UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant To Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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Date
of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
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May 21,
2008
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TC PipeLines,
LP
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(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
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Delaware
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000-26091
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52-2135448
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(State
or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation)
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(Commission
File
Number)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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13710 FNB
Parkway
Omaha,
Nebraska
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68154-5200
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code
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(877)
290-2772
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(Former
name or former address if changed since last
report)
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Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions:
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Item
7.01. Regulation
FD Disclosure.
On May
21, 2008, TC PipeLines, L.P. issued a media advisory announcing that the
Partnership will participate in the 2008 MLP Investor Conference in New York
City on Thursday, May 22, 2008. A copy of the media advisory is
furnished with this report as Exhibit 99.1, and is incorporated herein by
reference.
In
accordance with General Instruction B.2. of Form 8-K, the information in
this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 hereto are being furnished and are not
deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, and are not otherwise subject to the liabilities of that
section. Accordingly, the information in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit
99.1 hereto will not be incorporated by reference into any filing made by the
Partnership under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, unless specifically identified therein as
being incorporated therein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial
Statements and Exhibits
(d)
Exhibits.
99.1
Media Advisory dated May 21, 2008.
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 hereunto duly
authorized.
| TC PipeLines, LP | ||
| by: TC PipeLines GP, Inc., | ||
| its general partner | ||
| By: | /s/ Donald J. DeGrandis | |
| Donald J. DeGrandis | ||
| Corporate Secretary |
Dated: May
21, 2008
Exhibit
99.1
Media
Advisory
TC
PipeLines, LP Presents at the 2008 MLP Investor Conference
CALGARY,
Alberta – May 21, 2008 – Mark
Zimmerman, President of TC PipeLines, LP (NASDAQ: TCLP), will be presenting at
the 2008 MLP Investor Conference in New York City on Thursday, May 22, 2008 at
approximately 11:15 a.m. E T (9:15 a.m. MT). The investor presentation will
include an overview of the Partnership’s performance, strategy and growth
opportunities.
The
presentation will be webcast live http://www.wsw.com/webcast/naptp/tclp/ and
will also be available for replay on the TC Pipelines, LP website at www.tcpipelineslp.com.
Interested parties will also be able to view the materials to be presented by
visiting our website at www.tcpipelineslp.com/investor/presentations.html.
TC
PipeLines, LP is a publicly traded limited partnership. TC PipeLines, LP has
interests in more than 3,600 miles of federally regulated U.S. interstate
natural gas pipelines, including Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited
Partnership (46.45 per cent ownership), Northern Border Pipeline Company (50 per
cent ownership) and Tuscarora Gas Transmission Company (100 per cent ownership).
Great Lakes is a 2,115-mile pipeline serving markets in Minnesota, Wisconsin,
Michigan and eastern Canada. The 1,249-mile Northern Border Pipeline transports
natural gas from the Montana-Saskatchewan border to markets in the midwestern
United States. Tuscarora owns a 240-mile pipeline system that transports natural
gas from Oregon where it interconnects to TransCanada’s
Gas Transmission Northwest System. TC PipeLines, LP is managed by its general
partner, TC PipeLines GP, Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of
TransCanada Corporation. TC PipeLines GP, Inc., also holds common units of TC
PipeLines, LP. Common units of TC PipeLines, LP are quoted on the NASDAQ Stock
Market and trade under the symbol “TCLP.” For more information about TC
PipeLines, LP, visit the Partnership’s website at
www.tcpipelineslp.com.
Note: All financial figures
are in U.S. dollars.
CAUTIONARY
STATEMENT REGARDING
FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
This
media advisory includes forward-looking statements regarding future events and
the future financial performance of TC PipeLines, LP (the
“Partnership”). Words such as “believes”, “expects”, “intends”,
“forecasts”, “projects”, “goals”, and similar expressions, identify
forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are based
on the Partnership’s current beliefs as well as assumptions made by and
information currently available to the Partnership. These statements reflect the
Partnership’s current views with respect to future events. The Partnership
assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statement to reflect
events or circumstances occurring after the date hereof. Important
factors that could cause actual results to materially differ from the
Partnership's current expectations include: regulatory decisions, particularly
those of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Securities and
Exchange Commission, the ability of Great Lakes and Northern Border Pipeline to
continue to make distributions at their current levels; the results of the Bison
Pipeline Project Open Season and whether or not Northern Border proceeds with
the project; our ability to identify and complete acquisitions, including
acquisitions from TransCanada, of new assets and/or expansion projects related
our existing assets; supply of natural gas in the Western Canada
sedimentary basin and in competing basins, such as the Rocky Mountains, future
demand for natural gas, overcapacity in the industry, and other risks inherent
in the transportation of natural gas as discussed in the Partnership’s filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, particularly the “Risk Factors”
section included in the Partnership’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2007 and subsequent quarterly reports on Form
10-Q.
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Media
Inquiries:
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Shela
Shapiro/Cecily Dobson
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(403)
920-7859
(800)
608-7859
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Unitholder
and Analyst Inquiries:
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Myles
Dougan
investor_relations@tcpipelineslp.com
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(877)
290-2772
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