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Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund Declares Cash Distribution for April 2008

· Issued by Brookfield Renewable Partners Lp

STOCK SYMBOL: GLH.UN/TSX

GATINEAU, QC, April 21 /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 2008, payable by May 30, 2008 to unitholders of record on April 30, 2008. The ex-distribution date is April 28, 2008.

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, 2008               May 30, 2008              10.417 cents
March 31, 2008             April 30, 2008              10.417 cents
February 29, 2008          March 31, 2008              10.417 cents
January 31, 2008        February 29, 2008              10.417 cents
December 31, 2007        January 31, 2008              10.417 cents
November 30, 2007       December 31, 2007              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 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.

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