Atlantic Power Corporation announced the appointment of Kevin T. Howell to its Board of Directors. With the addition of Mr. Howell, the Company's Board of Directors now consists of seven members, six of whom are independent members. Mr. Howell brings with him over 35 years of industry experience.

He is an accomplished power and natural gas executive with extensive commercial leadership at the executive levels of affiliates of Duke Energy, Dominion Resources, NRG Energy and Dynegy. Following a brief retirement from NRG in 2010, Mr. Howell most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Dynegy, where he ran commercial and plant operations as well as environmental health and safety. Mr. Howell retired from Dynegy in January of 2013.

Mr. Howell currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Illinois Power Generating Company, an affiliate of Dynegy. As an independent director of the Company, Mr. Howell will serve on Atlantic Power's Audit Committee.