TC PipeLines, LP announced that the board of directors of TC PipeLines GP Inc., its general partner, declared the Partnership's fourth quarter 2016 cash distribution of $0.94 per common unit. The distribution is unchanged from the third quarter 2016 distribution and represents a 6% increase from the $0.89 per common unit distribution paid with respect to fourth quarter 2015. This cash distribution is the 71(st) consecutive quarterly distribution paid by the Partnership and is payable on February 14, 2017 to unitholders of record at the close of business on February 2, 2017.