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INNERGEX RENEWABLE ENERGY $10.55 – Toronto symbol INE

INNERGEX RENEWABLE ENERGY $10.55 (Toronto symbol INE; Shares outstanding: 81.3 million; Market cap: $857.7 million; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; Dividend yield 5.5%; www.innergex.com) owns and operates 25 hydroelectric and wind-power facilities in Quebec, Ontario, B.C. and Idaho.

Innergex gets 80% of its power from hydroelectric plants. Wind farms supply the remaining 20%. Wind power is heavily reliant on politically sensitive government subsidies. To cut its risk, Innergex makes sure it has firm long-term powerpurchase contracts in place before it makes acquisitions or starts building new plants.

In April 2011, Innergex bought Cloudworks Energy for $187 million. That added stakes in six operating hydroelectric plants in B.C. and other projects that are still under development.

Innergex aims to keep increasing its hydroelectric and wind-power capacity; the company is developing or building 10 projects right now, and will start up its first solar-power facility later this year.

The company’s earnings per share rose to $0.10 in the three months ended March 31, 2012, from $0.08 a year earlier. Cloudworks’ contribution was the main reason for the gain.

Innergex trades at 11.1 times its forecast 2012 cash flow of $0.95 a share. It yields 5.5%.

Innergex Renewable Energy is a buy.

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