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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT |
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT | 9.PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
| Weighted Average |  |  |  |
December 31, | Depreciation Rate | 2015 |  | 2014 |
(millions of Canadian dollars) |  |  |  |  |
Liquids Pipelines 1,2 |  |  |  |  |
Pipeline | 2.9% | 6,356 |  | 12,515 |
Pumping equipment, buildings, tanks and other | 3.8% | 1,464 |  | 7,715 |
Land and right-of-way | 1.9% | 228 |  | 520 |
Under construction | - | 754 |  | 5,578 |
|  | 8,802 |  | 26,328 |
Accumulated depreciation |  | (1,200 | ) | (4,312 | )
|  | 7,602 |  | 22,016 |
Gas Distribution |  |  |  |  |
Gas mains, services and other | 3.0% | 8,819 |  | 8,427 |
Land and right-of-way | 1.0% | 85 |  | 84 |
Under construction | - | 902 |  | 352 |
|  | 9,806 |  | 8,863 |
Accumulated depreciation |  | (2,379 | ) | (2,256 | )
|  | 7,427 |  | 6,607 |
Gas Pipelines, Processing and Energy Services 1 |  |  |  |  |
Pipeline | 4.2% | 777 |  | 633 |
Wind turbines, solar panels and other | 4.7% | 2,162 |  | 2,371 |
Power transmission | 1.8% | 387 |  | 397 |
Canadian Midstream gas gathering and processing | 2.9% | 789 |  | 778 |
Land and right-of-way | 3.2% | 58 |  | 28 |
Under construction | - | 933 |  | 1,172 |
|  | 5,106 |  | 5,379 |
Accumulated depreciation |  | (643 | ) | (454 | )
|  | 4,463 |  | 4,925 |
Sponsored Investments 1 |  |  |  |  |
Pipeline | 2.6% | 27,317 |  | 11,564 |
Pumping equipment, buildings, tanks and other | 3.1% | 17,008 |  | 7,806 |
Wind turbines, solar panels and other | 4.0% | 2,582 |  | 1,549 |
Land and right-of-way | 2.5% | 1,660 |  | 1,040 |
Under construction | - | 5,330 |  | 2,126 |
|  | 53,897 |  | 24,085 |
Accumulated depreciation |  | (9,087 | ) | (3,903 | )
|  | 44,810 |  | 20,182 |
Corporate |  |  |  |  |
Other | 6.8% | 184 |  | 80 |
Under construction | - | 5 |  | 69 |
|  | 189 |  | 149 |
Accumulated depreciation |  | (57 | ) | (49 | )
|  | 132 |  | 100 |
|  | 64,434 |  | 53,830 |
| 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 Property, plant and equipment of $15,635 million and Gas Pipelines, Processing and Energy Services Property, plant and equipment of $995 million as at December 31, 2014 have not been reclassified into the Sponsored Investments segment for presentation purposes.
| 2 |  | In July 2014, $62 million of Property, plant and equipment was disposed as part of the sale of a 35% equity interest in the Southern Access Extension Project. The remaining balance of $136 million in Property, plant and equipment was reclassified to Long-term investments (Note 11).
Depreciation expense for the year ended December 31, 2015 was $1,852 million (2014 - $1,461 million; 2013 - $1,282 million). SPONSORED INVESTMENTS Impairment The Company recorded impairment charges of $96 million, of which $80 million related to EEP’s Berthold rail facility due to contracts that have not been renewed beyond 2016. The remaining $16 million in impairment charges relate to EEP’s non-core Louisiana propylene pipeline asset following finalization of a contract restructuring with the primary customer. The impairment charges were based on the amount by which the carrying values of the assets exceeded fair value, determined using expected discounted future cash flows, and were presented within Operating and administrative expense on the Consolidated Statements of Earnings. DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS In March 2014, the Company completed the sale of certain of its Offshore assets located within the Stingray corridor to an unrelated third party for cash proceeds of $11 million (US$10 million), subject to working capital adjustments. The gain of $70 million (US$63 million), which resulted from the cash proceeds and the disposition of net liabilities held for sale of $59 million (US$53 million), is presented as Earnings from discontinued operations. The results of operations, including revenues of $4 million and $26 million and related cash flows, have also been presented as discontinued operations for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. These amounts are included within the Gas Pipelines, Processing and Energy Services segment.

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