DBRS Morningstar Notes TransCanada PipeLines Limited’s Commercial Paper Limit Reduction, Rating Unchanged at R-2 (high)

DBRS Limited (DBRS Morningstar) notes that TransCanada PipeLines Limited (TCPL or the Company) has reduced the limit on its Canadian-domiciled Commercial Paper (CP) program to $0.5 billion from $3.0 billion. TCPL’s Canadian-domiciled CP program (rated R-2 (high) with a Stable trend by DBRS Morningstar) is currently backstopped by the following credit facilities: (1) $3.0 billion syndicated credit facility maturing in December 2027; (2) USD 2.5 billion syndicated credit facility maturing in December 2025; and (3) USD 3.0 billion syndicated credit facility maturing in December 2023.

Based on its review, DBRS Morningstar is satisfied that the Company’s revised Canadian-domiciled CP program limit and its current credit facilities meet DBRS Morningstar’s requirements with respect to the “DBRS Morningstar Global Criteria: Commercial Paper Liquidity Support for Nonbank Issuers.” DBRS Morningstar is of the view that the reduction in TCPL’s Canadian-domiciled CP program limit has no impact on the credit profile of TCPL.

ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, GOVERNANCE CONSIDERATIONS
There were no Environmental/Social/Governance factor(s) that had a significant or relevant effect on the credit analysis.

A description of how DBRS Morningstar considers ESG factors within the DBRS Morningstar analytical framework can be found in the DBRS Morningstar Criteria: Approach to Environmental, Social, and Governance Risk Factors in Credit Ratings at (July 4, 2023; https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/416784).

Notes:
All figures are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted.

DBRS Morningstar applied the following principal methodologies:
-- Global Methodology for Rating Companies in the Pipeline and Midstream Energy Industry (November 3, 2022; https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/404917)
-- DBRS Morningstar Global Criteria: Commercial Paper Liquidity Support for Nonbank Issuers (February 24, 2023; https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/410196)
-- DBRS Morningstar Global Criteria: Guarantees and Other Forms of Support (March 28, 2023; https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/411694)
-- DBRS Morningstar Global Criteria: Preferred Share and Hybrid Security Criteria for Corporate Issuers (October 19, 2023; https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/422134)

The credit rating methodologies used in the analysis of this transaction can be found at: https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/about/methodologies.

A description of how DBRS Morningstar analyzes corporate finance transactions and how the methodologies are collectively applied can be found at: https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/397223.

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