News Release
April 01, 2008

Spectra Energy Kicks off 2008 “Helping Hands in Action” Volunteer Initiative

Employee Volunteer Projects Scheduled Throughout April

HOUSTON – Spectra Energy employees across the southeast United States will spend this month working to make a difference in their communities during the company’s second annual “Helping Hands in Action” volunteer effort that begins today.

Throughout April, company employees and retirees will participate in company-sponsored volunteer projects designed to enhance the areas where they live.

“We believe in giving more than financial support to the communities where we work and live,” said Fred Fowler, president and chief executive officer of Spectra Energy. “Our employees’ investment in sweat equity projects demonstrates our commitment to being a good neighbor and the caring nature of our employees.”

In Houston, projects include a beach clean up in Galveston, repairing the home of an elderly Houstonian through Rebuilding Together Houston and conducting a blood drive to benefit the Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center.

Other projects include:

  • Planting a garden at the entrance of an elementary school in Jackson, Miss.
  • Beautification of the Blessing Community Center in Blessing, Texas
  • Landscaping the entrance of an elementary school in Kingsport, Tenn.
  • Clearing brush and leveling land at the IJAMES Nature Center, Knoxville, Tenn.
  • Enhancing a picnic shelter at an elementary school in Abingdon, Va.

“We support employee volunteer projects throughout the year, but Helping Hands in Action represents our concentrated period of volunteerism,” said Regan Kasman, Spectra Energy’s manager of community relations.

Employees in the northeast U.S. and Canada will participate in the Helping Hands in Action initiative beginning June 1.

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 close to a century, Spectra Energy and its predecessor companies have developed critically important pipelines and related energy 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, one of the largest natural gas gatherers and processors in the United States. Visit www.spectraenergy.com for more information.

Regan Kasman
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