09:54 AM EST - TransAlta Corporation : Announced that it has entered into a definitive share purchase agreement with an affiliate of Energy Capital Partners, the parent of Heartland Generation Ltd. and Alberta Power (2000) Ltd., pursuant to which TransAlta will acquire Heartland and its entire business operations in Alberta and British Columbia. Heartland owns and operates generation assets consisting of 507 megawatts (MW) of cogeneration, 387 MW of contracted and merchant peaking generation, 950 MW of gas-fired thermal generation, transmission capacity and a development pipeline that includes the 400 MW Battle River Carbon Hub. TransAlta Corporation
shares T.TA are trading up $0.47 at $10.85.
