HAMILTON, BERMUDA -- (Marketwire) -- 10/05/12 -- You are invited to participate in Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners' (TSX:BEP.UN) Third Quarter Conference Call and Webcast on Thursday, November 8, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) to discuss results and current business initiatives with members of senior management.

These results will be released on Thursday, November 8, 2012 at approximately 8:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) and will be available on our website at www.brookfieldrenewable.com.

To participate in the conference call, please dial 1-800-319-4610 toll-free at approximately 8:50 a.m. If calling from outside Canada or the U.S., dial 1-604-638-5340. The conference call will also be webcast live at www.brookfieldrenewable.com, where it will be archived for future reference.

For those unable to participate in the Conference Call, a taped rebroadcast will also be available until December 8, 2012. To access this rebroadcast, please call 1-800-319-6413, or from outside Canada & U.S. please call 1-604-638-9010. When prompted, enter the access code 1557#.

Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners (TSX:BEP.UN) operates one of the largest publicly-traded, pure-play renewable power platforms globally. Its portfolio is primarily hydroelectric and totals approximately 5,000 megawatts of installed capacity. Diversified across 68 river systems and 10 power markets in Canada, the United States and Brazil, the portfolio generates enough electricity from renewable resources to power two million homes on average each year. With a fully-contracted portfolio of high-quality assets and strong growth prospects, the business is positioned to generate stable, long-term cash flows supporting regular and growing cash distributions to unitholders. For more information, please visit www.brookfieldrenewable.com.