Boralex Power Income
Fund Reports its 2002
First Complete Quarter Results
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Montreal (Quebec), July 31th 2002 – For
the quarter ended June 30, 2002, its first full
quarter of operations, Boralex Power Income Fund
(the ”Fund”) generated revenue of
$15.0 million and net income of $4.3 million or
$0.106 per unit. The results for the quarter include
a contribution of $0.5 million from Boralex Inc.,
a 34% unitholder and its manager, to cover lost
revenue and additional operating costs during
the start up period at the Senneterre power station
in April and May. From the beginning of June,
this power station was operating at its design
capacity. All of the other power stations operated
according to expectations and their financial
results are in line with the forecast provided
in the Fund’s prospectus of February 20,
2002. During the quarter, the Fund used $3.4 million
of its reserve to cover distributions to its unitholders
and to realize the major capital annual maintenance
expenditures at its Kingsey Falls cogeneration
plant which underwent a planned major overhaul
of its turbine generator in June.
For the period from February 20, 2002, to June
30, 2002, total revenue of the Fund was $24.5
million and its net income totaled $8.8 million
or $0.218 per unit. In light of the fact that
the Fund’s revenues and fuel costs are contracted
for on a long term basis and assuming normal hydrological
conditions, the Fund expects that its operations
will perform according to plan for the rest of
the year and provide unitholders with the expected
level of distributions.
Boralex Power Income Fund is an unincorporated
open-ended trust that indirectly owns and operates
eight power generating stations located in the
province of Québec producing energy from
different sources including wood-residue or natural
gas-fired thermal and cogenerating facilities
as well as hydroelectric power stations. In total,
these power stations have an installed capacity
of 131 MW. The Fund’s units are listed for
trading on The Toronto Stock Exchange under the
symbol BPT.UN.
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Mrs. Carole Villeneuve
Communications Director
Telephone: (514) 985-1353
Fax: (514) 985-1355
E-mail: cvilleneuve@cascades.com |
Mr. Jacques Gauthier
President and Chief Executive Officer
Telephone: (514) 284-9890
Fax: (514) 284-9895
E-mail: jgauthier@cascades.com |
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