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

Market Wire, November, 2006

Key terms:

"LDC" means local distribution company, the natural gas or electricity distributor for a regulatory or governmentally defined geographic area.

"Long-term customers" represents customers that meet management's required margin thresholds and therefore expect to have the opportunity to renew at the end of their contract.

"Customers not expected to renew" are generally large volume and/or low margin customers who are not part of Energy Savings' target market.

"RCE" means residential customer equivalent or the "customer" which is a unit of measurement equivalent to a customer using, as regards natural gas 2,815 m3 (or 106 GJs) of natural gas on an annual basis and, as regards electricity, 10,000 kWh of electricity on an annual basis, which represents the approximate amount of gas and electricity used by a typical household in Ontario.

Non GAAP Measures

Seasonally Adjusted Gross Margin

Management believes the best basis for analyzing both the Fund's operating results and the amount available for distribution is to focus on amounts actually received ("seasonally adjusted"). Seasonally adjusted gross margin is not a defined performance measure under Canadian GAAP. Seasonally adjusted analysis applies solely to the Canadian gas market and specifically Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba.

No seasonal adjustment is required for electricity as the supply is balanced daily.

Cash Available for Distribution

Cash available for distribution is not a defined term under Canadian GAAP. It refers to the net cash received by the Fund that is available for distributions to Unitholders. Seasonally adjusted gross margin is the principal contributor to cash available for distribution. Distributable cash is calculated by the Fund as seasonally adjusted gross margin, adjusted for cash items including general and administrative expenses, marketing expenses, capital tax, bad debt expense, other income/expense items and corporate taxes. Management believes that this is the most useful measure of performance as it provides investors with an indication of the amount of cash available for distribution to Unitholders. This non-GAAP measure may not be comparable to other income funds.

"Distributable cash before marketing expenses" represents the net cash available for distribution to Unitholders prior to marketing expenses and is calculated by deducting cash expenses, including general and administrative expense, bad debts, capital tax, income taxes and other expenses, from seasonally adjusted gross margin. This calculation is not defined under Canadian GAAP. This non-GAAP measure may not be comparable to other income funds.

"Distributable cash after customer replacement" represents the net cash available for distribution to Unitholders as defined above with the deduction of marketing expenses necessary to maintain the Fund's customer base at a stable level equal to that in place at the beginning of the year. This calculation is not defined under Canadian GAAP. This non-GAAP measure may not be comparable to other income funds.


 

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