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Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund Declares Cash Distribution for March 2009

· Issued by Brookfield Renewable Partners Lp

STOCK SYMBOL: GLH.UN/TSX

GATINEAU, QC, March 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 March 2009, payable by April 30, 2009 to unitholders of record on March 31, 2009. The ex-distribution date is March 27, 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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  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
  December 31, 2008       January 30, 2009           10.417 cents
  November 30, 2008       December 31, 2008          10.417 cents
  October 31, 2008        November 28, 2008          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 1,255 megawatts of power generating capacity and average annual production of 4,596 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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