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 (Date of earliest event reported): ~~November 1~~December 17, 2018

ENBRIDGE ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

DELAWARE	~~1-10934~~	391-~~1715850~~10934	39-1715850
(State or Other Jurisdictionof Incorporation)	(CommissionFile Number)	(IRS EmployerIdentification No.)
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

5400 Westheimer Court

Houston, Texas 77056

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(713) 627-5400

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

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

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~~Item~~On December 217, 2018, Enbridge Energy Partners, L.02P. ~~Results~~ (“EEP”) held a special meeting of ~~Operations~~its unitholders (the “EEP Special Meeting”) to consider and ~~Financial~~vote ~~Condition~~on the proposals described below. At the close of business on November 5, 2018, the record date for the EEP Special Meeting, there were 451,068,677 EEP units (including 148,291,816 EEP units owned by Enbridge and its affiliates) outstanding and entitled to vote at the EEP Special Meeting. Holders of 359,169,887 outstanding EEP units, representing a like number of votes, were present at the EEP Special Meeting, either in person or by proxy, which number constituted a quorum.

WeAt ~~issued~~the aEEP ~~press~~Special ~~release on November 1~~Meeting, ~~2018~~the ~~announcing~~EEP ~~our~~unitholders ~~financial~~considered ~~results for the three~~ and ~~nine~~voted ~~months~~upon ~~ended~~the ~~September 30,~~following ~~2018,~~proposals ~~which is attached hereto~~ (as ~~Exhibit~~described ~~99.1.~~in ~~This~~detail ~~information~~in EEP’s isdefinitive ~~not~~proxy ~~deemed~~statement ~~to be “~~filed” ~~for~~with ~~purposes of Section 18 of~~ the Securities ~~Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,~~ and isExchange ~~not~~Commission ~~incorporated~~on ~~by reference into any registration statements filed under the Securities Act of 1933~~November 9, as2018): ~~amended.~~

~~Item 9~~• Proposal 1: to approve the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of September 17, 2018, by and among EEP, Enbridge Energy Company, Inc.01, Enbridge Energy Management, L. ~~Financial~~L.C. ~~Statements~~(“EEQ”), Enbridge Inc. (“Enbridge”), Enbridge (U.S.) Inc., Winter Acquisition Sub II, LLC and, ~~Exhibits~~solely for the purposes of Article I, Article II and Article XI therein, Enbridge US Holdings Inc. (the “Merger Proposal”).

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Proposal 2: to approve the adjournment of the EEP Special Meeting from time to time, if necessary to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes to approve the Merger Agreement at the time of the EEP Special Meeting (the “Adjournment Proposal”).

Approval of Proposal 1 required: (1) the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the outstanding EEP units (other than EEP Class F units) (“Unitholder Approval”) and (2) the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding EEP Class A common units (other than EEP Class A common units held by Enbridge and its affiliates) and the outstanding EEP i-units (other than EEP i-units voted at the direction of Enbridge and its affiliates), voting together as a single class (“Minority Approval”). Approval of Proposal 2 only required Unitholder Approval. A summary of the voting results for each such proposal is set forth below:

Proposal 1: Approval of the Merger Proposal

A tally of the votes for the Unitholder Approval is as follows:

Votes

Approving

Votes

Disapproving

Votes

Abstaining

303,216,571

37,762,718

18,190,598

A tally of the votes for the Minority Approval is as follows:

Votes

Approving

Votes

Disapproving

Votes

Abstaining

154,924,755

37,762,718

18,190,598

Proposal 2: Approval of the Adjournment Proposal

A tally of the votes for the Unitholder Approval is as follows:

Votes

Approving

Votes

Disapproving

Votes

Abstaining

302,804,986

37,966,420

18,398,481

ITEM 8.01

Other Events.

On December 17, 2018, EEP and EEQ issued a joint press release announcing the results of the EEP Special Meeting and a special meeting of the EEQ shareholders related to the proposed merger of EEQ with a wholly owned subsidiary of Enbridge. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

ExhibitNumber		Description
ExhibitNo.		Description
99.1		Joint Press ~~release~~Release of Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P., ~~dated~~and ~~November~~Enbridge 1Energy Management, ~~2018~~L.L.C., ~~reporting~~dated ~~financial~~as ~~results~~of ~~for~~December ~~the three and nine months ended September 30~~17, 2018.

SIGNATURES

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)
			ENBRIDGE ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P. (Registrant)
	~~By:~~	~~Enbridge Energy Management, L.L.C.~~	By:	Enbridge Energy Management, L.L.C.
		~~as delegate of Enbridge Energy Company, Inc.,its General Partner~~		as delegate of Enbridge Energy Company, Inc.,its General Partner
Date: November 1, 2018	By:	/s/ Allen Capps
Date: December 18, 2018			By:	/s/ Allen C. Capps
		Allen CappsController(Duly Authorized Officer)
				Allen C. Capps Controller (Duly Authorized Officer)

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