AT Atlantic Power Corporation

Jeff Gardner, president and CEO of the new wireline company to be formed through the spinoff of Alltel's (NYSE: AT) wireline business and merger with VALOR Communications Group, will participate in a panel discussion at 4:30 p.m. CST on Wednesday, March 22 at the Stifel Nicolaus Business, Investment & Capital Formation Conference at TelecomNEXT in Las Vegas. Instructions to access the Webcast of the panel discussion can be found at www.alltel.com/investors. Alltel is a customer-focused communications company with more than 15 million customers in 36 states and nearly $10 billion in annual revenues. Alltel, NYSE: AT www.alltel.com