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December 18, 2012

TransCanada Factors Politics Into Pipelines

Lauren Krugal, Financial Post


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CALGARY — TransCanada Corp. is changing the way it tackles new projects, having learned the hard way how politics can affect construction schedules and costs, CEO Russ Girling said Monday. In a year-end interview with The Canadian Press, Girling said the company won’t start procuring materials or securing land for pipelines until it knows for sure it has regulatory approval in hand.

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