GATINEAU, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Sept. 20, 2011) - (TSX:BRC.UN) – Brookfield Renewable Power Fund (the "Fund") today declared a cash distribution of 32.499 cents per unit for the third quarter of 2011, payable by October 31, 2011 to unitholders of record on September 30, 2011. The ex-distribution date is September 28, 2011.
About Brookfield Renewable Power Fund
Brookfield Renewable Power Fund (www.brpfund.com) is a premier Canadian income fund and one of the largest power income funds in North America with more than 1,700 megawatts of power generating capacity and average annual production exceeding 6,500 gigawatt hours.
The Fund produces electricity exclusively from environmentally friendly and renewable resources. The Fund indirectly owns or holds interests in 42 high quality hydroelectric generating stations and two wind farms in four distinct geographic regions across North America: Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia and New England.
Brookfield Renewable Power Inc., which comprises most of the power operations of Brookfield Asset Management, owns approximately 34% of the Fund's outstanding units on a fully exchanged basis.
The Units are listed for trading on the TSX under the symbol BRC.UN.
For more information, please visit www.brpfund.com.
Contact Information:
Zev Korman
Director, Investor Relations and Communications
(416) 359-1955
zev.korman@brookfield.com
www.brpfund.com