Low-risk expansion for TRP

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TRANSCANADA CORP. $46.23 (Toronto symbol TRP; Shares outstanding: 707.0 million; Market cap: $33.5 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.0%; www.transcanada.com) plans to build a new 200-kilometre crude oil pipeline that will connect Edmonton to the storage hub at Hardisty, Alberta. From there, TransCanada will pump the oil to refineries in the U.S. Midwest through its Keystone pipeline (and link up later with its Keystone XL pipeline if it’s built). The $900-million project also includes a new oil-storage facility. The company already has long-term contracts from producers, which cuts the risk of this investment. The new line should begin operating in the second half of 2015. TransCanada is a buy. buy…