Epcor Power
Toronto symbol EP.UN, owns power plants in Canada and the U.S.
EPCOR POWER, L.P. $17.41 (Toronto symbol EP.UN; Shares outstanding: 53.9 million; Market cap: $938.3 million; SI Rating: Extra risk) owns 20 power plants in Canada and the U.S. with total generating capacity of 1,464 megawatts.
In the three months ended September 30, 2008, revenues fell 10%, to $138 million from $153.4 million. The decline came mostly from currency related factors. Despite …read more »
FORT CHICAGO ENERGY TRUST $10.89 (Toronto symbol FCE.UN; SI Rating: Extra Risk) owns 50% of the Alliance Pipeline, a 36-inch diameter natural gas pipeline. It extends 3,000 kilometres from Fort St. John in B.C. to Chicago, Illinois. Enbridge Inc. owns the other 50% interest. The other assets held by the two partners are 85.4% of the Aux Sable natural gas …read more »
BELL ALIANT REGIONAL COMMUNICATIONS INCOME FUND $28.75 (Toronto symbol BA.UN: SI Rating: Above average) is the main provider of telephone services in Atlantic Canada. It also serves rural parts of Ontario and Quebec.
As part of the deal that created Bell Aliant, the fund transferred the bulk of its wireless business to BCE. Without these operations, the fund now aims to …read more »
ALGONQUIN POWER INCOME FUND $8.43 (Toronto symbol APF.UN; SI Rating: Extra Risk) now has direct or indirect interests in 48 hydroelectric facilities — 4 in Ontario, 12 in Quebec, 13 in New York State, 13 in New Hampshire, 1 in Alberta, 2 in Vermont, 1 in New Jersey and 1 in Newfoundland. This represents total generating capacity of 140 megawatts. …read more »
TRANSALTA POWER, L.P. $8.08 (Toronto symbol TPW.UN; SI Rating: Extra risk) owns a 49.99% interest in TransAlta Cogeneration, L.P., which in turn holds interests in five gas-fired cogeneration plants in Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta, and in the Sheerness coal-fired plant in Alberta. TransAlta Power has secured long-term contracts for all of its power.
Cogeneration is the simultaneous production of power and …read more »
TRANSALTA POWER, L.P. $8.70 (Toronto symbol TPW.UN; SI Rating: Extra risk) owns a 49.99% interest in TransAlta Cogeneration, L.P., which in turn holds interests in five gas-fired cogeneration plants in Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta, and in the Sheerness coal-fired plant in Alberta. TransAlta Power has secured long-term contracts for all of its power.
Cogeneration is the simultaneous production of power and …read more »
