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The Foothills Natural Gas Pipeline System ships WCSB natural gas to the U.S. border for export.

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Oct. 30, 2012) - TransCanada Corporation (TSX:TRP) (NYSE:TRP) (TransCanada or the Company) today announced comparable earnings for third quarter 2012 of $349 million or $0.50 per share. Net income attributable to common shares for third quarter 2012 was $369 millio...

On May 31, 1940, more than a year before the U.S. entered World War II, Manufacturers Light and Heat Company purchased nine acres of land along Connoquenessing Creek in Ellwood City, Pa., around 40 miles north of its Pittsburgh headquarters.  The plan was to build a 1,000-hp compressor station to support the expansion of two nearby natural gas pipelines. Market demand in the region was growing fast, and the company needed to keep up. As it turned out, the project couldn’t have come at a better time: By the end of 1945, the station’s horsepower had doubled, and a post-war economic boom was on the horizon.

The Monongahela National Forest - one of the most biologically diverse national forests in the U.S. – also happens to be along the pathway of the WB XPress natural gas pipeline, which was placed into service last month. Work on the WBX included upgrading and enhancing an existing TransCanada pipeline system that has been safely serving customers for over 60 years. For nearly four years, TransCanada worked closely with various MNF resource specialists, including soil scientists, wildlife biologists, hydrologists, aquatic biologists, and botanists during the planning, permitting and construction phases of the project.

TC Energy’s Alberta Power Business manages, operates and markets close to 450 megawatts of electricity within the province.

"We do in-line inspections periodically and it gives us an overall health of the pipeline,” John Sadler, Manager of In-line Inspection Canada at TC Energy.

François Poirier, President and Chief Executive Officer, joins the Business Council of Alberta’s Adam Legge on the C‑Suite Unplugged podcast.