UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

DATE OF REPORT: August 20, 2008

 

ENBRIDGE ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

1100 LOUISIANA, SUITE 3300, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77002

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

(713) 821-2000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

On August 20, 2008, Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. (the “Partnership”) issued a press release announcing the extension of the expiration date to 5:00 p.m., New York Time, August 25, 2008 of its previously announced offers to exchange $400,000,000 of its 6.50% Series B Notes due 2018 that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 for $400,000,000 of 6.50% Series A Notes due 2018 that have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and $400,000,000 of 7.50% Series B Notes due 2038 that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 for $400,000,000 of 7.50% Series A Notes due 2038 that have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933.  A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Reference is made to the “Index of Exhibits” following the signature page, which is hereby incorporated into this Item.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

	ENBRIDGE ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
	(Registrant)
	By:	Enbridge Energy Management, L.L.C.,
		as delegate of Enbridge Energy Company, Inc., its General Partner
Date: August 20, 2008	By:	/s/ Mark A. Maki
		Mark A. Maki
		Vice President—Finance
		(Principal Financial Officer)

 

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Index of Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press release of Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. dated August 20, 2008 announcing the extension of exchange offers.

 

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