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 were higher compared with the corresponding 2015 period and reflected improved performance of such investments, as well as distributions from assets placed into service in recent years.

 

Other non-cash adjustments include various non-cash items presented in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, as well as adjustments for unearned revenues received during the period.

 

Partially offsetting the items discussed above, which created a period-over-period increase in ACFFO, was higher interest expense as discussed in Adjusted Earnings above.

 

The increase in ACFFO was also partially offset by increased distributions to noncontrolling interests in EEP and to redeemable noncontrolling interests in the Fund Group. A higher per unit distribution and the effects of strengthening United States dollar versus the Canadian dollar resulted in greater distributions to noncontrolling interests in EEP during the first half of 2016. Higher distributions to redeemable noncontrolling interests in the Fund Group were a result of a higher per unit distribution and increased public ownership in the Fund Group.

 

NON-GAAP RECONCILIATION – ACFFO

The following table provides a reconciliation of cash provided by operating activities (a GAAP measure) to ACFFO.

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

Nine months ended

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

2016

 

2015

(millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash provided by operating activities - continuing operations

 

922

 

917

 

4,153

 

3,799

Adjusted for changes in operating assets and liabilities1

 

299

 

432

 

90

 

180

 

 

1,221

 

1,349

 

4,243

 

3,979

Distributions to noncontrolling interests

 

(176)

 

(177)

 

(538)

 

(501)

Distributions to redeemable noncontrolling interests

 

(53)

 

(27)

 

(148)

 

(80)

Preference share dividends

 

(73)

 

(72)

 

(217)

 

(214)

Maintenance capital expenditures2

 

(171)

 

(204)

 

(466)

 

(520)

Significant adjusting items:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weather normalization

 

-

 

-

 

6

 

(27)

Project development and transaction costs

 

27

 

35

 

30

 

42

Realized inventory revaluation allowance3

 

(63)

 

(257)

 

(346)

 

(422)

Employee severance and restructuring costs

 

22

 

-

 

30

 

-

Other items

 

118

 

21

 

240

 

21

Available cash flow from operations (ACFFO)

 

852

 

668

 

2,834

 

2,278

 

1             Changes in operating assets and liabilities include changes in environmental liabilities, net of recoveries.

2             Maintenance capital expenditures are expenditures that are required for the ongoing support and maintenance of the existing pipeline system or that are necessary to maintain the service capability of the existing assets (including the replacement of components that are worn, obsolete or completing their useful lives). For the purpose of ACFFO, maintenance capital excludes expenditures that extend asset useful lives, increase capacities from existing levels or reduce costs to enhance revenues or provide enhancements to the service capability of the existing assets.

3             Realized inventory revaluation allowance relates to losses on sale of previously written down inventory for which there is an approximate offsetting realized derivative gain in ACFFO.

 

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RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

 

COMMON SHARE ISSUANCES

On March 1, 2016, the Company completed the issuance of 56.5 million common shares at a price of $40.70 per share for gross proceeds of approximately $2.3 billion. This issuance was inclusive of 7.4 million common shares issued on exercise of the full amount of the underwriters’ over-allotment option. The proceeds were used to reduce short-term indebtedness pending reinvestment in capital projects and are expected to be sufficient to fulfill equity funding requirements for Enbridge’s current commercially secured growth program through the end of 2017.

 

On April 20, 2016, the Company’s affiliate Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc. (ENF) completed a public equity offering of 20.4 million common shares at a price of $28.25 per share (the Offering Price) for gross proceeds of $575 million. Concurrent with the closing of the equity offering, Enbridge subscribed for 5.1 million common shares at a price of $28.25 per share, for total proceeds of $143 million, on a private placement basis to maintain its 19.9% ownership interest in ENF. ENF used the proceeds from the sale of the common shares to subscribe for additional ordinary trust units of the Fund (Fund Units) at the Offering Price. The proceeds from the issuance of the Fund Units will be used to fund the secured growth capital programs of Enbridge Pipelines (Athabasca) Inc. and Enbridge Pipelines Inc. (EPI). Upon closing of the transaction, Enbridge’s total economic interest in the Fund Group, through its ownership of ENF and directly through investment in Fund Group entities, decreased from 89.3% to 86.9%. As at September 30, 2016, Enbridge’s total economic interest in the Fund Group remained at 86.9%.

 

UNITED STATES SPONSORED VEHICLE STRATEGY

On May 2, 2016, EEP announced that it is evaluating opportunities to strengthen its business in light of the current commodity price environment which is particularly impacting the performance of its natural gas gathering and processing assets. As part of this evaluation, EEP is exploring strategic alternatives for its investments in Midcoast Operating Partners, L.P. and Midcoast Energy Partners, L.P. (MEP). These various strategic alternatives may include, but are not necessarily limited to: asset sales; mergers, joint ventures, reorganizations or recapitalizations; and further reductions in operating and capital expenditures.

 

As part of the planned integration of Enbridge and Spectra Energy under the proposed Merger Transaction, the Company’s existing United States sponsored vehicle strategy, which includes EEP and MEP, will be reviewed in context of the combined enterprise. Thus, while the Company continues to progress its strategic evaluation of its two existing United States sponsored vehicles, it is possible that the evaluation and potential execution of any such strategies could be affected by the merger and extend into 2017.

 

LIQUIDS PIPELINES

Disposition of South Prairie Region Assets

On September 29, 2016, EIPLP entered into an agreement to sell the South Prairie Region assets within Feeder Pipelines and Other to an unrelated party for cash proceeds of $1.075 billion, subject to adjustment. The transaction is expected to close at the end of the fourth quarter of 2016.

 

Bakken Pipeline System

On August 2, 2016, Enbridge and EEP announced that EEP had entered into an agreement with MPC to form a new joint venture, which in turn has entered into an agreement to acquire a 49% equity interest in the holding company that owns 75% of the Bakken Pipeline System (the System) from an affiliate of Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. and Sunoco Logistics Partners, L.P. Under this arrangement, EEP and MPC would indirectly hold 75% and 25% interests, respectively, of the joint venture’s 49% interest in the holding company of the System. The purchase price of EEP’s effective 27.6% interest in the System is US$1.5 billion. In September 2016, Enbridge and EEP announced a tentative joint funding arrangement whereby Enbridge is expected to fund 75% of the US$1.5 billion investment. The remaining 25% of the investment is expected to be funded by EEP’s issuance of a new class of limited partner units to Enbridge. Closing of the transaction is subject to a number of customary conditions, not all of which have been met at this time.

 

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Impact of Wildfires in Northeastern Alberta

During the first week of May 2016, extreme wildfires in northeastern Alberta resulted in the shutdown of a number of oil sands production facilities and the evacuation of more than 80,000 people from the city of Fort McMurray, which serves as a commercial and regional logistics centre for the oil sands region and a home to a significant portion of the oil sands workforce.

 

Enbridge’s facilities in the region were largely unaffected; however, as a precautionary measure on May 4, 2016, the Company temporarily shut down and evacuated its Cheecham terminal and curtailed operations at its Athabasca terminal. The Company also isolated and shut down pipelines in and out of the Cheecham terminal and shut down or curtailed operations on other pipelines it operates in the region.

 

The Company coordinated with emergency response, public safety and utility officials to restore power and make any necessary repairs to its systems while working closely with producers in the region, and restarted and returned the majority of its regional pipeline systems to normal operation by the end of May 2016.

 

Oil sands production from facilities in the vicinity of Fort McMurray, Alberta was curtailed longer than originally anticipated, given the severity and longevity of the wildfires, with oil sands production substantially coming back online by the end of June 2016. On average, Enbridge’s mainline system deliveries were lower by approximately 255,000 barrels per day (bpd) during the months of May and June 2016, which represented an approximate 10% decrease in throughput compared with the throughput that the Company was delivering prior to the wildfires. In the third quarter of 2016, throughput on the Company’s mainline system and overall system utilization strengthened. As a result, the negative impact of reduced system deliveries on revenues impacting the Company’s adjusted EBIT and ACFFO for the nine-month period remained unchanged since the end of the second quarter of 2016 at approximately $74 million. The Company’s adjusted earnings and adjusted earnings per share for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 were reduced by $26 million and $0.03, respectively.

 

Lakehead System Line 6B Crude Oil Release

EEP continues to perform necessary remediation, restoration and monitoring of the areas affected by the Line 6B crude oil release. All the initiatives EEP is undertaking in the monitoring and restoration phase are intended to restore the crude oil release area to the satisfaction of the appropriate regulatory authorities.

 

As at September 30, 2016, EEP’s cumulative cost estimate for the Line 6B crude oil release remains at US$1.2 billion ($195 million after-tax attributable to Enbridge). This includes a reduction of estimated remediation efforts offset by an increase in civil penalties under the Clean Water Act of the United States, as described below under Legal and Regulatory Proceedings.

 

Expected losses associated with the Line 6B crude oil release included those costs that were considered probable and that could be reasonably estimated as at September 30, 2016. Despite the efforts EEP has made to ensure the reasonableness of its estimates, there continues to be the potential for EEP to incur additional costs in connection with this crude oil release due to variations in any or all of the cost categories, including modified or revised requirements from regulatory agencies.

 

Insurance Recoveries

EEP is included in the comprehensive insurance program that is maintained by Enbridge for its subsidiaries and affiliates. On May 1 of each year, the commercial liability insurance program is renewed and includes coverage that is consistent with coverage considered customary for its industry and includes coverage for environmental incidents excluding costs for fines and penalties.

 

Enbridge has renewed its comprehensive property and liability insurance programs with a liability program aggregate limit of US$900 million, which includes sudden and accidental pollution liability. The insurance programs are effective May 1, 2016 through April 30, 2017. In the unlikely event that multiple insurable incidents which in aggregate exceed coverage limits occur within the same insurance period, the total insurance coverage will be allocated among Enbridge entities on an equitable basis based on an insurance allocation agreement among Enbridge and its subsidiaries.

 

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A majority of the costs incurred in connection with the crude oil release for Line 6B, other than fines and penalties, are covered by Enbridge’s comprehensive insurance policy that expired on April 30, 2011, which had an aggregate limit of US$650 million for pollution liability for Enbridge and its affiliates. Including EEP’s remediation spending through September 30, 2016, costs related to Line 6B exceeded the limits of the coverage available under this insurance policy. Additionally, fines and penalties would not be covered under prior or existing insurance policies. As at September 30, 2016, EEP has recorded total insurance recoveries of US$547 million ($80 million after-tax attributable to Enbridge) for the Line 6B crude oil release out of the US$650 million aggregate limit. EEP will record receivables for additional amounts it claims for recovery pursuant to its insurance policies during the period it deems recovery to be probable.

 

In March 2013, EEP and Enbridge filed a lawsuit against the insurers of US$145 million of coverage, as one particular insurer is disputing the recovery eligibility for costs related to EEP’s claim on the Line 6B crude oil release and the other remaining insurers asserted that their payment was predicated on the outcome of the recovery from that insurer. EEP received a partial recovery of US$42 million from the other remaining insurers and amended its lawsuit such that it includes only one insurer.

 

Of the remaining US$103 million coverage limit, US$85 million was the subject matter of a lawsuit Enbridge filed against one particular insurer. In March 2015, Enbridge reached an agreement with that insurer to submit the US$85 million claim to binding arbitration. The recovery of the remaining US$18 million is awaiting resolution of that arbitration. While EEP believes that those costs are eligible for recovery, there can be no assurance that EEP will prevail.

 

In addition, and separate from the ongoing Line 6B claim, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, EEP recorded an insurance recovery of US$10 million ($1 million after-tax attributable to Enbridge) associated with Line 6A Romeoville crude oil release, which occurred in 2010. This is the total insurance recovery available for that incident.

 

Legal and Regulatory Proceedings

A number of United States governmental agencies and regulators have initiated investigations into the Line 6B crude oil release. Three actions or claims are pending against Enbridge, EEP or their affiliates in United States state courts in connection with the Line 6B crude oil release. Based on the current status of these cases, the Company does not expect the outcome of these actions to be material to the Company’s results of operations or financial condition.

 

Line 6B Fines and Penalties

As at September 30, 2016, included in EEP’s total estimated costs related to the Line 6B crude oil release were US$69 million in fines and penalties. Of this amount, US$61 million relates to civil penalties under the Clean Water Act of the United States, which EEP fully accrued.

 

Consent Decree

On July 20, 2016, a Consent Decree was filed with the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan Southern Division (the Court). The Consent Decree is EEP’s signed settlement agreement with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the United States Department of Justice regarding Lines 6A and 6B crude oil releases. Pursuant to the Consent Decree, EEP will pay US$62 million in civil penalties: US$61 million in respect of Line 6B and US$1 million in respect of Line 6A. The Consent Decree will take effect upon approval by the Court.

 

In addition to the monetary fines and penalties discussed above, the Consent Decree calls for replacement of Line 3, which EEP initiated in 2014 and is currently under regulatory review in the State of Minnesota as described in Growth Projects – Commercially Secured Projects – Liquids Pipelines – Line 3 Replacement Program – United States Line 3 Replacement Program (EEP). The Consent Decree contains a variety of injunctive measures, including, but not limited to, enhancements to EEP’s comprehensive in-line inspection-based spill prevention program; enhanced measures to protect the Straits of Mackinac; improved leak detection requirements; installation of new valves to control product loss in the event of an incident; continued enhancement of control room operations; and improved spill response capabilities. Collectively, these measures build on continuous improvements implemented since 2010 to EEP’s leak detection program, control centre operations and emergency response program. EEP estimates the total cost of these measures to be approximately US$110 million, most of which is already incorporated into existing long-term capital investment and operational expense planning and guidance. Compliance with the terms of the Consent Decree is not expected to materially impact the overall financial performance of EEP or the Company.

 

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Seaway Pipeline Regulatory Matters

Seaway Crude Pipeline System (Seaway Pipeline) filed an application for market-based rates in December 2011. In February 2014, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) rejected Seaway Pipeline’s application but also set out a new methodology based on recent appellate court rulings for determining whether a pipeline has market power and invited Seaway Pipeline to refile its market-based rate application consistent with the new policy. In December 2014, Seaway Pipeline filed a new market-based rates application. Several parties filed comments in opposition alleging that the application should be denied because Seaway Pipeline has market power in both its receipt and destination markets. On September 17, 2015, the FERC set the application for hearing. The case was assigned to an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ). The oral hearing with respect to the application began on July 7, 2016 and concluded on July 11, 2016. The ALJ will issue an initial decision on the application by December 1, 2016. The ALJ’s initial decision will then be considered by the FERC Commissioners, who can accept or reject the initial decision in full or in part. It is unclear when the FERC Commissioners’ decision with respect to market based rates will be received as there is no timing requirement applicable to it.

 

Additionally, in a February 1, 2016 order, the FERC upheld Seaway Pipeline’s current committed rate structure and reversed a prior ALJ decision reducing those rates to cost-based levels. With respect to the uncommitted rates, the FERC permitted Seaway Pipeline to include the full Enbridge purchase price (including goodwill) in rate base. FERC’s other cost-of-service rulings regarding the uncommitted rates were also largely favourable to Seaway Pipeline. A compliance filing calculating revised rates was filed on March 17, 2016. The FERC accepted the compliance filing by order dated August 17, 2016. Seaway Pipeline has filed new uncommitted rates in accordance with that order. Going forward, Seaway Pipeline’s uncommitted rates may be adjusted annually based on the FERC index, unless and until the FERC approves Seaway Pipeline’s application for market-based ratemaking authority.

 

GAS PIPELINES AND PROCESSING

Aux Sable Legal Matter

On October 14, 2016, an amended claim was filed against Aux Sable by a counterparty to an NGL supply agreement. While the final outcome of this action cannot be predicted with certainty, at this time management believes that the ultimate resolution of this action will not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.

 

Aux Sable Environmental Protection Agency Matter

In September 2014, Aux Sable received a Notice and Finding of Violation (NFOV) from the EPA for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act related to the Leak Detection and Repair program, and related provisions of the Clean Air Act permit for Aux Sable’s Channahon, Illinois facility. As part of the ongoing process of responding to the September 2014 NFOV, Aux Sable discovered what it believed to be an exceedance of currently permitted limits for Volatile Organic Material. In April 2015, a second NFOV from the EPA was received in connection with this potential exceedance. Aux Sable engaged in discussions with the EPA to evaluate the impacts and ultimate resolution of these issues. On May 20, 2016, Aux Sable received a draft Consent Decree from the EPA and settlement discussions are ongoing. The final settlement amount is not expected to be material.

 

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GAS DISTRIBUTION

Enbridge Gas New Brunswick Inc. – Regulatory Matters

In February 2016, a trial of the action initiated on February 4, 2014 by Enbridge Gas New Brunswick Inc. (EGNB) against the Government of New Brunswick was heard by the New Brunswick courts.  The action seeks damages for improper extinguishment of a deferred regulatory asset that was eliminated from EGNB’s Consolidated Statements of Financial Position in 2012, due to legislative and regulatory changes enacted by the Government of New Brunswick in that year. There has been no decision yet issued on the matter and the litigants have requested that the New Brunswick courts temporarily refrain from issuing a decision, to allow time to evaluate a possible settlement of the matter. The litigants have committed to a framework of settlement and are working through the necessary negotiations and details to make it effective.

 

There is no assurance that this or any other action presently maintained by EGNB against the Province of New Brunswick will be successful or will result in any recovery.

 

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GROWTH PROJECTS – COMMERCIALLY SECURED PROJECTS

 

The following table summarizes the current status of the Company’s commercially secured projects, organized by business segment.

 

 

Estimated
Capital Cost
1

Expenditures
to Date
2

Expected
In-Service
Date

Status

(Canadian dollars, unless stated otherwise)

 

 

 

 

LIQUIDS PIPELINES

 

 

 

 

1.

Eastern Access (EEP) 3

US$0.3 billion

US$0.3 billion

2016

Complete

2.

JACOS Hangingstone Project (the Fund Group)

$0.2 billion

$0.1 billion

2017

Under

construction

3.

Regional Oil Sands Optimization Project (the Fund Group)

$2.6 billion

$2.1 billion

2017

Under

construction

4.

Norlite Pipeline System (the Fund Group)4

$1.3 billion

$0.6 billion

2017

Under

construction

5.

Lakehead System Mainline Expansion (EEP)3

US$0.8 billion

US$0.7 billion

2016-2019

(in phases)

Under

construction

6.

Canadian Line 3 Replacement Program (the Fund Group)5

$4.9 billion

$1.5 billion

2019

Pre-

construction

7.

U.S. Line 3 Replacement Program (EEP)5

US$2.6 billion

US$0.4 billion

2019

Pre-

construction

8.

Sandpiper Project (EEP)6

US$2.6 billion

US$0.8 billion

Application

withdrawn

Application

withdrawn

GAS DISTRIBUTION

 

 

 

 

9.

Greater Toronto Area Project

$0.9 billion

$0.9 billion

2016

Complete

GAS PIPELINES AND PROCESSING

 

 

 

 

10.

Walker Ridge Gas Gathering System

US$0.4 billion

US$0.3 billion

2014-TBD

(in phases)

Complete

11.

Big Foot Oil Pipeline

US$0.2 billion

US$0.2 billion

TBD

Complete

12.

Eaglebine Gathering (EEP)

US$0.2 billion

US$0.1 billion

2015-TBD

(in phases)

Complete

(Phase 1)

13.

Heidelberg Oil Pipeline

US$0.1 billion

US$0.1 billion

2016

Complete

14.

Tupper Main and Tupper West Gas Plants

$0.5 billion

$0.5 billion

2016

Acquisition

completed

15.

Aux Sable Extraction Plant Expansion

US$0.1 billion

US$0.1 billion

2016

Complete

16.

Stampede Oil Pipeline

US$0.2 billion

US$0.1 billion

2018

Under

construction

GREEN POWER AND TRANSMISSION

 

 

 

 

17.

New Creek Wind Project

US$0.2 billion

US$0.1 billion

2016

Under

construction

18.

Chapman Ranch Wind Project

US$0.4 billion

US$0.1 billion

2017

Under

construction

19.

Rampion Offshore Wind Project

$0.8 billion

(£0.37 billion)

$0.3 billion

(£0.15 billion)

2018

Under

construction

1

These amounts are estimates and are subject to upward or downward adjustment based on various factors. Where appropriate, the amounts reflect Enbridge’s share of joint venture projects.

2

Expenditures to date reflect total cumulative expenditures incurred from inception of the project up to September 30, 2016.

 

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3

The Eastern Access and Lakehead System Mainline Expansion projects are funded 75% by Enbridge and 25% by EEP.

4

Enbridge will construct and operate the Norlite Pipeline System (Norlite). Keyera Corp. will fund 30% of the project.

5

As discussed under Line 3 Replacement Program below, the expected cost and in-service date of this project is under review by the Company in light of the schedule for regulatory review and approval communicated by the MNPUC on October 28, 2016.

6

The Company planned to construct and operate Sandpiper with MPC funding 37.5% of the project. However, on October 28, 2016, the MNPUC approved EEP’s application to withdraw the Sandpiper regulatory applications without conditions.

 

The description of each of the above projects is provided in the Company’s 2015 annual MD&A. Any significant updates since February 19, 2016, the date of the original filing of the Company’s MD&A for the year ended December 31, 2015, are discussed below.

 

LIQUIDS PIPELINES

Eastern Access (EEP)

The Eastern Access initiative included a series of Enbridge and EEP crude oil pipeline projects to provide increased access to refineries in the upper midwest United States and eastern Canada. The majority of the Canadian and United States components of the Eastern Access initiative were completed between 2013 and 2015. The remaining component of the Eastern Access initiative involved a further upsizing of EEP’s Line 6B. The Line 6B capacity expansion from Griffith, Indiana to Stockbridge, Michigan increased capacity from 500,000 bpd to 570,000 bpd and included pump station modifications at the Griffith, Niles and Mendon stations, additional modifications at the Griffith and Stockbridge terminals and breakout tankage at Stockbridge. This expansion was placed into service in June 2016 at a total cost of approximately US$0.3 billion.

 

The Eastern Access projects undertaken by EEP were funded 75% by Enbridge and 25% by EEP. EEP will have the option to increase its economic interest by up to an additional 15% at cost through the June 2017 anniversary of the in-service date. In July 2015, Enbridge and EEP reached an agreement to forego distributions to Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership (EELP) for its interests in the Eastern Access projects until the second quarter of 2016. EELP holds partnership interests in assets that are jointly funded by Enbridge and EEP, including the Eastern Access projects. In return, until the second quarter of 2016, Enbridge’s capital funding contribution requirements to the Eastern Access projects were offset against its foregone cash distribution.

 

JACOS Hangingstone Project (the Fund Group)

The Company is undertaking the construction of facilities, which will provide transportation services to the Japan Canada Oil Sands Limited (JACOS) Hangingstone Oil Sands Project (JACOS Hangingstone). The project, which will provide capacity of 40,000 bpd, has been delayed at the shippers’ request and is targeted to enter service in the first quarter of 2017. The estimated cost of the project remains at approximately $0.2 billion, with expenditures to date of approximately $0.1 billion.

 

Norlite Pipeline System (the Fund Group)

The Company is undertaking the development of Norlite, a new industry diluent pipeline originating from Edmonton, Alberta to meet the needs of multiple producers in the Athabasca oil sands region. Based on current engineering design, the project is now expected to provide an initial capacity of approximately 218,000 bpd of diluent, with the potential to be further expanded to approximately 465,000 bpd of capacity.

 

Lakehead System Mainline Expansion (EEP)

The Lakehead System Mainline Expansion includes several projects to expand capacity of the Lakehead System mainline between its origin at the Canada/United States border, near Neche, North Dakota, and Flanagan, Illinois. These projects are in addition to expansions of the Lakehead System mainline being undertaken as part of the Eastern Access initiative and include the expansion of Alberta Clipper (Line 67) and Southern Access (Line 61) and the construction of the Spearhead North Twin pipeline (Line 78). The expansion of Line 67 and construction of Line 78 were completed in 2015.

 

The Alberta Clipper expansion remains subject to an amendment to the current Presidential border crossing permit to allow for operation of Line 67 at its currently planned operating capacity of 800,000 bpd. The timing of receipt of the amendment to the Presidential border crossing permit to allow for increased flow on Alberta Clipper across the border cannot be determined at this time. A number of temporary system optimization actions have been undertaken to substantially mitigate any impact on throughput associated with any delays in obtaining this amendment.

 

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The remaining scope of the Lakehead System Mainline Expansion includes the Southern Access expansion between Superior, Wisconsin and Flanagan, Illinois. Included therein was additional tankage of approximately US$0.4 billion which was completed on various dates between the third quarter of 2015 and the third quarter of 2016. In addition, the expansion to increase the pipeline capacity to 1,200,000 bpd requires only the addition of pumping horsepower with no pipeline construction and is expected to cost approximately US$0.4 billion. In conjunction with shippers, a decision was made to delay the in-service date of this phase of the Southern Access expansion to 2019 to align more closely with the anticipated in-service date for the United States portion of the Line 3 Replacement Program (U.S. L3R Program). The expenditures incurred to date are approximately US$0.7 billion.

 

EEP will operate the project on a cost-of-service basis. The Lakehead System Mainline Expansion is funded 75% by Enbridge and 25% by EEP. EEP has the option to increase its economic interest held by up to an additional 15% at cost. In July 2015, Enbridge and EEP reached an agreement to forego distributions to EELP for its interests in the Lakehead System Mainline Expansion until the second quarter of 2016. EELP holds partnership interests in assets that are jointly funded by Enbridge and EEP, including the Lakehead System Mainline Expansion. In return, until the second quarter of 2016, Enbridge’s capital funding contribution requirements to the Lakehead System Mainline Expansion were offset against its foregone cash distribution.

 

Line 3 Replacement Program

In 2014, Enbridge and EEP jointly announced that shipper support was received for investment in the Line 3 Replacement Program (L3R Program). The L3R Program includes the Canadian portion of the L3R Program (Canadian L3R Program) and the U.S. L3R Program.

 

Canadian Line 3 Replacement Program (the Fund Group)

The Canadian L3R Program will complement existing integrity programs by replacing approximately 1,084 kilometres (673 miles) of the remaining line segments of the existing Line 3 pipeline between Hardisty, Alberta and Gretna, Manitoba.

 

Several months prior to the National Energy Board (NEB) hearing held in 2015, Enbridge reached a settlement agreement with landowner associations representing Line 3 landowners in Canada and as a result these parties withdrew from the hearing process and have expressed their support for the project. The general terms of the settlement agreements were applied to all landowners directly impacted by the project, resulting in the resolution of nearly all outstanding landowner concerns. The NEB found these agreements and the resolution of outstanding concerns with nearly all potentially impacted landowners to be a persuasive factor in favour of the reasonableness of Enbridge’s decommissioning plan.

 

In April 2016, the NEB found that the Canadian L3R Program is in the Canadian public interest and issued final conditions and a recommendation to the Federal Cabinet (the Cabinet) to issue a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (the Certificate) for the construction and operation of the pipeline and related facilities. A decision by the Cabinet was expected to be issued three months following the NEB recommendation per legislation. However, because of the Federal Government’s January 27, 2016 announcement that, outside of the NEB process it has directed Federal agencies to conduct an assessment of direct and upstream greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and incremental consultation with affected communities and Indigenous peoples, the Minister of Natural Resources sought an extension of four months to the Government’s legislated decision-making time limit (to seven months in total). As a result, Enbridge anticipates a decision from the Cabinet by the end of November 2016 and the issuance of the Certificate by the NEB in the days following the Cabinet decision.

 

Also in April 2016, Environment and Climate Change Canada published a draft review of related upstream GHG emissions estimates for Enbridge’s Canadian L3R Program and opened a 30 day public comment period on the draft, which closed in May 2016 with six parties providing comments on the draft report. The draft review estimates that the upstream GHG emissions in Canada associated with the production and processing of crude oil transported by the Canadian L3R Program, based on a capacity of 760,000 bpd, could be between 19 and 26 megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year. The draft also found that the estimated emissions are not necessarily incremental; the degree to which the estimated emissions would be incremental depends on the expected price of oil, the availability and costs of other transportation modes, such as crude by rail, and whether other pipeline projects are built. On May 25, 2016, the Federal consultation process on the Canadian L3R Program was expanded with Natural Resources Canada undertaking consultations with Indigenous peoples impacted by the Canadian L3R Program and posting an online questionnaire to solicit input from interested and/or impacted parties. The results of these two efforts will be combined with the results of the GHG study and are expected to be presented to the Cabinet for deliberation in the fall of 2016 prior to the Cabinet making its decision on whether to approve the project.

 

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Subject to regulatory and other approvals, the Canadian L3R Program is targeted to be completed in early 2019 at an estimated capital cost of approximately $4.9 billion, with expenditures to date of approximately $1.5 billion. With a delay in construction arising from a longer than anticipated permitting process, the cost of this project is expected to increase. Also, in view of the MNPUC’s decision in respect of the schedule for the remainder of the regulatory approval process for the U.S. L3R Program, as discussed in United States Line 3 Replacement Program (EEP) below, the Company is reviewing the expected impact on the Canadian L3R Program’s schedule and cost estimates. It is possible that the in-service date could be delayed, at least until later in 2019. Costs of the Canadian L3R Program will be recovered through a 15-year toll surcharge mechanism under the Competitive Toll Settlement (CTS).

 

United States Line 3 Replacement Program (EEP)

The U.S. L3R Program will complement existing integrity programs by replacing approximately 576 kilometres (358 miles) of the remaining line segments of the existing Line 3 pipeline between Neche, North Dakota and Superior, Wisconsin.

 

EEP is in the process of obtaining the appropriate permits for constructing the U.S. L3R Program in Minnesota. The project requires both a Certificate of Need and an approval of the pipeline’s route (Route Permit) from the MNPUC. The MNPUC found both the Certificate of Need and Route Permit applications for the U.S. L3R Program through Minnesota to be complete and sent the Certificate of Need docket to the ALJ for a pre-hearing meeting to establish a schedule. With respect to the Route Permit, the Minnesota Department of Commerce (DOC) held public scoping meetings in August 2015.

 

On February 1, 2016, the MNPUC issued a written order (the U.S. L3R Order) joining the Line 3 Certificate of Need and Route Permit dockets, requiring the DOC to prepare a final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) before Certificate of Need and Route Permit processes commence, and sent the cases to the Office of Administrative Hearings with direction to re-start the process. On February 5, 2016, EEP filed a Petition for Reconsideration of the requirement to provide a final EIS ahead of the commencement of the Certificate of Need and Route Permit proceedings noted in the U.S. L3R Order. At a hearing held on March 24, 2016, the MNPUC denied the Petition for Reconsideration.

 

With the issuance of the Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) on April 11, 2016, the MNPUC commenced the EIS process. Consultation regarding the EAW, which defines the scope of the EIS, commenced with a series of public meetings in communities in Minnesota on April 25, 2016, which concluded on May 13, 2016. The DOC addressed the comments received on the draft EIS scope and issued its scoping recommendations to the MNPUC on September 22, 2016.

 

Three external parties filed motions requesting that the scoping process be re-opened or that a comment period be established because of the issuance of the Consent Decree settling the Line 6B pipeline crude oil release in Marshall, Michigan and the withdrawal of regulatory applications pending with the MNPUC with respect to the Sandpiper pipeline project discussed below. EEP filed a reply challenging the need to re-open the scoping process indicating that neither of these events warrants further extension of time. The motions filed by the external parties were considered and denied by the MNPUC at a hearing held on October 28, 2016.

 

At the hearing on October 28, 2016, the MNPUC also finalized the scope of the EIS and established a firm date by which it must be completed, thereby providing much greater clarity with respect to the process and timeline for the regulatory approval of the U.S. L3R Program in Minnesota. The MNPUC’s decision will be confirmed in a written order expected to be issued by the MNPUC shortly. EEP currently is evaluating the impact of the decision on the cost and in-service date of this project. It is possible, under the schedule approved by the MNPUC, that the in-service date could be delayed, at least until later in 2019. The assessment of the impact of the decision is ongoing and EEP will review the written order when issued and seek to further clarify the impact on the overall project schedule at that time.

 

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The U.S. L3R Program will be jointly funded by Enbridge and EEP at participation levels that are subject to finalization. EEP will recover the costs based on its existing Facilities Surcharge Mechanism with the initial term of the agreement being 15 years. For the purpose of the toll surcharge, the agreement specifies a 30-year recovery of the capital based on a cost-of-service methodology.

 

Sandpiper Project (EEP)

On September 1, 2016, EEP announced that it applied for the withdrawal of regulatory applications for Sandpiper pending with the MNPUC because EEP concluded that the project should be delayed until such time as crude oil production in North Dakota recovers sufficiently to support development of new pipeline capacity. Based on updated projections, EEP expects that this pipeline capacity will not likely be needed until beyond its current five-year planning horizon. On October 28, 2016, the MNPUC approved EEP’s application to withdraw the regulatory applications without conditions.

 

In connection with the above announcement and other factors, EEP also evaluated Sandpiper for impairment and determined that the project was impaired. In the third quarter of 2016, EEP recorded an asset impairment of US$763 million, including related project costs. Of the total amount, US$270 million was allocated to MPC, EEP’s partner in Sandpiper, and US$493 million was attributable to EEP’s unit holders. The Company’s Consolidated Statements of Earnings for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 included a gross charge of $1,000 million, of which $871 million was attributable to noncontrolling interests in EEP and MPC and $81 million after-tax attributable to Enbridge’s common shareholders.

 

As part of the Light Oil Market Access Program initiative, EEP planned to undertake Sandpiper, which would have expanded and extended EEP’s North Dakota feeder system. The Bakken takeaway capacity of the North Dakota System would have been expanded by 225,000 bpd to a total of 580,000 bpd. The proposed expansion involved construction of a 965-kilometre (600-mile) line from Beaver Lodge Station near Tioga, North Dakota to the Superior, Wisconsin mainline system terminal. The new line would have twinned the existing 210,000 bpd North Dakota System mainline, which now terminates at Clearbrook Terminal in Minnesota, by adding 250,000 bpd of capacity between Tioga and Berthold, North Dakota and 225,000 bpd of capacity between Berthold and Clearbrook, both with new 24-inch diameter pipelines, as well as adding 375,000 bpd of capacity between Clearbrook and Superior with a new 30-inch diameter pipeline.

 

GAS DISTRIBUTION

Greater Toronto Area (GTA) Project

EGD undertook the expansion of its natural gas distribution system in the GTA to meet the demands of growth and to continue the safe and reliable delivery of natural gas to current and future customers. The GTA project involved the construction of two new segments of pipeline, a 27-kilometre (17-mile), 42-inch diameter pipeline (Western segment) and a 23-kilometre (14-mile), 36-inch diameter pipeline (Eastern segment) as well as related facilities to upgrade the existing distribution system that delivers natural gas to several municipalities in the GTA. Both the Western and Eastern segments were placed into service in March 2016. The total project cost, which includes installation and upgrade of two additional stations through 2017, is estimated to be approximately $0.9 billion, with expenditures incurred to date of approximately $0.9 billion.

 

GAS PIPELINES AND PROCESSING

Tupper Main and Tupper West Gas Plants

In April 2016, Enbridge completed the acquisition of the Tupper Plants and associated pipelines from a Canadian subsidiary of Murphy Oil Corporation for a purchase price of approximately $0.5 billion. The Tupper Plants have a combined total licensed capacity of 320 million cubic feet per day and are located within the Montney gas play, 35 kilometres (22 miles) southwest of Dawson Creek, British Columbia, adjacent to Enbridge’s existing Sexsmith gathering system and close to the Alliance Pipeline, which is 50% owned by the Fund Group. These assets, including 53 kilometres (33 miles) of high pressure pipelines, are currently in operation and are underpinned by long-term take-or-pay contracts.

 

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Aux Sable Extraction Plant Expansion

In September 2016, the Company completed the expansion of fractionation capacity and related facilities at the Aux Sable extraction and fractionation plant located in Channahon, Illinois. The expansion provides approximately 24,500 bpd of incremental fractionation capacity and will serve the growing NGL-rich gas stream on the Alliance Pipeline, allow for effective management of Alliance Pipeline’s downstream natural gas heat content and support additional production and sale of NGL products. The Company’s share of the project cost was approximately US$0.1 billion.

 

GREEN POWER AND TRANSMISSION

Chapman Ranch Wind Project

On September 9, 2016, Enbridge acquired a 100% interest in the 249-megawatts Chapman Ranch Wind Project (Chapman Ranch), located in Nueces County, Texas, from Apex Clean Energy Holdings, LLC. Enbridge’s total investment is expected to be approximately US$0.4 billion, with expenditures incurred to date of approximately US$0.1 billion. Chapman Ranch will consist of 81 Acciona Windpower North America, LLC (Acciona) turbines and is expected to be in service in 2017. The project will be constructed under a fixed-price engineering, procurement and construction agreement, with Renewable Energy Systems America Inc. Acciona will provide turbine operations and maintenance services under a five-year fixed-price contract with an option to extend. The project is backed by a 12-year offtake agreement.

 

OTHER ANNOUNCED PROJECTS UNDER DEVELOPMENT

 

The following project has been announced by the Company, but has not yet met Enbridge’s criteria to be classified as commercially secured. The Company also has additional attractive projects under development that have not yet progressed to the point of public announcement.

 

LIQUIDS PIPELINES

Northern Gateway Project

Northern Gateway Project (Northern Gateway) involves constructing a twin 1,178-kilometre (731-mile) pipeline system from near Edmonton, Alberta to a new marine terminal in Kitimat, British Columbia. One pipeline would transport crude oil for export from the Edmonton area to Kitimat and is proposed to be a 36-inch diameter line with an initial capacity of 525,000 bpd. The other pipeline would be used to transport imported condensate from Kitimat to the Edmonton area and is proposed to be a 20-inch diameter line with an initial capacity of 193,000 bpd.

 

In June 2014, the Governor in Council (GIC) approved Northern Gateway, subject to 209 conditions following the recommendation from the Joint Review Panel (JRP). Nine applications to the Federal Court of Appeal (Federal Court) for leave for judicial review of the Order in Council approving the project were filed in July 2014. The applicants made two basic arguments in seeking leave. First, they argued that the JRP report and the Order in Council contain evidentiary gaps or gaps in reasoning. Second, they alleged that the Crown failed to discharge its constitutional duty to consult and, if appropriate, accommodate the Aboriginal applicants.

 

The Federal Court consolidated the nine applications into one proceeding. The hearing of these applications commenced in Vancouver, British Columbia, on October 1, 2015 and concluded on October 8, 2015. The decision of the Federal Court was released on June 30, 2016. The Federal Court found that for the most part the environmental review and Aboriginal consultation processes were reasonable, and the legal challenges to those aspects of the process were dismissed. However, the Federal Court found the Phase IV Crown consultation process was unacceptably flawed, and for that reason it quashed the Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity (the Certificates) and sent the matter back to the GIC for redetermination.

 

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The GIC options include redoing the Phase IV consultation, after which it can direct the NEB to issue the Certificates, direct the NEB to dismiss the application for the Certificates, or it can remit the matter back to the NEB for further consideration. The GIC has stated that it will make a redetermination decision by November 25, 2016.

 

The deadline for seeking Leave to Appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada was September 22, 2016. Neither Northern Gateway nor the Federal Government sought leave to appeal. Only one party from the Federal Court proceeding has sought leave to appeal of the Federal Court’s dismissal of its challenge to the JRP Report. Northern Gateway expects that the Supreme Court of Canada will release its decision on this leave application in the first quarter of 2017.

 

On July 8, 2016, the NEB informed Northern Gateway that in light of the Federal Court decision, it was suspending indefinitely its consideration of all filings related to the conditions attached to the Certificates.

 

The Company continues to work closely with its customers in advancing this project to open West Coast market access and also continues to build relationships and trust with communities and Aboriginal groups along the proposed route.

 

The Company previously reviewed an updated cost estimate of Northern Gateway based on full engineering analysis of the pipeline route and terminal location. Based on this comprehensive review, the Company expects that the final cost of the project will be substantially higher than the preliminary cost figures included in the Northern Gateway filing with the JRP, which reflected a preliminary estimate prepared in 2004 and escalated to 2010. The drivers behind this substantial increase include the significant costs associated with escalation of labour and construction costs, satisfying the 209 conditions imposed in the initial GIC approval, a larger portion of high cost pipeline terrain, more extensive terminal site rock excavations and a delayed anticipated in-service date. Expenditures to date, which relate primarily to the regulatory process, are approximately $0.6 billion, of which approximately half is being funded by potential shippers on Northern Gateway.

 

The in-service date of the project will be dependent upon the timing and outcome of an Appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada, if any, continued commercial support, receipt of regulatory and other approvals and adequately addressing landowner and local community concerns (including those of Aboriginal communities). Of the 48 Aboriginal groups eligible to participate as equity owners, 31 have signed up to do so.

 

Given the many uncertainties surrounding Northern Gateway, including final ownership structure, the potential financial impact of the project cannot be determined at this time.

 

The JRP posts public filings related to Northern Gateway on its website at http://gatewaypanel.review-examen.gc.ca/clf-nsi/hm-eng.html and Northern Gateway also maintains a website at www.northerngateway.ca where the full regulatory application submitted to the NEB, the 2010 Enbridge Northern Gateway Community Social Responsibility Report and the December 19, 2013 Report of the JRP on the Northern Gateway Application are available. Unless otherwise specifically stated, none of the information contained on, or connected to, the JRP website or the Northern Gateway website is incorporated by reference in, or otherwise part of, this MD&A.

 

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FINANCIAL RESULTS

 

LIQUIDS PIPELINES

Earnings before Interest and Income Taxes

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

Nine months ended

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

2016

 

2015

(millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canadian Mainline

 

206

 

246

 

692

 

626

Lakehead System

 

331

 

278

 

1,043

 

811

Regional Oil Sands System

 

105

 

83

 

286

 

253

Mid-Continent and Gulf Coast

 

163

 

149

 

504

 

355

Southern Lights Pipeline

 

44

 

41

 

124

 

113

Bakken System

 

48

 

53

 

156

 

162

Feeder Pipelines and Other

 

44

 

45

 

142

 

115

Adjusted earnings before interest and income taxes

 

941

 

895

 

2,947

 

2,435

Canadian Mainline - changes in unrealized derivative fair value gains/(loss)

 

(7)

 

(697)

 

549

 

(1,271)

Canadian Mainline - Line 9B costs incurred during reversal

 

-

 

(1)

 

-

 

(3)

Lakehead System - changes in unrealized derivative fair value gains/(loss)

 

1

 

1

 

(4)

 

(7)

Lakehead System - hydrostatic testing

 

2

 

(49)

 

14

 

(49)

Lakehead System - leak remediation costs

 

-

 

-

 

(21)

 

-

Lakehead System - leak insurance recovery

 

13

 

-

 

13

 

-

Regional Oil Sands System - northeastern Alberta wildfires pipelines and facilities restart costs

 

(18)

 

-

 

(39)

 

-

Regional Oil Sands System - make-up rights adjustment

 

3

 

(2)

 

(31)

 

12

Regional Oil Sands System - leak insurance recoveries

 

-

 

-

 

5

 

12

Regional Oil Sands System - leak remediation and long-term pipeline stabilization costs

 

-

 

1

 

-

 

(7)

Regional Oil Sands System - loss on disposal of non-core assets

 

-

 

(9)

 

-

 

(9)

Regional Oil Sands System - prior period adjustment

 

-

 

21

 

-

 

21

Mid-Continent and Gulf Coast - changes in unrealized derivative fair value loss

 

-

 

(1)

 

(1)

 

(5)

Mid-Continent and Gulf Coast - make-up rights adjustment

 

(19)

 

(2)

 

(97)

 

(7)

Southern Lights Pipeline - changes in unrealized derivative fair value gains/(loss)

 

(1)

 

(46)

 

25

 

(79)

Bakken System - Sandpiper asset impairment

 

(1,000)

 

-

 

(1,000)

 

-

Bakken System - make-up rights adjustment

 

1

 

-

 

1

 

8

Bakken System - changes in unrealized derivative fair value gains/(loss)

 

-

 

1

 

(3)

 

(3)

Feeder Pipelines and Other - investment impairment loss

 

(2)

 

-

 

(178)

 

-

Feeder Pipelines and Other - derecognition of regulatory balances

 

-

 

-

 

(6)

 

-

Feeder Pipelines and Other - gain on sale of non-core assets

 

-

 

69

 

-

 

91

Feeder Pipelines and Other - make-up rights adjustment

 

(1)

 

(1)

 

(3)

 

(6)

Feeder Pipelines and Other - project development costs

 

-

 

(1)

 

(3)

 

(2)

Earnings/(loss) before interest and income taxes

 

(87)

 

179

 

2,168

 

1,131

 

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Additional details on items impacting Liquids Pipelines EBIT include:

·                  Canadian Mainline EBIT for each period reflected changes in unrealized fair value gains and losses on derivative financial instruments used to manage risk exposures inherent within the CTS, namely foreign exchange, power cost variability and allowance oil commodity prices.

·                  Lakehead System EBIT for 2016 included recoveries, as well as charges in 2015, in relation to hydrostatic testing performed on Line 2B in 2015.

·                  Lakehead System EBIT for 2016 included charges related to estimated costs, before insurance recoveries, associated with the Line 6B crude oil release, as well as insurance recoveries associated with the Line 6A crude oil release. Refer to Recent Developments – Liquids Pipelines – Lakehead System Line 6B Crude Oil Release.

·                  Regional Oil Sands System EBIT for each period included make-up rights adjustments to recognize revenue for certain long-term take-or-pay contracts rateably over the contract life. For the purposes of adjusted EBIT, the Company reflects contributions from these contracts rateably over the life of the contract, consistent with contractual cash payments under the contract.

·                  Regional Oil Sands System EBIT for 2016 and 2015 included insurance recoveries, as well as charges in 2015, associated with the Line 37 crude oil release which occurred in June 2013.

·                  Southern Lights Pipeline EBIT for each period reflected changes in unrealized fair value gains and losses on derivative financial instruments used to manage foreign exchange risk exposure on United States dollar cash flows from the Southern Lights Class A units.

·                  Bakken System loss before interest and income taxes for 2016 reflected impairment charges, including related project costs, on EEP’s Sandpiper resulting from the withdrawal of the regulatory applications in September 2016 that were pending with the MNPUC. For additional information, refer to Growth Projects – Commercially Secured Projects – Liquids Pipelines – Sandpiper Project (EEP).

·                  Feeder Pipelines and Other loss before interest and income taxes for 2016 included impairment charges related to Enbridge’s 75% joint venture interest in Eddystone Rail attributable to market conditions which impacted volumes at the rail facility.

 

Canadian Mainline

Canadian Mainline adjusted EBIT increased for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 compared with the corresponding 2015 period. Positively impacting adjusted EBIT was higher throughput driven by strong oil sands production combined with contributions from new assets placed into service in 2015, the most prominent being the expansion of the Company’s mainline system completed in the third quarter of 2015 and the reversal and expansion of Line 9B completed in the fourth quarter of 2015, as well as new surcharges for certain system expansions, including the Edmonton to Hardisty Expansion that was completed in the second quarter of 2015. Higher throughput on the Canadian Mainline also reflected increased downstream demand in the first nine months of 2016 from the completion of the Southern Access Extension in the fourth quarter of 2015. Adjusted EBIT from Southern Access Extension is reported within Feeder Pipelines and Other. Higher terminalling revenues also contributed to an increase in adjusted EBIT for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.

 

The positive effect of increased capacity on Canadian Mainline throughput discussed above was partially offset in the second quarter of 2016 by the impact of extreme wildfires in northeastern Alberta. The wildfires resulted in a curtailment of production from oil sands facilities and certain of the Company’s upstream pipelines and terminal facilities were temporarily shut down resulting in a disruption of service on Enbridge’s Regional Oil Sands System with corresponding impacts on deliveries to Enbridge’s downstream pipelines, including the Canadian Mainline. During the third quarter of 2016, throughput on the Company’s mainline system and overall system utilization strengthened. The impact of the wildfires for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 on Canadian Mainline adjusted EBIT has remained unchanged since the end of the second quarter of 2016 at approximately $30 million. For further details on the wildfires, refer to Recent Developments – Liquids Pipelines – Impact of Wildfires in Northeastern Alberta.

 

Period-over-period growth in Canadian Mainline adjusted EBIT was also affected by a lower average Canadian Mainline IJT Residual Benchmark Toll. Effective April 1, 2016, Canadian Mainline IJT Residual Benchmark Toll decreased from US$1.63 to US$1.46, which more than offset the effects of the higher toll charged during the first quarter of 2016. Effective July 1, 2016, Canadian Mainline IJT Residual Benchmark Toll increased slightly to US$1.47.

 

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In addition, Canadian Mainline adjusted EBIT reflected the impact of a lower period-over-period exchange rate used to record the Canadian Mainline revenues. The IJT Benchmark Toll and its components are set in United States dollars and the majority of the Company’s foreign exchange risk on Canadian Mainline revenue is hedged. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, the effective hedged rate for the translation of Canadian Mainline United States dollar transactional revenues was $1.047 and $1.067, respectively, compared with $1.113 and $1.097 for the corresponding 2015 periods.

 

In addition to the factors noted above, which partially offset the increase in Canadian Mainline adjusted EBIT for the nine months ended September 30, 2016, higher power costs associated with higher throughput and higher operating and administrative expense to support increased business activities also partially offset the increase.

 

The decrease in Canadian Mainline IJT Residual Benchmark Toll and lower foreign exchange hedge rate also resulted in a quarter-over-quarter decrease in Canadian Mainline adjusted EBIT.

 

In 2015, the Company commenced collecting, in its tolls, NEB mandated future abandonment costs from shippers. Approximately $11 million and $33 million were recorded for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively (2015 - $10 million and $27 million), but these amounts were offset by a corresponding increase in operating and administrative expense in the respective periods.

 

Supplemental information related to the Canadian Mainline for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 is provided below:

 

September 30,

 

2016

 

2015

(United States dollars per barrel)

 

 

 

 

IJT Benchmark Toll1

 

$4.05

 

$4.07

Lakehead System Local Toll2

 

$2.58

 

$2.44

Canadian Mainline IJT Residual Benchmark Toll3

 

$1.47

 

$1.63

 

1

The IJT Benchmark Toll is per barrel of heavy crude oil transported from Hardisty, Alberta to Chicago, Illinois. A separate distance adjusted toll applies to shipments originating at receipt points other than Hardisty and lighter hydrocarbon liquids pay a lower toll than heavy crude oil. Effective July 1, 2015, the IJT Benchmark Toll increased from US$4.02 to US$4.07. Effective July 1, 2016, this toll decreased to US$4.05.

2

The Lakehead System Local Toll is per barrel of heavy crude oil transported from Neche, North Dakota to Chicago, Illinois. Effective April 1, 2015, the Lakehead System Local Toll decreased from US$2.49 to US$2.39 and effective July 1, 2015, this toll increased to US$2.44. Effective April 1, 2016, this toll increased to US$2.61 and effective July 1, 2016, this toll decreased to US$2.58.

3

The Canadian Mainline IJT Residual Benchmark Toll is per barrel of heavy crude oil transported from Hardisty, Alberta to Gretna, Manitoba. For any shipment, this toll is the difference between the IJT Benchmark Toll and the Lakehead System Local Toll. Effective April 1, 2015, the Canadian Mainline IJT Residual Benchmark Toll increased from US$1.53 to US$1.63. Effective April 1, 2016, this toll decreased to US$1.46, coinciding with the revised Lakehead System Local Toll. Effective July 1, 2016, this toll increased to US$1.47.

 

Throughput Volume

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

Nine months ended

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

2016

 

2015

(thousands of bpd)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average throughput volume1

 

2,353

 

2,212

 

2,379

 

2,165

 

1

Throughput volume represents mainline deliveries ex-Gretna, Manitoba which is made up of United States and eastern Canada deliveries originating from western Canada.

 

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Lakehead System

Lakehead System adjusted EBIT increased for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 compared with the corresponding 2015 periods. The period-over-period increases in adjusted EBIT reflected stronger operating performance, as well as the favourable effect of translating United States dollar earnings to Canadian dollars at a higher average United States to Canadian dollar exchange rate (Exchange Rate) in the nine-month period ended September 30, 2016 compared with the corresponding 2015 period.

 

Excluding the impact of foreign exchange translation to Canadian dollars, Lakehead System adjusted EBIT was US$255 million and US$790 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively, compared with US$213 million and US$646 million for the corresponding 2015 periods. The period-over-period increases reflected higher Lakehead System Local Toll and higher throughput, as well as contributions from new assets placed into service in 2015, the most prominent being the expansion of the Company’s mainline system completed in the third quarter of 2015. As discussed under Canadian Mainline above, higher throughput on the Lakehead System for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 also reflected increased downstream demand resulting from the completion of Southern Access Extension and the reversal and expansion of Line 9B. However, deliveries to the Lakehead System from the Canadian Mainline were lower during the second quarter, as a result of the northeastern Alberta wildfires. The negative impact of the wildfires for the nine-month period on Lakehead System adjusted EBIT has remained unchanged since the end of the second quarter of 2016 at approximately $38 million. Also partially offsetting the period-over-period increases in adjusted EBIT were higher operating and administrative costs and higher depreciation expense from an increased asset base. Adjusted EBIT for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 also reflected incremental power costs associated with higher throughput.

 

As noted above, positively impacting Lakehead System adjusted EBIT for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 was the favourable effect of translating United States dollar earnings at a higher Exchange Rate in 2016 due to the strengthening United States dollar versus the Canadian dollar in the first half of 2016. The Exchange Rate was $1.31 and $1.32 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively, compared with $1.31 and $1.26 in the corresponding 2015 periods. The Exchange Rate was comparable quarter-over-quarter, resulting in a minimal impact on Lakehead System adjusted EBIT for the three months ended September 30, 2016 compared with the corresponding 2015 period. A portion of Lakehead System United States dollar EBIT is hedged as part of the Company’s enterprise-wide financial risk management program. The Company uses foreign exchange derivative instruments to manage the foreign exchange risk arising from its United States businesses, including the Lakehead System, and realized gains and losses from these derivative instruments are reported within Eliminations and Other. For further details refer to Eliminations and Other.

 

Throughput Volume

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

Nine months ended

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

2016

 

2015

(thousands of bpd)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average throughput volume1

 

2,495

 

2,338

 

2,558

 

2,292

 

1

Throughput volume represents mainline system deliveries to the United States midwest and eastern Canada.

 

Regional Oil Sands System

Regional Oil Sands System adjusted EBIT increased for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 compared with the corresponding 2015 periods. Higher adjusted EBIT primarily reflected contributions from assets placed into service in the second half of 2015, including the Sunday Creek Terminal and Woodland Pipeline Extension projects that were placed into service in the third quarter of 2015 and the AOC Hangingstone Lateral which was completed in December 2015. For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2016, the increase in adjusted EBIT was partially offset by the effects of the wildfires in northeastern Alberta during the second quarter of 2016, as discussed under Recent Developments – Liquids Pipelines – Impact of Wildfires in Northeastern Alberta, which negatively impacted Regional Oil Sands System adjusted EBIT by approximately $6 million.

 

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Mid-Continent and Gulf Coast

Mid-Continent and Gulf Coast adjusted EBIT increased for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, compared with the corresponding 2015 periods. The period-over-period increases in adjusted EBIT reflected stronger operating performance, as well as the favourable effect of translating United States dollar earnings to Canadian dollars at a higher Exchange Rate in the nine-month period ended September 30, 2016 compared with the corresponding 2015 period.

 

Excluding the impact of foreign exchange translation to Canadian dollars, Mid-Continent and Gulf Coast adjusted EBIT was US$125 million and US$382 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively, compared with US$116 million and US$281 million for the corresponding 2015 periods. The increase in adjusted EBIT for the three and nine-month periods primarily reflected higher transportation revenues resulting mainly from an increase in the level of committed take-or-pay volumes on Flanagan South. Adjusted EBIT for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 also reflected higher tariffs on Flanagan South in the first half of 2016. Throughput on Flanagan South is affected by Canadian Mainline apportionment and the upstream apportionment experienced in the first half of 2015 was partially alleviated in 2016 with the expansion of the Company’s mainline system completed in the third quarter of 2015. Partially offsetting the period-over-period increase in adjusted EBIT was lower throughput on Spearhead Pipeline due to a temporary decline in shippers’ demand.

 

As noted above, positively impacting adjusted EBIT for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 was the favourable effect of translating United States dollar earnings at a higher Exchange Rate in the first half of 2016 due to the strengthening United States dollar versus the Canadian dollar. Similar to Lakehead System, a portion of Mid-Continent and Gulf Coast United States dollar EBIT is hedged as part of the Company’s enterprise-wide financial risk management program and realized gains and losses from the derivative instruments used to hedge foreign exchange risk arising from the Company’s investment in United States businesses are reported within Eliminations and Other. For further details refer to Eliminations and Other.

 

Southern Lights Pipeline

Southern Lights Pipeline adjusted EBIT for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 increased compared with the corresponding 2015 periods, primarily reflecting a higher recovery of negotiated depreciation rates in 2016 transportation tolls.

 

Bakken System

Bakken System adjusted EBIT for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 decreased compared with the corresponding 2015 periods. The period-over-period decreases in adjusted EBIT reflected lower rates and lower rail revenues on the United States portion of the Bakken System. For the nine months ended September 30, 2016, the decrease in adjusted EBIT was partially offset by the translation of United States dollar earnings to Canadian dollars at a higher nine-month period-over-period Exchange Rate.

 

Excluding the impact of foreign exchange translation to Canadian dollars, adjusted EBIT from Bakken System’s United States portion was US$32 million and US$105 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively, compared with US$36 million and US$118 million for the corresponding 2015 periods. The decrease in period-over-period adjusted EBIT for the United States portion of the Bakken System was attributable to lower surcharge revenues as certain surcharge rates subject to an annual adjustment were decreased effective each of April 1, 2015 and 2016, as well as lower rail revenues related to EEP’s Berthold rail facility due to expired contracts. These negative impacts were partially offset by the effects of higher throughput driven by enhanced downstream capacity on the mainline system and as a result of volumes shifting to pipelines from other higher cost transportation alternatives such as rail.

 

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As noted above, impacting adjusted EBIT for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 was the favourable effect of translating United States dollar earnings at a higher Exchange Rate due to the strengthening United States dollar versus the Canadian dollar in the first half of 2016. Similar to Lakehead System, a portion of the United States dollar EBIT of the Bakken System in the United States is hedged as part of the Company’s enterprise-wide financial risk management program, and realized gains and losses from the derivative instruments used to hedge foreign exchange risk arising from the Company’s investment in United States businesses are reported within Eliminations and Other. For further details refer to Eliminations and Other.

 

Feeder Pipelines and Other

Feeder Pipelines and Other adjusted EBIT increased for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 compared with the corresponding 2015 period, primarily reflecting new contributions from Southern Access Extension which was placed into service in the fourth quarter of 2015. These positive contributions were partially offset during the second and third quarters of 2016 by a decrease in adjusted EBIT from Eddystone Rail, primarily attributable to market conditions which impacted volumes at the rail facility. Adjusted EBIT for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 also reflected lower contributions from Toledo resulting from refinery turnarounds that negatively impacted Toledo volumes in the second and third quarters of 2016.

 

GAS DISTRIBUTION

Earnings before Interest and Income Taxes

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

Nine months ended

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

2016

 

2015

(millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. (EGD)

 

30

 

28

 

277

 

250

Noverco Inc. (Noverco)

 

2

 

(5)

 

35

 

31

Other Gas Distribution and Storage

 

(1)

 

1

 

32

 

37

Adjusted earnings before interest and income taxes

 

31

 

24

 

344

 

318

EGD - (warmer)/colder than normal weather

 

-

 

-

 

(8)

 

37

Noverco - changes in unrealized derivative fair value gains/(loss)

 

(6)

 

3

 

(6)

 

(11)

Noverco - asset impairment

 

(5)

 

-

 

(5)

 

-

Noverco - recognition of regulatory balances

 

-

 

-

 

17

 

-

Earnings before interest and income taxes

 

20

 

27

 

342

 

344

 

Additional details on items impacting Gas Distribution EBIT include:

·                  Noverco EBIT for 2016 included an asset impairment in relation to certain long-term assets not eligible for recovery through rates.

·                  Noverco EBIT for 2016 included the recognition of regulatory assets in relation to employee future benefits.

 

EGD

As EGD’s operations are rate-regulated and its revenues are directly impacted by items such as depreciation, financing charges and current income taxes, the adjusted EBIT measure for EGD is less indicative of business performance. In light of the nature of the regulated model for EGD’s business, the following supplemental adjusted earnings information is provided to facilitate an understanding of EGD’s results from operations:

 

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EGD Earnings

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

Nine months ended

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

2016

 

2015

(millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted earnings before interest and income taxes

 

30

 

28

 

277

 

250

Interest expense

 

(50)

 

(40)

 

(131)

 

(115)

Income taxes recovery/(expense)

 

14

 

13

 

(6)

 

(17)

Adjusting items in respect of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

3

 

4

 

3

 

4

Income taxes

 

(1)

 

(1)

 

(3)

 

9

Adjusted earnings/(loss)

 

(4)

 

4

 

140

 

131

EGD - (warmer)/colder than normal weather

 

-

 

-

 

(6)

 

27

EGD - changes in unrealized derivative fair value loss

 

(2)

 

(3)

 

(2)

 

(3)

Earnings/(loss) attributable to common shareholders

 

(6)

 

1

 

132

 

155

 

Compared with the corresponding 2015 periods, EGD adjusted earnings decreased for the three months and increased for the nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively. The increase in adjusted earnings for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 primarily reflected higher distribution charges arising from growth in EGD’s rate base, customer growth, as well as lower storage and transportation costs. These positive effects were partially offset by higher interest expense and higher depreciation expense due to higher asset base. The quarter-over-quarter decrease in EGD adjusted earnings was primarily attributable to higher interest and depreciation expenses, partially offset by higher distribution charges arising from growth in EGD’s rate base, customer growth and higher transactional services revenues, primarily relating to storage optimization activities.

 

Noverco

Noverco adjusted EBIT increased for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 compared with the corresponding 2015 periods, primarily reflecting the timing of equity earnings adjustments between quarters.

 

Other Gas Distribution and Storage

Other Gas Distributions and Storage adjusted EBIT decreased for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 compared with the corresponding 2015 periods, primarily reflecting lower distribution revenues due to warmer weather in the New Brunswick region in 2016.

 

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GAS PIPELINES AND PROCESSING

Earnings before Interest and Income Taxes

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

Nine months ended

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

2016

 

2015

(millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aux Sable

 

1

 

(7)

 

(1)

 

1

Alliance Pipeline

 

48

 

37

 

144

 

114

Vector Pipeline

 

6

 

5

 

21

 

20

Canadian Midstream

 

28

 

24

 

77

 

64

Enbridge Offshore Pipelines (Offshore)

 

19

 

4

 

40

 

10

US Midstream

 

(4)

 

24

 

2

 

49

Other

 

(4)

 

(3)

 

(12)

 

(10)

Adjusted earnings before interest and income taxes

 

94

 

84

 

271

 

248

Aux Sable - accrual for commercial arrangements

 

-

 

1

 

-

 

(15)

Alliance Pipeline - derecognition of regulatory balances

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

8

Alliance Pipeline - changes in unrealized derivative fair value gains/(loss)

 

(1)

 

(6)

 

11

 

(14)

Offshore - gain on sale of non-core assets

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

6

US Midstream - goodwill impairment loss

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(440)

US Midstream - changes in unrealized derivative fair value gains/(loss)

 

(19)

 

12

 

(116)

 

(58)

US Midstream - assets impairment loss

 

(3)

 

-

 

(14)

 

(20)

US Midstream - loss on disposal of non-core assets

 

(4)

 

-

 

(4)

 

-

US Midstream - make-up rights adjustment

 

-

 

-

 

(1)

 

1

US Midstream - transfer of contracts

 

-

 

(14)

 

-

 

(14)

Earnings/(loss) before interest and income taxes

 

67

 

77

 

147

 

(298)

 

Additional details on items impacting Gas Pipelines and Processing EBIT include:

·                  US Midstream EBIT for 2015 included a goodwill impairment charge related to the Company’s United States natural gas and NGL businesses due to a prolonged decline in commodity prices which has reduced producers’ expected drilling programs and negatively impacted volumes on the Company’s natural gas and NGL systems.

·                  US Midstream EBIT for 2016 reflected asset impairment charges in relation to certain non-core trucking assets that the Company sold in the third quarter of 2016.

·                  US Midstream EBIT for 2015 reflected asset impairment charges in relation to a non-core propylene pipeline asset, following finalization of a contract restructuring with the primary customer.

·                  US Midstream EBIT for each period reflected changes in unrealized fair value gains and losses on derivative financial instruments used to risk manage commodity price exposures.

 

Aux Sable

Aux Sable adjusted EBIT for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 decreased compared with the corresponding 2015 period, primarily reflecting lower fractionation margins in the first half of 2016 resulting from weakness in the commodity price environment. Fractionation margins improved in the third quarter of 2016 and together with lower feedstock supply costs compared with the third quarter of 2015, drove a quarter-over-quarter increase in adjusted EBIT.

 

Alliance Pipeline

Alliance Pipeline adjusted EBIT, which represents EBIT from the Company’s indirect 50% equity investment in Alliance Pipeline, increased for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, compared with the corresponding 2015 periods. The period-over-period increase in adjusted EBIT was primarily due to lower operating costs and higher revenues resulting from strong demand for seasonal firm service under Alliance Pipeline’s new services framework that commenced in the fourth quarter of 2015. These positive effects were partially offset by the absence of non-renewal fees for the United States portion of Alliance Pipeline.

 

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Canadian Midstream

Canadian Midstream adjusted EBIT increased for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, compared with the corresponding 2015 periods and reflected contributions from the Tupper Plants acquired on April 1, 2016.

 

Offshore

Excluding the impact of foreign exchange translation to Canadian dollars, Offshore adjusted EBIT was US$14 million and US$30 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively, compared with US$3 million and US$8 million for the corresponding 2015 periods. The period-over-period increases in Offshore adjusted EBIT primarily reflected contributions from Heidelberg Oil Pipeline which was placed into service in January 2016 and an increase in volumes in the Mississippi Canyon Gas Pipeline in the first half of 2016, partially offset by a decrease in volumes in the Garden Banks Gas Pipeline in the third quarter of 2016. The favourable impact of translating United States dollar earnings at a higher Exchange Rate in the nine months ended September 30, 2016 also contributed to higher period-over-period adjusted EBIT.

 

US Midstream

Excluding the impact of foreign exchange translation to Canadian dollars, US Midstream adjusted loss before interest and income taxes was US$3 million and adjusted EBIT was US$2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively, compared with adjusted EBIT of US$19 million and US$39 million for the corresponding 2015 periods. The period-over-period decreases in US Midstream adjusted EBIT reflected lower volumes primarily attributable to the continued low commodity price environment which resulted in reduced drilling by producers. The decrease in adjusted EBIT was partially offset by lower operating costs. As at September 30, 2016, Enbridge’s ownership interest in US Midstream, held through EEP, was 19.1% (December 31, 2015 - 19.2%).

 

GREEN POWER AND TRANSMISSION

Earnings before Interest and Income Taxes

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

Nine months ended

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

2016

 

2015

(millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Green Power and Transmission

 

34

 

26

 

122

 

126

Adjusted earnings before interest and income taxes

 

34

 

26

 

122

 

126

Green Power and Transmission - changes in unrealized derivative fair value gains/(loss)

 

-

 

(1)

 

2

 

1

Earnings before interest and income taxes

 

34

 

25

 

124

 

127

 

Green Power and Transmission adjusted EBIT decreased for nine months ended September 30, 2016 compared with the corresponding 2015 period as a result of disruptions at certain eastern Canadian wind farms in the first quarter of 2016 due to weather conditions which caused icing of blades, as well as weaker wind resources experienced at certain facilities in Canada during the first half of the year. These negative effects were partially offset by stronger wind resources at the Company’s United States wind farms during the third quarter of 2016 which also drove a higher adjusted EBIT for the third quarter of 2016 compared with the corresponding 2015 period.

 

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ENERGY SERVICES

Earnings before Interest and Income Taxes

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

Nine months ended

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

2016

 

2015

(millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy Services

 

(15)

 

(23)

 

33

 

83

Adjusted earnings/(loss) before interest and income taxes

 

(15)

 

(23)

 

33

 

83

Energy Services - changes in unrealized derivative fair value gains/(loss)

 

(10)

 

192

 

(71)

 

150

Earnings/(loss) before interest and income taxes

 

(25)

 

169

 

(38)

 

233

 

Additional details on items impacting Energy Services EBIT include:

·                  Energy Services earnings/(loss) before interest and income taxes for each period reflected changes in unrealized fair value gains/(loss) related to the revaluation of financial derivatives used to manage the profitability of transportation and storage transactions and exposure to movements in commodity prices on the value of inventory.

 

Energy Services adjusted EBIT decreased for the first nine months of 2016 compared with the corresponding 2015 period, reflecting weaker performance from Energy Services’ Canadian and United States operations mainly during the first half of 2016. The compression of certain crude oil location and quality differentials and the impact of a weaker NGL market drove a period-over-period decrease in adjusted EBIT. This decrease was partially offset by the translation of United States dollar earnings to Canadian dollars at a higher Exchange Rate in the first nine months of 2016, as well as positive contributions from increased crude oil storage opportunities in the third quarter of 2016. The positive crude oil storage opportunities were also a driver for the increase in adjusted EBIT in the third quarter of 2016 compared with the third quarter of 2015. Adjusted EBIT from Energy Services is dependent on market conditions and results achieved in one period may not be indicative of results to be achieved in future periods.

 

From its United States operations, adjusted loss before interest and income taxes for the three months ended September 30, 2016 was US$9 million and adjusted EBIT for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 was US$18 million, respectively, compared with adjusted loss before interest and income taxes of US$12 million and adjusted EBIT of US$56 million for the corresponding 2015 periods.

 

ELIMINATIONS AND OTHER

Earnings before Interest and Income Taxes

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

Nine months ended

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

2016

 

2015

(millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating and administrative

 

(22)

 

(20)

 

(56)

 

(48)

Realized foreign exchange derivative loss

 

(69)

 

(67)

 

(220)

 

(166)

Other

 

7

 

39

 

23

 

42

Adjusted loss before interest and income taxes

 

(84)

 

(48)

 

(253)

 

(172)

Changes in unrealized derivative fair value gains/(loss)

 

29

 

(354)

 

434

 

(641)

Unrealized intercompany foreign exchange gains/(loss)

 

2

 

55

 

(53)

 

110

Employee severance and restructuring costs

 

(22)

 

-

 

(30)

 

-

Project development and transaction costs

 

(27)

 

-

 

(27)

 

-

Drop down transaction costs

 

-

 

(20)

 

-

 

(40)

Earnings/(loss) before interest and income taxes

 

(102)

 

(367)

 

71

 

(743)

 

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Eliminations and Other includes operating and administrative costs, and foreign exchange costs which are not allocated to business segments. Eliminations and Other also includes new business development activities and general corporate investments.

 

Included in Eliminations and Other adjusted loss before interest and income taxes for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 was a realized loss of $69 million and $220 million, respectively, compared with $67 million and $166 million for the corresponding 2015 periods. The realized loss related to settlements under the Company’s foreign exchange risk management program. The Company targets to hedge 80% or more of anticipated consolidated United States dollar denominated earnings from its United States operations utilizing foreign exchange derivative contracts with the objective of enhancing the predictability of its Canadian dollar earnings and ACFFO.

 

The notional amount of foreign currency derivatives realized during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 was US$261 million and US$783 million, respectively, compared with US$238 million and US$714 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015. The average price to sell United States dollars for Canadian dollars for each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 was $1.04, compared with $1.03 for each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015. The Exchange Rate for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 was $1.31 and $1.32, compared with $1.31 and $1.26 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015. As the hedged rate was lower than the Exchange Rate in each of the three and nine-month periods in 2016 and 2015, the Company recognized a realized hedge loss in each of these periods. The realized hedge loss for the three months ended September 30, 2016 was slightly greater than the comparative 2015 period due to a higher notional amount of foreign currency derivatives. The realized hedge loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 was greater than the comparative 2015 period due to higher notional amount of foreign currency derivatives and a greater unfavourable spread between the Exchange Rate and hedge rate. The realized loss in Eliminations and Other serves to partially offset the positive effect of translating the earnings performance of United States dollar denominated businesses at the Exchange Rate of $1.31 and $1.32 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 which is reflected in the reported EBIT of the applicable business segments.

 

Realized gains and losses on this hedging program are reported in their entirety within Eliminations and Other as the Company manages the foreign exchange risk of its United States businesses at an enterprise-wide level. Gains and losses arising on settlements of foreign exchange derivatives hedging transactional exposure from foreign denominated revenues or expenses within the Company’s Canadian businesses are captured at the business level and reported as part of the EBIT of the applicable segment. For example, gains and losses on hedges of the Canadian Mainline’s United States dollar denominated revenue are reported as part of the EBIT from Canadian Mainline.

 

Other adjusted EBIT decreased during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 when compared with the corresponding 2015 periods. The decrease reflected realized foreign exchange losses from the translation of certain intercompany balances and the absence of an intercompany gain recognized in 2015 on an intercompany loan which settled subsequent to September 30, 2015.

 

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

 

The maintenance of financial strength and flexibility is fundamental to Enbridge’s growth strategy, particularly in light of the significant level of capital projects currently secured or under development. Access to timely funding from capital markets could be limited by factors outside Enbridge’s control, including but not limited to financial market volatility resulting from economic and political events both inside and outside North America. To mitigate such risks, the Company actively manages financial plans and strategies to ensure it maintains sufficient liquidity to meet routine operating and future capital requirements. In the near term, the Company generally expects to utilize cash from operations and the issuance of debt, commercial paper and/or credit facility draws to fund liabilities as they become due, finance capital expenditures, fund debt retirements and pay common and preference share dividends. Furthermore, the Company targets to maintain sufficient standby liquidity to bridge fund through protracted capital markets disruptions. The Company targets to maintain sufficient liquidity through committed credit facilities with a diversified group of banks and institutions to enable it to fund all anticipated requirements for approximately one year without accessing the capital markets.

 

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The Company’s financing plan is regularly updated to reflect evolving capital requirements and financial market conditions and identifies a variety of potential sources of debt and equity funding alternatives, including utilization of its sponsored vehicles EEP and the Fund Group. As discussed under Recent Developments – Liquids Pipelines – Disposition of South Prairie Region Assets, in September 2016, EIPLP entered into an agreement to sell its South Prairie Region liquids pipelines assets for proceeds of $1,075 million. The sale of these non-core assets at attractive valuations provides additional financing flexibility to the Company.

 

CAPITAL MARKET ACCESS

The Company and its self-funding subsidiaries ensure ready access to capital markets through maintenance of shelf prospectuses that allow for issuance of long-term debt, equity and other forms of long-term capital when market conditions are attractive. As discussed under Recent Developments – Common Share Issuances, the Company and ENF have raised $2.3 billion and $0.6 billion, respectively, through public offerings since the beginning of 2016.

 

Bank Credit and Liquidity

To ensure ongoing liquidity and to mitigate the risk of capital market disruption, Enbridge maintains ready access to funds through committed bank credit facilities and it actively manages its bank funding sources to optimize pricing and other terms. The following table provides details of the Company’s committed credit facilities as at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2016

 

2015 

 

 

Maturity

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

Dates

 

Facilities

 

Draws1

 

Available

 

Facilities

(millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enbridge

 

2017 - 2020

 

8,168

 

5,580

 

2,588

 

6,988

Enbridge (U.S.) Inc.

 

2017 - 2018

 

4,237

 

394

 

3,843

 

4,470

EEP

 

2018 - 2020

 

3,443

 

2,709

 

734

 

3,598

EGD

 

2018 - 2019

 

1,017

 

530

 

487

 

1,010

The Fund

 

2019

 

1,500

 

691

 

809

 

1,500

Enbridge Pipelines (Southern Lights) L.L.C.

 

2018

 

26

 

-

 

26

 

28

EPI

 

2018

 

3,000

 

908

 

2,092

 

3,000

Enbridge Southern Lights LP

 

2018

 

5

 

-

 

5

 

5

MEP

 

2018

 

1,062

 

590

 

472

 

1,121

Total committed credit facilities

 

 

 

22,458

 

11,402

 

11,056

 

21,720

1       Includes facility draws, letters of credit and commercial paper issuances that are back-stopped by the credit facility.

 

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, the Company completed aggregate issuances of unsecured, medium-term notes of $1,100 million with maturities ranging from 10 to 30 years.

 

The Company also expanded its access to financial markets beyond North America to support its liquidity requirements on attractive terms. In the second quarter of 2016, the Company established two term credit facilities with a syndicate of Asian banks providing the Company with access to US$968 million of incremental debt capital.

 

In addition to the committed credit facilities noted above, the Company also has $330 million (December 31, 2015 - $349 million) of uncommitted demand credit facilities, of which $87 million (December 31, 2015 - $185 million) were unutilized as at September 30, 2016.

 

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The Company’s net available liquidity of $11,643 million as at September 30, 2016 was inclusive of $1,036 million of unrestricted cash and cash equivalents and net of bank indebtedness of $449 million as reported on the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position.

 

The Company’s credit facility agreements include standard events of default and covenant provisions whereby accelerated repayment may be required if the Company were to default on payment or violate certain covenants. As at September 30, 2016, the Company was in compliance with all debt covenants and expects to continue to comply with such covenants.

 

Strong growth in internal cash flow, ready access to liquidity from diversified sources and a stable business model have enabled Enbridge to manage its credit profile. The Company actively monitors and manages key financial metrics with the objective of sustaining investment grade credit ratings from the major credit rating agencies and ongoing access to bank funding and term debt capital on attractive terms. Key measures of financial strength that are closely managed include the ability to service debt obligations from operating cash flow and the ratio of debt to total capital. As at September 30, 2016, the Company’s debt capitalization ratio was 63.8% compared with 65.5% as at December 31, 2015.

 

Following the Company’s announcement of the Merger Transaction, the Company’s credit ratings were affirmed as follows:

·                DBRS Limited confirmed the Company’s issuer rating and medium-term notes and unsecured debentures rating of BBB (high), preference share rating of Pfd-3 (high) and commercial paper rating of R-2 (high), but changed their rating outlook from stable to under review, with developing implications.

·                Moody’s Investor Services, Inc. affirmed the Company’s issuer rating and medium-term notes and unsecured debt rating of Baa2, preference share rating of Ba1 and commercial paper rating of P-2 with negative outlook.

·                Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (S&P) affirmed the Company’s corporate credit rating and unsecured debt rating of BBB+, preference share rating of P-2 (low) and commercial paper rating of A-1 (low) with stable outlook. S&P also affirmed the Company’s global overall short-term rating of A-2. The Company’s financial risk profile has been changed to significant from aggressive due to improved credit metrics on a pro forma basis.

 

The Company’s continued investment grade credit rating is a reflection of the low risk nature of the underlying assets and limited exposure to commodity prices and volume risk; its project execution track record; strong dividend coverage; and substantial standby liquidity. The Company continues to execute its growth capital program and believes that it continues to have access to capital markets in both Canada and the United States to adequately fund the execution of the Company’s growth capital program.

 

There are no material restrictions on the Company’s cash with the exception of cash in trust of $63 million related to EGD’s receipt of cash from the Government of Ontario to fund its Green Investment Fund initiative program, cash collateral and for specific shipper commitments. Cash and cash equivalents held by EEP and the Fund Group are generally not readily accessible by Enbridge until distributions are declared and paid by these entities, which occurs quarterly for EEP and monthly for the Fund Group. Further, cash and cash equivalents held by certain foreign subsidiaries may not be readily accessible for alternative uses by Enbridge.

 

Excluding current maturities of long-term debt, the Company had a negative working capital position as at September 30, 2016 for which the major contributing factor was the funding of the Company’s growth capital program. Despite this negative working capital, the Company continues to have significant liquidity available through committed credit facilities, which allow the funding of liabilities as they become due. As discussed above, as at September 30, 2016, the Company’s net available liquidity totalled $11,643 million (December 31, 2015 - $10,325 million). In addition, it is anticipated that any current maturities of long-term debt will be refinanced upon maturity.

 

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SOURCES AND USES OF CASH

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

Nine months ended

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

2016

 

2015

(millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating activities

 

922

 

917

 

4,153

 

3,799

Investing activities

 

(1,268)

 

(1,758)

 

(5,200)

 

(5,671)

Financing activities

 

120

 

605

 

1,101

 

1,516

Effect of translation of foreign denominated cash and cash equivalents

 

5

 

51

 

(33)

 

119

Increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

(221)

 

(185)

 

21

 

(237)

 

Significant sources and uses of cash for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 are summarized below:

 

Operating Activities

·                The cash growth delivered by operations in the first nine months of 2016 is a reflection of the positive operating factors discussed under Adjusted EBIT and Adjusted Earnings, which primarily include stronger contributions from the Liquids Pipelines segment, partially offset by higher financing costs resulting from the incurrence of incremental debt to fund asset growth and the impact of refinancing construction debt with longer-term debt financing.

·                 Changes in operating assets and liabilities included within operating activities were $301 million (2015 - $417 million) for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and $106 million (2015 - $145 million) for the nine months ended September 30, 2016. Enbridge’s operating assets and liabilities fluctuate in the normal course due to various factors including fluctuations in commodity prices and activity levels within the Energy Services and Gas Distribution segments, the timing of tax payments, general variations in activity levels within the Company’s businesses, as well as timing of cash receipts and payments.

 

Investing Activities

·                The Company continues with the execution of its growth capital program which is further described in Growth Projects – Commercially Secured Projects. The timing of project approval, construction and in-service dates impacts the timing of cash requirements. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, additions to property, plant and equipment resulted in cash spending of $1,004 million and $3,963 million, respectively, compared with $1,747 million and $5,310 million spent in the corresponding 2015 periods. This decrease in cash spending is due to the successful completion of growth projects in 2015, including the Edmonton to Hardisty Expansion, Southern Access Extension and phases of the Eastern Access Program, which required significant capital spending during the first nine months of 2015.

·                The period-over-period decrease in cash used in investing activities was partially offset by higher spending on acquisitions in 2016 compared with 2015. The Company paid cash consideration of $539 million in the first half of 2016 for the acquisition of the Tupper Plants and $65 million in the third quarter of 2016 for the acquisition of Chapman Ranch, whereas it spent $106 million in the first half of 2015 on the acquisition of a midstream business by EEP.

·                Also, during the second quarter of 2016, the Company made an initial equity investment in and issued an affiliate loan to acquire a 50% interest in a French offshore wind development company and to fund the ongoing development costs of that Company.

 

Financing Activities

·                The Company’s financing requirements for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2016 were lower compared with the corresponding 2015 period due to the timing of various growth projects.

·                During the first nine months in 2016, the Company’s overall debt increased by only $14 million compared with an overall debt increase of $2,361 million for the comparable 2015 period. The decrease was mainly due lower debt requirements resulting from the timing of completion of various growth projects and other sources of funds, primarily the proceeds from the Company’s common share issuance in March 2016, which were partly utilized to reduce the Company’s credit facilities and commercial paper draws.

 

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·                The increase in common share dividends paid in 2016 was attributable to the increase in the common share dividend rate effective March 2016 and higher number of common shares outstanding primarily as a result of the common share issuance noted above.

·                Distributions to redeemable noncontrolling interests in the Fund Group also increased during the first nine months of 2016 compared with the corresponding 2015 period mainly due to a higher per share distribution rate and a larger number of public shares outstanding in ENF.

 

Common Share Issuances

On March 1, 2016, the Company completed the issuance of 56.5 million common shares for gross proceeds of approximately $2.3 billion. On April 20, 2016, ENF completed a public equity offering of 20.4 million common shares for gross proceeds of $575 million. Refer to Recent Developments – Common Share Issuances for more details.

 

Dividend Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan

Participants in the Company’s Dividend Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan receive a 2% discount on the purchase of common shares with reinvested dividends. For the three months ended September 30, 2016, dividends declared were $496 million (2015 - $400 million), of which $300 million (2015 - $230 million) were paid in cash and reflected in financing activities. The remaining $196 million (2015 - $170 million) of dividends declared were reinvested pursuant to the plan and resulted in the issuance of common shares rather than a cash payment. For the nine months ended September 30, 2016, dividends declared were $1,448 million (2015 - $1,195 million), of which $857 million (2015 - $709 million) were paid in cash and reflected in financing activities. The remaining $591 million (2015 - $486 million) of dividends declared were reinvested pursuant to the plan and resulted in the issuance of common shares rather than a cash payment. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, 39.5% (2015 - 42.5%) and 40.8% (2015 - 40.7%) of total dividends declared were reinvested.

 

On November 1, 2016, the Enbridge Board of Directors declared the following quarterly dividends. All dividends are payable on December 1, 2016, to shareholders of record on November 15, 2016.

 

Common Shares

 

$0.53000

 

Preference Shares, Series A

 

$0.34375

 

Preference Shares, Series B

 

$0.25000

 

Preference Shares, Series D

 

$0.25000

 

Preference Shares, Series F

 

$0.25000

 

Preference Shares, Series H

 

$0.25000

 

Preference Shares, Series J

 

US$0.25000

 

Preference Shares, Series L

 

US$0.25000

 

Preference Shares, Series N

 

$0.25000

 

Preference Shares, Series P

 

$0.25000

 

Preference Shares, Series R

 

$0.25000

 

Preference Shares, Series 1

 

US$0.25000

 

Preference Shares, Series 3

 

$0.25000

 

Preference Shares, Series 5

 

US$0.27500

 

Preference Shares, Series 7

 

$0.27500

 

Preference Shares, Series 9

 

$0.27500

 

Preference Shares, Series 11

 

$0.27500

 

Preference Shares, Series 13

 

$0.27500

 

Preference Shares, Series 15

 

$0.27500

 

 

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CAPITAL EXPENDITURE COMMITMENTS

The Company has signed contracts for the purchase of services, pipe and other materials totalling $1,713 million which are expected to be paid over the next five years.

 

RISK MANAGEMENT AND FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

 

The Company’s earnings, cash flows and other comprehensive income (OCI) are subject to movements in foreign exchange rates, interest rates, commodity prices and the Company’s share price. The Company uses a combination of qualifying and non-qualifying derivative instruments to manage these risks. Refer to Enbridge’s 2015 annual MD&A for further details on financial instrument risk management.

 

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THE EFFECT OF DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS ON THE STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

The following table presents the effect of cash flow hedges and net investment hedges on the Company’s consolidated earnings and consolidated comprehensive income, before the effect of income taxes.

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

Nine months ended

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

2016

 

2015

(millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount of unrealized gains/(loss) recognized in OCI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flow hedges

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange contracts

 

2

 

36

 

(31)

 

66

Interest rate contracts

 

108

 

(390)

 

(896)

 

(662)

Commodity contracts

 

12

 

18

 

10

 

8

Other contracts

 

9

 

(26)

 

46

 

(40)

Net investment hedges

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange contracts

 

(14)

 

(105)

 

58

 

(206)

 

 

117

 

(467)

 

(813)

 

(834)

Amount of (gains)/loss reclassified from Accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) to earnings (effective portion)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange contracts1

 

-

 

-

 

2

 

6

Interest rate contracts2

 

51

 

20

 

102

 

53

Commodity contracts3

 

(2)

 

(13)

 

(8)

 

(35)

Other contracts4

 

(5)

 

16

 

(35)

 

22

 

 

44

 

23

 

61

 

46

De-designation of qualifying hedges in connection with the Canadian Restructuring Plan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate contracts 2,5

 

-

 

338

 

-

 

338

 

 

-

 

338

 

-

 

338

Amount of (gains)/loss reclassified from AOCI to earnings (ineffective portion and amount excluded from effectiveness testing)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate contracts2

 

17

 

25

 

48

 

(10)

Commodity contracts3

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

5

 

 

17

 

25

 

48

 

(5)

Amount of gains/(loss) from non-qualifying derivatives included in earnings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange contracts1

 

49

 

(1,087)

 

1,093

 

(1,992)

Interest rate contracts2

 

60

 

(380)

 

68

 

(380)

Commodity contracts3

 

(47)

 

204

 

(345)

 

(23)

Other contracts4

 

5

 

(16)

 

16

 

(15)

 

 

67

 

(1,279)

 

832

 

(2,410)

1

Reported within Transportation and other services revenues and Other income/(expense) in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings.

2

Reported within Interest expense in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings.

3

Reported within Transportation and other services revenues, Commodity sales revenues, Commodity costs and Operating and administrative expense in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings.

4

Reported within Operating and administrative expense in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings.

5

The amounts above include $338 million in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 relating to the de-designation of qualifying hedges in connection with the Canadian Restructuring Plan.

 

LIQUIDITY RISK

Liquidity risk is the risk that the Company will not be able to meet its financial obligations, including commitments and guarantees, as they become due. In order to mitigate this risk, the Company forecasts cash requirements over a 12 month rolling time period to determine whether sufficient funds will be available and maintains substantial capacity under its committed bank lines of credit, as discussed under Liquidity and Capital Resources, to address any contingencies. The Company also maintains current shelf prospectuses with securities regulators, which enables, subject to market conditions, ready access to either the Canadian or United States public capital markets. The Company is in compliance with all the terms and conditions of its committed credit facilities as at September 30, 2016.

 

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CREDIT RISK

Entering into derivative financial instruments may result in exposure to credit risk from the possibility that a counterparty will default on its contractual obligations. Credit risk also arises from trade and other long-term receivables. These risks are mitigated through credit exposure limits and contractual requirements, netting arrangements and ongoing monitoring of counterparty credit exposure using external credit rating services and other analytical tools. Refer to Enbridge’s 2015 annual MD&A for further details on Enbridge’s credit risk management.

 

CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

ADOPTION OF NEW STANDARDS

Classification of Deferred Taxes on the Statements of Financial Position

Effective January 1, 2016, the Company elected to early adopt Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2015-17 and applied the standard on a prospective basis. The amendments require that deferred tax liabilities and assets be classified as noncurrent in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position. The adoption of the pronouncement did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement-Period Adjustments in Business Combinations

Effective January 1, 2016, the Company adopted ASU 2015-16 on a prospective basis. The new standard requires that an acquirer must recognize adjustments to provisional amounts that are identified during the measurement period in the reporting period in which the adjustment amounts are determined. The adoption of the pronouncement did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

Measurement Date of Defined Benefit Obligation and Plan Assets

Effective January 1, 2016, the Company adopted ASU 2015-04 on a prospective basis. The revised criteria simplify the fair value measurement of defined benefit plan assets and obligations. The adoption of the pronouncement did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis

ASU 2015-02, issued in February 2015, revises the current consolidation guidance which results in a change in the determination of whether an entity consolidates certain types of legal entities. The new standard is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015 and may be applied on a full or modified retrospective basis. Effective January 1, 2016, the Company adopted ASU 2015-02 on a modified retrospective basis, which amended and clarified the guidance on variable interest entities (VIEs). There was a significant change in the assessment of limited partnerships and other similar legal entities as VIEs, including the removal of the presumption that the general partner should consolidate a limited partnership. As a result, the Company has determined that a majority of the limited partnerships that are currently consolidated or equity accounted for are VIEs. The amended guidance did not impact the Company’s accounting treatment of such entities, however, material disclosures for VIEs have been provided in the consolidated financial statements of the Company, as necessary.

 

FUTURE ACCOUNTING POLICY CHANGES

Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis Involving Common Control

ASU 2016-17 was issued in October 2016 with the intent of improving consolidation guidance in situations involving common control. The amendments change the evaluation of whether a reporting entity is the primary beneficiary of a VIE, by changing how a reporting entity, that is a single decision maker of a VIE, treats indirect interests in the entity held through related parties that are under common control with the reporting entity. The Company is currently assessing the impact of the new standard on its consolidated financial statements. The accounting update is effective for annual and interim periods beginning on or after December 15, 2016 and is to be applied on a retrospective basis.

 

Accounting for Intra-Entity Asset Transfers

ASU 2016-16 was issued in October 2016 with the intent of improving the accounting for the income tax consequences of intra-entity asset transfers other than inventory. Under the new guidance, an entity should recognize the income tax consequences of an intra-entity transfer of an asset, other than inventory, when the transfer occurs. The selling entity is required to recognize a current tax expense or benefit upon transfer of the asset, whereas the purchasing entity is required to recognize a deferred tax asset or deferred tax liability, as well as the related deferred tax benefit or expense, upon receipt of the asset. The Company is currently assessing the impact of the new standard on its consolidated financial statements. The accounting update is effective for annual and interim periods beginning on or after December 15, 2017 and is to be applied on a modified retrospective basis. Early application is permitted for all entities as of the beginning of an interim or annual reporting period.

 

Simplifying Cash Flow Classification

ASU 2016-15 was issued in August 2016 with the intent of reducing diversity in practice of how certain cash receipts and cash payments are classified in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. The new guidance addresses eight specific presentation issues. The Company is currently assessing the impact of the new standard on its consolidated financial statements. The accounting update is effective for annual and interim periods beginning on or after December 15, 2017 and is to be applied on a retrospective basis.

 

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Accounting for Credit Losses

ASU 2016-13 was issued in June 2016 with the intent of providing financial statement users with more useful information about the expected credit losses on financial instruments and other commitments to extend credit held by a reporting entity at each reporting date. Current treatment uses the incurred loss methodology for recognizing credit losses that delays the recognition until it is probable a loss has been incurred. The amendment adds a new impairment model, known as the current expected credit loss model that is based on expected losses rather than incurred losses. Under the new guidance, an entity recognizes as an allowance its estimate of expected credit losses, which the Financial Accounting Standards Board believes will result in more timely recognition of such losses. The Company is currently assessing the impact of the new standard on its consolidated financial statements. The accounting update is effective for annual and interim periods beginning on or after December 15, 2019.

 

QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

2014

 

 

Q3

 

Q2

 

Q1

 

Q4

 

Q3

 

Q2

 

Q1

 

Q4

(millions of Canadian dollars,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

except per share amounts)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues

 

8,488

 

7,939

 

8,795

 

8,914

 

8,320

 

8,631

 

7,929

 

8,797

Earnings/(loss) attributable to common shareholders

 

(103)

 

301

 

1,213

 

378

 

(609)

 

577

 

(383)

 

88

Earnings/(loss) per common share

 

(0.11)

 

0.33

 

1.38

 

0.44

 

(0.72)

 

0.68

 

(0.46)

 

0.11

Diluted earnings/(loss) per common share

 

(0.11)

 

0.33

 

1.38

 

0.44

 

(0.72)

 

0.67

 

(0.46)

 

0.10

Dividends per common share

 

0.530

 

0.530

 

0.530

 

0.465

 

0.465

 

0.465

 

0.465

 

0.350

EGD - warmer/(colder) than normal weather 1

 

-

 

(7)

 

13

 

16

 

-

 

6

 

(33)

 

(1)

Changes in unrealized derivative fair value (gains)/loss 1

32

 

1

 

(652)

 

45

 

654

 

(296)

 

977

 

164

1

Included in earnings/(loss) attributable to common shareholders.

 

Several factors impact comparability of the Company’s financial results on a quarterly basis, including, but not limited to, seasonality in the Company’s gas distribution businesses, fluctuations in market prices such as foreign exchange rates and commodity prices, disposals of investments or assets and the timing of in-service dates of new projects.

 

A significant part of the Company’s revenues is generated from its energy services operations. Revenues from these operations depend on activity levels, which vary from year to year depending on market conditions and commodity prices. Commodity prices do not directly impact earnings since these earnings reflect a margin or percentage of revenues that depends more on differences in commodity prices between locations and points in time than on the absolute level of prices.

 

EGD and the Company’s other gas distribution businesses are subject to seasonal demand. A significant portion of gas distribution customers use natural gas for space heating; therefore, volumes delivered and resulting revenues and earnings typically increase during the winter months of the first and fourth quarters of any given year. Revenues generated by EGD and other gas distribution businesses also vary from quarter-to-quarter with fluctuations in the price of natural gas, although earnings remain neutral due to the flow-through nature of these costs.

 

The Company actively manages its exposure to market risks including, but not limited to, commodity prices, interest rates and foreign exchange rates. To the extent derivative instruments used to manage these risks are non-qualifying for the purposes of applying hedge accounting, changes in unrealized fair value gains and losses on these instruments will impact earnings.

 

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In addition to the impacts of weather in EGD’s franchise area and changes in unrealized gains and losses outlined above, significant items impacting the consolidated quarterly earnings are noted below:

·                 In the third quarter of 2016, impairment charges of $1,000 million ($81 million after-tax attributable to Enbridge), including related project costs, were recognized in relation to EEP’s Sandpiper as discussed in Growth Projects – Commercially Secured Projects – Liquids Pipelines – Sandpiper Project (EEP).

·                 Included in the second and third quarters of 2016 were after-tax attributable to Enbridge costs of $12 million and $10 million, respectively, incurred in relation to the restart of certain of Enbridge’s pipelines and facilities following the northeastern Alberta wildfires.

·                 Included in the second quarter of 2016 were after-tax attributable to Enbridge impairment charges of $103 million related to Enbridge’s 75% joint venture interest in Eddystone Rail, attributable to market conditions which impacted volumes at the rail facility.

·                 Included in earnings is the Company’s share of after-tax leak remediation costs and related insurance recoveries associated with the Line 6B and Line 6A crude oil releases. Insurance recoveries of $1 million were recognized in the third quarter of 2016 in relation to Line 6A and remediation costs of $2 million were recognized in the first quarter of 2016 in relation to Line 6B. In the fourth quarter of 2014, the Company recognized an out-of-period adjustment of $5 million to reduce Enbridge’s share of Line 6B leak remediation costs recognized in the third quarter of 2014.

·                 Included in earnings are after-tax insurance recoveries associated with the Line 37 crude oil release which occurred in June 2013. Insurance recoveries of $3 million were recognized in the first quarter of 2016, $9 million and $13 million recognized in each of the first and fourth quarters of 2015, respectively, and $4 million recognized in the fourth quarter of 2014. Earnings also reflected after-tax costs of $6 million in the second quarter of 2015 in connection with the Line 37 crude oil release.

·                 Included in the fourth quarter of 2015 were employee severance costs in relation to the Company’s enterprise-wide reduction of workforce, with a net charge of $25 million to earnings.

·                 Included in the fourth quarter of 2015 was an asset impairment charge of US$63 million ($11 million after-tax attributable to Enbridge) related to EEP’s Berthold rail facility due to the inability to renew committed shipper agreements beyond 2016 or secure sufficient spot volume.

·                 Included in the third quarter of 2015 were impacts from the transfer of assets between entities under common control of Enbridge in connection with the transfer of Enbridge’s Canadian Liquids Pipelines business and certain Canadian renewable energy assets to EIPLP in which the Fund has an indirect interest, resulting in a $247 million loss on the de-designation of interest rate hedges, an $88 million write-off of a regulatory asset in respect of taxes and $16 million of transaction costs.

·                 Included in the third quarter of 2015 was an after-tax gain of $44 million on the disposal of non-core assets within the Liquids Pipelines segment.

·                 Included in the second quarter of 2015 was a goodwill impairment charge of $440 million ($167 million after-tax attributable to Enbridge) related to EEP’s natural gas and NGL businesses due to a prolonged decline in commodity prices which reduced producers’ expected drilling programs and negatively impacted volumes on EEP’s natural gas and NGL systems.

·                 Included in the second quarter of 2015 and fourth quarter of 2014 were the tax impact of asset transfers between entities under common control of Enbridge. The intercompany gains realized by the selling entities have been eliminated from the Company’s consolidated financial statements. However, as the transaction involved sale of partnership units, the tax consequences have remained in consolidated earnings and resulted in a charge of $39 million and $157 million, respectively.

·                 Included in earnings were after-tax gains on the disposal of non-core Offshore assets. The Company recognized gains of $4 million in the second quarter of 2015 and $14 million in the fourth quarter of 2014.

 

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Finally, the Company is in the midst of a substantial growth capital program and the timing of construction and completion of growth projects may impact the comparability of quarterly results. The Company’s capital expansion initiatives, including construction commencement and expected in-service dates, are listed under Growth Projects – Commercially Secured Projects.

 

OUTSTANDING SHARE DATA1

 

PREFERENCE SHARES

 

 

 

 

 

Redemption and

 

Right to

 

 

 

 

Conversion

 

Convert

 

 

Number

 

Option Date2,3

 

Into3

Preference Shares, Series A

 

5,000,000

 

-

 

-

Preference Shares, Series B

 

20,000,000

 

June 1, 2017

 

Series C

Preference Shares, Series D

 

18,000,000

 

March 1, 2018

 

Series E

Preference Shares, Series F

 

20,000,000

 

June 1, 2018

 

Series G

Preference Shares, Series H

 

14,000,000

 

September 1, 2018

 

Series I

Preference Shares, Series J

 

8,000,000

 

June 1, 2017

 

Series K

Preference Shares, Series L

 

16,000,000

 

September 1, 2017

 

Series M

Preference Shares, Series N

 

18,000,000

 

December 1, 2018

 

Series O

Preference Shares, Series P

 

16,000,000

 

March 1, 2019

 

Series Q

Preference Shares, Series R

 

16,000,000

 

June 1, 2019

 

Series S

Preference Shares, Series 1

 

16,000,000

 

June 1, 2018

 

Series 2

Preference Shares, Series 3

 

24,000,000

 

September 1, 2019

 

Series 4

Preference Shares, Series 5

 

8,000,000

 

March 1, 2019

 

Series 6

Preference Shares, Series 7

 

10,000,000

 

March 1, 2019

 

Series 8

Preference Shares, Series 9

 

11,000,000

 

December 1, 2019

 

Series 10

Preference Shares, Series 11

 

20,000,000

 

March 1, 2020

 

Series 12

Preference Shares, Series 13

 

14,000,000

 

June 1, 2020

 

Series 14

Preference Shares, Series 15

 

11,000,000

 

September 1, 2020

 

Series 16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMON SHARES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number

Common Shares - issued and outstanding (voting equity shares)

 

 

 

938,603,326

Stock Options - issued and outstanding (22,019,906 vested)

 

 

 

37,207,061

1

Outstanding share data information is provided as at October 21, 2016.

2

All preference shares are non-voting equity shares. Preference Shares, Series A may be redeemed any time at the Company’s option. For all other series of Preference Shares, the Company may, at its option, redeem all or a portion of outstanding Preference Shares for the Base Redemption Value per share plus all accrued and unpaid dividends on the Redemption Option Date and on every fifth anniversary thereafter.

3

The holder will have the right, subject to certain conditions, to convert their shares into Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares of a specified series on a one-for-one basis on the Conversion Option Date and every fifth anniversary thereafter at an ascribed issue price equal to the Base Redemption Value.

 

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ENBRIDGE INC.

 

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(unaudited)

 

September 30, 2016

 



 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

Nine months ended

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

2016

 

2015

(unaudited; millions of Canadian dollars, except per share amounts)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commodity sales

 

6,106

 

6,562

 

16,380

 

17,768

Gas distribution sales

 

272

 

305

 

1,783

 

2,424

Transportation and other services

 

2,110

 

1,453

 

7,059

 

4,688

 

 

8,488

 

8,320

 

25,222

 

24,880

Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commodity costs

 

5,950

 

6,230

 

15,964

 

17,071

Gas distribution costs

 

99

 

143

 

1,137

 

1,807

Operating and administrative

 

1,112

 

1,097

 

3,195

 

3,016

Depreciation and amortization

 

562

 

524

 

1,676

 

1,483

Environmental costs, net of recoveries

 

(11)

 

2

 

6

 

(2)

Asset impairment (Note 6)

 

992

 

-

 

992

 

-

Goodwill impairment (Note 8)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

440

 

 

8,704

 

7,996

 

22,970

 

23,815

 

 

(216)

 

324

 

2,252

 

1,065

Income from equity investments (Note 7)

 

133

 

117

 

322

 

359

Other income/(expense)

 

(10)

 

(331)

 

240

 

(630)

Interest expense

 

(397)

 

(718)

 

(1,178)

 

(1,253)

 

 

(490)

 

(608)

 

1,636

 

(459)

Income taxes recovery/(expense) (Note 15)

 

253

 

(129)

 

(174)

 

(76)

Earnings/(loss)

 

(237)

 

(737)

 

1,462

 

(535)

Loss attributable to noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests (Note 13)

 

207

 

200

 

166

 

334

Earnings/(loss) attributable to Enbridge Inc.

 

(30)

 

(537)

 

1,628

 

(201)

Preference share dividends

 

(73)

 

(72)

 

(217)

 

(214)

Earnings/(loss) attributable to Enbridge Inc. common shareholders

 

(103)

 

(609)

 

1,411

 

(415)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings/(loss) per common share attributable to Enbridge Inc. common shareholders (Note 11)

 

(0.11)

 

(0.72)

 

1.56

 

(0.49)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted earnings/(loss) per common share attributable to Enbridge Inc. common shareholders (Note 11)

 

(0.11)

 

(0.72)

 

1.55

 

(0.49)

 

See accompanying notes to the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements.

 

1



 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

Nine months ended

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

2016

 

2015

(unaudited; millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings/(loss)

 

(237)

 

(737)

 

1,462

 

(535)

Other comprehensive income/(loss), net of tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in unrealized gains/(loss) on cash flow hedges

 

8

 

91

 

(669)

 

(129)

Change in unrealized gains/(loss) on net investment hedges

 

(54)

 

(374)

 

317

 

(720)

Other comprehensive income/(loss) from equity investees

 

(1)

 

(5)

 

(2)

 

17

Reclassification to earnings of realized cash flow hedges

 

33

 

14

 

44

 

24

Reclassification to earnings of unrealized cash flow hedges

 

-

 

(17)

 

14

 

(53)

Reclassification to earnings of pension plans and other postretirement benefits (OPEB) amortization amounts

 

4

 

9

 

13

 

22

Change in foreign currency translation adjustment

 

174

 

1,392

 

(1,142)

 

2,685

Reclassification to earnings of derecognized cash flow hedges (Note 14)

 

-

 

(247)

 

-

 

(247)

Other comprehensive income/(loss), net of tax

 

164

 

863

 

(1,425)

 

1,599

Comprehensive income/(loss)

 

(73)

 

126

 

37

 

1,064

Comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests

 

190

 

229

 

360

 

275

Comprehensive income attributable to Enbridge Inc.

 

117

 

355

 

397

 

1,339

Preference share dividends

 

(73)

 

(72)

 

(217)

 

(214)

Comprehensive income attributable to Enbridge Inc. common shareholders

 

44

 

283

 

180

 

1,125

 

See accompanying notes to the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements.

 

2



 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

 

 

 

Nine months ended

 

 

September 30,

 

 

2016

 

2015

(unaudited; millions of Canadian dollars, except per share amounts)

 

 

 

 

Preference shares

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning and end of period

 

6,515

 

6,515

Common shares

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

7,391

 

6,669

Common shares issued

 

2,241

 

-

Dividend reinvestment and share purchase plan

 

591

 

486

Shares issued on exercise of stock options

 

39

 

64

Balance at end of period

 

10,262

 

7,219

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

3,301

 

2,549

Drop down of interest to Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P.

 

-

 

218

Stock-based compensation

 

38

 

30

Options exercised

 

(19)

 

(16)

Dilution gains and other

 

90

 

35

Balance at end of period

 

3,410

 

2,816

Retained earnings/(deficit)

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

142

 

1,571

Earnings/(loss) attributable to Enbridge Inc.

 

1,628

 

(201)

Preference share dividends

 

(217)

 

(214)

Common share dividends declared

 

(1,448)

 

(1,195)

Dividends paid to reciprocal shareholder

 

20

 

17

Redemption value adjustment attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests

 

(843)

 

440

Adjustment relating to equity method investment

 

(28)

 

-

Balance at end of period

 

(746)

 

418

Accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) (Note 12)

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

1,632

 

(435)

Other comprehensive income/(loss) attributable to Enbridge Inc. common shareholders

 

(1,231)

 

1,540

Balance at end of period

 

401

 

1,105

Reciprocal shareholding

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

(83)

 

(83)

Issuance of treasury stock

 

(19)

 

-

Balance at end of period

 

(102)

 

(83)

Total Enbridge Inc. shareholders’ equity

 

19,740

 

17,990

Noncontrolling interests

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

1,300

 

2,015

Loss attributable to noncontrolling interests (Note 13)

 

(186)

 

(339)

Other comprehensive income/(loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of tax

 

 

 

 

Change in unrealized loss on cash flow hedges

 

(140)

 

(149)

Change in foreign currency translation adjustment

 

(50)

 

240

Reclassification to earnings of realized cash flow hedges

 

27

 

(10)

Reclassification to earnings of unrealized cash flow hedges

 

4

 

(17)

 

 

(159)

 

64

Comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

(345)

 

(275)

Distributions

 

(538)

 

(501)

Contributions

 

28

 

612

Drop down of interest to Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P.

 

-

 

(304)

Dilution loss

 

-

 

(53)

Disposition of Frontier Pipeline Company

 

-

 

(7)

Other

 

(6)

 

(1)

Balance at end of period

 

439

 

1,486

Total equity

 

20,179

 

19,476

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends paid per common share

 

1.590

 

1.395

 

See accompanying notes to the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements.

 

3



 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

Nine months ended

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

2016

 

2015

(unaudited; millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings/(loss)

 

(237)

 

(737)

 

1,462

 

(535)

Depreciation and amortization

 

562

 

524

 

1,676

 

1,483

Deferred income taxes (recovery)/expense

 

(267)

 

98

 

81

 

(41)

Changes in unrealized (gains)/loss on derivative instruments, net (Note 14)

 

(67)

 

1,279

 

(832)

 

2,410

Cash distributions in excess of equity earnings

 

95

 

54

 

98

 

180

Impairment (Notes 6 and 7)

 

992

 

-

 

1,179

 

456

(Gains)/loss on disposition

 

3

 

(60)

 

3

 

(94)

Hedge ineffectiveness (Note 14)

 

17

 

(21)

 

48

 

(51)

Inventory revaluation allowance

 

64

 

216

 

242

 

261

Unrealized (gains)/loss on intercompany loan

 

(2)

 

(55)

 

53

 

(110)

Other

 

61

 

51

 

233

 

20

Changes in environmental liabilities, net of recoveries

 

2

 

(15)

 

16

 

(35)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities

 

(301)

 

(417)

 

(106)

 

(145)

 

 

922

 

917

 

4,153

 

3,799

Investing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additions to property, plant and equipment

 

(1,004)

 

(1,747)

 

(3,963)

 

(5,310)

Joint venture financing

 

7

 

-

 

2

 

-

Long-term investments

 

(129)

 

(132)

 

(376)

 

(311)

Restricted long-term investments

 

(14)

 

(12)

 

(42)

 

(34)

Additions to intangible assets

 

(22)

 

(27)

 

(78)

 

(89)

Acquisition (Note 4)

 

(65)

 

-

 

(604)

 

(106)

Proceeds from disposition

 

16

 

112

 

16

 

146

Affiliate loans, net

 

(5)

 

48

 

(120)

 

54

Changes in restricted cash

 

(52)

 

-

 

(35)

 

(21)

 

 

(1,268)

 

(1,758)

 

(5,200)

 

(5,671)

Financing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net change in bank indebtedness and short-term borrowings

 

(126)

 

(88)

 

14

 

(639)

Net change in commercial paper and credit facility draws

 

32

 

208

 

(374)

 

2,444

Debenture and term note issues, net of issue costs (Note 10)

 

1,098

 

1,554

 

1,098

 

1,554

Debenture and term note repayments

 

(301)

 

(603)

 

(724)

 

(998)

Contributions from noncontrolling interests

 

-

 

33

 

28

 

612

Distributions to noncontrolling interests

 

(176)

 

(177)

 

(538)

 

(501)

Contributions from redeemable noncontrolling interests

 

12

 

-

 

579

 

-

Distributions to redeemable noncontrolling interests

 

(53)

 

(27)

 

(148)

 

(80)

Common shares issued

 

7

 

7

 

2,240

 

47

Preference share dividends

 

(73)

 

(72)

 

(217)

 

(214)

Common share dividends

 

(300)

 

(230)

 

(857)

 

(709)

 

 

120

 

605

 

1,101

 

1,516

Effect of translation of foreign denominated cash and cash equivalents

 

5

 

51

 

(33)

 

119

Increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

(221)

 

(185)

 

21

 

(237)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

1,257

 

1,209

 

1,015

 

1,261

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

1,036

 

1,024

 

1,036

 

1,024

 

See accompanying notes to the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements.

 

4



 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION

 

 

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

 

 

2016

 

2015

(unaudited; millions of Canadian dollars; number of shares in millions)

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

Current assets

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

1,036

 

1,015

Restricted cash

 

63

 

34

Accounts receivable and other (Note 5)

 

4,373

 

5,430

Accounts receivable from affiliates

 

11

 

7

Inventory

 

1,273

 

1,111

Assets held for sale (Note 4)

 

31

 

-

 

 

6,787

 

7,597

Property, plant and equipment, net (Note 6)

 

63,698

 

64,434

Long-term investments (Note 7)

 

6,778

 

7,008

Restricted long-term investments

 

86

 

49

Deferred amounts and other assets

 

3,395

 

3,160

Intangible assets, net

 

1,541

 

1,348

Goodwill (Note 8)

 

77

 

80

Deferred income taxes

 

1,075

 

839

Assets held for sale (Note 4)

 

245

 

-

 

 

83,682

 

84,515

Liabilities and equity

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

 

 

 

Bank indebtedness

 

449

 

361

Short-term borrowings

 

521

 

599

Accounts payable and other

 

6,559

 

7,351

Accounts payable to affiliates

 

113

 

48

Interest payable

 

388

 

324

Environmental liabilities

 

152

 

141

Current maturities of long-term debt (Note 10)

 

4,823

 

1,990

Liabilities held for sale (Note 4)

 

18

 

-

 

 

13,023

 

10,814

Long-term debt (Note 10)

 

35,552

 

39,391

Other long-term liabilities

 

5,889

 

6,056

Deferred income taxes

 

5,700

 

5,915

Liabilities held for sale (Note 4)

 

28

 

-

 

 

60,192

 

62,176

Commitments and contingencies (Note 17)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redeemable noncontrolling interests

 

3,311

 

2,141

Equity

 

 

 

 

Share capital (Note 11)

 

 

 

 

Preference shares

 

6,515

 

6,515

Common shares (938 and 868 outstanding at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively)

 

10,262

 

7,391

Additional paid-in capital

 

3,410

 

3,301

Retained earnings/(deficit)

 

(746)

 

142

Accumulated other comprehensive income (Note 12)

 

401

 

1,632

Reciprocal shareholding

 

(102)

 

(83)

Total Enbridge Inc. shareholders’ equity

 

19,740

 

18,898

Noncontrolling interests (Note 13)

 

439

 

1,300

 

 

20,179

 

20,198

 

 

83,682

 

84,515

 

Variable Interest Entities (Note 9)

See accompanying notes to the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements.

 

5



 

NOTES TO THE INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(unaudited)

 

1.   BASIS OF PRESENTATION

 

The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of Enbridge Inc. (Enbridge or the Company) have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP) and Regulation S-X for interim consolidated financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete consolidated financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the Company’s amended consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2015 filed on May 12, 2016. In the opinion of management, the interim consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, with the exception of an out-of-period adjustment further described in Note 3, Segmented Information, which management considers necessary to present fairly the Company’s financial position as at September 30, 2016 and results of operations and cash flows for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015. These interim consolidated financial statements follow the same significant accounting policies as those included in the Company’s amended consolidated financial statements as at and for the year ended December 31, 2015, except for the adoption of new standards (Note 2). Amounts are stated in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted.

 

The Company’s operations and earnings for interim periods can be affected by seasonal fluctuations within the gas distribution utility business, as well as other factors such as the supply of and demand for crude oil and natural gas.

 

REPORTABLE SEGMENTS

Effective January 1, 2016, as a result of the 2015 transaction restructuring its Canadian Liquids Pipelines business (the Canadian Restructuring Plan), Enbridge revised its reportable segments to better reflect the underlying operations of the Company. Enbridge conducts its business through five business segments: Liquids Pipelines; Gas Distribution; Gas Pipelines and Processing; Green Power and Transmission; and Energy Services, as discussed below. The Company believes this new format more clearly describes the financial performance of its business segments, provides increased transparency with respect to operational results and aligns with business segment decision making and management.

 

Comparative amounts presented on a segmented basis have been restated accordingly to be consistent with the current period reportable segments.

 

LIQUIDS PIPELINES

Liquids Pipelines consists of common carrier and contract crude oil, natural gas liquids (NGL) and refined products pipelines and terminals in Canada and the United States, including Canadian Mainline, Lakehead Pipeline System (Lakehead System), Regional Oil Sands System, Mid-Continent and Gulf Coast, Southern Lights Pipeline, Bakken System and Feeder Pipelines and Other.

 

GAS DISTRIBUTION

Gas Distribution consists of the Company’s natural gas utility operations, the core of which is Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc., which serves residential, commercial and industrial customers, primarily in central and eastern Ontario as well as northern New York State. This business segment also includes natural gas distribution activities in Quebec and New Brunswick and the Company’s investment in Noverco Inc. (Noverco).

 

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GAS PIPELINES AND PROCESSING

Gas Pipelines and Processing consists of investments in natural gas pipelines and gathering and processing facilities. Investments in natural gas pipelines include the Company’s interests in the Alliance Pipeline, the Vector Pipeline (Vector) and transmission and gathering pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico. Investments in natural gas processing include the Company’s interest in Aux Sable, a natural gas extraction and fractionation business located near the terminus of the Alliance Pipeline, Canadian Midstream assets located in northeast British Columbia and northwest Alberta and United States Midstream assets located primarily in Texas and Oklahoma.

 

GREEN POWER AND TRANSMISSION

Green Power and Transmission consists of the Company’s investments in renewable energy assets and transmission facilities. Renewable energy assets consist of wind, solar, geothermal and waste heat recovery facilities and are located in Canada primarily in the provinces of Alberta, Ontario and Quebec and in the United States primarily in Colorado, Texas and Indiana.

 

ENERGY SERVICES

The Energy Services businesses in Canada and the United States undertake physical commodity marketing activity and logistical services, oversee refinery supply services and manage the Company’s volume commitments on Alliance Pipeline, Vector and other pipeline systems.

 

ELIMINATIONS AND OTHER

In addition, Eliminations and Other includes operating and administrative costs and foreign exchange impacts which are not allocated to business segments. Also included in Eliminations and Other are new business development activities, general corporate investments and elimination of transactions between segments required to present the Company’s financial performance and financial position on a consolidated basis.

 

2.   SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

ADOPTION OF NEW STANDARDS

Classification of Deferred Taxes on the Statements of Financial Position

Effective January 1, 2016, the Company elected to early adopt Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2015-17 and applied the standard on a prospective basis. The amendments require that deferred tax liabilities and assets be classified as noncurrent in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position. The adoption of the pronouncement did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement-Period Adjustments in Business Combinations

Effective January 1, 2016, the Company adopted ASU 2015-16 on a prospective basis. The new standard requires that an acquirer must recognize adjustments to provisional amounts that are identified during the measurement period in the reporting period in which the adjustment amounts are determined. The adoption of the pronouncement did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

Measurement Date of Defined Benefit Obligation and Plan Assets

Effective January 1, 2016, the Company adopted ASU 2015-04 on a prospective basis. The revised criteria simplify the fair value measurement of defined benefit plan assets and obligations. The adoption of the pronouncement did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

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Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis

ASU 2015-02, issued in February 2015, revises the current consolidation guidance which results in a change in the determination of whether an entity consolidates certain types of legal entities. The new standard is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015 and may be applied on a full or modified retrospective basis. Effective January 1, 2016, the Company adopted ASU 2015-02 on a modified retrospective basis, which amended and clarified the guidance on variable interest entities (VIEs). There was a significant change in the assessment of limited partnerships and other similar legal entities as VIEs, including the removal of the presumption that the general partner should consolidate a limited partnership. As a result, the Company has determined that a majority of the limited partnerships that are currently consolidated or equity accounted for are VIEs. The amended guidance did not impact the Company’s accounting treatment of such entities, however, material disclosures for VIEs have been provided, as necessary.

 

FUTURE ACCOUNTING POLICY CHANGES

Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis Involving Common Control

ASU 2016-17 was issued in October 2016 with the intent of improving consolidation guidance in situations involving common control. The amendments change the evaluation of whether a reporting entity is the primary beneficiary of a VIE, by changing how a reporting entity, that is a single decision maker of a VIE, treats indirect interests in the entity held through related parties that are under common control with the reporting entity. The Company is currently assessing the impact of the new standard on its consolidated financial statements. The accounting update is effective for annual and interim periods beginning on or after December 15, 2016 and is to be applied on a retrospective basis.

 

Accounting for Intra-Entity Asset Transfers

ASU 2016-16 was issued in October 2016 with the intent of improving the accounting for the income tax consequences of intra-entity asset transfers other than inventory. Under the new guidance, an entity should recognize the income tax consequences of an intra-entity transfer of an asset, other than inventory, when the transfer occurs. The selling entity is required to recognize a current tax expense or benefit upon transfer of the asset, whereas the purchasing entity is required to recognize a deferred tax asset or deferred tax liability, as well as the related deferred tax benefit or expense, upon receipt of the asset. The Company is currently assessing the impact of the new standard on its consolidated financial statements. The accounting update is effective for annual and interim periods beginning on or after December 15, 2017 and is to be applied on a modified retrospective basis. Early application is permitted for all entities as of the beginning of an interim or annual reporting period.

 

Simplifying Cash Flow Classification

ASU 2016-15 was issued in August 2016 with the intent of reducing diversity in practice of how certain cash receipts and cash payments are classified in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. The new guidance addresses eight specific presentation issues. The Company is currently assessing the impact of the new standard on its consolidated financial statements. The accounting update is effective for annual and interim periods beginning on or after December 15, 2017 and is to be applied on a retrospective basis.

 

Accounting for Credit Losses

ASU 2016-13 was issued in June 2016 with the intent of providing financial statement users with more useful information about the expected credit losses on financial instruments and other commitments to extend credit held by a reporting entity at each reporting date. Current treatment uses the incurred loss methodology for recognizing credit losses that delays the recognition until it is probable a loss has been incurred. The amendment adds a new impairment model, known as the current expected credit loss model that is based on expected losses rather than incurred losses. Under the new guidance, an entity recognizes as an allowance its estimate of expected credit losses, which the Financial Accounting Standards Board believes will result in more timely recognition of such losses. The Company is currently assessing the impact of the new standard on its consolidated financial statements. The accounting update is effective for annual and interim periods beginning on or after December 15, 2019.

 

3.   SEGMENTED INFORMATION

 

Effective January 1, 2016, the Company revised its reportable segments (Note 1). Revisions to the segmented information presentation on a retrospective basis include:

·                The replacement of the previous segments: Liquids Pipelines; Gas Distribution; Gas Pipelines, Processing and Energy Services; Sponsored Investments; and Corporate with new segments: Liquids Pipelines; Gas Distribution; Gas Pipelines and Processing; Green Power and Transmission; and Energy Services; and

·                Presenting the Earnings before interest and income taxes of each segment as opposed to Earnings attributable to Enbridge Inc. common shareholders. Amounts related to Interest expense, Income taxes, Earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests and Preference share dividends are now reported on a consolidated basis.

 

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Segmented information for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 are as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pipelines

 

Green Power

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liquids

 

Gas

 

and

 

and

 

Energy

 

Eliminations

 

 

Three months ended September 30, 2016

 

Pipelines

 

Distribution

 

Processing

 

Transmission

 

Services

 

and Other

 

Consolidated

(millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues

 

1,913

 

355

 

713

 

118

 

5,471

 

(82)

 

8,488

Commodity and gas distribution costs

 

(4)

 

(110)

 

(531)

 

1

 

(5,485)

 

80

 

(6,049)

Operating and administrative

 

(756)

 

(131)

 

(112)

 

(41)

 

(12)

 

(60)

 

(1,112)

Depreciation and amortization

 

(343)

 

(87)

 

(73)

 

(47)

 

-

 

(12)

 

(562)

Environmental costs, net of recoveries

 

11

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

11

Asset impairment

 

(992)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(992)

 

 

(171)

 

27

 

(3)

 

31

 

(26)

 

(74)

 

(216)

Income/(loss) from equity investments

 

87

 

(21)

 

66

 

1

 

-

 

-

 

133

Other income/(expense)

 

(3)

 

14

 

4

 

2

 

1

 

(28)

 

(10)

Earnings/(loss) before interest and income taxes

 

(87)

 

20

 

67

 

34

 

(25)

 

(102)

 

(93)

Interest expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(397)

Income taxes recovery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

253

Loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(237)

Loss attributable to noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

207

Preference share dividends

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(73)

Loss attributable to Enbridge Inc. common shareholders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(103)

Additions to property, plant and equipment1

 

732

 

190

 

18

 

57

 

-

 

7

 

1,004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pipelines

 

Green Power

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liquids

 

Gas

 

and

 

and

 

Energy

 

Eliminations

 

 

Three months ended September 30, 2015

 

Pipelines

 

Distribution

 

Processing

 

Transmission

 

Services

 

and Other

 

Consolidated

(millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues

 

1,184

 

388

 

914

 

112

 

5,857

 

(135)

 

8,320

Commodity and gas distribution costs

 

(2)

 

(156)

 

(679)

 

1

 

(5,678)

 

141

 

(6,373)

Operating and administrative

 

(761)

 

(130)

 

(135)

 

(40)

 

(11)

 

(20)

 

(1,097)

Depreciation and amortization

 

(324)

 

(73)

 

(69)

 

(47)

 

1

 

(12)

 

(524)

Environmental costs, net of recoveries

 

(2)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(2)

 

 

95

 

29

 

31

 

26

 

169

 

(26)

 

324

Income/(loss) from equity investments

 

83

 

(14)

 

50

 

-

 

(2)

 

-

 

117

Other income/(expense)

 

1

 

12

 

(4)

 

(1)

 

2

 

(341)

 

(331)

Earnings/(loss) before interest and income taxes

 

179

 

27

 

77

 

25

 

169

 

(367)

 

110

Interest expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(718)

Income taxes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(129)

Loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(737)

Loss attributable to noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

200

Preference share dividends

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(72)

Loss attributable to Enbridge Inc. common shareholders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(609)

Additions to property, plant and equipment1

 

1,453

 

205

 

96

 

-

 

-

 

(7)

 

1,747

 

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Gas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pipelines

 

Green Power

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liquids

 

Gas

 

and

 

and

 

Energy

 

Eliminations

 

 

Nine months ended September 30, 2016

 

Pipelines

 

Distribution

 

Processing

 

Transmission

 

Services

 

and Other

 

Consolidated

(millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues

 

6,269

 

2,134

 

1,980

 

374

 

14,715

 

(250)

 

25,222

Commodity and gas distribution costs

 

(9)

 

(1,169)

 

(1,477)

 

4

 

(14,698)

 

248

 

(17,101)

Operating and administrative

 

(2,185)

 

(409)

 

(358)

 

(118)

 

(46)

 

(79)

 

(3,195)

Depreciation and amortization

 

(1,025)

 

(251)

 

(222)

 

(142)

 

(1)

 

(35)

 

(1,676)

Environmental costs, net of recoveries

 

(6)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(6)

Asset impairment

 

(992)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(992)

 

 

2,052

 

305

 

(77)

 

118

 

(30)

 

(116)

 

2,252

Income/(loss) from equity investments

 

117

 

6

 

200

 

2

 

(3)

 

-

 

322

Other income/(expense)

 

(1)

 

31

 

24

 

4

 

(5)

 

187

 

240

Earnings/(loss) before interest and income taxes

 

2,168

 

342

 

147

 

124

 

(38)

 

71

 

2,814

Interest expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,178)

Income taxes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(174)

Earnings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,462

Loss attributable to noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

166

Preference share dividends

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(217)

Earnings attributable to Enbridge Inc. common shareholders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,411

Additions to property, plant and equipment1

 

3,134

 

582

 

151

 

74

 

-

 

23

 

3,964

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pipelines

 

Green Power

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liquids

 

Gas

 

and

 

and

 

Energy

 

Eliminations

 

 

Nine months ended September 30, 2015

 

Pipelines

 

Distribution

 

Processing

 

Transmission

 

Services

 

and Other

 

Consolidated

(millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues

 

3,813

 

2,806

 

3,047

 

366

 

15,231

 

(383)

 

24,880

Commodity and gas distribution costs

 

(6)

 

(1,852)

 

(2,473)

 

3

 

(14,943)

 

393

 

(18,878)

Operating and administrative

 

(2,006)

 

(399)

 

(390)

 

(104)

 

(53)

 

(64)

 

(3,016)

Depreciation and amortization

 

(891)

 

(230)

 

(202)

 

(139)

 

1

 

(22)

 

(1,483)

Environmental costs, net of recoveries

 

2

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

2

Goodwill impairment

 

-

 

-

 

(440)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(440)

 

 

912

 

325

 

(458)

 

126

 

236

 

(76)

 

1,065

Income/(loss) from equity investments

 

228

 

(17)

 

158

 

-

 

(7)

 

(3)

 

359

Other income/(expense)

 

(9)

 

36

 

2

 

1

 

4

 

(664)

 

(630)

Earnings/(loss) before interest and income taxes

 

1,131

 

344

 

(298)

 

127

 

233

 

(743)

 

794

Interest expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,253)

Income taxes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(76)

Loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(535)

Loss attributable to noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

334

Preference share dividends

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(214)

Loss attributable to Enbridge Inc. common shareholders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(415)

Additions to property, plant and equipment1

 

4,394

 

540

 

302

 

37

 

-

 

38

 

5,311

1       Includes allowance for equity funds used during construction.

 

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OUT-OF-PERIOD ADJUSTMENT

 

Earnings attributable to Enbridge Inc. common shareholders for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 were increased by an out-of-period adjustment of $71 million in respect of an overstatement of deferred income tax expense in 2013 and 2014.

 

TOTAL ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

September 30,

December 31,

 

 

2016

2015

(millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

Liquids Pipelines

 

51,654

52,015

Gas Distribution

 

9,862

9,901

Gas Pipelines and Processing

 

11,292

11,559

Green Power and Transmission

 

5,167

4,977

Energy Services

 

1,906

1,889

Eliminations and Other

 

3,801

4,174

 

 

83,682

84,515

 

4.   ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITION

 

ACQUISITIONS

 

Chapman Ranch Wind Project

 

On September 9, 2016, the Company acquired a 100% interest in the 249 megawatt (MW) Chapman Ranch Wind Project (Chapman Ranch) located in Texas for cash consideration of $65 million (US$50 million), of which $62 million (US$48 million) was allocated to Property, plant and equipment. There would have been no effect on earnings if the transaction had occurred on January 1, 2016 as the project is under construction and has not generated revenues to date. Chapman Ranch is included within the Green Power and Transmission segment.

 

Spectra Energy Corp

 

On September 6, 2016 Enbridge and Spectra Energy Corp (Spectra Energy) announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Enbridge and Spectra Energy will combine in a stock-for-stock merger transaction (the Merger Transaction). The Merger Transaction was unanimously approved by the Boards of Directors of both companies and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2017, subject to shareholder and certain regulatory approvals, and other customary conditions.

 

Under the terms of the Merger Transaction, Spectra Energy shareholders will receive 0.984 shares of the combined company for each share of Spectra Energy common stock they own. Upon completion of the Merger Transaction, Enbridge shareholders are expected to own approximately 57% of the combined company and Spectra Energy shareholders are expected to own approximately 43%. The combined company will be called Enbridge Inc.

 

Tupper Main and Tupper West

 

On April 1, 2016, Enbridge acquired the Tupper Main and Tupper West gas plants and associated pipelines (the Tupper Plants) located in northeastern British Columbia for cash consideration of $539 million. The purchase price for the Tupper Plants was equal to the fair value of identifiable net assets acquired and accordingly, the Company did not recognize any goodwill as part of the acquisition. Transaction costs incurred by the Company totalled approximately $1 million and are included in Operating and administrative expense within the Consolidated Statements of Earnings. The Tupper Plants are included within the Gas Pipelines and Processing segment.

 

Since the closing date through September 30, 2016, the Tupper Plants have generated approximately $22 million in revenue and $14 million in earnings before interest and income taxes. If the acquisition had closed on January 1, 2016, the Consolidated Statements of Earnings would have shown revenue and earnings before interest and income taxes of $33 million and $20 million, respectively.

 

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The following purchase price allocation is provisional until the Company completes its valuation of the acquired assets.

 

April 1,

 

2016

(millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

Fair value of net assets acquired:

 

 

Property, plant and equipment

 

288

Intangible assets

 

251

 

 

539

Purchase price:

 

 

Cash

 

539

 

The purchase price allocation was prepared on a preliminary basis and is subject to change as additional information becomes available concerning the fair value and tax basis of the assets acquired. Any additional adjustments to the purchase price allocation will be made as soon as practicable but no later than one year from the date of acquisition.

 

ASSETS HELD FOR SALE

 

On September 29, 2016, the Company entered into an agreement to sell the South Prairie Region assets to an unrelated party for cash proceeds of $1.075 billion, subject to adjustment. The transaction is expected to close at the end of the fourth quarter of 2016. The South Prairie Region assets were included within the Company’s Liquids Pipelines segment.

 

As at September 30, 2016, the assets and liabilities of the South Prairie Region assets were classified as held for sale and were measured at the lower of their carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell, which did not result in a fair value adjustment. Included within assets and liabilities held for sale on the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position were the following balances:

 

September 30,

 

2016

(millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

1

Accounts receivable and other

 

30

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

222

Restricted long-term investments

 

5

Intangible assets, net

 

1

Deferred income taxes

 

17

Total assets held for sale

 

276

 

 

 

Bank indebtedness

 

4

Accounts payable and other

 

14

Other long-term liabilities

 

28

Total liabilities held for sale

 

46

 

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, pre-tax earnings for the South Prairie Region assets were $12 million and $30 million, respectively.

 

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5.   ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND OTHER

 

Pursuant to a Receivables Purchase Agreement (the Receivables Agreement) executed in 2013, certain trade and accrued receivables (the Receivables) have been sold by certain Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. (EEP) subsidiaries to an Enbridge wholly-owned special purpose entity (SPE). The Receivables owned by the SPE are not available to Enbridge except through its 100% ownership in such SPE. The Receivables Agreement was amended in June 2016 to extend the termination date that provides for purchases to occur on a monthly basis through to December 2019, provided accumulated purchases net of collections do not exceed US$450 million at any one point. The value of trade and accrued receivables outstanding owned by the SPE totalled US$277 million ($363 million) and US$317 million ($439 million) as at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.

 

6.   PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

 

On September 1, 2016, Enbridge announced that EEP applied for the withdrawal of regulatory applications pending with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission for the Sandpiper Project (Sandpiper). In connection with this announcement and other factors, the Company evaluated Sandpiper for impairment. As a result, the Company recognized an impairment loss of $992 million ($81 million after-tax attributable to Enbridge) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, which is included in Asset impairment in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings. Sandpiper is included within the Liquids Pipelines segment. The estimated remaining fair value of $71 million of Sandpiper is based on the estimated price that would be received to sell unused pipe, land and other related equipment in its current condition, considering the current market conditions for sale of these assets. The valuation considered a range of potential selling prices from various alternatives that could be used to dispose of these assets. The estimated fair value, with the exception of $3 million in land, has been reclassified into Deferred amounts and other assets in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position as at September 30, 2016.

 

7.   LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS

 

EOLIEN MARITIME FRANCE SAS

 

Effective May 19, 2016, Enbridge acquired a 50% interest in Eolien Maritime France SAS (EMF), a French offshore wind development company. EMF is co-owned by Enbridge and EDF Energies Nouvelles, a subsidiary of Électricité de France S.A. EMF holds licenses for three large-scale offshore wind farms off the coast of France, which are currently under development. Enbridge’s portion of the costs incurred to date is approximately $197 million (133 million) with $68 million presented in Long-term investments, and $129 million presented in Deferred amounts and other assets.

 

EDDYSTONE RAIL COMPANY, LLC

During the quarter ended June 30, 2016, the Company recorded an investment impairment of $176 million related to Enbridge’s 75% joint venture interest in Eddystone Rail Company, LLC (Eddystone Rail), which is held through Enbridge Rail (Philadelphia) L.L.C., a wholly-owned subsidiary. Eddystone Rail is a rail-to-barge transloading facility located in the greater Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area that delivers Bakken and other light sweet crude oil to Philadelphia area refineries. Due to a significant decrease in price spreads between Bakken crude oil and West Africa/Brent crude oil and increased competition in the region, demand for Eddystone Rail services dropped significantly, which led to the completion of an impairment test. The impairment charge is presented within Income from equity investments on the Consolidated Statements of Earnings. The investment in Eddystone Rail is included within the Liquids Pipelines segment.

 

The impairment charge was based on the amount by which the carrying value of the asset exceeded fair value, determined using an adjusted net worth approach. The Company’s estimate of fair value required it to use significant unobservable inputs representative of a Level 3 fair value measurement, including assumptions related to the future performance of Eddystone Rail.

 

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8.   GOODWILL

 

During the quarter ended June 30, 2015, the Company recorded an impairment charge of $440 million ($167 million after-tax attributable to Enbridge) related to EEP’s natural gas and NGL businesses, which EEP holds directly and indirectly through its partially-owned subsidiary, Midcoast Energy Partners, L.P. Due to a prolonged decline in commodity prices, reduction in producers’ expected drilling programs have negatively impacted forecasted cash flows from EEP’s natural gas and NGL systems. This change in circumstance led to the completion of an impairment test, resulting in a full impairment of goodwill on EEP’s natural gas and NGL businesses.

 

In performing the impairment assessment, EEP measured the fair value of its reporting units primarily by using a discounted cash flow analysis and it also considered overall market capitalization of its business, cash flow measurement data and other factors. EEP’s estimate of fair value required it to use significant unobservable inputs representative of a Level 3 fair value measurement, including assumptions related to the future performance of its reporting units.

 

9.   VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES

 

On January 1, 2016, the Company adopted ASU 2015-02 using the modified retrospective transition approach, which amended and clarified the guidance on VIEs. While the new guidance did not impact the Company’s accounting treatment conclusion on various entities, additional disclosures regarding these VIEs are necessary. These disclosures are included below.

 

The Company is required to consolidate a VIE in which the Company is the primary beneficiary. The primary beneficiary has both the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance and the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits from the VIE entity that could potentially be significant to the VIE.

 

The Company assesses all variable interests in the entity and uses its judgment when determining if the Company is the primary beneficiary. Other qualitative factors that are considered include decision-making responsibilities, the VIE capital structure, risk and rewards sharing, contractual agreements with the VIE, voting rights and level of involvement of other parties. A reconsideration of whether an entity is a VIE occurs when there are certain changes in the facts and circumstances related to a VIE. The Company assesses the primary beneficiary determination for a VIE on an ongoing basis.

 

CONSOLIDATED VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES

 

Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P.

 

EEP is a publicly-traded Delaware limited partnership and is considered a VIE as its limited partners do not have substantive kick-out rights or participating rights. Enbridge, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Enbridge Energy Company, Inc. (EECI), has the power to direct EEP’s activities that have a significant impact on EEP’s economic performance. Along with a 35.4% economic interest held through an indirect common interest and preferred unit interest through EECI, the Company, through its 100% ownership of EECI, is the primary beneficiary of EEP. The public owns the remaining interests in EEP.

 

Enbridge Income Partners LP

 

Enbridge Income Partners LP (EIPLP), formed in 2002, is involved in the generation, transportation and storage of energy through interests in its Liquids Pipelines business, including the Canadian Mainline, its 50.0% interest in the Alliance Pipeline, which transports natural gas, and its renewable and alternative power generation facilities. EIPLP is a partnership between an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company and Enbridge Commercial Trust (ECT). EIPLP is considered a VIE as its limited partners lack substantive kick-out rights and participating rights. Through a majority ownership of EIPLP’s General Partner, 100% ownership of Enbridge Management Services Inc. (a service provider for EIPLP), and 54.1% of direct common interest in EIPLP, the Company has the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact EIPLP’s economic performance and have the obligation to absorb losses and the right to receive residual returns that are potentially significant to EIPLP, making the Company the primary beneficiary of EIPLP. As at September 30, 2016, the Company’s economic interest in EIPLP was 79.1%.

 

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Other Limited Partnerships

 

By virtue of a lack of substantive kick-out rights and participating rights, substantially all limited partnerships wholly-owned by Enbridge and/or its subsidiaries are considered VIEs. As these entities are 100% owned and directed by Enbridge with no third parties having the ability to direct any of the significant activities, the Company is considered the primary beneficiary.

 

The following table includes assets to be used to settle liabilities of Enbridge’s consolidated VIEs and liabilities of Enbridge’s consolidated VIEs for which creditors do not have recourse to the Company’s general credit as the primary beneficiary. These assets and liabilities are included in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position.

 

September 30,

 

2016

(millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

217

Accounts receivable and other

 

750

Accounts receivable from affiliates

 

3

Inventory

 

88

Assets held for sale

 

31

 

 

1,089

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

43,852

Long-term investments

 

955

Restricted long-term investments

 

79

Deferred amounts and other assets

 

1,920

Intangible assets, net

 

449

Goodwill

 

29

Deferred income taxes

 

230

Assets held for sale

 

245

 

 

48,848

 

 

 

Bank indebtedness

 

(36)

Accounts payable and other

 

(1,281)

Accounts payable to affiliates

 

(75)

Interest payable

 

(212)

Environmental liabilities

 

(149)

Current maturities of long-term debt

 

(410)

Liabilities held for sale

 

(18)

 

 

(2,181)

Long-term debt

 

(16,694)

Other long-term liabilities

 

(1,440)

Deferred income taxes

 

(1,486)

Liabilities held for sale

 

(28)

 

 

(21,829)

Net assets before noncontrolling interests

 

27,019

 

The Company does not have an obligation to provide financial support to any of the consolidated VIEs, with the exception of EIPLP. The Company is required, when called on by Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc., to backstop equity funding required by EIPLP to undertake the growth program embedded in the assets it acquired in the Canadian Restructuring Plan.

 

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Other Consolidated Variable Interest Entities

 

Enbridge Income Fund, ECT, Magicat Holdco LLC, and Keechi Holdings L.L.C. are also entities that are considered VIEs and consolidated by the Company. There have been no significant changes to Enbridge’s interest in these entities since December 31, 2015.

 

UNCONSOLIDATED VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES

 

The Company currently holds several equity investments in limited partnerships that are assessed to be VIEs due to limited partners not having substantive kick-out rights or participating rights. Enbridge has determined that it does not have the power to direct the activities of the VIEs that most significantly impact the VIEs’ economic performance. Specifically, the power to direct the activities of a majority of these VIEs is shared amongst the partners. Each partner has representatives that make up an executive committee who makes significant decisions for the VIE and none of the partners may make major decisions unilaterally.

 

The carrying amount of the Company’s interest in VIEs that are unconsolidated and its estimated maximum exposure to loss as at September 30, 2016 is presented below.

 

 

 

Carrying

 

Enbridge’s

 

 

Amount of

 

Maximum

 

 

Investment

 

Exposure to

September 30, 2016

 

in VIE

 

Loss

(millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

 

Vector Pipeline L.P.1

 

152

 

152

Aux Sable Liquid Products L.P.1

 

189

 

189

Rampion Offshore Wind Limited2

 

316

 

458

Eddystone Rail Company, LLC3

 

14

 

19

Illinois Extension Pipeline Company, L.L.C.1

 

762

 

762

Eolien Maritime France SAS4

 

68

 

709

Other1

 

17

 

17

 

 

1,518

 

2,306

 

1

At September 30, 2016, the maximum exposure to loss for these entities are limited to the Company’s equity investment as these companies are in operation and self-sustaining.

2

At September 30, 2016, the maximum exposure to loss includes the portion of the Company’s parental guarantee that has been committed in project construction contracts in which the Company would be liable for in the event of default by the VIE.

3

At September 30, 2016, the maximum exposure to loss includes the carrying value of an outstanding loan issued by the Company.

4

At September 30, 2016, the maximum exposure to loss includes the portion of the Company’s parental guarantee that has been committed in project construction contracts in which the Company would be liable for in the event of default by the VIE and an outstanding affiliate loan receivable for $129 million held by the Company (Note 7).

 

The Company does not have an obligation to and did not provide any additional financial support to the VIEs during the period ended September 30, 2016.

 

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10.   DEBT

 

The following table provides details of the Company’s committed credit facilities as at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2016

 

2015

 

 

Maturity

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

Dates

 

Facilities

 

Draws1

 

Available

 

Facilities

(millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enbridge Inc.

 

2017 - 2020

 

8,168

 

5,580

 

2,588

 

6,988

Enbridge (U.S.) Inc.

 

2017 - 2018

 

4,237

 

394

 

3,843

 

4,470

Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P.

 

2018 - 2020

 

3,443

 

2,709

 

734

 

3,598

Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc.

 

2018 - 2019

 

1,017

 

530

 

487

 

1,010

Enbridge Income Fund

 

2019

 

1,500

 

691

 

809

 

1,500

Enbridge Pipelines (Southern Lights) L.L.C.

 

2018

 

26

 

-

 

26

 

28

Enbridge Pipelines Inc.

 

2018

 

3,000

 

908

 

2,092

 

3,000

Enbridge Southern Lights LP

 

2018

 

5

 

-

 

5

 

5

Midcoast Energy Partners, L.P.

 

2018

 

1,062

 

590

 

472

 

1,121

Total committed credit facilities

 

 

 

22,458

 

11,402

 

11,056

 

21,720

 

1

Includes facility draws, letters of credit and commercial paper issuances that are back-stopped by the credit facility.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, the Company completed aggregate issuances of unsecured, medium-term notes of $1,100 million. These aggregate issuances carry interest rates ranging from approximately 2.5% to 4.1% and have maturities ranging from 10 to 30 years.

 

In the second quarter of 2016, the Company also entered into a three year, extendible credit facility for US$650 million with a syndicate of Chinese banks. In addition, the Company entered into a three year, extendible credit facility for ¥32,622 million (US$323 million) with a syndicate of Japanese banks.

 

In addition to the committed credit facilities noted above, the Company also has $330 million (December 31, 2015 - $349 million) of uncommitted demand credit facilities, of which $87 million (December 31, 2015 - $185 million) were unutilized as at September 30, 2016.

 

Credit facilities carry a weighted average standby fee of 0.2% per annum on the unused portion and draws bear interest at market rates. Certain credit facilities serve as a back-stop to the commercial paper programs and the Company has the option to extend the facilities, which are currently set to mature from 2017 to 2020.

 

As at September 30, 2016, commercial paper and credit facility draws, net of short-term borrowings and non-revolving credit facilities that mature within one year, of $9,189 million (December 31, 2015 - $11,344 million) are supported by the availability of long-term committed credit facilities and therefore have been classified as long-term debt.

 

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11.   SHARE CAPITAL

 

COMMON SHARES

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

 

Number

 

 

 

Number

 

 

September 30,

 

of Shares

 

Amount

 

of Shares

 

Amount

(millions of Canadian dollars; number of common shares in millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

868

 

7,391

 

852

 

6,669

Common shares issued1

 

56

 

2,241

 

-

 

-

Dividend Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan

 

12

 

591

 

9

 

486

Shares issued on exercise of stock options

 

2

 

39

 

3

 

64

Balance at end of period

 

938

 

10,262

 

864

 

7,219

 

1

Gross proceeds - $2,300 million (2015 - nil); net issuance costs - $59 million (2015 - nil).

 

EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE

 

Earnings per common share is calculated by dividing earnings attributable to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. The weighted average number of common shares outstanding has been reduced by the Company’s pro-rata weighted average interest in its own common shares of 13 million (2015 - 12 million) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, resulting from the Company’s reciprocal investment in Noverco.

 

The treasury stock method is used to determine the dilutive impact of stock options. This method assumes any proceeds from the exercise of stock options would be used to purchase common shares at the average market price during the period.

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

Nine months ended

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

2016

 

2015

(number of shares in millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding

 

922

 

849

 

905

 

845

Effect of dilutive options

 

-

 

-

 

8

 

-

Diluted weighted average shares outstanding

 

922

 

849

 

913

 

845

 

For the nine months ended September 30, 2016, 11,880,242 anti-dilutive stock options with a weighted average exercise price of $52.30 were excluded from the diluted earnings per common share calculation. Due to the loss attributable to common shareholders for the three months ended September 30, 2016, 37,497,343 stock options with a weighted average exercise price of $41.90 were excluded from the diluted earnings per common share calculation as their effect would be anti-dilutive.

 

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, the Company incurred a loss attributable to common shareholders, therefore all stock options were anti-dilutive and have been excluded from the diluted earnings per common share calculation.

 

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12.   COMPONENTS OF ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

 

Changes in Accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) (AOCI) attributable to Enbridge Inc. common shareholders for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 are as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pension and

 

 

 

Net

Cumulative

 

OPEB

 

 

Cash Flow

Investment

Translation

Equity

Amortization

 

 

Hedges

Hedges

Adjustment

Investees

Adjustment

Total

(millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at January 1, 2016

(688)

(795)

3,365

37

(287)

1,632

Other comprehensive income/(loss) retained in AOCI

(714)

328

(1,086)

(7)

-

(1,479)

Other comprehensive (income)/loss reclassified to earnings

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate contracts1

85

-

-

-

-

85

Commodity contracts2

(7)

-

-

-

-

(7)

Foreign exchange contracts3

1

-

-

-

-

1

Other contracts4

(36)

-

-

-

-

(36)

Amortization of pension and OPEB actuarial loss5

-

-

-

-

18

18

 

(671)

328

(1,086)

(7)

18

(1,418)

Tax impact

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income tax on amounts retained in AOCI

216

(11)

-

5

-

210

Income tax on amounts reclassified to earnings

(18)

-

-

-

(5)

(23)

 

198

(11)

-

5

(5)

187

Balance at September 30, 2016

(1,161)

(478)

2,279

35

(274)

401

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pension and

 

 

 

Net

Cumulative

 

OPEB

 

 

Cash Flow

Investment

Translation

Equity

Amortization

 

 

Hedges

Hedges

Adjustment

Investees

Adjustment

Total

(millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at January 1, 2015

(488)

108

309

(5)

(359)

(435)

Other comprehensive income/(loss) retained in AOCI

7

(759)

2,427

35

-

1,710

Other comprehensive (income)/loss reclassified to earnings

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate contracts1

(14)

-

-

-

-

(14)

Commodity contracts2

(10)

-

-

-

-

(10)

Foreign exchange contracts3

6

-

-

-

-

6

Other contracts4

22

-

-

-

-

22

Amortization of pension and OPEB actuarial loss and prior service cost5

-

-

-

-

26

26

Other comprehensive loss reclassified to earnings of derecognized cash flow hedges

(338)

-

-

-

-

(338)

 

(327)

(759)

2,427

35

26

1,402

Tax impact

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income tax on amounts retained in AOCI

20

39

-

(2)

-

57

Income tax on amounts reclassified to earnings

(6)

-

-

-

(4)

(10)

Income tax on amounts reclassified to earnings of derecognized cash flow hedges

91

-

-

-

-

91

 

105

39

-

(2)

(4)

138

Balance at September 30, 2015

(710)

(612)

2,736

28

(337)

1,105

1

Reported within Interest expense in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings.

2

Reported within Commodity costs in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings.

3

Reported within Other income/(expense) in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings.

4

Reported within Operating and administrative expense in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings.

5

These components are included in the computation of net periodic pension costs and are reported within Operating and administrative expense in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings.

 

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13.   NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS

 

In the third quarter of 2016 EEP reported a net loss, as well as distributions to partners in excess of earnings attributable to partners, which reduced the carrying value of EEP’s Class A and Class B common units and i-units into deficit positions. The EEP partnership agreement does not permit capital deficits in the capital account of any limited partner and thus requires that such capital account deficits be brought to zero by additional allocations from other limited partner capital balances, to the extent such capital account balances are positive, and the General Partner on a pro-rata basis. As a result, Loss attributable to noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings for the three months ended September 30, 2016 was reduced by $652 million due to this reallocation (2015 - $1 million).

 

14.   RISK MANAGEMENT AND FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

 

MARKET RISK

The Company’s earnings, cash flows and other comprehensive income (OCI) are subject to movements in foreign exchange rates, interest rates, commodity prices and the Company’s share price (collectively, market risk). Formal risk management policies, processes and systems have been designed to mitigate these risks.

 

The following summarizes the types of market risks to which the Company is exposed and the risk management instruments used to mitigate them. The Company uses a combination of qualifying and non-qualifying derivative instruments to manage the risks noted below.

 

Foreign Exchange Risk

The Company generates certain revenues, incurs expenses, and holds a number of investments and subsidiaries that are denominated in currencies other than Canadian dollars. As a result, the Company’s earnings, cash flows and OCI are exposed to fluctuations resulting from foreign exchange rate variability.

 

The Company has implemented a policy whereby, at a minimum, it hedges a level of foreign currency denominated earnings exposures over a five year forecast horizon. A combination of qualifying and non-qualifying derivative instruments is used to hedge anticipated foreign currency denominated revenues and expenses, and to manage variability in cash flows. The Company hedges certain net investments in United States dollar denominated investments and subsidiaries using foreign currency derivatives and United States dollar denominated debt.

 

Interest Rate Risk

The Company’s earnings and cash flows are exposed to short-term interest rate variability due to the regular repricing of its variable rate debt, primarily commercial paper. Pay fixed-receive floating interest rate swaps and options are used to hedge against the effect of future interest rate movements. The Company has implemented a program to significantly mitigate the impact of short-term interest rate volatility on interest expense via execution of floating to fixed interest rate swaps with an average swap rate of 2.2%.

 

The Company’s earnings and cash flows are also exposed to variability in longer-term interest rates ahead of anticipated fixed rate debt issuances. Forward starting interest rate swaps are used to hedge against the effect of future interest rate movements. The Company has implemented a program to significantly mitigate its exposure to long-term interest rate variability on select forecast term debt issuances via execution of floating to fixed interest rate swaps with an average swap rate of 3.4%.

 

The Company also monitors its debt portfolio mix of fixed and variable rate debt instruments to maintain a consolidated portfolio of debt which stays within its Board of Directors approved policy limit of a maximum of 25% floating rate debt as a percentage of total debt outstanding. The Company primarily uses qualifying derivative instruments to manage interest rate risk.

 

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Commodity Price Risk

The Company’s earnings and cash flows are exposed to changes in commodity prices as a result of its ownership interest in certain assets and investments, as well as through the activities of its energy services subsidiaries. These commodities include natural gas, crude oil, power and NGL. The Company employs financial derivative instruments to fix a portion of the variable price exposures that arise from physical transactions involving these commodities. The Company uses primarily non-qualifying derivative instruments to manage commodity price risk.

 

Equity Price Risk

Equity price risk is the risk of earnings fluctuations due to changes in the Company’s share price. The Company has exposure to its own common share price through the issuance of various forms of stock-based compensation, which affect earnings through revaluation of the outstanding units every period. The Company uses equity derivatives to manage the earnings volatility derived from one form of stock-based compensation, restricted stock units. The Company uses a combination of qualifying and non-qualifying derivative instruments to manage equity price risk.

 

TOTAL DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

The following table summarizes the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position location and carrying value of the Company’s derivative instruments. The Company did not have any outstanding fair value hedges as at September 30, 2016 or December 31, 2015.

 

The Company generally has a policy of entering into individual International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) agreements, or other similar derivative agreements, with the majority of its derivative counterparties. These agreements provide for the net settlement of derivative instruments outstanding with specific counterparties in the event of bankruptcy or other significant credit event, and would reduce the Company’s credit risk exposure on derivative asset positions outstanding with the counterparties in these particular circumstances. The following table also summarizes the maximum potential settlement in the event of these specific circumstances. All amounts are presented gross in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position.

 

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Derivative

Derivative

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instruments

Instruments

Non-

Total Gross

 

 

 

 

Used as

Used as Net

Qualifying

Derivative

Amounts

 

Total Net

 

Cash Flow

Investment

Derivative

Instruments

Available

 

Derivative

September 30, 2016

Hedges

Hedges

Instruments

as Presented

for Offset

 

Instruments

(millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable and other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange contracts

90

3

6

99

(73)

 

26

Interest rate contracts

1

-

-

1

(1)

 

-

Commodity contracts

9

-

229

238

(87)

 

151

Other contracts

-

-

5

5

-

 

5

 

100

3

240

343

(161)

 

182

Deferred amounts and other assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange contracts

1

4

90

95

(81)

 

14

Commodity contracts

7

-

83

90

(21)

 

69

Other contracts

2

-

1

3

-

 

3

 

10

4

174

188

(102)

 

86

Accounts payable and other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange contracts

(1)

(157)

(639)

(797)

73

 

(724)

Interest rate contracts

(558)

-

(131)

(689)

1

 

(688)

Commodity contracts

-

-

(228)

(228)

87

 

(141)

 

(559)

(157)

(998)

(1,714)

161

 

(1,553)

Other long-term liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange contracts

-

(144)

(1,913)

(2,057)

81

 

(1,976)

Interest rate contracts

(1,001)

-

(210)

(1,211)

-

 

(1,211)

Commodity contracts

-

-

(198)

(198)

21

 

(177)

Other contracts

(1)

-

(1)

(2)

-

 

(2)

 

(1,002)

(144)

(2,322)

(3,468)

102

 

(3,366)

Total net derivative asset/(liability)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange contracts

90

(294)

(2,456)

(2,660)

-

 

(2,660)

Interest rate contracts

(1,558)

-

(341)

(1,899)

-

 

(1,899)

Commodity contracts

16

-

(114)

(98)

-

 

(98)

Other contracts

1

-

5

6

-

 

6

 

(1,451)

(294)

(2,906)

(4,651)

-

 

(4,651)

 

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Derivative

Derivative

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instruments

Instruments

Non-

Total Gross

 

 

 

 

Used as

Used as Net

Qualifying

Derivative

Amounts

 

Total Net

 

Cash Flow

Investment

Derivative

Instruments

Available

 

Derivative

December 31, 2015

Hedges

Hedges

Instruments

as Presented

for Offset

 

Instruments

(millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable and other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange contracts

6

2

2

10

(3)

 

7

Interest rate contracts

2

-

-

2

(2)

 

-

Commodity contracts

7

-

772

779

(211)

 

568

 

15

2

774

791

(216)

 

575

Deferred amounts and other assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange contracts

114

4

10

128

(127)

 

1

Interest rate contracts

18

-

-

18

(14)

 

4

Commodity contracts

7

-

220

227

(77)

 

150

 

139

4

230

373

(218)

 

155

Accounts payable and other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange contracts

(1)

(106)

(765)

(872)

3

 

(869)

Interest rate contracts

(379)

-

(185)

(564)

2

 

(562)

Commodity contracts

-

-

(501)

(501)

194

 

(307)

Other contracts

(2)

-

(6)

(8)

-

 

(8)

 

(382)

(106)

(1,457)

(1,945)

199

 

(1,746)

Other long-term liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange contracts

-

(252)

(2,796)

(3,048)

127

 

(2,921)

Interest rate contracts

(405)

-

(224)

(629)

14

 

(615)

Commodity contracts

-

-

(260)

(260)

77

 

(183)

Other contracts

(8)

-

(5)

(13)

-

 

(13)

 

(413)

(252)

(3,285)

(3,950)

218

 

(3,732)

Total net derivative asset/(liability)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange contracts

119

(352)

(3,549)

(3,782)

-

 

(3,782)

Interest rate contracts

(764)

-

(409)

(1,173)

-

 

(1,173)

Commodity contracts

14

-

231

245

(17)

 1

228

Other contracts

(10)

-

(11)

(21)

-

 

(21)

 

(641)

(352)

(3,738)

(4,731)

(17)

 

(4,748)

1

Amount available for offset includes $17 million of cash collateral.

 

The following table summarizes the maturity and notional principal or quantity outstanding related to the Company’s derivative instruments.

 

September 30, 2016

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Thereafter

Foreign exchange contracts - United States dollar forwards - purchase (millions of United States dollars)

652

413

2

2

2

-

Foreign exchange contracts - United States dollar forwards - sell (millions of United States dollars)

1,418

3,535

2,756

2,943

2,722

787

Foreign exchange contracts - GBP forwards - purchase (millions of GBP)

17

77

6

-

-

-

Foreign exchange contracts - GBP forwards - sell (millions of GBP)

-

-

-

89

25

144

Foreign exchange contracts - Japanese yen forwards - purchase (millions of yen)

-

-

-

32,662

-

-

Interest rate contracts - short-term borrowings (millions of Canadian dollars)

2,094

7,377

4,376

1,507

150

396

Interest rate contracts - long-term debt (millions of Canadian dollars)

3,255

3,294

1,913

764

-

-

Equity contracts (millions of Canadian dollars)

49

48

40

-

-

-

Commodity contracts - natural gas (billions of cubic feet)

(39)

(93)

(31)

(8)

(5)

-

Commodity contracts - crude oil (millions of barrels)

5

(13)

(9)

-

-

-

Commodity contracts - NGL (millions of barrels)

(5)

-

-

-

-

-

Commodity contracts - power (megawatt hours (MWH))

35

40

30

31

35

(35)

 

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December 31, 2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Thereafter

Foreign exchange contracts - United States dollar forwards - purchase (millions of United States dollars)

172

413

2

2

2

-

Foreign exchange contracts - United States dollar forwards - sell (millions of United States dollars)

3,059

3,213

3,133

2,630

2,303

787

Foreign exchange contracts - GBP forwards - purchase (millions of GBP)

70

77

6

-

-

-

Foreign exchange contracts - GBP forwards - sell (millions of GBP)

-

-

-

89

25

144

Interest rate contracts - short-term borrowings (millions of Canadian dollars)

8,382

7,604

4,536

1,574

156

406

Interest rate contracts - long-term debt (millions of Canadian dollars)

4,291

3,371

1,960

773

-

-

Equity contracts (millions of Canadian dollars)

51

48

-

-

-

-

Commodity contracts - natural gas (billions of cubic feet)

(126)

(209)

(17)

2

1

-

Commodity contracts - crude oil (millions of barrels)

(6)

(17)

(9)

-

-

-

Commodity contracts - NGL (millions of barrels)

(5)

1

-

-

-

-

Commodity contracts - power (megawatt hours (MWH))

40

40

30

31

35

(35)

 

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The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statements of Earnings and Comprehensive Income

The following table presents the effect of cash flow hedges and net investment hedges on the Company’s consolidated earnings and consolidated comprehensive income, before the effect of income taxes.

 

 

Three months ended

 

Nine months ended

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

2016

2015

 

2016

2015

(millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

Amount of unrealized gains/(loss) recognized in OCI

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flow hedges

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange contracts

2

36

 

(31)

66

Interest rate contracts

108

(390)

 

(896)

(662)

Commodity contracts

12

18

 

10

8

Other contracts

9

(26)

 

46

(40)

Net investment hedges

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange contracts

(14)

(105)

 

58

(206)

 

117

(467)

 

(813)

(834)

Amount of (gains)/loss reclassified from AOCI to earnings (effective portion)

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange contracts1

-

-

 

2

6

Interest rate contracts2

51

20

 

102

53

Commodity contracts3

(2)

(13)

 

(8)

(35)

Other contracts4

(5)

16

 

(35)

22

 

44

23

 

61

46

De-designation of qualifying hedges in connection with the Canadian Restructuring Plan

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate contracts 2,5

-

338

 

-

338

 

-

338

 

-

338

Amount of (gains)/loss reclassified from AOCI to earnings (ineffective portion and amount excluded from effectiveness testing)

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate contracts2

17

25

 

48

(10)

Commodity contracts3

-

-

 

-

5

 

17

25

 

48

(5)

 

1

Reported within Transportation and other services revenues and Other income/(expense) in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings.

2

Reported within Interest expense in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings.

3

Reported within Transportation and other services revenues, Commodity sales revenues, Commodity costs and Operating and administrative expense in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings.

4

Reported within Operating and administrative expense in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings.

5

The amounts above include $338 million in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 relating to the de-designation of qualifying hedges in connection with the Canadian Restructuring Plan.

 

The Company estimates that a loss of $11 million of AOCI related to cash flow hedges will be reclassified to earnings in the next 12 months. Actual amounts reclassified to earnings depend on the foreign exchange rates, interest rates and commodity prices in effect when derivative contracts that are currently outstanding mature. For all forecasted transactions, the maximum term over which the Company is hedging exposures to the variability of cash flows is 39 months as at September 30, 2016.

 

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Non-Qualifying Derivatives

The following table presents the unrealized gains and losses associated with changes in the fair value of the Company’s non-qualifying derivatives.

 

 

Three months ended

 

Nine months ended

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

2016

2015

 

2016

2015

(millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange contracts1

49

(1,087)

 

1,093

(1,992)

Interest rate contracts2,5

60

(380)

 

68

(380)

Commodity contracts3

(47)

204

 

(345)

(23)

Other contracts4

5

(16)

 

16

(15)

Total unrealized derivative fair value gain/(loss)

67

(1,279)

 

832

(2,410)

 

1

For the respective nine months ended periods, reported within Transportation and other services revenues (2016 - $578 million gain; 2015 - $1,253 million loss) and Other income/(expense) (2016 - $515 million gain; 2015 - $739 million loss) in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings.

2

Reported as an (increase)/decrease within Interest expense in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings.

3

For the respective nine months ended periods, reported within Transportation and other services revenues (2016 - $30 million loss; 2015 - $148 million gain), Commodity sales (2016 - $367 million loss; 2015 - $326 million loss), Commodity costs (2016 - $73 million gain; 2015 - $162 million gain) and Operating and administrative expense (2016 - $21 million loss; 2015 - $7 million loss) in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings.

4

Reported within Operating and administrative expense in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings.

5

The three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 includes a loss of $338 million relating to the de-designation of qualifying hedges in connection with the Canadian Restructuring Plan.

 

LIQUIDITY RISK

Liquidity risk is the risk that the Company will not be able to meet its financial obligations, including commitments and guarantees, as they become due. In order to mitigate this risk, the Company forecasts cash requirements over a 12 month rolling time period to determine whether sufficient funds will be available and maintains substantial capacity under its committed bank lines of credit to address any contingencies. The Company’s primary sources of liquidity and capital resources are funds generated from operations, the issuance of commercial paper and draws under committed credit facilities and long-term debt, which includes debentures and medium-term notes. The Company also maintains current shelf prospectuses with securities regulators, which enables, subject to market conditions, ready access to either the Canadian or United States public capital markets. The Company, through committed credit facilities with a diversified group of banks and institutions, targets to maintain sufficient liquidity to enable it to fund all anticipated requirements for approximately one year without accessing the capital markets. The Company is in compliance with all the terms and conditions of its committed credit facilities as at September 30, 2016. As a result, all credit facilities are available to the Company and the banks are obligated to fund and have been funding the Company under the terms of the facilities.

 

CREDIT RISK

Entering into derivative financial instruments may result in exposure to credit risk. Credit risk arises from the possibility that a counterparty will default on its contractual obligations. In order to mitigate this risk, the Company enters into risk management transactions primarily with institutions that possess investment grade credit ratings. Credit risk relating to derivative counterparties is mitigated by credit exposure limits and contractual requirements, netting arrangements, and ongoing monitoring of counterparty credit exposure using external credit rating services and other analytical tools.

 

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The Company had group credit concentrations and maximum credit exposure, with respect to derivative instruments, in the following counterparty segments:

 

 

 

September 30,

December 31,

 

 

2016

2015

(millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

Canadian financial institutions

 

42

47

United States financial institutions

 

228

450

European financial institutions

 

98

95

Asian financial institutions

 

11

4

Other1

 

126

213

 

 

505

809

 

1

Other is comprised of commodity clearing house and physical natural gas and crude oil counterparties.

 

As at September 30, 2016, the Company had provided letters of credit totalling $326 million in lieu of providing cash collateral to its counterparties pursuant to the terms of the relevant ISDA agreements. The Company held no cash collateral on derivative asset exposures as at September 30, 2016 and $17 million of cash collateral as at December 31, 2015.

 

Gross derivative balances have been presented without the effects of collateral posted. Derivative assets are adjusted for non-performance risk of the Company’s counterparties using their credit default swap spread rates, and are reflected in the fair value. For derivative liabilities, the Company’s non-performance risk is considered in the valuation.

 

Credit risk also arises from trade and other long-term receivables, and is mitigated through credit exposure limits and contractual requirements, assessment of credit ratings and netting arrangements. Within Gas Distribution, credit risk is mitigated by the large and diversified customer base and the ability to recover an estimate for doubtful accounts through the ratemaking process. The Company actively monitors the financial strength of large industrial customers and, in select cases, has obtained additional security to minimize the risk of default on receivables. Generally, the Company classifies and provides for receivables older than 30 days as past due. The maximum exposure to credit risk related to non-derivative financial assets is their carrying value.

 

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

The Company’s financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis include derivative instruments. The Company also discloses the fair value of other financial instruments not measured at fair value. The fair value of financial instruments reflects the Company’s best estimates of market value based on generally accepted valuation techniques or models and are supported by observable market prices and rates. When such values are not available, the Company uses discounted cash flow analysis from applicable yield curves based on observable market inputs to estimate fair value.

 

FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The Company categorizes its derivative instruments measured at fair value into one of three different levels depending on the observability of the inputs employed in the measurement.

 

Level 1

Level 1 includes derivatives measured at fair value based on unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets and liabilities in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date. An active market for a derivative is considered to be a market where transactions occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis. The Company’s Level 1 instruments consist primarily of exchange-traded derivatives used to mitigate the risk of crude oil price fluctuations.

 

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Level 2

Level 2 includes derivative valuations determined using directly or indirectly observable inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1. Derivatives in this category are valued using models or other industry standard valuation techniques derived from observable market data. Such valuation techniques include inputs such as quoted forward prices, time value, volatility factors and broker quotes that can be observed or corroborated in the market for the entire duration of the derivative. Derivatives valued using Level 2 inputs include non-exchange traded derivatives such as over-the-counter foreign exchange forward and cross currency swap contracts, interest rate swaps, physical forward commodity contracts, as well as commodity swaps and options for which observable inputs can be obtained.

 

The Company has also categorized the fair value of its held to maturity preferred share investment and long-term debt as Level 2. The fair value of the Company’s held to maturity preferred share investment is primarily based on the yield of certain Government of Canada bonds. The fair value of the Company’s long-term debt is based on quoted market prices for instruments of similar yield, credit risk and tenor.

 

Level 3

Level 3 includes derivative valuations based on inputs which are less observable, unavailable or where the observable data does not support a significant portion of the derivatives’ fair value. Generally, Level 3 derivatives are longer dated transactions, occur in less active markets, occur at locations where pricing information is not available or have no binding broker quote to support Level 2 classification. The Company has developed methodologies, benchmarked against industry standards, to determine fair value for these derivatives based on extrapolation of observable future prices and rates. Derivatives valued using Level 3 inputs primarily include long-dated derivative power contracts and NGL and natural gas contracts, basis swaps, commodity swaps, power and energy swaps, as well as options. The Company does not have any other financial instruments categorized in Level 3.

 

The Company uses the most observable inputs available to estimate the fair value of its derivatives. When possible, the Company estimates the fair value of its derivatives based on quoted market prices. If quoted market prices are not available, the Company uses estimates from third party brokers. For non-exchange traded derivatives classified in Levels 2 and 3, the Company uses standard valuation techniques to calculate the estimated fair value. These methods include discounted cash flows for forwards and swaps and Black-Scholes-Merton pricing models for options. Depending on the type of derivative and nature of the underlying risk, the Company uses observable market prices (interest, foreign exchange, commodity and share price) and volatility as primary inputs to these valuation techniques. Finally, the Company considers its own credit default swap spread as well as the credit default swap spreads associated with its counterparties in its estimation of fair value.

 

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The Company has categorized its derivative assets and liabilities measured at fair value as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

Total Gross

 

 

 

 

Derivative

September 30, 2016

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Instruments

(millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

 

Financial assets

 

 

 

 

Current derivative assets

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange contracts

-

99

-

99

Interest rate contracts

-

1

-

1

Commodity contracts

2

93

143

238

Other contracts

-

5

-

5

 

2

198

143

343

Long-term derivative assets

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange contracts

-

95

-

95

Commodity contracts

-

60

30

90

Other contracts

-

3

-

3

 

-

158

30

188

Financial liabilities

 

 

 

 

Current derivative liabilities

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange contracts

-

(797)

-

(797)

Interest rate contracts

-

(689)

-

(689)

Commodity contracts

(7)

(52)

(169)

(228)

 

(7)

(1,538)

(169)

(1,714)

Long-term derivative liabilities

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange contracts

-

(2,057)

-

(2,057)

Interest rate contracts

-

(1,211)

-

(1,211)

Commodity contracts

-

(10)

(188)

(198)

Other contracts

-

(2)

-

(2)

 

-

(3,280)

(188)

(3,468)

Total net financial asset/(liability)

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange contracts

-

(2,660)

-

(2,660)

Interest rate contracts

-

(1,899)

-

(1,899)

Commodity contracts

(5)

91

(184)

(98)

Other contracts

-

6

-

6

 

(5)

(4,462)

(184)

(4,651)

 

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Total Gross

 

 

 

 

Derivative

December 31, 2015

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Instruments

(millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

 

Financial assets

 

 

 

 

Current derivative assets

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange contracts

-

10

-

10

Interest rate contracts

-

2

-

2

Commodity contracts

14

210

555

779

 

14

222

555

791

Long-term derivative assets

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange contracts

-

128

-

128

Interest rate contracts

-

18

-

18

Commodity contracts

-

121

106

227

 

-

267

106

373

Financial liabilities

 

 

 

 

Current derivative liabilities

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange contracts

-

(872)

-

(872)

Interest rate contracts

-

(564)

-

(564)

Commodity contracts

(3)

(130)

(368)

(501)

Other contracts

-

(8)

-

(8)

 

(3)

(1,574)

(368)

(1,945)

Long-term derivative liabilities

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange contracts

-

(3,048)

-

(3,048)

Interest rate contracts

-

(629)

-

(629)

Commodity contracts

-

(21)

(239)

(260)

Other contracts

-

(13)

-

(13)

 

-

(3,711)

(239)

(3,950)

Total net financial asset/(liability)

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange contracts

-

(3,782)

-

(3,782)

Interest rate contracts

-

(1,173)

-

(1,173)

Commodity contracts

11

180

54

245

Other contracts

-

(21)

-

(21)

 

11

(4,796)

54

(4,731)

 

The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of Level 3 derivative instruments were as follows:

 

 

 

Unobservable

Minimum

Maximum

Weighted

 

September 30, 2016

Fair Value

Input

Price

Price

Average Price

 

(fair value in millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

Commodity contracts - financial1

 

 

 

 

 

Natural gas

16

Forward gas price

3.34

4.84

4.02

$/mmbtu3

NGL

9

Forward NGL price

0.29

1.47

0.97

$/gallon

Power

(162)

Forward power price

24.50

75.23

48.71

$/MWH

Commodity contracts - physical1

 

 

 

 

 

Natural gas

(41)

Forward gas price

2.14

7.38

3.57

$/mmbtu3

Crude

(30)

Forward crude price

40.43

82.83

59.65

$/barrel

Commodity options2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crude

15

Option volatility

27%

38%

30%

 

NGL

8

Option volatility

33%

97%

52%

 

Power

1

Option volatility

24%

48%

25%

 

 

(184)

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Financial and physical forward commodity contracts are valued using a market approach valuation technique.

2

Commodity options contracts are valued using an option model valuation technique.

3

One million British thermal units (mmbtu).

 

If adjusted, the significant unobservable inputs disclosed in the table above would have a direct impact on the fair value of the Company’s Level 3 derivative instruments. The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of Level 3 derivative instruments include forward commodity prices and, for option contracts, price volatility. Changes in forward commodity prices could result in significantly different fair values for the Company’s Level 3 derivatives. Changes in price volatility would change the value of the option contracts. Generally, a change in the estimate of forward commodity prices is unrelated to a change in the estimate of price volatility.

 

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Changes in net fair value of derivative assets and liabilities classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy were as follows:

 

 

Nine months ended

 

September 30,

 

2016

2015

(millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

Level 3 net derivative asset at beginning of period

54

149

Total gains/(loss)

 

 

Included in earnings1

(113)

43

Included in OCI

2

(17)

Settlements

(127)

(152)

Level 3 net derivative liability at end of period

(184)

23

 

1

Reported within Transportation and other services revenues, Commodity costs and Operating and administrative expense in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings.

 

 

The Company’s policy is to recognize transfers as of the last day of the reporting period. There were no transfers between levels as at September 30, 2016 or 2015.

 

FAIR VALUE OF OTHER FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

 

The Company recognizes equity investments in other entities not categorized as held to maturity at fair value, with changes in fair value recorded in OCI, unless actively quoted prices are not available for fair value measurement in which case these investments are recorded at cost. The carrying value of all equity investments recognized at cost totalled $123 million as at September 30, 2016 (December 31, 2015 - $126 million).

 

The Company has restricted investments held in trust totalling $86 million as at September 30, 2016 (December 31, 2015 - $49 million).

 

The Company has a held to maturity preferred share investment carried at its amortized cost of $336 million as at September 30, 2016 (December 31, 2015 - $344 million). These preferred shares are entitled to a cumulative preferred dividend based on the average yield of Government of Canada bonds maturing in greater than 10 years plus a range of 4.3% to 4.4%. As at September 30, 2016, the fair value of this preferred share investment approximates its face value of $580 million (December 31, 2015 - $580 million).

 

As at September 30, 2016, the Company’s long-term debt had a carrying value of $40,519 million (December 31, 2015 - $41,530 million) before debt issuance cost and a fair value of $43,419 million (December 31, 2015 - $41,045 million).

 

NET INVESTMENT HEDGES

 

The Company has designated a portion of its United States dollar denominated debt, as well as a portfolio of foreign exchange forward contracts, as a hedge of its net investment in United States dollar denominated investments and subsidiaries.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, the Company recognized an unrealized foreign exchange gain on the translation of United States dollar denominated debt of $241 million (2015 - unrealized loss of $536 million) and an unrealized gain on the change in fair value of its outstanding foreign exchange forward contracts of $59 million (2015 - unrealized loss of $203 million) in OCI. The Company recognized a realized gain of $2 million (2015 - realized loss of $20 million) in OCI associated with the settlement of foreign exchange forward contracts and also recognized a realized gain of $26 million (2015 - nil) in OCI associated with the settlement of United States dollar denominated debt that had matured during the period. There was no ineffectiveness during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 (2015 - nil).

 

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15.   INCOME TAXES

 

The effective income tax rates for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 were a recovery of 51.6% and an expense of 10.6%, respectively (2015 - an expense of 21.2% and 16.6%, respectively). The period-over-period change in the effective tax rate is primarily attributable to the effects of rate regulated accounting and other permanent items relative to the earnings in the first nine months of 2016 as compared with the corresponding 2015 period, offset by a $39 million tax expense arising from an intercompany transfer of assets during the second quarter of 2015 and an $88 million write-off of a regulatory asset during the third quarter of 2015 as a result of a common control transaction. The effective income tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was further impacted by an out-of-period adjustment recorded in the first quarter of 2015 (Note 3) and a $272 million valuation allowance on deferred tax assets on certain United States investments recorded in the third quarter of 2015.

 

The period-over-period change in the effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2016 is primarily attributable to the effects of rate regulated accounting and other permanent items relative to the earnings in the discrete quarter as compared with the corresponding 2015 period, further impacted by an $88 million write-off of a regulatory asset during 2015 as a result of a common control transaction and a $272 million valuation allowance on deferred tax assets on certain United States investments recorded in 2015.

 

16.   RETIREMENT AND POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS

 

The Company has three registered pension plans which provide either defined benefit or defined contribution pension benefits, or both, to employees of the Company. The Liquids Pipelines and Gas Distribution pension plans provide Company funded defined benefit pension and/or defined contribution benefits to Canadian employees of Enbridge. The Enbridge United States pension plan provides Company funded defined benefit pension benefits for United States based employees. The Company has four supplemental pension plans which provide pension benefits in excess of the basic plans for certain employees. The Company also provides OPEB, which primarily include supplemental health and dental, health spending account and life insurance coverage, for qualifying retired employees.

 

NET BENEFIT COSTS RECOGNIZED

 

 

Three months ended

 

Nine months ended

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

2016

2015

 

2016

2015

(millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

Benefits earned during the period

40

43

 

123

131

Interest cost on projected benefit obligations

25

27

 

74

80

Expected return on plan assets

(38)

(36)

 

(114)

(109)

Amortization of prior service costs

-

-

 

-

1

Amortization of actuarial loss

8

12

 

26

36

Net benefit costs on an accrual basis1,2

35

46

 

109

139

 

1

Included in net benefit costs for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 are costs related to OPEB of $3 million and $10 million, respectively (2015 - $3 million and $10 million).

2

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, offsetting regulatory liabilities of $2 million and $7 million, respectively (2015 - nil) have been recorded to the extent pension and OPEB costs are expected to be refunded to, or collected from, customers in future rates.

 

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17.   COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

COMMITMENTS

 

As part of the acquisition of the Tupper Plants (Note 4), Enbridge committed to fund up to $1.0 billion of capital to expand the Tupper Plants facilities or to acquire or construct processing facilities in an area of mutual interest.

 

ENBRIDGE ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.

 

Enbridge holds an approximate 35.4% combined direct and indirect economic interest in EEP, which is consolidated with noncontrolling interests.

 

Lakehead System Line 6B Crude Oil Release

 

EEP continues to perform necessary remediation, restoration and monitoring of the areas affected by the Line 6B crude oil release. All the initiatives EEP is undertaking in the monitoring and restoration phase are intended to restore the crude oil release area to the satisfaction of the appropriate regulatory authorities.

 

As at September 30, 2016, EEP’s cumulative cost estimate for the Line 6B crude oil release remains at US$1.2 billion ($195 million after-tax attributable to Enbridge). This includes a reduction of estimated remediation efforts offset by an increase in civil penalties under the Clean Water Act of the United States, as described below under Legal and Regulatory Proceedings.

 

Expected losses associated with the Line 6B crude oil release included those costs that were considered probable and that could be reasonably estimated as at September 30, 2016. Despite the efforts EEP has made to ensure the reasonableness of its estimates, there continues to be the potential for EEP to incur additional costs in connection with this crude oil release due to variations in any or all of the cost categories, including modified or revised requirements from regulatory agencies.

 

Insurance Recoveries

 

EEP is included in the comprehensive insurance program that is maintained by Enbridge for its subsidiaries and affiliates. On May 1 of each year, the commercial liability insurance program is renewed and includes coverage that is consistent with coverage considered customary for its industry and includes coverage for environmental incidents excluding costs for fines and penalties.

 

Enbridge has renewed its comprehensive property and liability insurance programs with a liability program aggregate limit of US$900 million, which includes sudden and accidental pollution liability. The insurance programs are effective May 1, 2016 through April 30, 2017. In the unlikely event that multiple insurable incidents which in aggregate exceed coverage limits occur within the same insurance period, the total insurance coverage will be allocated among Enbridge entities on an equitable basis based on an insurance allocation agreement among Enbridge and its subsidiaries.

 

A majority of the costs incurred in connection with the crude oil release for Line 6B, other than fines and penalties, are covered by Enbridge’s comprehensive insurance policy that expired on April 30, 2011, which had an aggregate limit of US$650 million for pollution liability for Enbridge and its affiliates. Including EEP’s remediation spending through September 30, 2016, costs related to Line 6B exceeded the limits of the coverage available under this insurance policy. Additionally, fines and penalties would not be covered under prior or existing insurance policies. As at September 30, 2016, EEP has recorded total insurance recoveries of US$547 million ($80 million after-tax attributable to Enbridge) for the Line 6B crude oil release out of the US$650 million aggregate limit. EEP will record receivables for additional amounts it claims for recovery pursuant to its insurance policies during the period it deems recovery to be probable.

 

In March 2013, EEP and Enbridge filed a lawsuit against the insurers of US$145 million of coverage, as one particular insurer is disputing the recovery eligibility for costs related to EEP’s claim on the Line 6B crude oil release and the other remaining insurers asserted that their payment was predicated on the outcome of the recovery from that insurer. EEP received a partial recovery of US$42 million from the other remaining insurers and amended its lawsuit such that it includes only one insurer.

 

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Legal and Regulatory Proceedings

 

A number of United States governmental agencies and regulators have initiated investigations into the Line 6B crude oil release. Three actions or claims are pending against Enbridge, EEP or their affiliates in United States state courts in connection with the Line 6B crude oil release. Based on the current status of these cases, the Company does not expect the outcome of these actions to be material to the Company’s results of operations or financial condition.

 

Line 6B Fines and Penalties

 

As at September 30, 2016, included in EEP’s total estimated costs related to the Line 6B crude oil release were US$69 million in fines and penalties. Of this amount, US$61 million relates to civil penalties under the Clean Water Act of the United States, which EEP fully accrued.

 

Consent Decree

 

On July 20, 2016, a Consent Decree was filed with the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan Southern Division (the Court). The Consent Decree is EEP’s signed settlement agreement with the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Department of Justice regarding Lines 6A and 6B crude oil releases. Pursuant to the Consent Decree, EEP will pay US$62 million in civil penalties: US$61 million in respect of Line 6B and US$1 million in respect of Line 6A. The Consent Decree will take effect upon approval by the Court.

 

In addition to the monetary fines and penalties discussed above, the Consent Decree calls for replacement of Line 3, which EEP initiated in 2014 and is currently under regulatory review in the State of Minnesota. The Consent Decree contains a variety of injunctive measures, including, but not limited to, enhancements to EEP’s comprehensive in-line inspection-based spill prevention program; enhanced measures to protect the Straits of Mackinac; improved leak detection requirements; installation of new valves to control product loss in the event of an incident; continued enhancement of control room operations; and improved spill response capabilities. Collectively these measures build on continuous improvements implemented since 2010 to EEP’s leak detection program, control centre operations and emergency response program. EEP estimates the total cost of these measures to be approximately US$110 million, most of which is already incorporated into existing long-term capital investment and operational expense planning and guidance. Compliance with the terms of the Consent Decree is not expected to materially impact the overall financial performance of EEP or the Company.

 

TAX MATTERS

 

Enbridge and its subsidiaries maintain tax liabilities related to uncertain tax positions. While fully supportable in the Company’s view, these tax positions, if challenged by tax authorities, may not be fully sustained on review.

 

OTHER LITIGATION

 

The Company and its subsidiaries are subject to various other legal and regulatory actions and proceedings which arise in the normal course of business, including interventions in regulatory proceedings and challenges to regulatory approvals and permits by special interest groups. While the final outcome of such actions and proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty, Management believes that the resolution of such actions and proceedings will not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.

 

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