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Data Tables

2010 Health and Safety Performance Data1

  Spectra Energy By Business Unit By Country
Western Gas
Transmission
and Processing		 U.S.
Transmission		 Union Gas Canada U.S.
Hours Worked 10,187,364 2,086,617 4,025,169 4,075,578 6,162,195 4,025,169
Work Ratio (% of Employee Hours) 100% 20% 38% 42% 62% 38%
Fatalities 0 0 0 0 0 0
             
Employee Lost Workday Frequency2 0.35 0.58 0.25 0.34 0.42 0.25
Employee Total Incident Frequency3 1.69 1.05 1.29 2.40 1.95 1.29
Contractor Total Incident Frequency3 1.75 0.97 1.95 3.28 1.61 1.95
Employee Vehicle Incident Frequency4 4.06 3.82 3.77 4.63 4.37 3.77

1 Includes Spectra Energy operated assets only.
2 Employee LWCR (Lost Workday Frequency) = No. of Lost Workday Cases multiplied by 200,000 hours and divided by actual hours worked.
3 Employee/Contractor TICR (Total Incident Frequency) = No. of injuries multiplied by 200,000 hours and divided by actual hours worked.
4 Employee VICR (Vehicle Incident Frequency) = No. of vehicle accidents multiplied by 1,000,000 miles and divided by actual miles driven.

2010 Spectra Energy Workforce Statistics Report1

  Spectra Energy By Business Unit By Country
Western Gas
Transmission
and Processing		 U.S.
Transmission		 Union Gas Canada U.S.
Total Employees 5,370 1,107 2,016 2,247 3,354 2,016
             
Bargaining Unit Employees 1,373 499 0 874 1,373 0
Bargaining Unit Employee Percentages 26% 45% 0% 39% 41% 0%
             
Total Females 1,522 244 459 819 1,063 459
Females as a percentage of total 28% 22% 23% 36% 32% 23%
Females as a percentage of professional n/a n/a 36% n/a n/a 36%
Females as a percentage of management 24% 17% 23% 29% 25% 23%
             
Total Minorities2 n/a n/a 394 n/a n/a 394
Minorities as a percentage of total3 n/a n/a 20% n/a n/a 20%
Minorities as a percentage of professional n/a n/a 32% n/a n/a 32%
Minorities as a percentage of management n/a n/a 18% n/a n/a 18%
             
Voluntary Turnover Rate 3.2% 3.8% 2.6% 3.5% 3.6% 2.6%

1 Includes Spectra Energy operated assets only.
2 Ethnic Diversity data is not captured in Canada due to privacy regulations.
3 Union Gas turnover rate includes Maritimes and Northeast employees located in Canada.
n/a = not available

2010 Environmental Performance Data1

  Spectra Energy By Business Unit By Country
Western Gas
Transmission
and Processing		 U.S.
Transmission		 Union Gas Canada U.S.
Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Thousand Tonnes CO2e            
  Carbon Dioxide (CO2) 7,269 4,746 2,222 300 5,046 2,222
  Methane (CH4) 1,770 243 1,064 463 706 1,064
  Nitrous Oxide (N2O) 28 24 1 2 27 1
Total Direct GHG Emissions 9,066 5,013 3,287 766 5,779 3,287
             
Indirect GHG Emissions 1,049 136 910 4 139 910
             
Total Direct and Indirect GHG Emissions 10,115 5,149 4,197 770 5,918 4,197
             
Energy Consumption Thousand MWh Electricity Use 1,303 262 1,009 32 294 1,009
             
Criteria Air Emissions Thousand Tonnes            
  NOx Emissions 23.5 10.2 12.3 1.1 11.3 14.4
  SOx Emissions 21.8 21.8 0.1 0.0 21.8 0.1
  Carbon Monoxide (CO) 9.4 4.0 5.1 0.3 4.3 11.1
  Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) 2.8 1.3 1.4 0.2 1.5 0.6
Total Criteria Air Pollutant Emissions 57.5 37.3 18.7 1.6 38.8 26.1
             
Waste Generation Thousand Tonnes Hazardous Waste 2.1 1.4 0.4 0.3 1.7 0.4
Non-hazardous Waste 20.5 12.5 7.4 0.5 13.1 7.4
             
Spills (Frequency) 35 22 9 4 26 9
NOVs2 7 0 7 0 0 7
Fines3 $2,700 $0 $2,700 $0 $0 $2,700

1 Environmental data is reported on operational control basis, except for indirect emissions.
2 NOVs and fines have not all been reviewed at the time of reporting and are subject to change.
3 Not all NOVs have been reviewed for possible fines at time of reporting.