BOSTON, May 9, 2013 /CNW/ - Atlantic Power Corporation
(NYSE: AT) (TSX: ATP) ("Atlantic Power" or the "Company") today
announced that Barry E. Welch,
President and Chief Executive Officer, will speak at the Bank of
America Merrill Lynch Global Energy and Power Leveraged Finance
Conference in New York, New York
on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at
3:30 p.m. (EDT). During the
discussion, recent company performance and business initiatives
will be highlighted. A live webcast of the event will be broadcast
over Atlantic Power's website at www.atlanticpower.com under
"INVESTORS". A replay of the webcast will also be available on
Atlantic Power's website after the event for a limited period of
time.
About Atlantic Power
Atlantic Power owns and operates a diverse fleet of power
generation assets in the United
States and Canada. Atlantic
Power's power generation projects sell electricity to utilities and
other large commercial customers largely under long-term power
purchase agreements, which seek to minimize exposure to changes in
commodity prices. Its power generation projects in operation have
an aggregate gross electric generation capacity of approximately
3,018 MW in which its aggregate ownership interest is approximately
2,098 MW. Its current portfolio consists of interests in
twenty-nine operational power generation projects across eleven
states in the United States and
two provinces in Canada. Atlantic
Power recently acquired Ridgeline Energy, a wind and solar
development company located in Seattle,
Washington, which enhances its ability to develop, acquire
and operate wind and solar energy projects in the United States and Canada. Atlantic Power also owns a majority
interest in Rollcast Energy, a biomass power plant developer in
North Carolina.
Atlantic Power has a market capitalization of approximately
$600 million and trades on the New
York Stock Exchange under the symbol AT and on the Toronto Stock
Exchange under the symbol ATP. For more information, please visit
the Company's website at www.atlanticpower.com or contact:
Atlantic Power Corporation
Amanda Wagemaker, Investor
Relations
(617) 977-2700
info@atlanticpower.com
Copies of certain financial data and other publicly filed
documents are filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com or on EDGAR at
www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml under "Atlantic Power Corporation" or on
the Company's website.
SOURCE Atlantic Power Corporation