Christine Poole Brookfield Renewable Partners BEP.UN-T PAST TOP PICK Jun 27, 2025

Strong play in the space regarding its balance sheet and positioning. Volatile this year, but usually comes out ahead. Dividend relatively safe. Outlook for renewables continues to improve, especially as we get into rate cuts.

Likes the Westinghouse acquisition. Its hydro assets are long life with low operating costs. Likes MSFT deal. Tech companies are building data centres, and the #1 thing they need is consistent and stable power. Her bet is not centred on AI, it's focused on data. Population growth plays into need for power as well. Yield is 5.7%.

He owns BN instead. The key to data centres is that they all need power, and this is one of the biggest wind/solar producers. This partnership will be one of the strongest parts of private equity in the next decade, and is right in BEP.UN's sweet spot.

A very hot sector right now. Tech companies building data centres are entering long-term contracts for power. This technology is still relatively new; nothing online yet in NA, only 1 in China and 1 in Russia. At least 5-10 years before production comes on.

BEP.UN has Westinghouse, which services the nuclear industry. That's her exposure. Stocks have had such a huge run, a lot of expectations are built in, so this is not the time to chase. 

Not easy in the space to find a company that will benefit long term from green trends. This is probably the best way to play. Owns tremendous assets. He owns the parent BN.

Hard to find a company with the same inventory of renewable energy projects. Global, one of the picks to get exposure outside Canada. Dividend looks safe. Fairly stable, solid fundamentals. Will get beaten up in tax-loss season.

Brookfield is a very good manger and BEP contracts are with Microsoft. BEP is not only wind and solar power, but also hydro. They grow their dividend 5% per year. He is averaging down.

Has been hurt by continued negativity towards renewables, not helped by Trump's election. They continue to sign major supply renewal deals with tech companies. There still needs to be a lot of renewable power to be built, and BEP is one of the best at it. Collect the 6.75% dividend as you wait, and average in.

Lots of hydro power, a long-life asset. Partnership with CCO for Westinghouse nuclear (and she's pretty bullish on nuclear power generation).