SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
6-K
Report of
Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant
to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the
month of November 2009
Commission
File No. 1-31690
TransCanada
Corporation
(Translation
of Registrant's Name into English)
450
– 1 Street S.W., Calgary, Alberta, T2P 5H1, Canada
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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Exhibit
99.1 to this report, furnished on Form 6-K, is furnished, not filed, and will
not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement filed by the
registrant under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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.
Date:
November 16, 2009
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TRANSCANADA
CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/
Donald J. DeGrandis
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Donald
J. DeGrandis
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Corporate
Secretary
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
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99.1
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A
copy of the registrant’s News Release dated November 16,
2009.
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EXHIBIT
99.1
NewsRelease
TransCanada
to Host Investor Day in Toronto and New York
CALGARY, Alberta – November 16, 2009 – TransCanada Corporation (TSX, NYSE: TRP) (TransCanada) will hold its annual Investor Day on Wednesday, November 18th in Toronto, and Thursday, November 19th in New York.
Members
of TransCanada’s senior executive will discuss the company’s $22 billion capital
program and its outlook for growth. The discussion will highlight TransCanada’s
many large-scale, high-quality energy infrastructure projects that are expected
to commence operations between 2010 and 2013.
The
following senior executives will be
speaking:
| ● | Hal Kvisle, President & Chief Executive Officer |
| ● | Russ Girling, Chief Operating Officer |
| ● | Alex Pourbaix, Executive Vice-President, Corporate Development & President, Energy |
| ● | Don Wishart, Executive Vice-President, Operations and Major Projects |
| ● | Greg Lohnes, Executive Vice-President & Chief Financial Officer |
The
November 18th
Investor Day in Toronto will be webcast, starting at 8 a.m. eastern standard
time (EST), 6 a.m. mountain standard time (MST) and available through
TransCanada’s Investor Centre at www.transcanada.com/investor/conference.html.
A copy of the presentation and the webcast, which will be archived and
accessible for replay, will be available via the
website.
With more
than 50 years’ experience, TransCanada is a leader in the responsible
development and reliable operation of North American energy infrastructure
including natural gas pipelines, power generation, gas storage facilities, and
projects related to oil
pipelines. TransCanada’s network of wholly owned pipelines extends more than
59,000 kilometres (36,500 miles), tapping into virtually all major gas supply
basins in North America. TransCanada is one of the continent’s largest providers
of gas storage and related services with approximately 370 billion cubic feet of
storage capacity. A growing independent power producer, TransCanada owns, or has
interests in, over 11,800 megawatts of power generation in Canada and the United
States. TransCanada’s common shares trade on the Toronto and New York stock
exchanges under the symbol TRP.
FORWARD-LOOKING
INFORMATION
This news
release may contain certain information that is forward looking and is subject
to important risks and uncertainties. The words "anticipate", "expect",
"believe", "may", "should", "estimate", "project", "outlook", "forecast" or
other similar words are used to
identify such forward-looking information. Forward-looking statements in this
document are intended to provide TransCanada securityholders and potential
investors with information regarding TransCanada and its subsidiaries, including
management’s assessment of TransCanada’s and its subsidiaries’ future financial
and operations plans and outlook. Forward-looking statements in this document
may include, among others, statements regarding the anticipated business
prospects and financial performance of TransCanada and its subsidiaries,
expectations or projections about the future, and strategies and goals for
growth and expansion.
All forward-looking statements reflect TransCanada’s beliefs and
assumptions based on information available at the time the statements were made.
Actual results or events may differ from those predicted in these
forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results or events to
differ materially from current expectations include, among others, the ability
of TransCanada to successfully implement its strategic initiatives and whether
such strategic initiatives will yield the expected benefits, the operating
performance of TransCanada’s pipeline and energy assets, the availability and
price of energy commodities, capacity payments, regulatory processes and
decisions, changes in environmental and other laws and regulations, competitive
factors in the pipeline and energy sectors, construction and completion of
capital projects, labour, equipment and material costs, access to capital
markets, interest and currency exchange rates, technological developments and
the current economic conditions in North America. By its nature, forward‑looking
information is subject to various risks and uncertainties, which could cause
TransCanada's actual results and experience to differ materially from the
anticipated results or expectations expressed. Additional information on these
and other factors is available in the reports filed by TransCanada with Canadian
securities regulators and with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC). Readers are cautioned to not place undue reliance on this forward‑looking
information, which is given as of the date it is expressed in this news release
or otherwise, and to not use future-oriented information or financial outlooks
for anything other than their intended purpose. TransCanada undertakes no
obligation to update publicly or revise any forward‑looking information, whether
as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required
by law.
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