EXHIBIT 12.1

SPECTRA ENERGY PARTNERS, LP

COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

The ratio of earnings
to fixed charges is calculated using the Securities and Exchange Commission guidelines.



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|------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ----------------------- | ----- |  | ---- | - | ----- | ---- |  | - | ----- |  |  | ---- | ---- |  |  | - | ---- | 
|                                                              |  | Year Ended December 31, |      
|                                                              |  | 2010                    |       |  | 2009 |   |       | 2008 |  |   | 2007  |  |  | 2006 |     
|                                                              |  | (in millions)           |      
|Earnings as defined for fixed charges calculation             |  |                         |       |  |      |   |       |      |  |   |       |  |  |      |      |  |  |   |      | 
|Add:                                                          |  |                         |       |  |      |   |       |      |  |   |       |  |  |      |      |  |  |   |      | 
|Pretax income from continuing operations                      |  | $                       | 72.4  |  |      | $ | 66.4  |      |  | $ | 38.5  |  |  | $    | 49.4 |  |  | $ | 42.3 | 
|Fixed charges                                                 |  |                         | 17.1  |  |      |   | 17.3  |      |  |   | 18.6  |  |  |      | 17.7 |  |  |   | 9.0  | 
|Distributed income of equity investees                        |  |                         | 87.2  |  |      |   | 144.8 |      |  |   | 71.7  |  |  |      | 22.7 |  |  |   | 20.3 | 
|Deduct:                                                       |  |                         |       |  |      |   |       |      |  |   |       |  |  |      |      |  |  |   |      | 
|Interest capitalized                                          |  |                         | 0.1   |  |      |   |      |      |  |   | 0.2   |  |  |      | 0.1  |  |  |   | 0.9  | 
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|Total earnings (as defined for the Fixed Charges calculation) |  | $                       | 176.6 |  |      | $ | 228.5 |      |  | $ | 128.6 |  |  | $    | 89.7 |  |  | $ | 70.7 | 
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|Fixed charges:                                                |  |                         |       |  |      |   |       |      |  |   |       |  |  |      |      |  |  |   |      | 
|Interest on debt, including capitalized portions              |  | $                       | 16.4  |  |      | $ | 16.7  |      |  | $ | 18.0  |  |  | $    | 17.1 |  |  | $ | 8.6  | 
|Estimate of interest within rental expense                    |  |                         | 0.7   |  |      |   | 0.6   |      |  |   | 0.6   |  |  |      | 0.6  |  |  |   | 0.4  | 
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|Total fixed charges                                           |  | $                       | 17.1  |  |      | $ | 17.3  |      |  | $ | 18.6  |  |  | $    | 17.7 |  |  | $ | 9.0  | 
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|Ratio of earnings to fixed charges                            |  |                         | 10.3  |  |      |   | 13.2  |      |  |   | 6.9   |  |  |      | 5.1  |  |  |   | 7.9  |