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ENBRIDGE INC. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS December 31, 2013 MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS This Management’s Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) dated February 14, 2014 should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto of Enbridge Inc. (Enbridge or the Company) for the year ended December 31, 2013, prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP). All financial measures presented in this MD&A are expressed in Canadian dollars, unless otherwise indicated. Additional information related to the Company, including its Annual Information Form, is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. In connection with the preparation of the Company’s first quarter consolidated financial statements, an error was identified in the manner in which the Company historically recorded deferred regulatory assets associated with the difference between depreciation expense calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP and negotiated depreciation rates recovered in transportation tolls for certain of its regulated operations. The error was not material to any of the Company’s previously issued consolidated financial statements; however, as discussed in Note 4, Revision of Prior Period Financial Statements, to the consolidated financial statements as at December 31, 2013, prior year comparative financial statements have been revised to correct the effect of this error. This non-cash revision did not impact cash flows for any prior period. The discussion and analysis included herein is based on revised financial results for the year ended December 31, 2013 or other comparative periods as indicated. OVERVIEW Enbridge, a Canadian Company, is a North American leader in delivering energy. As a transporter of energy, Enbridge operates, in Canada and the United States, the world's longest crude oil and liquids transportation system. The Company also has significant and growing involvement in natural gas gathering, transmission and midstream businesses and an increasing involvement in power transmission. As a distributor of energy, Enbridge owns and operates Canada's largest natural gas distribution company and provides distribution services in Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and New York State. As a generator of energy, Enbridge has interests in more than 1,800 megawatts (MW) of renewable and alternative energy generating capacity and is expanding its interests in wind, solar and geothermal facilities. Enbridge has approximately 10,000 employees and contractors, primarily in Canada and the United States. The Company’s activities are carried out through five business segments: Liquids Pipelines; Gas Distribution; Gas Pipelines, Processing and Energy Services; Sponsored Investments; and Corporate, as discussed below. LIQUIDS PIPELINES Liquids Pipelines consists of common carrier and contract crude oil, natural gas liquids (NGL) and refined products pipelines and terminals in Canada and the United States, including Canadian Mainline, Regional Oil Sands System, Southern Lights Pipeline, Seaway Pipeline, Spearhead Pipeline and Feeder Pipelines and Other. GAS DISTRIBUTION Gas Distribution consists of the Company’s natural gas utility operations, the core of which is Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. (EGD), which serves residential, commercial and industrial customers, primarily in central and eastern Ontario as well as northern New York State. This business segment also includes natural gas distribution activities in Quebec and New Brunswick. 1 GAS PIPELINES, PROCESSING AND ENERGY SERVICES Gas Pipelines, Processing and Energy Services consists of investments in natural gas pipelines, gathering and processing facilities and the Company’s energy services businesses, along with renewable energy and transmission facilities. Investments in natural gas pipelines include the Company’s interests in the United States portion of the Alliance System (Alliance Pipeline US), the Vector Pipeline (Vector) and transmission and gathering pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico. Investments in natural gas processing include the Company’s interest in Aux Sable, a natural gas fractionation and extraction business located near the terminus of the Alliance System (Alliance). The energy services businesses undertake physical commodity marketing activity and logistical services, refinery supply services and manage the Company’s volume commitments on the Alliance, Vector and other pipeline systems. SPONSORED INVESTMENTS Sponsored Investments includes the Company’s 20.6% ownership interest in Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. (EEP), Enbridge’s 66.7% investment in the United States segment of the Alberta Clipper Project through EEP and Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership (EELP) and an overall 67.3% economic interest in Enbridge Income Fund (the Fund), held both directly and indirectly through Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc. (ENF). Enbridge, through its subsidiaries, manages the day-to-day operations of, and develops and assesses opportunities for each of these investments, including both organic growth and acquisition opportunities. EEP transports crude oil and other liquid hydrocarbons through common carrier and feeder pipelines including the Lakehead Pipeline System (Lakehead System) which is the United States portion of the Enbridge mainline system, and transports, gathers, processes and markets natural gas and NGL. The primary operations of the Fund include renewable power generation, crude oil and liquids pipeline and storage businesses in western Canada and a 50% interest in the Canadian portion of the Alliance System (Alliance Pipeline Canada). CORPORATE Corporate consists of the Company’s investment in Noverco Inc. (Noverco), new business development activities, general corporate investments and financing costs not allocated to the business segments. 2 PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW Three Months Ended Year Ended December 31, December 31, 2013 2012 2013 2012 2011 (millions of Canadian dollars, except per share amounts) Earnings attributable to common shareholders Liquids Pipelines 46 130 427 697 470 Gas Distribution 80 127 129 207 (88) Gas Pipelines, Processing and Energy Services (325) 32 (68) (377) 328 Sponsored Investments 79 72 268 283 268 Corporate (151) (136) (314) (129) (171) Earnings/(loss) attributable to common (271) 225 442 681 807 shareholders from continuing operations Discontinued operations - Gas Pipelines, Processing and Energy Services 4 (79) 4 (79) (6) (267) 146 446 602 801 Earnings/(loss) per common share (0.33) 0.19 0.55 0.78 1.07 Diluted earnings/(loss) per common share (0.32) 0.18 0.55 0.77 1.05 Adjusted earnings1 Liquids Pipelines 205 177 770 655 501 Gas Distribution 67 63 176 176 173 Gas Pipelines, Processing and Energy Services 17 42 203 176 180 Sponsored Investments 89 68 313 264 243 Corporate (16) (23) (28) (30) (16) 362 327 1,434 1,241 1,081 Adjusted earnings per common share1 0.44 0.42 1.78 1.61 1.44 Cash flow data Cash provided by operating activities 781 502 3,341 2,874 3,371 Cash used in investing activities (3,277) (2,182) (9,431) (6,204) (5,079) Cash provided by financing activities 2,744 1,725 5,070 4,395 2,030 Dividends Common share dividends declared 261 227 1,035 895 759 Dividends paid per common share 0.3150 0.2825 1.26 1.13 0.98 Revenues Commodity sales 6,939 4,978 26,039 18,494 20,374 Gas distribution sales 710 585 2,265 1,910 1,906 Transportation and other services 644 1,444 4,614 4,256 4,509 8,293 7,007 32,918 24,660 26,789 Total assets 57,568 46,800 57,568 46,800 41,130 Total long-term liabilities 28,277 25,227 28,277 25,227 23,958 1 Adjusted earnings and adjusted earnings per common share are non-GAAP measures that do not have any standardized meaning prescribed by generally accepted accounting principles. For more information on non-GAAP measures see page 7. EARNINGS ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS Earnings attributable to common shareholders were $446 million ($0.55 per common share) for the year ended December 31, 2013 compared with $602 million ($0.78 per common share) for the year ended December 31, 2012 and $801 million ($1.07 per common share) for the year ended December 31, 2011. The Company has delivered significant earnings growth from operations over the course of the last three years, as discussed below in Performance Overview – Adjusted Earnings; however, the positive impact of this growth and the comparability of the Company’s earnings are impacted by a number of unusual, non- recurring or non-operating factors, the most significant of which is changes in unrealized derivative fair value gains or losses. The Company has a comprehensive long-term economic hedging program to 3 mitigate exposures to interest rate, foreign exchange and commodity prices. The changes in unrealized mark-to-market accounting impacts from this program create volatility in short-term earnings but the Company believes over the long-term it supports reliable cash flows and dividend growth. Also impacting the comparability of earnings between fiscal years were certain out-of-period adjustments recognized in 2013, including a non-cash adjustment of $37 million after-tax to defer revenues associated with make-up rights earned under certain long-term take-or-pay contracts within Regional Oil Sands System. Regional Oil Sands System also had an out-of-period adjustment of $31 million after-tax related to the recovery of income taxes under a long-term contract, partially offset by a related correction to deferred income tax expense. In Gas Distribution, the Company recognized an out-of-year adjustment of $56 million after-tax reflecting an increase to gas transportation costs which had incorrectly been deferred. Other significant items impacting the comparability of earnings year-over-year were costs and related insurance recoveries associated with the Line 6B crude oil release. Earnings for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 included EEP’s cost estimates of US$302 million ($44 million after- tax attributable to Enbridge), US$55 million ($8 million after-tax attributable to Enbridge) and US$215 million ($33 million after-tax attributable to Enbridge), respectively.