NOTE 12 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The Partnership does not have any employees. The management and operating functions are provided by the General Partner. The General Partner does not receive a management fee in connection with its management of the Partnership. The Partnership reimburses the General Partner for all costs of services provided, including the costs of employee, officer and director compensation and benefits, and all other expenses necessary or appropriate to conduct the business of, and allocable to, the Partnership. Such costs include (i) overhead costs (such as office space and equipment) and (ii) out-of-pocket expenses related to the provision of such services. The Partnership Agreement provides that the General Partner will determine the costs that are allocable to the Partnership in any reasonable manner determined by the General Partner in its sole discretion. For both the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, total costs charged to the Partnership by the General Partner were $1 million.

As operator of our pipelines, except Iroquois, TC Energy’s subsidiaries provide capital and operating services to our pipeline systems. TC Energy’s subsidiaries incur costs on behalf of our pipeline systems, including, but not limited to, employee salary and benefit costs, and property and liability insurance costs. Iroquois does not receive any capital and operating services from TC Energy (Refer to Note 5).

Capital and operating costs charged to our pipeline systems, except for Iroquois, for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 by TC Energy’s subsidiaries and amounts payable to TC Energy’s subsidiaries at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 are summarized in the following tables:


	Three months ended
(unaudited)	March 31,
(millions of dollars)	2019	2018

Capital and operating costs charged by TC Energy’s subsidiaries to:
Great Lakes (a)	11	9
Northern Border (a)	9	9
GTN	10	8
Bison	1	2
North Baja	1	1
Tuscarora	1	1
PNGTS (a)	2	2
Impact on the Partnership’s net income:
Great Lakes	5	4
Northern Border	4	4
GTN	8	8
Bison	1	2
North Baja	1	1
Tuscarora	1	1
PNGTS	1	1


(unaudited)
(millions of dollars)	March 31, 2019	December 31, 2018

Net amounts payable to TC Energy’s subsidiaries are as follows:
Great Lakes (a)	5	3
Northern Border (a)	4	3
GTN	4	4
Bison	—	1
North Baja	1	—
Tuscarora	—	1
PNGTS (a)	1	1

^(a)

Represents 100 percent of the costs.

Great Lakes

Great Lakes earns significant transportation revenues from TC Energy and its affiliates, some of which are provided at discounted rates and some at maximum recourse rates. For the three months ended March 31, 2019, Great Lakes earned 73 percent of transportation revenues from TC Energy and its affiliates (March 31, 2018 – 68 percent).

At March 31, 2019, $18 million was included in Great Lakes’ receivables with regard to the transportation contracts with TC Energy and its affiliates (December 31, 2018 – $18 million).

During the second quarter of 2018, Great Lakes reached an agreement on the terms of new long-term transportation capacity contracts with its affiliate, ANR Pipeline Company. The contracts are for a term of 15 years from November 2021 to October 31, 2036 with a total contract value of approximately $1.3 billion. The contracts contain reduction options (i) at any time on or before April 1, 2019 for any reason and (ii) any time before April 2021, if TC Energy is not able to secure the required regulatory approval related to anticipated expansion projects. During the first quarter of 2019, Great Lakes reached an agreement to amend volume reduction “for any reason” option by extending the period “on or before” April 1, 2019 to “on or before” April 1, 2020. All the other terms remained the same.

PNGTS

PNGTS earns transportation revenues from TC Energy and its affiliates. For the three months ended March 31, 2019, PNGTS earned approximately nil of its transportation revenues from TC Energy and its affiliates (March 31, 2018 – $1 million).

At March 31, 2019, PNGTS had nil outstanding receivables with regard to the transportation contracts with TC Energy and its affiliates (December 31, 2018 – nil).

In connection with anticipated future commercial opportunities, PNGTS has entered into an arrangement with its affiliates regarding the construction of certain facilities on their systems that will be required to fulfill future contracts on the PNGTS system. In the event the anticipated developments do not proceed, PNGTS will be required to reimburse its affiliates for any costs incurred related to the development of these facilities. At March 31, 2019, the total costs incurred by these affiliates was approximately $71 million.