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TC Energy plans to spinoff of its oil pipeline operations as a separate firm later this year. The remaining firm will focus on its natural gas pipelines and electrical power plants. Studies show that spun-off stocks, and the companies that spin them off, tend to do better on average than comparable companies not involved in spinoffs. What’s more TC promises that the combined dividend of the two firms will be no less than its annual dividend rate just prior to the split. As well, after the split, the new oil pipeline firm plans to increase its dividend by 2% to 3% annually. The remaining company aims to raise its annual dividend by 3% to 5%. TC ENERGY CORP. $54 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol TRP; Income-Growth Payer Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 1.0 billion; Market cap: $54.0 billion; Dividend yield: 7.1%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.tcenergy.com) operates a 93,600-kilometre pipeline network that pumps natural gas from Alberta to eastern Canada and the U.S. Its other…