Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership (3)

FORM 3	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0104 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

D'Angelo James Patrick

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY) 11/7/2017

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

ATLANTIC POWER CORP [AT]

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O 3 ALLIED DRIVE, SUITE 220

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
___ X ___ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Chief Administrative Officer /

(Street)

DEDHAM, MA 02026

(City) (State) (Zip)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common shares	16909	D

*Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g.* , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)**
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YYYY)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security		6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Notional shares	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	Common shares	150528	⁽¹⁾	D

Explanation of Responses:

(1)

Represents notional shares granted under the Company's Long-Term Incentive Plan (LTIP). Approximately 52,358 notional shares will vest on February 28, 2018, 39,746 notional shares will vest February 28, 2019 and 14,606 notional shares will vest on February 28, 2020. The remaining 43,818 notional shares have performance criteria for vesting. The notional shares are scheduled to vest one-third on each of February 28, 2018, February 28, 2019 and February 28, 2020. However, each year based on a performance assessment by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, Mr. D'angelo is eligible to receive between 0% and 150% of the original one-third target amount. Under the LTIP, each notional share represents a right to receive one-third in cash, which will be deposited into the reporting persons applicable payroll tax withholding account, and the remainder in common shares.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
D'Angelo James Patrick C/O 3 ALLIED DRIVE SUITE 220 DEDHAM, MA 02026			Chief Administrative Officer

Signatures
/s/ John S. Miele, attorney-in-fact		11/16/2017
^** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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