BOSTON, Oct. 3, 2011 /CNW/ -- Atlantic Power Corporation (NYSE: AT) (TSX: ATP) ("Atlantic Power") will release its financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 on the afternoon of Friday, November 11, 2011. A telephone conference call hosted by Atlantic Power's management team will be held:

Monday, November 14, 2011 at 10:00 am ET

    The telephone numbers for the conference call are:

Participant Dial In (Toll Free): 1-877-317-6789International Dial In: +1 412-317-6789Canada Dial In (Toll Free): 1-866-605-3852

The Conference Call will also be broadcast over Atlantic Power's website at www.atlanticpower.com. Please call or log in 10 minutes prior to the call.

Replay/ArchiveTo listen to the conference call after it is completed, access conference call number 10005106 at the following telephone numbers:

US Toll Free:  1-877-344-7529International Toll:  1-412-317-0088

The replay is available 1 hour after the end of the conference through December 27, 2011 at 9:00 AM ET. The conference call will also be archived on Atlantic Power's web site at www.atlanticpower.com.

About Atlantic Power

Atlantic Power Corporation owns and operates a diverse fleet of power generation and infrastructure assets in the United States. Our power generation projects sell electricity to utilities and other large commercial customers under long-term power purchase agreements, which seek to minimize exposure to changes in commodity prices. Our power generation projects in operation have an aggregate gross electric generation capacity of approximately 1,948 megawatts in which our ownership interest is approximately 871 MW. Our corporate strategy is to generate stable cash flows from our existing assets and to make accretive acquisitions to sustain our dividend payout to shareholders, which is currently paid monthly at an annual rate of Cdn$1.094 per share. Our current portfolio consists of interests in 12 operational power generation projects across nine states, one biomass project under construction in Georgia, and an 84-mile,500 kilovolt electric transmission line located in California. Atlantic Power also owns a majority interest in Rollcast Energy, a biomass power plant developer with several projects under development.

Atlantic Power trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AT, on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol ATP and has a market capitalization of approximately $1.0 billion. For more information, please visit the Company's website at www.atlanticpower.com or contact:

Atlantic Power CorporationBarry Welch, President & CEO(617) 977-2700info@atlanticpower.com