Spectra Energy Partners declared the following senior management appointments:

Julie Dill, currently president of Union Gas, Spectra Energy Corp's (NYSE: SE) Ontario-based local distribution company, will become president and chief executive officer of Spectra Energy Partners (SEP). Dill also will assume the role of group vice president, Strategy, for Spectra Energy Corp, responsible for continuing the growth of SEP and providing leadership in setting the long-term strategy of the corporation. Dill will relocate to Houston.

Greg Rizzo, currently president and chief executive officer, SEP, will continue in his other primary role as group vice president, Regulatory Affairs, Spectra Energy Corp, where he leads the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and U.S. Customs functional areas. Rizzo will take on the additional role as the corporation's key liaison with the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA), as Spectra Energy Corp's president and chief executive officer, Greg Ebel, assumes the 2012 chairmanship of this critical industry group. Rizzo will remain in Houston.

These leadership changes are effective January 1, 2012.

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