TransCanada Pipelines 40-F 2009 FY Annual report (Canada)

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Exhibit 32.2

TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED

450 – 1^st Street S.W.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
T2P 5H1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
UNDER SECTION 906 OF SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Gregory A. Lohnes, the Chief Financial Officer of TransCanada PipeLines Limited (the "Company"), in compliance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of theSarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, hereby certify, in connection with the Company's Annual Report as filed on Form 40-F for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Report"), that:

1.

The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of theSecurities Exchange Act of 1934; and



2.

The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ GREGORY A. LOHNES
Gregory A. Lohnes
Chief Financial Officer
February 26, 2010

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Exhibit 32.2

TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED