Omaha ) Northern Border Partners, L.P. announced today that Northern Border 
Pipeline Company has amended the application filed on Oct. 16, 1998 with the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for its Project 2000 facilities.  
The amendment conforms to the FERC,s Sept. 15, 1999 Statement of Policy in 
that the revised project requires no subsidy from existing customers.  The 
project,s capacity is fully subscribed on a long-term basis under binding 
precedent agreements. 
 &Project 2000 is designed to strategically position Northern Border Pipeline 
to move natural gas east of Chicago and place our shippers in direct contact 
with the northern Indiana industrial zone, including providing an 
interconnect with Northern Indiana Public Service Company,8 said Larry 
DeRoin, chairman, Partnership Policy Committee and CEO, Northern Border 
Partners, L.P.  &This project continues Northern Border,s planned growth into 
new and diversified markets, including the United States, largest steel mills 
in northern Indiana.  We are eager to provide transportation services for 
low-cost and reliable natural gas to this industry.8
 In the amended application, Northern Border Pipeline proposes to install 
approximately 35 miles of 30-inch pipe; uprate the horsepower at existing 
Iowa compressor facilities; and install a new compressor facility in Bureau 
County, Illinois.  Revised capital expenditures are estimated to be nearly 
$95 million.  Northern Border Pipeline is seeking FERC approval by March 15, 
2000.
Northern Border Pipeline Company is a general partnership which owns and 
operates a 1, 214-mile large diameter pipeline that transports about 24 
percent of all Canadian gas imported into the United States.  Northern Border 
Partners, L.P. owns a 70 percent general partner interest in Northern Border 
Pipeline.  The remaining 30 percent interest in Northern Border Pipeline is 
owned by TC PipeLines, LP.  Northern Border Partners, L.P. common units are 
listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol &NBP.8
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This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of 
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934.  Although Northern Border Partners, L.P. believes that 
its expectations are based on reasonable assumptions, it can give no 
assurance that such expectations will be achieved.  Important factors that 
could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward 
looking statements herein include, but are not limited to, political and 
regulatory developments that impact Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
Northern Border Pipeline,s success in sustaining its positions in such 
proceedings or the success of intervenors in opposing Northern Border 
Pipeline,s positions, political and regulatory developments in Canada and 
conditions of the capital markets during the periods covered by the forward 
looking statements.