Brookfield Renewable Partners LpTSX: BEP.UN

2008 First Quarter Financial Results and Annual General Meeting of Unitholders

· Issued by Brookfield Renewable Partners LP

Stock Symbol: GLH.UN/TSX

GATINEAU, QC, April 16 /CNW Telbec/ -

             2008 First Quarter Webcast & Conference Call
                     Date: Thursday, May 8, 2008
                       Time: 10:00 a.m. (EDT)

                                 and

           Webcast of Annual General Meeting of Unitholders
                     Date: Thursday, May 8, 2008
                        Time: 2:00 p.m. (EDT)

You are invited to participate in Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund's First
Quarter Conference Call and Webcast on Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 10:00 a.m.
(EDT).
Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund will release its 2008 first quarter
financial results on May 7, 2008 after 5:00 p.m. These results will be
available on our web site at http://www.greatlakeshydro.com/NewsReleases.
To participate in the Conference Call, please dial 416-644-3422 or
1-800-591-7539 toll free in North America, at 9:50 a.m. (EDT). For those
unable to participate in the Conference Call, a taped rebroadcast will be
available until midnight May 10, 2008. To access this rebroadcast, please call
1-877-289-8525 toll free in North America, and enter the passcode 21269660(number sign).
The Conference Call will also be webcast live on our web site, where it will
be archived for three months.
You are also invited to the Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund Annual General
Unitholders Meeting on Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. (EDT). The live
webcast and slide presentation will be available through Great Lakes Hydro
Income Fund's website at www.greatlakeshydro.com.

Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund's Annual General Meeting will be held at:
                         Hockey Hall of Fame
                   Esso Theatre, Brookfield Place
                  30 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario

About Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund

Great Lakes Hydro (www.greatlakeshydro.com) is a premier Canadian income fund. We are the largest power income fund in North America with 1,015 megawatts of power generating capacity and average annual production of 3,875 gigawatt hours.

Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund produces electricity exclusively from environmentally friendly hydroelectric resources. The Fund owns, operates and manages 26 high quality hydroelectric generating stations located on eight river systems in four distinct geographic regions across North America: Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia and New England.

Brookfield Renewable Power, which comprises all the power operations of Brookfield Asset Management, owns 50.1% of the Fund's outstanding units.

Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund units are listed for trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol GLH.UN.