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Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund Declares Cash Distribution for June 2009

· Issued by Brookfield Renewable Partners LP via CNW

STOCK SYMBOL: GLH.UN/TSX

GATINEAU, QC, June 18 /CNW Telbec/ - (GLH.UN) - Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund today declared a cash distribution of 10.417 cents per unit for the month of June 2009, payable by July 31, 2009 to unitholders of record on June 30, 2009. The ex-distribution date is June 26, 2009.

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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June 30, 2009            July 31, 2009           10.417 cents
May 31, 2009             June 30, 2009           10.417 cents
April 30, 2009           May 29, 2009            10.417 cents
March 31, 2009           April 30, 2009          10.417 cents
February 28, 2009        March 31, 2009          10.417 cents
January 31, 2009         February 27, 2009       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 and one of the largest power income funds in North America with 1,260 megawatts of power generating capacity and average annual production of 4,539 gigawatt hours.

Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund produces electricity exclusively from environmentally friendly and renewable resources. The Fund indirectly owns or holds interests in 27 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, which comprises all the power operations of Brookfield Asset Management, owns 50.01% of the Fund's outstanding units on a fully exchanged basis.

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

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