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Debt and Credit Facilities (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Available Credit Facilities and Restrictive Debt Covenants
Available Credit Facilities and Restrictive Debt Covenants
 
Expiration
Date
 
Total
Credit
Facilities
Capacity
 
Commercial Paper Outstanding at September 30, 2016
 
Available
Credit
Facilities
Capacity
 
 
 
(in millions)
Spectra Energy Capital, LLC
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Multi-year syndicated (a)
2021
 
$
1,000

 
$
460

 
$
540

364-day syndicated (a)
2017
 
2,000

 
—

 
2,000

SEP (b)
2021
 
2,500

 
1,177

 
1,323

Westcoast (c)
2021
 
305

 
—

 
305

Union Gas (d)
2021
 
533

 
—

 
533

Total
 
 
$
6,338

 
$
1,637

 
$
4,701

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(a)
Revolving credit facilities contain a covenant requiring the Spectra Energy consolidated debt-to-total capitalization ratio, as defined in the agreements, to not exceed 65%. Per the terms of the agreements, collateralized debt is excluded from the calculation of the ratio. This ratio was 55.8% at September 30, 2016.
(b)
Revolving credit facility contains a covenant that requires SEP to maintain a ratio of total Consolidated Indebtedness-to-Consolidated EBITDA, as defined in the agreement, of 5.0 to 1 or less. As of September 30, 2016, this ratio was 3.7 to 1.
(c)
U.S. dollar equivalent at September 30, 2016. The revolving credit facility is 400 million Canadian dollars and contains a covenant that requires the Westcoast non-consolidated debt-to-total capitalization ratio to not exceed 75%. The ratio was 31.1% at September 30, 2016.
(d)
U.S. dollar equivalent at September 30, 2016. The revolving credit facility is 700 million Canadian dollars and contains a covenant that requires the Union Gas debt-to-total capitalization ratio to not exceed 75% and a provision which requires Union Gas to repay all borrowings under the facility for a period of two days during the second quarter of each year. The ratio was 68.1% at September 30, 2016.