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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - June 13, 2011) - BMO Capital Markets, the investment and corporate banking arm of BMO Financial Group (NYSE:BMO)(TSX:BMO), will host its 2011 North American Pipelines and Utilities Conference on Wednesday, June 22, at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Toronto.

The conference will be hosted by the BMO Capital Markets Energy, Utilities & Power Equity Research team: Carl Kirst, Michael McGowan and Michael Worms. The event will feature speakers from leading Canadian and U.S. companies who will provide an in-depth look at trends and developments in the pipelines and utilities sector.

Participating Companies: *

Canadian Pipelines & Utilities Companies*

• Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN)
• AltaGas (ALA)
• Atlantic Power (ATP)
• Brookfield Renewable Power (BRC.UN)
• Capital Power (CPX)
• Capstone Infrastructure (CSE)
• Enbridge (ENB)
• Fortis (FTS)
• Innergex Renewable Energy (INE)
• Inter Pipeline (IPL.UN)
• Keyera (KEY)
• Northland Power (NPI)
• Pembina Pipeline (PPL)
• Provident Energy (PVE)
• TransCanada (TRP)
• Veresen (VSN)

U.S. Pipelines & Utilities Companies*

• American Electric Power (AEP)
• El Paso (EP)
• NextEra Energy (NEE)
• NiSource (NI)
• Northeast Utilities (NU)
• Questar (STR)
• Spectra Energy (SE)
• Williams Companies (WMB)

* Participant list subject to change.

Media are invited to attend via webcast, which will be broadcast live and archived at: http://www.bmocm.com/conferences/2011NAPipelinesandUtilities/webcast/default.aspx.

An agenda, with presentation times for the conference, is also available online.

Media Registration:

Media interested in listening to the webcast and/or scheduling an interview are asked to call Martha McInnis at (416) 867-3996.

About BMO Capital Markets

BMO Capital Markets is a leading, full-service North American financial services provider, with more than 2,000 employees operating in 26 offices worldwide, offering corporate, institutional and government clients access to a complete range of investment and corporate banking products and services. BMO Capital Markets is a member of BMO Financial Group (NYSE:BMO)(TSX:BMO), one of the largest diversified financial services providers in North America with CDN $413 billion total assets and 38,000 employees as at April 30, 2011.