DBRS Morningstar Assigns Rating of “A” With a Stable Trend to Enbridge Pipelines Inc.’s New Issuance of $350 Million Medium Term Notes

DBRS Limited (DBRS Morningstar) assigned a rating of “A” with a Stable trend to Enbridge Pipelines Inc.’s $350 million Medium Term Notes (Unsecured) due August 17, 2053.

The credit rating assigned to this newly issued debt instrument is based on the credit ratings of the already-outstanding series of Senior Unsecured Notes.

ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, GOVERNANCE CONSIDERATIONS
There were no Environmental/Social/Governance factors that had a significant or relevant effect on the credit analysis.

A description of how DBRS Morningstar considers ESG factors within the DBRS Morningstar analytical framework can be found in the DBRS Morningstar Criteria: Approach to Environmental, Social, and Governance Risk Factors in Credit Ratings at (July 4, 2023; https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/416784).

Notes:
All figures are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted.

DBRS Morningstar applied the following principal methodology:
-- Global Methodology for Rating Companies in the Pipeline and Midstream Energy Industry (November 3, 2022; https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/404917)

The credit rating methodologies used in the analysis of this transaction can be found at:
https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/about/methodologies.

A description of how DBRS Morningstar analyzes corporate finance transactions and how the methodologies are collectively applied can be found at: https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/397223.

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