Energy Savings Income Fund: Second Quarter Results for 3 and 6 Months Ending September 30, 2006

Market Wire, November, 2006


Distributable cash and cash distributions
For the three months ended September 30
(thousands of dollars except per unit amounts)


                                          2006                2005
                                       -------             -------
                                                 Per Unit          Per Unit
                                                 --------          --------

Cash available for distribution
Gross margin per financial statements  $31,305      $0.29  $23,124    $0.22
Adjustments required to reflect net
 cash receipts from gas sales           12,940              16,217
                                       -------             -------
Seasonally adjusted gross margin       $44,245      $0.41  $39,341    $0.37

                                       -------             -------
General and administrative            (10,999)             (8,500)
Capital tax expense                      (180)               (207)
Bad debt expense                       (2,441)             (1,644)
Income tax recovery                          -               2,517
Interest and other bank charges          (868)                (16)
                                       -------             -------
                                      (14,488)             (7,850)
                                       -------             -------

Cash available for distribution
 before marketing expenses              29,757      $0.28   31,491    $0.29
Marketing expenses to maintain
 customer base                         (5,002)             (5,026)
                                       -------             -------

Cash available for distribution
 after customer replacement             24,755      $0.23   26,465    $0.25
                                       -------             -------
Marketing expenses to add
 new customers                         (5,687)             (5,705)
                                       -------             -------

Cash available for distribution        $19,068      $0.18  $20,760    $0.19
                                       -------             -------
                                       -------             -------

Reconciliation to Statements
 of Cash Flow

Cash inflow from operations             $4,379             $26,046
Add:
Increase (decrease) in non-cash
 working capital                        18,577             (6,117)
Tax effect on distributions paid
 to the holders of Class A
 preference shares                         800                 831
Current income tax recovery            (4,688)                   -
                                       -------             -------
                                       $19,068             $20,760
                                       -------             -------
                                       -------             -------

Distributions
Unitholder distributions               $24,580             $21,675
Class A preference share
 distributions                           2,214               2,301
Unit appreciation rights
 distributions                              93                  64
                                       -------             -------
                                        26,887              24,040
Non-cash distributions - deferred
 unit grants                                 4                   3
                                       -------             -------
Total distributions                    $26,891      $0.25  $24,043    $0.22
                                       -------             -------
                                       -------             -------

Diluted average number of
 units outstanding                                 107.4m            106.9m


For the six months ended September 30
(thousands of dollars except per unit amounts)

                                          2006                2005
                                       -------             -------
                                                  Per Unit         Per Unit
                                                  --------         --------
Cash available for distribution
Gross margin per financial
 statements                            $72,465       $0.67 $60,226    $0.56
Adjustments required to reflect
 net cash receipts from gas sales       19,893              21,781
                                       -------             -------
Seasonally adjusted gross margin       $92,358       $0.86 $82,007    $0.77
                                       -------             -------
General and administrative            (21,490)            (16,801)
Capital tax expense                      (360)               (414)
Bad debt expense                       (3,718)             (2,178)
Income tax recovery                          -               1,170
Interest and other bank charges        (1,084)                (29)
                                       -------             -------
                                      (26,652)            (18,252)
                                       -------             -------
Cash available for distribution
 before marketing expenses              65,706       $0.61  63,755    $0.60
Marketing expenses to maintain
 customer base                        (10,465)            (10,115)
                                       -------             -------
Cash available for distribution
 after customer replacement             55,241       $0.51  53,640    $0.50
                                       -------             -------
Marketing expenses to add new
 customers                            (14,684)            (11,315)
                                       -------             -------
Cash available for distribution        $40,557       $0.38 $42,325    $0.40
                                       -------             -------
                                       -------             -------

Reconciliation to Statements
 of Cash Flow
Cash inflow from operations            $39,088             $36,702
Add:
Increase in non-cash working
 capital                                 7,311               3,980
Tax effect on distributions paid
 to the holders of Class A
 preference shares                       1,640               1,643
Current income tax recovery            (7,482)                   -
                                       -------             -------
                                       $40,557             $42,325
                                       -------             -------
                                       -------             -------

Distributions
Unitholder distributions               $47,712             $42,833
Class A preference share
 distributions                           4,539               4,549
Unit appreciation rights
 distributions                             192                 119
                                       -------             -------
                                        52,443              47,501
Non-cash distributions - deferred
 unit grants                                 7                   5
                                       -------             -------
Total distributions                    $52,450       $0.49 $47,506    $0.44
                                       -------             -------
                                       -------             -------

Diluted average number of
 units outstanding                                  107.4m           106.9m


Sales and gross margin analysis
-------------------------------

Sales and gross margin - Per financial statements
For the three months ended September 30
(thousands of dollars)


                             2006                      2005
                           ------                    ------
                           United                    United
 Sales            Canada   States    Total   Canada  States    Total

 Gas             $79,629  $13,559  $93,188  $71,786  $6,031  $77,817
 Electricity     130,579   12,360  142,939  102,194      38  102,232
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                $210,208  $25,919 $236,127 $173,980  $6,069 $180,049
 Increase            21%   NMF(1)      31%


                           United                    United
 Gross Margin     Canada   States    Total   Canada  States    Total

 Gas             $11,734   $1,898  $13,632  $13,594    $766  $14,360
 Electricity      16,834      839   17,673    8,747      17    8,764
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                 $28,568   $2,737  $31,305  $22,341    $783  $23,124
--------------------------------------------------------------------
 Increase            28%   NMF(1)      35%

(1) Not Meaningful Figure.


Sales and gross margin - Per financial statements
For the six months ended September 30
(thousands of dollars)

                          2006                      2005
                        ------                    ------
                        United                    United
Sales          Canada   States    Total   Canada  States    Total
-----

Gas          $221,610  $32,257 $253,867 $208,807 $12,643 $221,450
Electricity   246,431   21,379  267,810  192,966      38  193,004
-----------------------------------------------------------------
             $468,041  $53,636 $521,677 $401,773 $12,681 $414,454
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Increase          16%     NMF1      26%


                        United                    United
Gross Margin   Canada   States    Total   Canada  States    Total
------------

Gas           $36,241   $3,587  $39,828  $39,330  $1,707  $41,037
Electricity    31,346    1,291   32,637   19,172      17   19,189
-----------------------------------------------------------------
              $67,587   $4,878  $72,465  $58,502  $1,724  $60,226
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Increase          16%   NMF(1)      20%

(1) Not Meaningful Figure.

 

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