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DEBT (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
DEBT |
Schedule of debt |
|  | Weighted Average |  |  |  |  |  |  |
December 31, |  | Interest Rate |  | Maturity |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
(millions of Canadian dollars) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Liquids Pipelines 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debentures |  |  |  |  |  | - |  | 200 |
Medium-term notes 2,3 |  | 4.0% |  | 2016-2040 |  | 1,439 |  | 4,557 |
Commercial paper and credit facility draws |  |  |  |  |  | - |  | 163 |
Other 4 |  |  |  |  |  | 7 |  | 9 |
Gas Distribution |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debentures |  | 9.9% |  | 2024 |  | 85 |  | 85 |
Medium-term notes |  | 4.6% |  | 2016-2050 |  | 3,603 |  | 3,033 |
Commercial paper and credit facility draws |  |  |  |  |  | 599 |  | 939 |
Gas Pipelines, Processing and Energy Services 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Promissory note 5 |  |  |  |  |  | - |  | 103 |
Sponsored Investments 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debentures |  | 8.2% |  | 2024 |  | 200 |  | - |
Junior subordinated notes 6 |  | 8.1% |  | 2067 |  | 554 |  | 464 |
Medium-term notes 7 |  | 4.3% |  | 2016-2045 |  | 6,466 |  | 2,405 |
Senior notes 8 |  | 6.1% |  | 2016-2045 |  | 7,958 |  | 4,815 |
Commercial paper and credit facility draws 9 |  |  |  |  |  | 4,012 |  | 2,614 |
Other 4 |  |  |  |  |  | 4 |  | - |
Corporate |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
United States dollar term notes 10 |  | 3.3% |  | 2016-2044 |  | 4,221 |  | 3,886 |
Medium-term notes |  | 4.3% |  | 2016-2064 |  | 5,698 |  | 6,048 |
Commercial paper and credit facility draws 11 |  |  |  |  |  | 7,332 |  | 6,182 |
Other 12 |  |  |  |  |  | (49 | ) | (35 | )
Total debt |  |  |  |  |  | 42,129 |  | 35,468 |
Current maturities |  |  |  |  |  | (1,990 | ) | (1,004 | )
Short-term borrowings 13 |  |  |  |  |  | (599 | ) | (1,041 | )
Long-term debt |  |  |  |  |  | 39,540 |  | 33,423 |
| 1 |  | Effective September 1, 2015, Enbridge transferred its Canadian Liquids Pipelines business and certain Canadian renewable energy assets to the Fund Group within the Sponsored Investments segment as described under the Canadian Restructuring Plan (Note 1). Liquids Pipelines Debt of $3,693 million and Gas Pipelines, Processing and Energy Services Debt of $103 million as at December 31, 2014 has not been reclassified into the Sponsored Investments segment for presentation purposes.
| 2 |  | 2015 - US$1,040 million (2014 - $3,323 million and US$1,064 million).
| 3 |  | On August 18, 2014, long-term private debt was issued for $352 million and US$1,061 million related to Southern Lights project financing. The proceeds were utilized to repay the construction credit facilities on a dollar-for-dollar basis.
| 4 |  | Primarily capital lease obligations.
| 5 |  | A non-interest bearing demand promissory note that was paid on January 9, 2015.
| 6 |  | 2015 - US$400 million (2014 - US$400 million).
| 7 |  | Included in medium-term notes is $100 million with a maturity date of 2112.
| 8 |  | 2015 - US$5,750 million (2014 - US$4,150 million).
| 9 |  | 2015 - $1,346 million and US$1,926 million (2014 - $140 million and US$2,132 million).
| 10 |  | 2015 - US$3,050 million (2014 - US$3,350 million).
| 11 |  | 2015 - $4,168 million and US$2,287 million (2014 - $3,217 million and US$2,555 million).
| 12 |  | Primarily debt discount.
| 13 |  | Weighted average interest rate - 0.8% (2014 - 1.4%).
Schedule of interest expense |
INTEREST EXPENSE
Year ended December 31, |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
(millions of Canadian dollars) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debentures and term notes |  | 1,805 |  | 1,425 |  | 1,123 |
Commercial paper and credit facility draws |  | 172 |  | 71 |  | 34 |
Southern Lights project financing |  | - |  | 49 |  | 40 |
Capitalized |  | (353 | ) | (416 | ) | (250 | )
|  | 1,624 |  | 1,129 |  | 947 |
Schedule of committed credit facilities |
|  |  |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
December 31, |  | Maturity |  | Total Facilities |  | Draws 1 |  | Available |  | Total Facilities |
(millions of Canadian dollars) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Liquids Pipelines 2 |  | 2017 |  | 28 |  | - |  | 28 |  | 300 |
Gas Distribution |  | 2017-2019 |  | 1,010 |  | 603 |  | 407 |  | 1,008 |
Sponsored Investments 2 |  | 2017-2020 |  | 9,224 |  | 4,089 |  | 5,135 |  | 4,531 |
Corporate |  | 2017-2020 |  | 11,458 |  | 7,357 |  | 4,101 |  | 12,772 |
Total committed credit facilities 3 |  |  |  | 21,720 |  | 12,049 |  | 9,671 |  | 18,611 |
| 1 |  | Includes facility draws, letters of credit and commercial paper issuances that are back-stopped by the credit facility.
| 2 |  | Effective September 1, 2015, Enbridge transferred its Canadian Liquids Pipelines business and certain Canadian renewable energy assets to the Fund Group within the Sponsored Investments segment as described under the Canadian Restructuring Plan (Note 1). Liquids Pipelines total facilities of $300 million as at December 31, 2014 have not been reclassified into the Sponsored Investments segment for presentation purposes.
| 3 |  | On August 18, 2014, long-term private debt was issued for $352 million and US$1,061 million related to Southern Lights project financing. The proceeds were utilized to repay the construction credit facilities on a dollar-for-dollar basis.

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