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Union Gas Announces Binding Open Season for Transportation Services

July 29, 2008

CHATHAM, Ontario – Beginning today, Union Gas Limited will be conducting a binding transportation open season for Dawn-to-Parkway service, effective November 1, 2010. In addition, shippers will be able to bid on F24-T Service, which provides firm, all day access to transportation quantities on 13 nomination windows.

In response to growing demand, Union Gas hopes to expand its existing facilities to create between 200,000 and 500,000 gigajoule per day (GJ/day) of additional transportation capacity from the Dawn Hub to downstream interconnections at Parkway and Kirkwall. Such an expansion would require approval by the company’s board of directors based on an assessment of the investment climate in Ontario. A key element of that assessment will be the Ontario Energy Board’s upcoming decision on the company’s appeal of long-term revenue sharing.

“The Dawn Hub continues to grow and is recognized as a major supply and trading hub offering customers diversity of supply and access to premium storage and transportation services,” said Steve Baker, vice-president, business development, Union Gas. “As a result of this expansion, our customers in Ontario, Quebec, and the northeastern U.S. would have more ability to transport gas supplies from the Dawn Hub to their market areas.”

Transportation Open Season

Shippers seeking to transport natural gas on the Union Gas Dawn-Parkway system are encouraged to participate in the transportation open season. Shippers may bid on firm transportation from the Dawn Hub to either Parkway or Kirkwall in order to reach growing markets in Ontario, Quebec, and the northeastern U.S. In addition, shippers with multiple or short notice changes to gas supply or transportation requirements have the opportunity to bid on Union Gas’ F24-T Service, which provides firm, all day access to transportation quantities on 13 nomination windows. Existing M12 transportation contract holders may also bid on F24-T Service; no additional transportation capacity is required.

Open Season Contact

This open season closes September 12, 2008. Those wishing additional information should visit the Union Gas website at www.uniongas.com/openseason; or contact their sales representative or the following:

Union Gas is an integrated natural gas storage, transmission and distribution company serving about 1.3 million residential, commercial and industrial customers in more than 400 communities in northern, south-western and eastern Ontario. Union Gas is a Spectra Energy company. A FORTUNE 500 company, Spectra Energy Corp (NYSE: SE) is one of North America’s premier natural gas infrastructure companies serving three key links in the natural gas value chain: gathering and processing, transmission and storage, and distribution. For nearly a century, Spectra Energy and its predecessor companies have developed critically important pipelines and related infrastructure connecting natural gas supply sources to premium markets. Based in Houston, Texas, the company operates in the United States and Canada approximately 18,000 miles of transmission pipeline, 265 billion cubic feet of storage, natural gas gathering and processing, natural gas liquids operations and local distribution assets. Spectra Energy Corp also has a 50 percent ownership in DCP Midstream, the largest natural gas gatherer and processor in the United States. For more information, visit www.spectraenergy.com.