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TC Energy Corporation
Company typePublic
IndustryEnergy
Founded1951; 75 years ago (1951)
Headquarters450 1 Street SW
Calgary, Alberta
T2P 5H1
Area served
Key people
François Poirier (president and CEO)
Services
RevenueIncrease CA$13.387 Billion (Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021)[1]
Decrease CA$2.166 Billion (Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021)[1]
Decrease CA$2.046 Billion (Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021)[1]
Total assetsIncrease CA$104.218 Billion (Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021)[1]
Total equityIncrease CA$33.396 Billion (Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021)[1]
Number of employees
7,000[2]
Websitewww.tcenergy.com

TC Energy Corporation (formerly TransCanada Corporation) is a North American energy company, headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. The company builds and operates energy infrastructure across Canada, the United States, and Mexico, with core business segments in Natural Gas Pipelines, Power Generation and Energy Storage.

TC Energy's natural gas pipeline network spans approximately 94,000 kilometres (58,409 miles), transporting over 30% of the natural gas consumed across North America. The company also holds ownership interests in seven power generation facilities with a combined capacity of 4,650 megawatts (MW), including nuclear and natural gas-fired assets.

In addition to its pipeline and power operations, TC Energy maintains strategic investments in energy infrastructure that support liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to global markets. Its assets contribute to the delivery of affordable, reliable, and lower-emission energy across the continent.

The company was founded in 1951 in Calgary.[3] The company's US headquarters is located in the TC Energy Center skyscraper in Houston, Texas.[4]

TC Energy is the largest shareholder in, and owns the general partner of, TC PipeLines.

History

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TC Energy was known as TransCanada before rebranding in 2019

The company was incorporated in 1951 by a Special Act of Parliament as Trans-Canada Pipe Lines Limited.[5] In 1954 N. Eldon Tanner, president of Merrill Petroleums and former Alberta legislator, became president of the company.[6] The purpose of the company was to develop the TransCanada pipeline (now known as the Canadian Mainline) to supply eastern Canadian markets with natural gas produced in the west.

In 1998, TransCanada Pipelines merged with NOVA Corporation's pipeline business, keeping the TransCanada name and becoming "the fourth largest energy services company in North America".[7]

Seeking to expand its presence in the United States, in 2016, TransCanada acquired Columbia Pipeline Group (CPG) for US$13 billion from NiSource's Shareholders. The CPG acquisition added a pipeline network in Pennsylvania and surrounding states, where the Marcellus and Utica shale gas formations are located.[8]

In May 2019, the company changed its name from TransCanada Corporation to TC Energy Corporation to better reflect the company's business, which includes pipelines, power generation and energy storage operations in Canada, the United States and Mexico.[9][10][11]

In October 2019, the 56-story Bank of America Center skyscraper in Houston, Texas was renamed as TC Energy Center and serves as the company's US headquarters.[4][12]

On October 1, 2024, TC Energy completed the spinoff of its Liquids Pipelines business creating an independent company, South Bow, focused on crude oil pipelines.

Operations

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Natural gas pipelines

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TC Energy's natural gas pipelines business builds, owns and operates a network of natural gas pipelines across North America that connects gas production to interconnects and end use markets. The company transports over 30% of continental daily natural gas demand through approximately 94,000 km (58,409 mi) of pipelines. In addition, the company owns 532 Bcf of natural gas storage facilities, making TC Energy one of the largest natural gas storage providers in North America. This segment is TC Energy's largest segment, generating approximately 87% of the company's EBITDA in 2024. The Natural Gas Pipelines business is split into three operating segments: Canadian Natural Gas Pipelines, U.S. Natural Gas Pipelines, and Mexico Natural Gas Pipelines.[13]

The major pipeline systems include:

  • NGTL System (24,631 km) A wholly owned subsidiary, NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd., connects gas producers in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin with consumers and exports.[14] TC Energy has the largest and most extensive natural gas network in Alberta.[15]
  • Canadian Mainline (14,082 km) This pipeline serves as a long haul delivery system transporting natural gas from the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin across Canada to Ontario and Québec to deliver gas to downstream Canadian and U.S. markets. The pipeline has evolved accommodate additional supply connections closer to its markets. The mainline is over 60 years old[16]
  • Columbia Gas (18,768 km) This natural gas transportation system serves the Appalachian Basin, which contains the Marcellus and Utica plays, two of the largest natural gas shale plays in North America. The system also interconnects with other pipelines that provide access to the U.S. Northeast and the Gulf of Mexico.
  • ANR Pipeline System (15,075 km) This pipeline system connects supply basins and markets throughout the U.S. Midwest, and south to the Gulf of Mexico. This includes connecting supply in Texas, Oklahoma, the Appalachian Basin and the Gulf of Mexico to markets in Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and Ohio. In addition, ANR has bi-directional capability on its Southeast Mainline and delivers gas produced from the Appalachian basin to customers throughout the Gulf Coast Region.
  • Columbia Gulf (5,419 km) — This pipeline system was originally designed as a long haul delivery system transporting supply from the Gulf of Mexico to major demand markets in the U.S. Northeast. The pipeline is now transitioning to a north-to-south flow and expanding to accommodate new supply in the Appalachian Basin and its interconnects with Columbia Gas and other pipelines to deliver gas to various Gulf Coast markets.
  • Mexico Pipeline Network (3,500 km) — This consists of a network of natural gas pipelines in Mexico.
  • Southeast Gateway Pipeline (715 km) — A marine pipeline that will transport natural gas, connecting the supply from Tuxpan, Veracruz, to delivery points in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, and in Paraíso, Tabasco.
  • Coastal Gaslink Pipeline Project (670 km) – Coastal Gaslink delivers natural gas from the Dawson Creek area to a facility near Kitimat, where LNG Canada prepares it for export to global markets by converting the gas to a liquefied state—also known as liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Energy

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Bruce Nuclear Generating Station

TC Energy's Energy division consists of power generation and unregulated natural gas storage assets. The power business consists of approximately 4,650 megawatts (MW) of generation capacity owned or under development. These assets are located primarily in Canada and are powered by natural gas, nuclear, and wind.[13]

  • Western Power These assets include approximately 1,000 MW of power generation capacity through four natural gas-fired cogeneration facilities in Alberta and one in Arizona.
  • Eastern Power These assets include approximately 2,900 MW of power generation capacity in Eastern Canada.
  • Bruce Power This operates the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station in Ontario. Comprising eight nuclear units with a combined capacity of approximately 6,400 MW, it is currently the largest operating nuclear power plant in the world. TC Energy holds a 48.4% interest in the asset.
  • Saddlebrook Solar + Storage project in Aldersyde, Alberta consisting of 81 MW of solar generation with utility-scale energy storage.

TC Energy has proposed two pumped storage projects to store and supply clean energy. The Ontario Pumped Storage Project[17] near Meaford, Ontario would provide 1000 MW of clean energy and the proposed Canyon Creek Pumped Storage Project near Hinton, Alberta would provide 75 MW of clean energy.[18][19]

Ownership

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As of September 2025, 84% of the share capital of TC Energy is owned by institutional investors. The dominant shareholder is the Royal Bank of Canada, which owns over 12% of the company. The top 10 shareholders hold ~40% of total shares outstanding.

Operational projects

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Operational natural gas pipelines

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Name Country Length TransCanada's participation Description
NGTL System Canada 24,631 km (15,305 mi) 100 Receives, transports and delivers natural gas within Alberta and B.C., and connects with the Canadian Mainline, Foothills system and third-party pipelines.
Canadian Mainline Canada 14,101 km (8,762 mi) 100 Transports natural gas from the Alberta/Saskatchewanborder and the Ontario/U.S. border to serve eastern Canada and interconnects to the U.S.
Foothills Canada 1,237 km (769 mi) 100 Transports natural gas from central Alberta to the U.S. border for export to the U.S. Midwest, PacificNorthwest, California and Nevada
Trans Québec & Maritimes Canada 649 km (403 mi) 50 Connects with the Canadian Mainline near the Ontario/Québec border to transport natural gas to the Montréal to Québec City corridor, and interconnects with the Portland pipeline system that serves the northeast U.S.
Ventures LP Canada 161 km (100 mi) 100 Transports natural gas to the oil sands region near Fort McMurray, Alberta. It also includes a 27 km (17 mile) pipeline supplying natural gas to a petrochemical complex at Joffre, Alberta.
Great Lakes Canada Canada 58 km (36 mi) 100 Transports natural gas from the Great Lakes system in the U.S. to Ontario, near Dawn, through a connection at the U.S. border underneath the St. Clair River
ANR United States 15,075 km (9,367 mi) 100 Transports natural gas from various supply basins to markets throughout the Midwest and Gulf Coast.
Bison United States 488 km (303 mi) 25.7 Transports natural gas from the Powder River Basin in Wyoming to Northern Border in North Dakota.
Columbia Gas United States 18,768 km (11,662 mi) 100 Transports natural gas from supply primarily in the Appalachian Basin to markets throughout the U.S. Northeast.
Columbia Gulf United States 5,419 km (3,367 mi) 100 Transports natural gas to various markets and pipeline interconnects in the southern U.S. and Gulf Coast.
Crossroads United States 325 km (202 mi) 100 Interstate natural gas pipeline operating in Indiana and Ohio with multiple interconnects to other pipelines.
Gas Transmission Northwest United States 2,216 km (1,377 mi) 25.7 Transports WCSB and Rockies natural gas to Washington, Oregon and California. Connects with Tuscarora and Foothills.
Great Lakes United States 3,404 km (2,115 mi) 65.5 Connects with the Canadian Mainline near Emerson, Manitoba, and to Great Lakes Canada near St Clair, Ontario, plus interconnects with ANR at Crystal Falls and Farwell in Michigan, to transport natural gas to eastern Canada and the U.S. Upper Midwest
Iroquois United States 667 km (414 mi) 13.4 Connects with the Canadian Mainline and serves markets in New York.
Millennium United States 424 km (263 mi) 47.5 Natural gas pipeline supplied by local production, storage fields and interconnecting upstream pipelines to serve markets along its route and to the U.S. Northeast.
North Baja United States 138 km (86 mi) 25.7 Transports natural gas between Arizona and California, and connects with a third-party pipeline on the California/ Mexico border.
Northern Border United States 2,272 km (1,412 mi) 12.9 Transports WCSB, Bakken and Rockies natural gas from connections with Foothills and Bison to U.S. Midwest markets.
Portland United States 475 km (295 mi) 15.9 Connects with TQM near East Hereford, Québec to deliver natural gas to customers in the U.S. Northeast.
Tuscarora United States 491 km (305 mi) 25.7 Transports natural gas from GTN at Malin, Oregon to markets in northeastern California and northwestern Nevada.
Guadalajara Mexico 315 km (196 mi) 100 Transports natural gas from Manzanillo, Colima to Guadalajara, Jalisco.
Mazatlán Mexico 430 km (267 mi) 100 Transports natural gas from El Oro to Mazatlán, Sinaloa inMexico. Connects to the Topolobampo Pipeline at El Oro
Tamazunchale Mexico 370 km (230 mi) 100 Transports natural gas from Naranjos, Veracruz in east central Mexico to Tamazunchale, San Luis Potosí and on to El Sauz, Querétaro.
Topolobampo Mexico 560 km (348 mi) 100 Transports natural gas to Topolobampo, Sinaloa, from interconnects with third-party pipelines in El Oro, Sinaloa and El Encino, Chihuahua in Mexico

Operational power projects

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Name Fuel Type Net Installed Capacity (MW) TransCanada's participation Description
Bear Creek Natural Gas 100 100 Cogeneration plant in Grande Prairie, Alberta.
Carseland Natural Gas 95 100 Cogeneration plant in Carseland, Alberta.
Mackay River Natural Gas 205 100 Cogeneration plant in Fort McMurray, Alberta.
Redwater Natural Gas 46 100 Cogeneration plant in Redwater, Alberta.
Bécancour Natural Gas 550 100 Cogeneration plant in Trois-Rivières, Québec.
Grandview Natural Gas 90 100 Cogeneration plant in Saint John, New Brunswick.
Bruce Nuclear 3099 48.4 As part of Bruce Power Limited Partnership. Eight operating reactors in Tiverton, Ontario. Bruce Power leases the eight nuclear facilities from OPG.

Political activities

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A former TC Energy executive, in an internal meeting for external relations staff, claimed that the firm had played a central role in excluding pipelines from the scope of provincial legislation in British Columbia, Canada. [20][21] A TC Energy representative described the claims as exaggerated and untrue.

In 2019 TC Energy aided the drafting of anti-protest legislation in South Dakota. The legislation, which Governor Kristi Noem signed into law in March 2019, created a fund to cover the costs of policing pipeline protests, and was accompanied by another law which sought to raise revenue for the fund by creating civil penalties for advising, directing, or encouraging persons participating in rioting. In response to the law Noem was sued by the Indigenous Environmental Network, Sierra Club, and other groups, who argued the laws violate First Amendment rights by incentivizing the state to sue protesters.[22]

Leadership

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President

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  1. Clinton Williams Murchison Sr., 1951–1954
  2. Nathan Eldon Tanner, 1954–1957
  3. Charles Shelton Coates Sr., 1957–1958
  4. James Winslow Kerr, 1958–1968
  5. Vernon Lyle Horte, 1968–1972
  6. George Webster Woods, 1972–1979
  7. Radcliffe Robertson Latimer, 1979–1985
  8. Gerald James Maier, 1985–1993
  9. George William Watson, 1993–1999
  10. Douglas Daniel Baldwin, 1999–2001
  11. Harold Norman Kvisle, 2001–2010
  12. Russell Keith Girling, 2010–2021
  13. François Lionel Poirier, 2021–present

Chairman of the Board

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  1. Nathan Eldon Tanner, 1957–1958
  2. Charles Shelton Coates Sr., 1958–1961
  3. James Winslow Kerr, 1961–1979
  4. John Macdonald Beddome, 1979–1983
  5. Gordon Peter Osler, 1983–1989
  6. Joseph Victor Raymond Cyr, 1989–1991
  7. Gerald James Maier, 1991–1998
  8. Richard Francis Haskayne, 1998–2005
  9. Steven Barry Jackson, 2005–2016
  10. Siim Alden Vanaselja, 2016–2023
  11. John Edward Lowe, 2024–present

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "TC Energy Corporation 2021 Annual Report" (PDF). tcenergy.com. 31 December 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Fact sheet" (PDF), TC Energy[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Kilbourn, William (1970). Pipeline: TransCanada and the Great Debate. Toronto, Clarke, Irwin. p. 29.
  4. ^ a b Energy, T. C. "Iconic Houston building renamed: TC Energy Center". www.tcenergy.com. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  5. ^ "History of TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED – FundingUniverse". www.fundinguniverse.com. Retrieved 2018-03-13.
  6. ^ Hugh B. Brown (November 1972). "President N. Eldon Tanner: A Man of Integrity". Ensign. LDS Church. p. 13.
  7. ^ "TransCanada, Nova Complete Merger". Natural Gas Intelligence. 1998-07-06. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  8. ^ "TransCanada Corp to overhaul its business in US$13B acquisition of Columbia Pipeline Group". Financial Post. 2016-03-18. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  9. ^ Williams, Nia (2019-05-03). "Pipeline company TransCanada changes name to TC Energy". Reuters. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  10. ^ "'Not a brand change': New name, same pipeline challenges for TC Energy". canada.com. 2019-05-03. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  11. ^ Queally, Jon (2019-05-04). "TransCanada Can Change Its Name, Say Opponents, But Keystone XL Will Never See 'The Light of Day'". Common Dreams. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  12. ^ Jeffrey, Jeff (October 15, 2019). "Bank of America Center no more: Downtown Houston tower gets new name". Bizjournals. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  13. ^ a b Annual Report 2018 (PDF) (Report). 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 31, 2020. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  14. ^ "NGTL System". TC Energy. Archived from the original on 2020-03-09. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  15. ^ Morgan, Geoffrey (November 1, 2017). "TransCanada rule change raises ire of producers". Saskatchewan StarPhoenix. Financial Post.
  16. ^ "TransCanada Canadian Mainline – Overview". www.transcanada.com.
  17. ^ Energy, T. C. "Overview — Ontario Pumped Storage Project". www.ontariopumpedstorage.com. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  18. ^ "TC Energy — OntarioPumped Storage Project". www.tcenergy.com. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  19. ^ Energy, T. C. "TC Energy — Canyon Creek Pumped Hydro Energy Storage Project". www.tcenergy.com. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  20. ^ June 27, Matt Simmonsand Mike De Souza This article is part of a series about revelations from leaked recordings of TC Energy executives Subscribe to our newsletter for more on this investigation; Read, 2024 <img Height="15" Width="15" Class="inline-Icon" Alt="clock" Src="https://Thenarwhal ca/Wp-Content/Themes/the-Narwhal/Assets/Icons/Time-Outline svg" Aria-Hidden="true" /> 16 Min (2024-06-27). "'Remarkable results': Inside TC Energy exec's claims of political influence". The Narwhal. Retrieved 2025-07-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  21. ^ Cecco, Leyland (2024-06-27). "British Columbia investigates claims energy company 'dramatically' influenced climate policy". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-07-07.
  22. ^ Brown, Alleen (May 23, 2019). "Pipeline Opponents Strike Back Against Anti-Protest Laws". The Intercept. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
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