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Brighton Beach Power (LOGO)

NEWS RELEASE

BRIGHTON BEACH POWER COMPLETES COMMISSIONING OF POWER PLANT IN WINDSOR, ONTARIO

July 21, 2004 - Windsor, Ontario: Brighton Beach Power L.P., a limited partnership formed by ATCO Power Ltd and Ontario Power Generation (OPG), announced today that the 580 megawatt combined cycle gas fired power plant located in Windsor, Ontario was declared fully operational on July 16, 2004.

Construction of the power plant required approximately two million person hours from a highly skilled workforce that peaked with 775 people on site early in 2004. The economic benefits to Ontario, and Windsor in particular, are substantial with capital expenditures of over $500 million, plus the ongoing benefits from the operation of the plant with 32 permanent employees living and working in the Windsor area. With commissioning complete, the plant is now fully capable of supplying power to the Ontario grid. Coral Energy Canada Inc. will exclusively supply natural gas to and market the electricity generated by the plant.

"ATCO, OPG and Coral are to be congratulated for providing Ontario with this state-of-the-art combined cycle gas plant," said Energy Minister Dwight Duncan. "I am particularly pleased that the Windsor area has been able to benefit so much from this project."

ATCO Power is a world leader in the development of environmentally progressive generation facilities. It has built, owns and operates power plants in Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia.

Ontario Power Generation Inc. is a publicly owned Ontario-based electricity generation company whose principal business is the generation and sale of electricity in Ontario and to interconnected markets. Our focus is on the risk-managed production and sale of electricity from our generation assets, while operating in a safe, open and environmentally responsible manner.

Coral Energy Canada Inc. is a full service energy marketing and trading company with offices in Waterloo, Ontario, Montreal, Quebec and Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta. Coral Energy Canada Inc. is part of the Shell Trading global network, which is an affiliate of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies.

For further information, contact:

Gerry Welsh President ATCO Power Ltd. Calgary (403) 209-6930