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EX-31.1 - EXHIBIT 31.1 - TC PIPELINES LPa2227406zex-31_1.htm
EX-99.9 - EXHIBIT 99.9 - TC PIPELINES LPa2227406zex-99_9.htm
EX-32.2 - EXHIBIT 32.2 - TC PIPELINES LPa2227406zex-32_2.htm
EX-23.2 - EXHIBIT 23.2 - TC PIPELINES LPa2227406zex-23_2.htm
EX-99.10 - EXHIBIT 99.10 - TC PIPELINES LPa2227406zex-99_10.htm
EX-99.11 - EXHIBIT 99.11 - TC PIPELINES LPa2227406zex-99_11.htm
EX-12.1 - EXHIBIT 12.1 - TC PIPELINES LPa2227406zex-12_1.htm
EX-21.1 - EXHIBIT 21.1 - TC PIPELINES LPa2227406zex-21_1.htm
EX-23.3 - EXHIBIT 23.3 - TC PIPELINES LPa2227406zex-23_3.htm
EX-32.1 - EXHIBIT 32.1 - TC PIPELINES LPa2227406zex-32_1.htm
EX-31.2 - EXHIBIT 31.2 - TC PIPELINES LPa2227406zex-31_2.htm
EX-99.12 - EXHIBIT 99.12 - TC PIPELINES LPa2227406zex-99_12.htm
10-K - FORM 10-K - TC PIPELINES LPa2227406z10-k.htm

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Exhibit 23.1


CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors of TC PipeLines GP, Inc.
General Partner of TC PipeLines, LP:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Nos. 333-188628 and 333-196523) on Form S-3 of TC PipeLines, LP of our report dated February 26, 2016, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of TC PipeLines, LP and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in partners' equity for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2015, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2015, which report appears in the December 31, 2015 annual report on Form 10-K of TC PipeLines, LP.

/s/ KPMG LLP

 

Houston, Texas
February 26, 2016




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