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BROOKFIELD RENEWABLE PARTNERS L.P. $50 (Toronto symbol BEP.UN; High-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Utilities sector; Units outstanding: 308.6 million; Market cap: $15.4 billion; Dividend yield: 5.5%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.bep.brookfield.com) has interests in 219 hydroelectric generating stations, 106 wind farms and 547 solar-power facilities. In total, it operates over 17,400 megawatts of generating capacity with another 8,000 megawatts under development. Brookfield last raised its quarterly distribution by 5.1%, with the March 2019 payment. The new annual rate of $2.06 U.S. a unit yields a high 5.5%. The company’s goal is to raise its cash distributions by 5% to 9% annually. In the quarter ended June 30, 2019, revenue rose 7.1%, to $787 million from $735 million a year earlier (all amounts except share price and market cap in U.S. dollars). Cash flow per unit jumped 34.5%, to $0.74 from $0.55. Those gains came from new plants and operational improvements. On July 3, 2019, just after the second quarter, Brookfield and its institutional partners announced that…