Sep. 20, 2010 (Canada NewsWire Group) --
GATINEAU, QC, Sept. 20 /CNW Telbec/ - (BRC.UN) - Brookfield Renewable Power Fund (the "Fund") today declared a cash distribution of 10.833 cents per unit for the month of September 2010, payable by October 29, 2010, to unitholders of record on September 30, 2010. The ex-distribution date is September 28, 2010.
The schedule below sets out the Fund's cash distribution history for the last six months:
<<
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
RECORD DATE PAYMENT DATE DISTRIBUTION PER UNIT
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
September 30, 2010 October 29, 2010 10.833 cents
August 31, 2010 September 30, 2010 10.833 cents
July 31, 2010 August 31, 2010 10.833 cents
June 30, 2010 July 30, 2010 10.833 cents
May 31, 2010 June 30, 2010 10.833 cents
April 30, 2010 May 31, 2010 10.833 cents
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
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 1,600 megawatts of power generating capacity and average annual production exceeding 6,300 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 one wind farm in four distinct geographic regions across North America: Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia and New England.
Brookfield Renewable Power Inc., which comprises all of the power operations of Brookfield Asset Management, owns approximately 42% 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.
%SEDAR: 00013106EF
please visit www.brpfund.com or contact: Zev Korman, Director, Investor Relations and Communications, Brookfield Renewable Power Fund, Tel: (416) 359-1955, zev.korman@brookfield.com