IMPAIRMENT OF EQUITY INVESTMENTS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Noncontrolling Interest [Abstract]

IMPAIRMENT OF EQUITY INVESTMENTS

IMPAIRMENT OF EQUITY INVESTMENTS

Steckman Ridge, LP

Steckman Ridge, LP (Steckman) is engaged in the storage of natural gas, is owned 50% by Enbridge, and is recorded as an equity method investment. During the quarter, Steckman’s forecasted performance was adjusted for the expectation that future available capacity will be re-contracted at lower than expected rates and an other than temporary impairment loss on our investment of $221 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 was recorded based on a discounted cash flow analysis. The carrying value of this investment as at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 was $96 million and $222 million, respectively.

Southeast Supply Header, L.L.C.

Southeast Supply Header, L.L.C. (SESH) provides natural gas transmission services from east Texas and northern Louisiana to the southeast markets of the Gulf Coast. SESH is owned 50% by Enbridge and is recorded as an equity method investment. The forecasted performance of SESH was revised this quarter to reflect downward revisions to future negotiated rates as well as higher than expected available capacity levels, caused primarily by a significant contract expiry. An other than temporary impairment loss on our investment of $394 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 was recorded based on a discounted cash flow analysis. The carrying value of this investment as at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 was $87 million and $484 million, respectively.

DCP Midstream, LLC

DCP Midstream, LLC (DCP Midstream), a 50% owned equity method investment of Enbridge, holds an equity interest in DCP Midstream, LP. A decline in the market price of DCP Midstream, LP’s publicly traded units during the first quarter of 2020 resulted in an other than temporary impairment loss on our investment in DCP Midstream of nil and $1.7 billion for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively. In addition, we incurred losses of $324 million through our equity earnings pick up in relation to asset and goodwill impairment losses recorded by DCP Midstream, LP. The carrying value of our investment in DCP Midstream as at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 was $340 million and $2.2 billion, respectively.

Our investments in Steckman, SESH, and DCP Midstream form part of our Gas Transmission and Midstream segment. The impairment losses were recorded within Impairment of Equity Investments in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings.