Timely growth spurt helps Enbridge

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Enbridge continues to build new oil and gas pipelines. These are expensive projects, but the company’s regulated businesses give it lots of cash flow to keep expanding and raising its dividend. ENBRIDGE INC. $34.46 (Toronto symbol ENB; Shares outstanding: 760.0 million; Market cap: $26.2 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 2.8%; www.enbridge.com) gets 80% of its revenue by operating pipelines that pump crude oil and natural gas from western Canada to eastern Canada and the U.S. The remaining 20% mainly comes from distributing gas to two million consumers in Ontario, Quebec and parts of New York State. It’s also developing a gas distribution system in New Brunswick. Enbridge has spent over $12 billion on new growth projects in the past three years. These include pipelines to handle rising production from the Alberta oil sands and take advantage of big new shale gas discoveries in Texas and Louisiana. Meanwhile, the company has already identified a further $30 billion in new investments. These new projects…