INCOME TAXES	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
INCOME TAXES	INCOME TAXES The effective income tax rates for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 were 22.4% and (16.7)%, respectively. The period-over-period increase in the effective income tax rate is due to the effects of rate-regulated accounting for income taxes and other permanent items relative to the increase in earnings for the three months ended March 31, 2019. Also contributing to the period-over-period increase in the effective income tax rate was the buy-in of our United States sponsored vehicles which results in Enbridge being taxed on all of our United States sponsored vehicle earnings rather than on just our proportionate share.

The entire disclosure for income taxes. Disclosures may include net deferred tax liability or asset recognized in an enterprise's statement of financial position, net change during the year in the total valuation allowance, approximate tax effect of each type of temporary difference and carryforward that gives rise to a significant portion of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets, utilization of a tax carryback, and tax uncertainties information.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2144680

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