UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
___________
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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December
3, 2009
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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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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act
(17
CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act
(17
CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Item
7.01 Regulation FD
Disclosure.
In
accordance with General Instruction B.2. of Form 8-K, the following information
shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by
reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
Representatives
of TC PipeLines, LP (“the Partnership”) intend to make presentations in New
York, NY on December 8, 2009 at the Wells Fargo Securities 8th Annual Pipeline
and MLP Symposium and will present an overview of the Partnership's strategy and
business. The
presentation will be webcast live beginning at 10:45 a.m. eastern standard time
(EST) and be available live and for replay via the Partnership's Investor Centre
located on its website at www.tcpipelineslp.com.
The presentation handout will be available on the Partnership's website after 6
p.m. EST on December 7, 2009.
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(d)
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Exhibits.
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99.1
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Press Release dated December 3, 2009. |
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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.
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TC
PipeLines, LP
by: TC
PipeLines GP, Inc.,
its
general partner
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By: /s/
Annie C.
Belecki
Annie C.
Belecki
Assistant
Secretary
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Dated: December
3, 2009
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EXHIBIT
99.1
NewsRelease
TC
PipeLines, LP to Present at
Wells
Fargo Pipeline and MLP Symposium
OMAHA,
Nebraska – December 3, 2009
–TC PipeLines, LP (Nasdaq: TCLP) (the Partnership) will be presenting at
the Wells Fargo Securities 8th
Annual Pipeline and MLP Symposium to be held on Tuesday, December 8 in the New
York Palace Hotel. Mark Zimmerman, president of the general partner, will
present an overview of the Partnership’s strategy and business.
The
presentation will be webcast live beginning at 10:45 a.m. eastern standard time
(EST) and be available live and for replay via the Partnership's Investor Centre
located on its website at www.tcpipelineslp.com.
The presentation handout will be available on the Partnership's website after 6
p.m. EST on December 7, 2009.
TC
PipeLines, LP has interests in approximately 3,700 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), North Baja Pipeline, LLC (100 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.
North Baja is an 80-mile bi-directional natural gas pipeline that extends from
southwestern Arizona to a point on the California/Mexico border and connects
with a natural gas pipeline system in Mexico. Tuscarora is a 240-mile pipeline
system that transports natural gas from Oregon, where it interconnects
TransCanada’s Gas Transmission Northwest System, to markets in Oregon, Northern
California, and Northwestern Nevada. 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.
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