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 January 2010
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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by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under
cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
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S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ¨
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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:
January 22, 2010
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TRANSCANADA
CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/
Ronald L. Cook
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Ronald
L. Cook
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Vice-President,
Taxation
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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 January 22,
2010.
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Exhibit
99.1
NewsRelease
TransCanada
2009 Fourth Quarter Teleconference and Webcast Advisory
CALGARY,
Alberta – January
22, 2010 – TransCanada Corporation (TSX, NYSE: TRP) (TransCanada) will
hold a teleconference and webcast on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 to discuss its
2009 fourth quarter financial results. The release of TransCanada’s financial
results will align with the filing of 2009 Annual Report to Shareholders, which
contains the Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes for the
year ended December 31, 2009, as well as the related Management’s Discussion and
Analysis (MD&A).
Hal
Kvisle, TransCanada president and chief executive officer and Greg Lohnes,
executive vice-president and chief financial officer, along with other members
of the TransCanada executive leadership team, will discuss financial results and
developments, including progress on the company’s $22 billion capital program.
The call will then be opened up for questions from the investment community and
members of the media.
Event:
TransCanada
fourth quarter 2009 financial results teleconference and webcast
Date:
Tuesday,
February 23, 2010
Time:
1 p.m.
mountain standard time (MST) / 3 p.m. eastern standard time (EST)
How:
To
participate in the teleconference, please call (866) 223-7781 or (416)
340-8018 (Toronto
area). Please dial in 10 minutes prior to the start of the call. No pass code is
required. A live webcast of the teleconference will also be available on
TransCanada’s website (www.transcanada.com).
A replay
of the teleconference will be available two hours after the conclusion of the
call until midnight (EST) March 2, 2010. Please call (800) 408-3053 or (416)
695-5800 (Toronto area) and enter pass code 6338765#. The webcast will be
archived and available for replay on www.transcanada.com.
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.
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