Atlantic Power Announces Agreement to Acquire a 300 MW Wind Development Project in Oklahoma

Atlantic Power Corporation

today announced that on January 31, 2012 it invested approximately $23 million of late-stage development capital to own 51% of Canadian Hills Wind, LLC ("Canadian Hills"). Canadian Hills is the 100% owner of the Canadian Hills Project (the "Project"), which is a 298.45 MW wind power project in the late stages of development, located approximately 20 miles west of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.