NGTL System

24,012 km (12,920 miles) in length

24,012 km (12,920 miles) in length

Carries natural gas from Western Canadian Sedimnetary Basin (WCSB)

Carries natural gas from Western Canadian Sedimnetary Basin (WCSB)

Delivers fuel for millions of Canadians and Americans

Delivers fuel for millions of Canadians and Americans

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The NGTL System safely supplies natural gas from Alberta and Northeast B.C. to markets in Canada and the United States. Learn more below.

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Criss-crossing Alberta and northeast British Columbia, gathering and shipping natural gas from the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin (WCSB), the NGTL System supplies natural gas to millions of Canadians and Americans every day. The NGTL System transports natural gas within Alberta and northeastern BC and connects with TransCanada’s Canadian Mainline, Foothills System, and other third-party pipelines.

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TransCanada — NGTL Pipeline System Map
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TransCanada — NGTL Pipeline System Map — North Section
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TransCanada — NGTL Pipeline System Map — Central Section
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TransCanada — NGTL Pipeline System Map — South Section

The NGTL System is governed according to regulations outlined by the National Energy Board (NEB).

On June 25, 2018, TransCanada Corporation announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL), had received National Energy Board (NEB) approval for its 2018-2019 Revenue Requirement Settlement, which establishes the annual costs required to operate the NGTL System.

The settlement covers all NGTL System operating costs for the two-year term, including return on equity and depreciation. It also includes a mechanism that incentivizes NGTL to remain strongly focused on cost management as well as operating efficiencies and system reliability. The agreement:

  • encompasses a two-year period from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2019;
  • fixes the equity return at 10.1 per cent on 40 per cent deemed common equity;
  • establishes depreciation at a forecast composite rate of 3.45 per cent;
  • fixes operating, maintenance and administration (OM&A) costs at $225 million for 2018 and $230 million for 2019, and includes a sharing mechanism that incents NGTL to achieve cost efficiencies; and,
  • provides for flow-through treatment of all other costs including pipeline integrity expenses and emissions costs.
We are pleased that the NEB approved the components of the settlement as filed. We worked diligently with our stakeholders through a collaborative process to reach this consensus that will provide greater certainty and stability to our operating costs and tolls through the end of 2019."

Tracy Robinson
Senior Vice-President and General Manager, Canadian Gas Pipelines