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Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund Declares Cash Distribution for April 2007

· Issued by Brookfield Renewable Partners Lp

STOCK SYMBOL: GLH.UN/TSX

GATINEAU, QC, April 19 /CNW Telbec/ - (GLH.UN) - Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund today declared a cash distribution of 10.417 cents per unit for the month of April 2007, payable by May 31, 2007 to unitholders of record on April 30, 2007. The ex-distribution date is April 26, 2007.

The schedule below sets out Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund's cash distribution history for the last six months:

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RECORD DATE                PAYMENT DATE          DISTRIBUTION PER UNIT
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April 30, 2007             May 31, 2007           10.417 cents
March 31, 2007             April 30, 2007         10.417 cents
February 28, 2007          March 30, 2007         10.417 cents
January 31, 2007           February 28, 2007      10.417 cents
December 31, 2006          January 31, 2007       10.417 cents
November 30, 2006          December 29, 2006      10.417 cents
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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 an 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 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.

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