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Energy Savings Reports 3rd Qtr. Results-Customer Aggregation Remains Ahead of Published Targets Distributable Cash up 13% Year over Year 19th Distribution Rate Increase-$0.02 to $0.885 per Annum.


TORONTO Toronto (tərŏn`tō), city (1998 est pop. 2,400,000), provincial capital, S Ont., Canada, on Lake Ontario. Toronto is the largest city in Canada and since the 1970s has been one of the fastest-changing cities in North America, experiencing  -- Energy Savings Income Fund The Energy Savings Income Fund, is an income fund established under the laws of Ontario to hold securities and to distribute the income of its wholly owned subsidiaries collectively called the Energy Savings Group.  (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002)
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Highlights for the 3 Months ended December December: see month.  31, 2004 included:

- Gross margin of $42.2 million up 16% year over year.

- Premarketing distributable cash of $34.8 million ($0.33 per unit) up 13% year over year. This is the highest quarterly distributable cash in Fund history.

- Distributions were up 15% year over year and payout ratios Payout Ratio

The percentage of earnings paid out in dividends. It is calculated by dividing dividends per share by earnings per share.

Notes:
The payout ratio indicates how well earnings support the dividend payments: the lower the ratio, the more secure the dividend.
 were 65% before marketing and 97% after marketing.

- Entered the Alberta Alberta (ălbûr`tə), province (2001 pop. 2,974,807), 255,285 sq mi (661,188 sq km), including 6,485 sq mi (16,796 sq km) of water surface, W Canada.  market through the EPCOR See Equal percentage contribution rule.  acquisition.

- Q3 gross customer additions (excluding the acquisition) were 77,000 and net additions were 37,000. Year to date gross additions are 225,000 and net additions were 140,000. Published targets for the year are gross additions of 260,000 and net additions of 160,000.

- Announced the Fund's 19th increase in annual distribution rate, up $0.02 to $0.885 payable on April 30, 2005 to Unitholders of record at the close of business on April 15, 2005.

Energy Savings Third Quarter Results

Energy Savings Income Fund announced its results for the third quarter ended December 31, 2004.
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Three Months ended Dec. 31,     F2005   Per Unit     F2004   Per Unit
($ millions except per Unit)
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Sales(1)                       $231.8               $203.6
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Gross Margin(1)                  42.2      $0.40      36.3      $0.34
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Distributable Cash
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- Premarketing                   34.8      $0.33      30.9      $0.29
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- Post Marketing                 23.4      $0.22      22.5      $0.21
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Distributions                    22.7      $0.21      19.8      $0.19
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Long Term Customers         1,201,000              967,000
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Nine Months ended Dec. 31,
($ millions except per Unit)    F2005   Per Unit     F2004   Per Unit
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Sales(1)                       $638.8               $549.3
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Gross Margin(1)                 117.6      $1.11     101.2      $0.96
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Distributable Cash
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- Premarketing                   95.4      $0.90      87.6      $0.83
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- Post Marketing                 64.5      $0.61      63.8      $0.61
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Distributions                    66.1      $0.62      57.2      $0.55
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(1) Seasonally adjusted



Energy Savings is an Income Fund and it reports in the attached Management's Discussion and Analysis Management's discussion and analysis (MD&A)

A report from management to shareholders that accompanies the firm's financial statements in the annual report. It explains the period's financial results and enables management to discuss topics that may not be apparent in the financial
 a detailed calculation of distributable cash both before and after marketing expenditures to expand the Fund's customer base.

The quarter saw the Fund's entry into Alberta with the signing of billing, collection and supply agreements with EPCOR Utilities Inc. ("EPCOR"). Prior to this arrangement, the Fund had not entered this otherwise attractive market because of the requirement that marketers bill and collect from their customers. As a local utility, EPCOR has a proven expertise in those areas allowing Energy Savings to focus on its specialty A contract under seal.

A specialty is a written document that has been sealed and delivered and is given as security for the payment of a specifically indicated debt.
, marketing. Along with the agreements, Energy Savings acquired deregulated natural gas and electricity customers which had been aggregated by EPCOR. Energy Savings plans to begin marketing in Alberta in February February: see month. .

The Fund's marketing activities again showed consistent results. Because the third quarter contains the Christmas Christmas [Christ's Mass], in the Christian calendar, feast of the nativity of Jesus, celebrated in Roman Catholic and Protestant Churches on Dec. 25. In liturgical importance it ranks after Easter, Pentecost, and Epiphany (Jan. 6).  period during which little marketing takes place, effectively two weeks are lost making this the Company's "short quarter". Despite this, aggregation numbers Is the number of molecules that are associated to form a micelle once the surface in a solution is full of molecules of surfactant, this occurs when Critical micelle concentration is reached.   (excluding the acquired EPCOR customers) were again ahead of what is required to meet our published targets. Gross customer additions were 77,000 with net additions of 37,000. For the second successive quarter, additions outside Ontario Ontario, city, United States
Ontario, city (1990 pop. 133,179), San Bernardino co., S Calif., near Los Angeles, in a region of vineyards; inc. 1891.
 exceeded those in the Company's original market. The Fund has published targets of 260,000 gross customer additions and 160,000 net additions for the year ended March 31, 2005. During the second quarter, Energy Savings had gross additions of 77,000. After three quarters, the Fund had gross additions of 225,000 customers and net additions of 140,000 customers, both ahead of the Fund's target pace.

Chair Rebecca Rebecca or Rebekah (both: rēbĕk`ə), wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob. One day, as was her custom, she drew water at the city well; while there she showed kindness to Eliezer, Abraham's servant.  MacDonald Mac·don·ald   , Sir John Alexander 1815-1891.

Canadian politician and the first prime minister of the Dominion of Canada (1867-1873 and 1878-1891). He is considered the organizer of the Canadian confederation, established in 1867.
 added: "This was another very solid quarter for Energy Savings. Our 13% year over year increase in distributable cash continues to evidence that we are truly a growth trust. The cashflow from our expansions into Illinois Illinois, river, United States
Illinois, river, 273 mi (439 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Des Plaines and Kankakee rivers, NE Ill., and flowing SW to the Mississippi at Grafton, Ill. It is an important commercial and recreational waterway.
, Quebec Quebec, city, Canada
Quebec, Fr. Québec, city (1991 pop. 167,517), provincial capital, S Que., Canada, at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and St. Charles rivers.
, British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography
 and Alberta are not yet a significant part of the growth. I believe these markets will all be contributors to future cash flow increases."

President Brennan Bren·nan   , William Joseph, Jr. 1906-1997.

American jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1956-1990).
 Mulcahy Mulcahy is a surname of Irish origin. The name refers to:

Persons:
  • Ashley Mulcahy (b.1992), English lad AKA the mole man
  • Alan Mulcahy (b. 1983), Irish professional football player
  • Anne M. Mulcahy (b.
 stated: "As we did last quarter, despite our continued growth we have controlled our general and administrative costs administrative costs,
n.pl the overhead expenses incurred in the operation of a dental benefits program, excluding costs of dental services provided.
. They were $7 million for the quarter down 14% from a peak of $8.1 million in Q1. This is despite a 15% increase in flowing customers with net additions of 156,000 customers since Q1. Energy Savings remains the same company it has always been, aggressive growth combined with conservative management."

Ms. MacDonald added: "I want to particularly thank our group of independent sales agents. Under the direction of Brennan and his marketing department they have turned out excellent results in every market we operate in. When we set our targets for customer aggregation at 260,000 gross additions and 160,000 net for this fiscal year, they were the highest we have set. After three quarters we are at 87% of our gross adds target and 88% of our net adds."

"I am also very pleased to announce our 19th distribution rate increase effective our March distribution payable in April. As it has been through out the Fund's history, our policy continues to call for prudent rate increases as our cashflow grows."

The Fund

Energy Savings' business, which is conducted in Ontario, Manitoba Manitoba (mănĭtō`bə), province (2001 pop. 1,119,583), 250,934 sq mi (650,930 sq km), including 39,215 sq mi (101,580 sq km) of water surface, W central Canada. , Alberta, Quebec, British Columbia and Illinois, involves the sale of natural gas to residential, small to mid-size commercial and small industrial customers under long term, irrevocable Unable to cancel or recall; that which is unalterable or irreversible.


IRREVOCABLE. That which cannot be revoked.
     2. A will may at all times be revoked by the same person who made it, he having a disposing mind; but the moment the testator is
 fixed price contracts. Energy Savings also supplies electricity to Ontario and Alberta customers. By fixing the price of natural gas or electricity under its fixed price contracts for a period of up to five years, Energy Savings' customers offset their exposure to changes in the price of these essential commodities. Energy Savings, which commenced business in July July: see month.  of 1997, derives its margin or gross profit from the difference between the fixed price at which it is able to sell the commodities to its customers and the fixed price at which it purchases the matching volumes from its suppliers.

Forward-Looking Statements forward-looking statement

A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections.


The Fund's press releases may contain forward-looking statements including statements pertaining per·tain  
intr.v. per·tained, per·tain·ing, per·tains
1. To have reference; relate: evidence that pertains to the accident.

2.
 to customer revenues and margins, customer additions and renewals, customer consumption levels, distributable cash and treatment under governmental regulatory reg·u·late  
tr.v. reg·u·lat·ed, reg·u·lat·ing, reg·u·lates
1. To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.

2.
  regimes. These statements are based on current expectations that involve a number of risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ from those anticipated. These risks include, but are not limited to, levels of customer natural gas and electricity consumption, rates of customer additions and renewals, fluctuations in natural gas and electricity prices, changes in regulatory regimes and decisions by regulatory authorities Noun 1. regulatory authority - a governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest
regulatory agency

administrative body, administrative unit - a unit with administrative responsibilities
, competition and dependence on certain suppliers. Additional information on these and other factors that could affect the Fund's operations, financial results or distribution levels are included in the Fund's annual information form and other reports on file with Canadian Canadian (kənā`dēən), river, 906 mi (1,458 km) long, rising in NE New Mexico. and flowing E across N Texas and central Oklahoma into the Arkansas River in E Oklahoma.  securities regulatory authorities which can be accessed through the SEDAR SEDAR System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval
SEDAR Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review
 website at www.sedar.com or through the Fund's website at www.esif.ca

MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS ("MD&A") - February 2, 2005

The following is a discussion of the consolidated con·sol·i·date  
v. con·sol·i·dat·ed, con·sol·i·dat·ing, con·sol·i·dates

v.tr.
1. To unite into one system or whole; combine:
 financial condition and results of operations of Energy Savings Income Fund ("Energy Savings", the "Company" or the "Fund") for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2004 and has been prepared with all information available up to and including February 2, 2005. This MD&A should be read in conjunction conjunction, in astronomy
conjunction, in astronomy, alignment of two celestial bodies as seen from the earth. Conjunction of the moon and the planets is often determined by reference to the sun.
 with the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements Consolidated Financial Statements

The combined financial statements of a parent company and its subsidiaries.

Notes:
Because consolidated financial statements present an aggregated look at the financial position of a parent and its subsidiaries, they enable you to gauge
 for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2004 and the audited consolidated financial statements and MD&A for the year ended March 31, 2004 included in the Fund's 2004 Annual Report to Unitholders.

Copies of financial data and other publicly filed documents are available through the internet on the Canadian Securities Administrators' System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval The System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) is a mandatory document filing and retrieval system for Canadian public companies. Similar to EDGAR, SEDAR is operated by the Canadian Securities Administrators, a coordinating body comprising the 13 Canadian   (SEDAR) which can be accessed at www.sedar.com.

All amounts in this MD&A are in Canadian dollars Noun 1. Canadian dollar - the basic unit of money in Canada; "the Canadian dollar has the image of loon on one side of the coin"
loonie

dollar - the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents
.

Energy Savings is an open-ended o·pen-end·ed
adj.
1. Not restrained by definite limits, restrictions, or structure.

2. Allowing for or adaptable to change.

3.
, limited-purpose trust established under the laws of Ontario to hold securities and to distribute the income of its wholly owned subsidiaries Wholly Owned Subsidiary

A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock.

Notes:
In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners.
 and affiliates: Ontario Energy Savings Corp. ("OESC OESC Oklahoma Employment Security Commission "), Energy Savings (Manitoba) Corp. ("ESMC ESMC Eastern Space & Missile Center
ESMC Electronics Supply & Manufacturing China
ESMC Explosive Standoff Minefield Clearer
ESMC Enterprise System Management Console
ESMC Eastern Switch Maintenance Center (Sprint) 
"), Energy Savings (Quebec) L.P. ("ESPQ ESPQ Electronic Personnel Security Questionnaire "), ES (B.C.) Limited Partnership ("ES (BC) L.P."), Alberta Energy Savings L.P. ("ES Alta ALTA Alberta (Canada)
ALTA AltaVista (stock symbol)
ALTA American Land Title Association
ALTA American Literary Translators Association
ALTA Atlanta Lawn Tennis Association
 L.P.") and U.S. Energy Savings Corp. ("USESC"), (collectively "Energy Savings Group"). Through its subsidiaries and affiliates, Energy Savings markets natural gas to residential customers and small to mid-sized commercial businesses in Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta and Illinois and solely to commercial customers in Quebec and British Columbia.Energy Savings also markets electricity to mid-sized commercial and small industrial customers in Ontario and Alberta, including residential in Alberta.

The Fund meets the estimated energy requirements of its customers by purchasing matching volumes of gas and electricity.Customers eliminate their exposure to price escalations and the Fund locks in its margins by entering into long term, fixed price contracts for gas and electricity supply.
Financial Highlights
For the three months ended December 31
(thousands of dollars except where indicated and per unit amount)

                                   2004             2003
                                  $ Per Unit       $ Per Unit  Change

Gross margin available for
 Distribution(1)             42,238    $0.40   36,256   $0.34     16%
Amount available for
 Distribution(1)
  - Before selling expense   34,757    $0.33   30,881   $0.29     13%
  - After selling expense    23,430    $0.22   22,474   $0.21      4%
Distributions                22,691    $0.21   19,763   $0.19     15%
General and administrative    7,041    $0.07    5,244   $0.05     34%
Payout ratio(1)
  - Before selling expense      65%               64%
  - After selling  expense      97%               88%


For the nine months ended December 31
(thousands of dollars except where indicated and per unit amount)

                                   2004             2003
                                  $ Per Unit       $ Per Unit  Change

Gross margin available for
 Distribution(1)            117,760    $1.11  101,224   $0.96     16%
Amount available for
 Distribution(1)
  - Before selling expense   95,419    $0.90   87,563   $0.83      9%
  - After selling expense    64,454    $0.61   63,761   $0.61      1%
Distributions                66,146    $0.62   57,244   $0.55     16%
General and administrative   21,576    $0.20   13,177   $0.13     64%
Payout ratio(1)
  - Before selling expense      69%               65%
  - After selling expense      103%               90%

(1) Seasonally Adjusted (see "Seasonally Adjusted Analysis")



Operations

Gas - Canadian markets

Currently in Ontario, Manitoba, Quebec, British Columbia and Alberta, Energy Savings is required to deliver gas to the local distribution companies (Enbridge Enbridge TSX: ENB NYSE: ENB is a Calgary, Alberta based company which is focused on three core businesses: crude oil and liquids pipelines, natural gas pipelines, and natural gas distribution. The company has over 4,000 employees, mostly in Canada, the U.S.  Consumers Gas, Union Gas, Gaz Metro The code name for Microsoft's XPS document format. See XML Paper Specification. , Terasen and ATCO ATCO Air Traffic Control Officer
ATCO Association of Transport Coordinating Officers (UK)
ATCO Air Tanker/Fixed Wing Coordinator
ATCO Aviation Transportation Coordination Office
ATCO Air Taxi and Commercial Operator
, collectively the "LDCs") for its customers throughout the year.

In Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia, the volumes delivered for a customer remain constant throughout the year.The Company's accounting policy accounts for sales when the customer actually consumes the gas.Therefore, during the winter months, gas is consumed con·sume  
v. con·sumed, con·sum·ing, con·sumes

v.tr.
1. To take in as food; eat or drink up. See Synonyms at eat.

2.
a.
 at a rate which is greater than delivery and in the summer months gas is delivered in excess of gas consumed.The Company receives cash from the LDCs as the gas is delivered.

In Manitoba and Alberta, the volume of gas delivered is not constant throughout the year. More gas is delivered in winter months in comparison to the spring and summer months. Consequently, cash received will be higher in the winter months.

In Alberta, Energy Savings receives cash only when the customer has ultimately consumed the gas. Alberta's regulatory environment is different from the other Canadian markets whereby Energy Savings is required to invoice An itemized statement or written account of goods sent to a purchaser or consignee by a vendor that indicates the quantity and price of each piece of merchandise shipped.

A consular invoice is one used in foreign trade.
 and receive payments directly from customers. Energy Savings has entered into a five year agreement with EPCOR Utilities Inc. ("EPCOR") for the provision of billing and collection services in Alberta.EPCOR has been and will continue to be the billing agent for all of the Alberta customers purchased by Energy Savings (see "Customer Aggregation - Long Term Customers").

Gas - Illinois

Energy Savings receives cash from Nicor Nicor

Scandinavian sea monster; whence, “Old Nick.” [Br. Folklore: Espy, 44]

See : Monsters
 (the "Illinois LDC LDC

See: Less developed countries


LDC

See less developed country (LDC).
") only when the customer has paid Nicor for the consumed gas.Cash flows from the Illinois operations is greater in the Fund's third and fourth quarters assuming cash is received from the Illinois LDC in the same period as customer consumption. Management anticipates that the majority of future U.S. markets that Energy Savings may enter will function in a manner similar to Illinois.

Electricity - Canadian markets

In Ontario and Alberta, electricity accounts are automatically balanced daily.In real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. , any supply greater than consumption is immediately sold off into the open market at the spot price, while any shortfall Shortfall

The amount by which the capital required to fulfill a financial obligation exceeds available capital.

Notes:
Shortfall risk is often combated with an efficient hedging strategy created by a fund, group, institution, or individual.
 is immediately purchased in the open market at the spot price.

Seasonally Adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Mathematically adjusted by moderating a macroeconomic indicator (e.g., oil prices/imports) so that relative comparisons can be drawn from month to month all year.
 Analysis

Presently, management believes the best basis for analysing both the Fund's operating results and the amount available for distribution is to focus on amounts actually received ("seasonally adjusted").The following analysis eliminates this seasonal variance The discrepancy between what a party to a lawsuit alleges will be proved in pleadings and what the party actually proves at trial.

In Zoning law, an official permit to use property in a manner that departs from the way in which other property in the same locality
 and illustrates the gas actually delivered to LDCs, the cash received and associated margins.Management utilises this non-GAAP financial measure to determine future distributions.These non-GAAP financial measures do not have any standardised Adj. 1. standardised - brought into conformity with a standard; "standardized education"
standardized

standard - conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind; "windows of standard width";
 meaning prescribed pre·scribe  
v. pre·scribed, pre·scrib·ing, pre·scribes

v.tr.
1. To set down as a rule or guide; enjoin. See Synonyms at dictate.

2. To order the use of (a medicine or other treatment).
 by GAAP GAAP

See: Generally Accepted Accounting Principles


GAAP

See generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
 and may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. As the Fund continues to further expand into other U.S. and Canadian markets and enters Alberta, seasonal working capital requirements Capital requirements

Financing required for the operation of a business, composed of long-term and working capital plus fixed assets.
  will increase.This working capital requirement is directly attributable attributable

emanating from or pertaining to attribute.


attributable proportion
see attributable risk (below).

attributable risk
 to the fact that in certain markets the Company must purchase and deliver gas supply in advance of customer consumption and the receipt of cash from the LDCs.

In anticipation The performance of an act or obligation before it is legally due. In patent law, the publication of the existence of an invention that has already been patented or has a patent pending,  of the future working capital requirements, the Fund through its direct and indirect wholly owned subsidiaries OESC and USESC, has entered into a $60.0 million operating credit facility.See "Liquidity and Capital Resources" for further details.

No such seasonally adjusted analysis is required for electricity as electricity is consumed at the same time as delivery.
Reconciliation to Seasonally Adjusted Gross Margin
For the three months ended December 31
(thousands of dollars)

                                              2004               2003
                                              ----               ----

Gross margin per financial statements
  Gas                                      $29,706            $26,381
  Electricity                                9,996              7,964
                                          --------           --------
Total                                      $39,702            $34,345
                                          --------           --------

Opening deferred revenues net of gas
 delivered in excess of consumption       (14,774)           (13,948)
Closing deferred revenues net of gas
 delivered in excess of consumption         17,310             15,859
                                           -------           --------
                                             2,536              1,911
                                           -------           --------

Gross margin available for distribution    $42,238            $36,256
                                           -------           --------
                                           -------           --------

For the nine months ended December 31
(thousands of dollars)

                                              2004               2003
                                              ----               ----

Gross margin per financial statements
  Gas                                      $65,268            $52,228
  Electricity                               28,097             19,092
                                           -------           --------
Total                                      $93,365            $71,320
                                           -------           --------

Opening unbilled revenues net
 of accrued gas accounts payable             7,085             12,295
Closing deferred revenues net of gas
 delivered in excess of consumption         17,310             15,859
                                           -------           --------
                                            24,395             28,154
                                           -------           --------
Gross margin before balancing allowance    117,760             99,474
Balancing allowance (Note 1)                     -              1,750
                                           -------           --------

Gross margin available for
 distribution                             $117,760           $101,224
                                          --------           --------
                                          --------           --------


Amount Available for Distribution
For the three months ended December 31
(thousands of dollars except per unit amount)

                                    2004                2003
                                    ----                ----
                                          Per Unit           Per Unit
                                          --------           --------
                                          (Note 2)           (Note 2)
Gross margin available for
 distribution                    $42,238             $36,256
                                 -------             -------
Less:
General and administrative         7,041               5,244
Capital tax                          (3)                 175
Other expense (income) (Note 3)      443                (44)
                                 -------             -------
                                   7,481               5,375
                                 -------             -------

Available for distribution
 before selling expenses          34,757     $0.33    30,881    $0.29

Selling expenses                  11,327               8,407
                                 -------             -------

Amount available for
 distribution                    $23,430     $0.22   $22,474    $0.21
                                 -------             -------
                                 -------             -------

Reconciliation to Statement of
 Cash Flow
Cash flow from operations        $20,880            $20,135
Management incentive program       2,197              2,250
Income taxes (Note 4)                353                 89
                                 -------            --------

Amount available for
 distribution                    $23,430             $22,474
                                 -------            --------
                                 -------            --------
Distributions
  Management incentive program    $2,197              $2,250
  Unitholder distributions        20,483              17,232
  Unit appreciation rights
   distributions                      11                   -
                                 -------            --------
                                  22,691              19,482
Non-cash distributions -
 Class B preference shares             -                 281
                                 -------            --------
Total distributions              $22,691     $0.21   $19,763    $0.19
                                 -------            --------
                                 -------            --------


Amount Available for Distribution
For the nine months ended December 31
(thousands of dollars except per unit amount)


                                    2004                2003
                                    ----                ----
                                          Per Unit           Per Unit
                                          --------           --------
                                          (Note 2)           (Note 2)

Gross margin available for
 distribution                   $117,760            $101,224
                                --------            --------
Less:
General and administrative        21,576              13,177
Capital tax                          497                 848
Other expense (income) (Note 3)      268               (364)
                                --------            --------
                                  22,341              13,661
                                --------            --------

Available for distribution
 Before selling expenses          95,419     $0.90    87,563    $0.83

Selling expenses                  30,965              23,802
                                --------            --------
Amount available for
 distribution                    $64,454     $0.61   $63,761    $0.61
                                --------            --------
                                --------            --------

Reconciliation to Statement of
 Cash Flow

Cash flow from operations        $57,061             $55,094
Management incentive program       6,875               6,503
Income taxes (Note 4)                518                 414
                                --------            --------
                                  64,454              62,011

Balancing allowance (Note 1)           -               1,750
                                --------            --------

Amount available for
 Distribution                     64,454             $63,761
                                --------            --------
                                --------            --------
Distributions
  Management incentive program    $6,875              $6,503
  Unitholder distributions        59,239              49,209
  Unit appreciation rights
   distributions                      32                   -
                                --------            --------
                                  66,146              55,712
Non-cash distributions -
 Class B preference shares             -               1,532
                                --------            --------
Total distributions              $66,146     $0.62   $57,244    $0.55
                                --------            --------
                                --------            --------

Note 1
The balancing provision amounted to $nil for the three and nine
months ended December 31, 2004.  Management believes that all prior
period balancing for which the allowance was originally established
has already occurred and a provision is no longer required.  All
current period balancing costs flow through the Statement of
Operations.

Note 2
Diluted average number of units amounted to 106.4 and 106.2 million
for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2004.  For
comparative purposes the diluted number of units was 105.3 and 105.0
million for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2003. All
comparative unit and per unit data have been adjusted retroactively
to reflect the impact of the unit split which was effective
January 30, 2004.

Note 3
Other income relates to interest earned on investments. Other expense
relates to foreign exchange, interest and other service charges, net
of interest income.  This balance excludes any income/loss from
changes in fair market values of derivative financial instruments
which are marked to market.

Note 4
Income taxes payable relate primarily to large corporation tax.  The
Fund has minimal income taxes owing as a result of the deduction of
certain acquisition costs.


Summary of Quarterly Results
(thousands of dollars except per unit amounts)


                                           F2005                F2004
                           --------------------------------  --------
                                  Q3          Q2         Q1        Q4

Sales per financial
 statements                 $213,649    $114,290   $186,073  $312,905
Net income (loss)              5,639     (4,235)      4,141    21,255
Net income (loss) per
 unit - Basic                  $0.06     $(0.05)      $0.04     $0.23
Net income (loss) per
 unit - Diluted                 0.06      (0.05)       0.04      0.22

Amount available for
 distribution
  - Before selling expense   $34,757     $32,677    $27,985   $28,828
  - After selling expense     23,430      22,002     19,022    22,455
Payout ratio
  - Before selling expense       65%         68%        76%       70%
  - After selling expense        97%        101%       112%       90%


                                          F2004                 F2003
                                  Q3         Q2         Q1         Q4
                           --------------------------------  --------

Sales per financial
 statements                 $181,803   $106,096   $132,300   $225,125
Net income (loss)              3,872    (8,504)        769     21,740
Net income (loss) per
 unit - Basic                  $0.04    $(0.10)    $(0.01)      $0.28
Net income (loss) per
 unit - Diluted                 0.04     (0.10)     (0.01)       0.23

Amount available for
 distribution
  - Before selling expense   $30,881    $27,138    $29,544    $30,281
  - After selling expense     22,474     20,707     20,580     25,875
Payout ratio
  - Before selling expense       64%        69%        63%        53%
  - After selling expense        88%        91%        91%        62%


Sales, Gross Margins and Marketing Results
For the three months ended December 31
(thousands of dollars)

              Per Financial Statements         Seasonally Adjusted
            ---------------------------    --------------------------

Gas           Sales   Cost of    Gross             Cost of      Gross
---                     Sales   Margin     Sales     Sales     Margin

 - 2004    $143,759  $114,053  $29,706  $161,911  $129,669    $32,242
 - 2003     124,797    98,416   26,381   146,545   118,253     28,292
          ---------  --------  -------  --------  --------  ---------
Increase     18,962    15,637    3,325    15,366    11,416      3,950
          ---------  --------  -------  --------  --------  ---------

Electricity
-----------
 - 2004     $69,890   $59,894   $9,996   $69,890   $59,894     $9,996
 - 2003      57,006    49,042    7,964    57,006    49,042      7,964
          ---------  --------  -------  --------  --------  ---------

Increase     12,884    10,852    2,032    12,884    10,852      2,032
          ---------  --------  -------  --------  --------  ---------

Total
 increase   $31,846   $26,489   $5,357   $28,250   $22,268     $5,982
          ---------  --------  -------  --------  --------  ---------
          ---------  --------  -------  --------  --------  ---------


Sales, Gross Margins and Marketing Results
For the nine months ended December 31
(thousands of dollars)

              Per Financial Statements         Seasonally Adjusted
            ---------------------------    --------------------------

Gas                   Cost of    Gross             Cost of      Gross
---           Sales     Sales   Margin     Sales     Sales     Margin

 - 2004    $322,344  $257,076  $65,268  $447,172  $357,509    $89,663
 - 2003     267,805   215,577   52,228   396,877   314,745     82,132
          ---------  --------  -------  --------  --------  ---------

Increase     54,539    41,499   13,040    50,295    42,764      7,531
          ---------  --------  -------  --------  --------  ---------

Electricity
-----------

 - 2004    $191,668  $163,571  $28,097  $191,668  $163,571    $28,097
 - 2003     152,394   133,302   19,092   152,394   133,302     19,092
          ---------  --------  -------  --------  --------  ---------

Increase     39,274    30,269    9,005    39,274    30,269      9,005
          ---------  --------  -------  --------  --------  ---------

Total
 increase   $93,813   $71,768  $22,045   $89,569   $73,033    $16,536
          ---------  --------  -------  --------  --------  ---------
          ---------  --------  -------  --------  --------  ---------



Sales have increased $31.8 million (18%) on a financial statement basis and $28.3 million (14%) on a seasonally adjusted basis for the three months ended December 31, 2004 as compared to the same period in the prior year.Financial statement margins have increased $5.4 million (16%) and $6.0 million (16%) seasonally adjusted for the same comparative period.

For the nine month period ended December 31, 2004, sales have increased $93.8 million (22%) on a financial statement basis and $89.6 million (16%) on a seasonally adjusted basis as compared to the same comparative period.Margins have increased $22.0 million (31%) on a financial statement basis and $16.5 million (16%) on a seasonally adjusted basis.

Financial Statements - Gross Margin

Gas

Sales increased 15% and 20% respectively for the quarter and nine month period ended December 31, 2004 compared to the prior year.The increase in sales is primarily due to an increase in long term customers versus the previous comparative quarter. See "Customer Aggregation" for further details.

Financial statement gas gross margin increased 13% for the quarter and 25% for the nine months ended December 31, 2004.The increase in margin for the quarter is primarily attributable to the increase in customers offset slightly by warmer than normal Ontario temperatures and consequently, consumption, in October October: see month.  and November November: see month. . Unconsumed gas is sold into the market, generally at lower margins than sales to the customer. The increase in margin for the nine month period ended December 31, 2004 is primarily due to the increase in customers.Customers aggregated in both the three months and the nine months generate margins at or above Energy Savings' target margins of $170/RCE and $120/RCE for Canada and the United States The United States and Canada share a unique legal relationship. U.S. law looks northward with a mixture of optimism and cooperation, viewing Canada as an integral part of U.S. economic and environmental policy. , respectively.

Electricity

Electricity sales increased by 23% and 26% for the three and nine month period ended December 31, 2004.The increase in sales is directly attributable to the increase in long term customers year over year.See "Customer Aggregation" for further details.

Electricity margins were $10.0 million for the quarter and $28.1 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2004, an increase of 26% and 47% respectively over the prior year.Margins increased by a higher percentage than sales because a significant number of the low margin First Source Energy Corp.'s customer contracts acquired in the prior year which management chose not to renew expired ex·pire  
v. ex·pired, ex·pir·ing, ex·pires

v.intr.
1. To come to an end; terminate: My membership in the club has expired.

2.
 within this current fiscal year.

Seasonally adjusted - Gross Margin

The Fund has separated the gross margin received from the LDCs (this number eliminates both seasonality and other weather variances) and the gross margin attributable to balancing activities (the approximate ap·prox·i·mate
v.
To bring together, as cut edges of tissue.

adj.
1. Relating to the contact surfaces, either proximal or distal, of two adjacent teeth; proximate.

2. Close together.
 impact of weather variance for the period) for the gas business.These components are added to electricity gross margin (electricity balancing costs are primarily passed on to the customer) and extraction extraction /ex·trac·tion/ (eks-trak´shun)
1. the process or act of pulling or drawing out.

2. the preparation of an extract.
 revenue (sale of liquids extracted from gas) to equal total gross margin.
F2005                   F2004
                        ---------------------------------------------
                             Q3       Q2       Q1        Q4        Q3

Customer margins from
 LDCs                   $30,951  $27,701  $28,443   $26,850   $28,805

Balancing adjustments     1,173    2,140    (924)     (599)     (619)

Balancing allowance           -        -        -       750         -

Extraction revenue          118       51       10        33       106
                        ---------------------------------------------

Total gas margins        32,242   29,892   27,529    27,034    28,292

Electricity margins       9,996    9,378     8,723    8,501     7,964
                        ---------------------------------------------

Total margin            $42,238  $39,270   $36,252  $35,535   $36,256
                        ---------------------------------------------
                        ---------------------------------------------



Gas

On a seasonally adjusted basis, total gas margins for the quarter were $32.2 million, up from $28.3 million (14%) in the prior comparative quarter.The increase in margins is primarily the result of the increase in customers (24%) offset by lower margin percentage generated by acquired customers.Margins from customers were $31.0 million, up from $28.8 million (7%) in the prior comparative quarter. Sale of unconsumed gas generated a positive balancing adjustment of $1.2 million during the quarter.

As previously mentioned, in various markets, balancing results when gas consumption is either less or greater than gas delivered as directed by the LDC.Balancing results in two effects, either excess or short gas inventory.Energy Savings receives payment once gas is delivered to the LDC. In the case of lower than expected consumption, Energy Savings must refund TO REFUND. To pay back by the party who has received it, to the party who has paid it, money which ought not to have been paid.
     2. On a deficiency of assets, executors and administrators cum testamento annexo, are entitled to have refunded to them legacies
 the LDC for any unconsumed gas.This excess gas can be sold in the open market only during times permitted by the LDC; therefore gas balancing is limited during the winter months as transportation is at capacity. Consequently there may be a timing difference when the two balancing effects occur affecting the quarterly balancing gain (loss).

In the case of greater than expected gas consumption, Energy Savings must purchase the short supply at the market price which may reduce the margin Energy Savings would typically realise.Since excess gas was consumed by the customer, the LDC would forward these funds once the customer accounts are reconciled rec·on·cile  
v. rec·on·ciled, rec·on·cil·ing, rec·on·ciles

v.tr.
1. To reestablish a close relationship between.

2. To settle or resolve.

3.
 which may also result in a timing difference affecting the quarterly balancing gain (loss).

Information published by Union Gas in its regulatory filings indicated that, adjusting out the effects of weather, Ontario residential consumption of gas has declined by 4% over the past two years.Because Energy Savings pays its commissions and estimates its target margins based on volume, aggregation cost and margins per RCE Recurrent corneal erosion (RCE)
Repeated erosion of the cornea. May be a result of inadequate healing of a previous abrasion.

Mentioned in: Corneal Abrasion
 are not impacted.Energy Savings will continue to monitor the consumption pattern in the Ontario market and its impact on the Company's business.

While the Fund has operated in Illinois, Quebec and British Columbia for most of the nine months of this fiscal year, due to normal delays between customer sign-up and cash flow receipt, margins from these markets are only now starting to be recognised. The Company entered the Alberta market on December 1, 2004. Similar to other markets, the contribution to margins for the one month during the quarter was not significant.

Electricity

Seasonally adjusted electricity margins were $10.0 million and $28.1 million for the three and nine month period ended December 31, 2004, the same as on a financial statement basis.Refer to "Financial Statements - Gross Margin" for details.

Distributable Cash

Pre-marketing distributable cash for the three months ended December 31, 2004 was $34.8 million ($0.33 per unit) up 13% from $30.9 million ($0.29 per unit) in the prior comparable quarter.The increase in pre-marketing distributable cash was primarily due to increased customer numbers in both gas and electricity resulting in a 16% year over year increase in gross margin.The increase in distributable cash after selling expense was less than the increase in margin due to higher general and administrative costs attributable to the Company's expansion into the new markets of Quebec, British Columbia, Illinois and Alberta. These markets have not yet generated material margin. See "General and Administrative Costs" and "Outlook".

For the nine months ended December 31, 2004, pre-marketing distributable cash was $95.4 million up 9% year over year.The higher margins were offset by general and administrative costs associated with the opening of new markets. General and administrative costs increased 64% year over year. The main increases in cost were in customer service, information technology and operations.

Distributable cash after selling expenses (marketing costs) was $23.4 million for the quarter up from $22.5 million (4%) in the prior year.Successful customer aggregation, particularly in new markets, resulted in selling expenses increasing by 35% year over year.Cash flow from these new customers is realised three to nine months after signing depending on the market.For the nine months, distributable cash after marketing expenses was up 1% year over year.Again, a 30% increase in new customer aggregation costs and the resulting delayed cash flow are the reasons for the minimal increase in distributable cash after selling expenses.

Payout ratios before marketing costs were 65% for the quarter and 69% for the nine months versus 64% and 65% respectively for the prior comparative periods.After selling expenses, the payout ratio was 97% for the quarter and 103% for the nine months versus 88% and 90% for the comparable periods.For the quarter, payout ratio before selling expenses remained in the 60% to 70% target range while the payout pay·out  
n.
1. The act or an instance of paying out.

2. A percentage of corporate earnings that is paid as dividends to shareholders.
 after marketing expenses for the nine month period was slightly above 100%.This resulted in a small drawdown Drawdown

The peak to trough decline during a specific record period of an investment or fund. It is usually quoted as the percentage between the peak to the trough.

Notes:
 in cash on hand.See "Liquidity and Capital Resources" for further details.

Customer Aggregation

For the three months ended December 31, 2004

Long Term Customers

During the quarter, Energy Savings entered its fifth Canadian market, Alberta, through the acquisition of approximately ap·prox·i·mate  
adj.
1. Almost exact or correct: the approximate time of the accident.

2.
 45,000 gas and 90,000 electricity long term residential customer equivalents ("RCEs") from EPCOR. It is estimated that approximately 50% of the acquired customers will not renew upon expiration EXPIRATION. Cessation; end. As, the expiration of, a lease, of a contract, or statute.
     2. In general, the expiration of a contract puts an end to all the engagements of the parties, except to those which arise from the non- fulfillment of obligations created
 of their current contracts. Therefore, long term customers have increased by 23,000 and 45,000 for gas and electricity, respectively with the remaining RCEs being allocated to Customers Not Expected to Renew.

The rate of customer aggregation in the quarter supports the Fund's ability to meet or exceed published targets on both a gross and net basis.Gross additions were 77,000 and net additions were 37,000 (excluding the customers acquired in Alberta). This level of customer aggregation was achieved in the quarter which includes the expected reduction in customer aggregation in all markets during the December holiday season.

The Fund's published targets for fiscal 2005 were gross additions of 260,000 and net additions of 160,000.For the nine months ended December 31, 2004, the Fund has gross additions of 225,000 and net additions of 140,000 (excluding the customers acquired in Alberta).
-----------------------------------------------------------
          -----------------------------------------------------------
                                                    Failed
                                                        to
           Beginning  Additions  Acquired   Attri-   Renew     Ending
                                            tion(1)    (2)
          -----------------------------------------------------------
          -----------------------------------------------------------
Gas
---
Ontario      653,000     21,000         -   24,000   7,000    643,000
New Markets
 - Canada(3)  47,000     30,000    23,000    1,000       -     99,000
Illinois      21,000     16,000         -    1,000       -     36,000
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Total -
 Gas         721,000     67,000    23,000   26,000   7,000    778,000
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Electricity
----------
Ontario      375,000     10,000         -    7,000       -    378,000
Alberta            -          -    45,000        -       -     45,000
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Total -
 Electricity 375,000     10,000    45,000    7,000       -    423,000
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Total -
 Combined  1,096,000     77,000    68,000   33,000   7,000  1,201,000
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

(1) Attrition - Customers whose contracts were terminated primarily
    due to relocation

(2) Failure to Renew - Customers who did not renew expiring contracts
    at the end of their  term

(3) Quebec, British Columbia, Manitoba and Alberta



Key terms:

Long Term Customers - Customers that management expects to retain.

RCE - 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 Ontario household.

Customers Not Expected to Renew

In addition to the long term customers, Energy Savings has an additional 111,000 customers (42,000 gas and 69,000 electricity) which were acquired through various acquisitions of customer contracts. Management believes that the vast majority of the customers in this category will not renew upon the expiration of their current contract.These customers generate substantially less margin than typically realised on customers aggregated by Energy Savings and generally have less than 2.5 years remaining until the end of their contract. Included in the above balance are 22,000 gas and 45,000 electricity customers from the EPCOR acquisition that are in the Not Expected to Renew category, as management estimated that approximately 50% of the customers acquired will not renew upon the expiration of their contract.

Marketing

Gas

Ontario

As noted in the table above, total gross customer additions were 21,000 customers during the quarter and 74,000 for the nine month period ended December 31, 2004.Additions for the quarter reflect the expected slowdown For articles with similar titles, see Slow Down (disambiguation).
A slowdown is an industrial action in which employees perform their duties but seek to reduce productivity or efficiency in their performance of these duties.
 in agent marketing during the holiday season.

The Fund remains on track to achieve its fiscal 2005 published target of 100,000 gas customer additions in Ontario (74% to date). As was made clear at the time the target was set, this level of growth in Ontario will offset expected attrition Attrition

The reduction in staff and employees in a company through normal means, such as retirement and resignation. This is natural in any business and industry.

Notes:
 and failure to renew in Ontario.Management believes the Province of Ontario continues to be a growth market and the natural gas market continues to be receptive receptive /re·cep·tive/ (re-cep´tiv) capable of receiving or of responding to a stimulus.  towards the Energy Savings' product.Ontario gas customers signed during the period were matched with supply to generate margins at or above Energy Savings' $170 per year gas target margin.

New Markets - Canada Canada (kăn`ədə), independent nation (2001 pop. 30,007,094), 3,851,787 sq mi (9,976,128 sq km), N North America. Canada occupies all of North America N of the United States (and E of Alaska) except for Greenland and the French islands of

New markets include the aggregation of customers outside the Province of Ontario, which presently include Manitoba, Quebec, British Columbia and Alberta.Energy Savings began offering its product in Manitoba in January January: see month.  2003, in Quebec in April 2004, and in British Columbia in July 2004.Energy Savings entered the Alberta market in December 2004 through the acquisition of 23,000 long term gas customers from EPCOR. Total customers aggregated in Manitoba, Quebec and British Columbia were 30,000 for the quarter and 68,000 for the nine months ended December 31, 2004, surpassing the fiscal 2005 target of 60,000 gross RCEs (113%).The gas customers added through marketing efforts during the period were matched with supply to generate margins at or above Energy Savings' $170 per year target margin. The book of customers acquired from EPCOR generates margins which are lower than Energy Savings' standard target margins. It is the Company's expectation that margins for renewing re·new  
v. re·newed, re·new·ing, re·news

v.tr.
1. To make new or as if new again; restore: renewed the antique chair.

2.
 acquired customer or aggregating new customers in Alberta will be consistent with our target $170/RCE margin in the other Canadian markets.

All new customers secured in Alberta will undergo a credit verification See verify.

verification - The process of determining whether or not the products of a given phase in the life-cycle fulfil a set of established requirements.
 process performed by EPCOR.The credit process will be approved in advance by Energy Savings. The historical default rate in Alberta for utility bills is approximately 0.8%.

New Markets - U.S.

Energy Savings aggregated 16,000 RCEs in the State of Illinois during the quarter and 37,000 RCEs for the nine months ended December 31, 2004 (74% of the published annual target).The ramp up Ramp Up

To increase a company's operations in anticipation of increased demand.

Notes:
A company might 'ramp up' operations if they just signed a contract creating substantially more demand for their product.
See also: Demand, Economies of Scale
 of marketing efforts continued with the opening of a third sales office on October 15, 2004. Based on current aggregation rates and the current size of the sales force, management believes that the published 50,000 gross customer addition target for fiscal 2005 will be surpassed by March 31, 2005.The Illinois gas customers signed during the period were matched with supply to generate margins at or above Energy Savings' $120 per year target margin for Illinois.

The Illinois gas market requires the Company to bear the credit risk associated with customers' payment obligations.The default payment rate in the Nicor territory is approximately 1.1%.Energy Savings maintains a strong credit approval process to mitigate mit·i·gate
v.
To moderate in force or intensity.



miti·gation n.
 the risk of customer non-payment non-payment
Noun

failure to pay money owed

non-payment nNichtzahlung f, Zahlungsverweigerung f

non-payment n
. Even though the Fund has implemented a credit approval process, given Energy Savings is new to the Illinois marketplace, management has chosen to provide an allowance of approximately $0.08 million (calculated using Nicor's default rate) against potential uncollectible accounts Uncollectible account

An account which cannot be collected by a company because the customer is not able to pay or is unwilling to pay.
.

Electricity

Ontario

Total gross electricity additions were 10,000 for the quarter and 46,000 for the nine months ended December 31, 2004, (92% of the published annual target). The third quarter saw lower levels of customer aggregation than in previous quarters which more accurately reflect management's expectation given the current state of the electricity market in Ontario. The Company continues to monitor the implementation of Bill 100 and the related regulations that will govern the re-opening of the electricity retail market in Ontario. It is expected that some element of the market will re-open in the spring of 2005.The electricity customers signed during the period were matched with supply to generate margins at or above Energy Savings' $100 per year target margin.See "Outlook" for potential electricity customer opportunities.

Alberta

Energy Savings entered the Alberta electricity market through the acquisition of 45,000 long term customers in December 2004. This book of customers is matched with supply to generate margins which are lower than Energy Savings' standard margins.

Attrition

Attrition in the natural gas customer book for the quarter was an annualised 14% compared to 7% in the previous quarter. Management believes that attrition will vary on a quarterly basis as it is only recognised annually, based on when customers started to flow. The volatility Volatility

1. A statistical measure of the tendency of a market or security to rise or fall sharply within a period of time.

2. A variable in option pricing formulas that denotes the extent to which the return of the underlying asset will fluctuate between now and the
 in attrition over the past four quarters reflects the Fund's expectations. The average attrition in the natural gas customer book remained at an annualised 10% for the nine months ended December 31, 2004, on target with the Fund's planning basis.

Attrition for the electricity customer book was an annualised 7%, reflecting the fact that the majority of electricity customers are commercial, a group which has a much lower propensity to move. Overall, the combined annual attrition for both gas and electricity was below the 10% customer attrition Customer attrition, also known as customer churn, customer turnover, or customer defection, is a business term used to describe loss of clients or customers.  rate used for internal purposes. Management continues to monitor attrition to ensure its 10% rate remains appropriate for planning purposes.

Selling Expenses

Selling expenses, which primarily consist of upfront costs of signing new customers, were $11.3 million for the quarter and $31.0 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2004, compared to $8.4 million and $23.8 million respectively for the prior comparable periods.The increase in selling expenses (35% for the quarter) is attributable to the combination of an increase in aggregated customers (approximately 30% of the 35% increase) and an increase in the aggregation cost per Ontario gas customer (approximately 5% of the 35% increase) versus the prior comparative periods.The aggregation costs for each additional gas customer are approximately $160 in Ontario, $140 in New Markets - Canada, $90 in the U.S. and $85 for each additional electricity customer.

General and Administrative Costs

General and administrative costs were $7.0 million for the quarter and $21.6 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2004.These costs were up 34% from the prior comparative quarter and 10% from the second quarter.The increase in general and administrative costs over the same comparable period was primarily driven by the costs associated with the expansion into new markets, including Manitoba, Quebec, British Columbia and Illinois, as well as planning costs for other new markets and the EPCOR acquisition. Management believes it currently has the infrastructure in place to support the Fund's continued growth in these new markets.Entry into a new market generally requires the addition of $2-3 million in annual incremental Additional or increased growth, bulk, quantity, number, or value; enlarged.

Incremental cost is additional or increased cost of an item or service apart from its actual cost.
 general and administrative costs, the majority of which will be ongoing.

Unit Based Compensation

Compensation in the form of units (non-cash) granted by the Fund to the directors, officers, full-time full-time
adj.
Employed for or involving a standard number of hours of working time: a full-time administrative assistant.



full
 employees and service providers of its subsidiaries and affiliates pursuant to the Unit Option Plan, the Unit Appreciation Rights Plan and the Directors' Deferred Compensation Plan amounted to $0.7 million for the quarter and $2.2 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2004 versus $1.5 million and $4.2 million for the prior comparative periods.

Management Incentive Program

Each of the holders of the Class A Preference Shares is entitled en·ti·tle  
tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles
1. To give a name or title to.

2. To furnish with a right or claim to something:
 to receive, on a quarterly basis, a management bonus equal to the amount paid or payable to a Unitholder on a comparable number of units.The total amount expensed was $2.2 million for the quarter and $6.9 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2004, versus 2.3 million and 6.5 million for the prior comparative periods.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

On November 1, 2004, OESC and USESC entered into a $60.0 million operating credit facility agreement with a group of financial institutions (the "lenders") for a term of 364 days plus a one year term-out option.All obligations under the former $10.0 million credit facility have been terminated ter·mi·nate  
v. ter·mi·nat·ed, ter·mi·nat·ing, ter·mi·nates

v.tr.
1. To bring to an end or halt:
 and all outstanding letters of credit have been transferred to the new credit facility.As at quarter end, a total of $6.2 million in letters of credit have been issued to suppliers in support of future commodity purchases.No amounts have been drawn against the operating credit facility as at December 31, 2004.

The new operating credit facility will be used to meet working capital requirements as the Fund continues to expand into the Alberta market and other new markets within the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. .To complement the new operating credit facility, Coral Energy Canada Inc. and the lenders have entered into an intercreditor agreement whereby Coral Energy Canada Inc. and the lenders jointly hold security over a majority of the assets of the Energy Savings Group of Companies.

Primary sources of liquidity and capital resources for the Fund are monies generated from operations, cash on hand, the operating credit facility and the ability to issue units. These resources are used to satisfy our capital requirements, growth in operations and payment of Unitholder distributions.Cash inflow in·flow  
n.
1. The act or process of flowing in or into: an inflow of water; an inflow of information.

2.
 from operations totaled $20.9 million for the quarter and $57.1 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2004, an increase of 4% from the prior comparable periods. The increase is primarily attributable to the increase in gross margin year over year as a result of an increase in the number of flowing customers.

During the quarter, Energy Savings acquired both gas and electricity long term fixed price contracts in Alberta at a purchase price of $10.3 million, which was funded out of cash on hand. The primary uses of cash beyond selling costs and the acquisition of EPCOR customers included the Unitholder distributions totaling $20.5 million and $58.5 million and general and administrative costs of $7.0 million and $21.6 million for the three and nine month period ended December 31, 2004 respectively.These uses of cash are consistent with the overall business strategy of the Fund.

At December 31, 2004, the Fund had a cash balance of $22.2 million.Our entry into new markets will require the utilisation of some of the Fund's accumulated ac·cu·mu·late  
v. ac·cu·mu·lat·ed, ac·cu·mu·lat·ing, ac·cu·mu·lates

v.tr.
To gather or pile up; amass. See Synonyms at gather.

v.intr.
To mount up; increase.
 cash resources to meet working capital requirements associated with selling costs and inventory storage requirements.The $60.0 million credit facility will also support the Fund in its expansion into new markets.

Energy Savings purchased capital assets capital assets n. equipment, property, and funds owned by a business. (See: capital, capital account)  totaling $1.8 million for the quarter and $4.1 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2004.The purchases were primarily for information technology systems supporting the Fund's entry into new markets.Capital asset additions are anticipated to remain at this level for the fourth quarter as further information technology developments will be required to support the Fund's expanding customer base within the various geographical ge·o·graph·ic   also ge·o·graph·i·cal
adj.
1. Of or relating to geography.

2. Concerning the topography of a specific region.



ge
 segments.

In understanding the Fund's liquidity requirements, it is important to note that customers aggregated in a quarter do not generate cash flow during that period. However, approximately 60% of an agent's commission payment is made following reaffirmation re·af·firm  
tr.v. re·af·firmed, re·af·firm·ing, re·af·firms
To affirm or assert again.



re
 with the remaining 40% being paid after the energy commodity begins flowing to the customer.

The elapsed e·lapse  
intr.v. e·lapsed, e·laps·ing, e·laps·es
To slip by; pass: Weeks elapsed before we could start renovating.

n.
 period between the times when a customer is signed to when the first payment is received from the customer varies with each market. The time delays per market are approximately:
Ontario - Electricity           2-3 months
Ontario - Gas                   4-5 months
Manitoba                        3-6 months
Quebec                          4-5 months
British Columbia                4-6 months
Illinois                        2-3 months



These periods reflect the time required by the different LDCs to enroll TO ENROLL. To register; to enter on the rolls of chancery, or other court's; to make a record. , flow the commodity, bill the customer and remit To transmit or send. To relinquish or surrender, such as in the case of a fine, punishment, or sentence.

An individual, for example, might remit money to pay bills.


TO REMIT. To annul a fine or forfeiture.
     2.
 the first payment to Energy Savings.

Distributions

Distributions amounted to $22.7 million ($0.21 per unit) and $66.1 million ($0.62 per unit) for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2004, an increase of 15% and 16% respectively.At the end of the quarter, the annual rate for distributions per unit was $0.865.

The annual rate of distribution was subsequently increased to $0.885 effective for the distribution payable in April, 2005.

Balance Sheet December 31, 2004 compared to March 31, 2004

As is normal at the end of the third quarter, most gas delivered to the LDCs was not consumed by our customers.Since the Fund is paid for this gas when delivered yet recognises revenue only when the gas is consumed by the customer, the result on the balance sheet is gas delivered and paid for in excess of consumption in the amount of $70.0 million and deferred revenues of $87.3 million.

Other assets other assets

Assets of relatively small value. For financial reporting purposes, firms frequently combine small assets into a single category rather than listing each item separately.
 and liabilities represent the estimated fair value of various derivative derivative: see calculus.
derivative

In mathematics, a fundamental concept of differential calculus representing the instantaneous rate of change of a function.
 financial instruments for which hedge accounting Why is hedge accounting necessary?
Many financial institutions and corporate businesses (entities) use derivative financial instruments to hedge their exposure to different risks (eg interest rate risk, foreign exchange risk, commodity risk, etc).
 in accordance Accordance is Bible Study Software for Macintosh developed by OakTree Software, Inc.[]

As well as a standalone program, it is the base software packaged by Zondervan in their Bible Study suites for Macintosh.
 with AcG-13 Hedging hedging, in commerce, method by which traders use two counterbalancing investment strategies so as to minimize any losses caused by price fluctuations. It is generally used by traders on the commodities market.  Relationships has not been applied.These assets and liabilities are marked to market and any changes to the fair value are recorded in other income (expense). Hedge accounting has been applied to the Fund's electricity fixed-for-floating swaps which represent the vast majority of derivative instruments Derivative instruments

Contracts such as options and futures whose price is derived from the price of an underlying financial asset.
 in terms of notional value Notional Value

The total value of a leveraged position's assets. This term is commonly used in the options, futures and currency markets because in them a very little amount of invested money can control a large position (have a large consequence for the trader).
. The gains or losses on these swaps are recognised as a component of cost of sales when the hedged hedge  
n.
1. A row of closely planted shrubs or low-growing trees forming a fence or boundary.

2. A line of people or objects forming a barrier: a hedge of spectators along the sidewalk.
 electricity costs are incurred.See "Fair Value of Derivative Instruments and Risk Management" for further details.

The increase in accounts receivable accounts receivable n. the amounts of money due or owed to a business or professional by customers or clients. Generally, accounts receivable refers to the total amount due and is considered in calculating the value of a business or the business' problems in paying  from $18.6 million to $58.7 million and accounts payable from $13.3 million to $50.0 million is primarily attributable to the acquisition of customer contracts from EPCOR on December 1, 2004.In the Province of Alberta, Energy Savings receives payments directly from customers, not the LDC. Energy Savings will pay EPCOR for the commodity, transportation and service fees. In this regard, both accounts receivable and accounts payable balances will be higher compared to the other markets. Management expects the balances will further increase in the fourth quarter.

As outlined in the financial statements, to complement the new operating credit facility, Coral and the lenders have entered into an intercreditor agreement whereby Coral and the lenders ("Secured Creditors One who holds some special monetary assurance of payment of a debt owed to him or her, such as a mortgage, collateral, or lien. ") jointly hold security over a majority of the assets of the Fund. All LDC receipts are now directed to the Collateral collateral (kəlăt`ərəl), something of value given or pledged as security for payment of a loan. Collateral consists usually of financial instruments, such as stocks, bonds, and negotiable paper, rather than physical goods, although  Agent, one of the financial institutions in the syndicate Syndicate

organized crime unit throughout major cities of the United States. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2018]

See : Gangsterism
. The Collateral Agent holds the monies in trust in a lock box account for the Secured Creditors. All commodity suppliers invoice Energy Savings directly. On a monthly basis, Energy Savings will direct the Collateral Agent to deduct de·duct  
v. de·duct·ed, de·duct·ing, de·ducts

v.tr.
1. To take away (a quantity) from another; subtract.

2. To derive by deduction; deduce.

v.intr.
 the cost of commodity and related costs from the lock box account and remit the remaining proceeds to Energy Savings.

The entry into Alberta as well as the intercreditor agreement will result in the increase in both accounts receivable and accounts payable. Under the previous Supplier arrangement, the net accounts receivable (Canadian LDC receipts less cost of supply) was remitted to Energy Savings on a monthly basis. This increase is simply an administrative reclassification Reclassification

The process of changing the class of mutual funds once certain requirements have been met. These requirements are generally placed on load mutual funds. Reclassification is not considered to be a taxable event.
 and does not reflect an increase in risk for uncollectible Adj. 1. uncollectible - not capable of being collected; "a bad (or uncollectible) debt"
bad

invalid - having no cogency or legal force; "invalid reasoning"; "an invalid driver's license"
 amounts.

Related Party Transactions

On April 1, 2003, the Fund, through its subsidiary OESC, entered into Marketing Fee Payment Agreements ("Marketing Agreements") with three officers. The Marketing Agreements expire expire /ex·pire/ (ek-spi´er)
1. to exhale.

2. to die.


ex·pire
v.
1. To breathe one's last breath; die.

2. To exhale.
, at the earliest on March 31, 2007. Each person is entitled to receive annual marketing fees or commissions equal to the greater of an individual's percentage of Energy Savings' incremental gross margin and an individual's specified spec·i·fy  
tr.v. spec·i·fied, spec·i·fy·ing, spec·i·fies
1. To state explicitly or in detail: specified the amount needed.

2. To include in a specification.

3.
 guaranteed amount, payable on March 31 in each year, as to, 50% in cash and 50% in fully paid unit appreciation rights ("UARs") which vest on the first, second and third anniversary day of the grant date when they become exchangeable units on a one for one basis.

Contractual Obligations

In the normal course of business, the Fund is obligated ob·li·gate  
tr.v. ob·li·gat·ed, ob·li·gat·ing, ob·li·gates
1. To bind, compel, or constrain by a social, legal, or moral tie. See Synonyms at force.

2. To cause to be grateful or indebted; oblige.
 to make future payments.These obligations represent contracts and other commitments that are known and non-cancelable.
Payments due by period               Less                       After
(thousands of dollars)               than      1 - 3    4 - 5       5
                           Total   1 year      years    years   years
                          ------   ------     ------   ------  ------
                          ------   ------     ------   ------  ------

Property & equipment
 lease agreements         13,957    1,888      4,003    3,939   4,127
Marketing Agreements
 Obligation                6,123    2,041      4,082        -       -
EPCOR billing, collection
 & supply agreements      13,600    1,400     10,800    1,400       -
Gas & electricity
 Supply purchase
 commitments           2,179,534  195,209  1,255,636  636,653  92,036
                      -----------------------------------------------
                       2,212,214  200,538  1,274,521  641,992  96,163
                      -----------------------------------------------
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Alberta Services Agreements

Energy Savings through its subsidiary, ES Alta L.P., entered into a long term arrangement with subsidiaries of EPCOR effective December 1, 2004. The arrangement includes a five year Master Services Agreement, a Wholesale Natural Gas and Financial Electricity Swap See HomeRF.

(operating system) swap - To move a program from fast-access memory to a slow-access memory ("swap out"), or vice versa ("swap in"). The term often refers specifically to the use of a hard disk (or a swap file) as virtual memory or "swap space".
  Agreement, a Prudential Prudential is the name of two different companies and buildings named after them:

Companies:
  • Prudential plc is a United Kingdom-based financial services company.
  • Prudential Financial, Inc.
 Support Agreement and supply agreements (as a result of the acquired customers). As specified in these agreements, on behalf of ES Alta L.P., EPCOR will:

1. Provide gas and electricity supply up to a predetermined pre·de·ter·mine  
v. pre·de·ter·mined, pre·de·ter·min·ing, pre·de·ter·mines

v.tr.
1. To determine, decide, or establish in advance:
  volume threshold The point at which a signal (voltage, current, etc.) is perceived as valid.  for future marketing requirements in addition to providing the energy supply for the acquired customers.

2. Post and monitor any credit support requirements with the Alberta Electric System Operator ("AESO AESO Alberta Electric System Operator
AESO Acrylated Epoxidized Soybean Oil
AESO Advanced Engineering Supplemental Order
AESO Army Experimentation Site Officer (US Army) 
"), wire service providers and gas distributors.ES Alta LP will pay EPCOR a fee for the credit support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services .If and to the extent that there is a collateral call by the secured parties, ES Alta LP will either post directly or reimburse re·im·burse  
tr.v. re·im·bursed, re·im·burs·ing, re·im·burs·es
1. To repay (money spent); refund.

2. To pay back or compensate (another party) for money spent or losses incurred.
 EPCOR.

3. Provide customer call centre services, financial reporting and reconciliation, customer enrollment and billing and collection services.The services will be provided for customers secured in the Province of Alberta only.Energy Savings has established defined performance levels for each of the service areas. To the extent service levels are not achieved, ES Alta LP has the right to certain payments or to terminate Terminate (terminat.exe) was a shareware modem terminal and host program for MS-DOS and compatible operating systems developed from the early to the late 1990s by the Dane Bo Bendtsen. The last release (5.  the Master Service Agreement.

Fair Value of Derivative Instruments and Risk Management

Energy Savings hedges its obligations to deliver gas and electricity to its customers through entering into physical and financial derivative instruments which lock in the cost of its supply.These derivative instruments currently consist of physical gas forward contracts, financial fixed-for-floating swaps and put and call options.

Effective April 1, 2004, the Fund was required to implement an accounting standard that calls for the recognition of financial derivative instruments in the financial statements unless certain requirements for hedge accounting are fulfilled ful·fill also ful·fil  
tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils
1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises.

2.
 and documentation is maintained.If these requirements are fulfilled and adequate documentation is maintained by the Fund, then the financial derivative instrument Noun 1. derivative instrument - a financial instrument whose value is based on another security
derivative

legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument - (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
 is eligible for hedge accounting and recognised at the same time as the revenue it was intended to hedge.If the requirements for hedge accounting are not met, the financial derivative is an economic hedge and the fair value of the financial instrument must be determined and recorded in the balance sheet. Differences between fair values for each reporting period are booked to the Statement of Operations See Income statement.  as other income (expense).

Energy Savings has primarily entered into financial derivative instruments that are eligible for hedge accounting. These continue to be recognised in the Statement of Operations when the related energy costs are incurred provided they continue to meet the requirements of the new standard.There are, however, some financial derivative instruments that do not qualify and are therefore classified as economic hedges.As at December 31, 2004, Energy Savings had booked the fair value of these economic hedges, $5.8 million in other assets and $1.7 million in other liabilities other liabilities

Small and relatively insignificant liabilities. For financial reporting purposes, firms often combine small liabilities into this single category rather than listing each liability separately.
 with the associated income (expense) recorded in other income in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

The Fund's physical derivative instruments are not covered not covered Health care adjective Referring to a procedure, test or other health service to which a policy holder or insurance beneficiary is not entitled under the terms of the policy or payment system–eg, Medicare. Cf Covered.  by these new requirements and continue to be recognised at the time of delivery.

Trust Units of the Fund and Preference Shares of OESC

As at February 2, 2005, the number of preference shares of OESC and Units of the Fund outstanding were 10,168,695 and 94,951,614 respectively.

Outlook

Bill 100, The Electricity Restructuring restructuring - The transformation from one representation form to another at the same relative abstraction level, while preserving the subject system's external behaviour (functionality and semantics).  Act, 2004 received Royal Assent in England, the assent of the sovereign to a bill which has passed both houses of Parliament, after which it becomes law.

See also: Assent
 on December 9, 2004. The Act provides the Ontario Energy Board The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) is a Crown corporation responsible for regulating natural gas and electricity utilities in the province of Ontario, Canada. This includes setting rates and approving the Independent Electricity Market Operator (IMO)'s budget and fees.  with the authority to administer To give an oath, as to administer the oath of office to the president at the inauguration. To direct the transactions of business or government. Immigration laws are administered largely by the Immigration and Naturalization Service.  a market-based pricing plan for small business (1.5 million RCEs) and residential consumers (4.0 million RCEs) which ensures that consumers pay the true cost of power over time. The Ontario Energy Board contemplates implementation of the new pricing plan on or about April 1, 2005.While final details of the OEB See Open eBook.  pricing plan have not been finalised, including which consumers will be eligible for the plan, Energy Savings stands to benefit by offering its competitive long term electricity offering to a larger number of consumers.

Energy Savings was granted a natural gas and an electricity license in Alberta to enable it to market gas and electricity contracts in Alberta. The Alberta gas and electricity markets are open for both residential and commercial customers and Energy Savings anticipates the commencement of marketing activities in February 2005.

As discussed above, the new markets of Quebec, British Columbia and Illinois have not generated significant margin to date.Based on customers signed to date and matching commodity supply, management believes that, beginning in Q4, margins from new markets will begin to be realised.

Energy Savings continues to actively monitor the progress of the deregulated markets in various jurisdictions including Indiana Indiana, state, United States
Indiana, midwestern state in the N central United States. It is bordered by Lake Michigan and the state of Michigan (N), Ohio (E), Kentucky, across the Ohio R. (S), and Illinois (W).
, New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
, Virginia Virginia, state, United States
Virginia, state of the south-central United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), North Carolina and Tennessee (S), Kentucky and West Virginia (W), and Maryland and the District of Columbia (N and NE).
 and Maryland Maryland (mâr`ələnd), one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States. It is bounded by Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean (E), the District of Columbia (S), Virginia and West Virginia (S, W), and Pennsylvania (N). .

With the continued growth in customers and corresponding margin, it is anticipated that Energy Savings may become taxable in the upcoming quarter. Energy Savings continues to explore options to reduce potential future income taxes.

Energy Savings has been and remains a marketing company.While the Fund has more than 1.2 million customer equivalents under long term contracts at locked-in margins, its future results are dependent upon its ability to continue to add new customers both in existing and future new markets. Management believes that these growth opportunities will continue to exist.

Forward-Looking for·ward-look·ing
adj.
Concerned with or making provision for the future: forward-looking educators; a forward-looking corporate plan.

Adj. 1.
 Information

This Management Discussion and Analysis contains certain forward-looking information statements pertaining to customer additions that are based on the Fund's current expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions that were made by management given recent experience and historical trends. Forward-Looking statements are based on current expectations that involve a number of risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those anticipated.
ENERGY SAVINGS INCOME FUND
                                         CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

                                   (Unaudited - thousands of dollars)

                                                               AS AT
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                                        December 31,       March 31,
                                                2004            2004

ASSETS

CURRENT
  Cash                                     $  22,189       $  40,241
  Restricted cash (Note 4)                     5,862           7,163
  Accounts receivable                         58,677          18,627
  Gas delivered in excess of consumption      70,023               -
  Gas in storage (Note 5)                      2,789               -
  Unbilled revenues                                -          37,495
  Prepaid expenses                             1,985           1,803
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                                             161,525         105,329

GAS CONTRACTS (less accumulated
  amortization - $186,082;
  March 31, 2004 - $149,363)                  57,899          90,730

ELECTRICITY CONTRACTS
  (less accumulated amortization
  - $2,116; March 31, 2004 - $890)             9,603           4,448
GOODWILL                                      94,576          94,576
CAPITAL ASSETS
  (less accumulated amortization
  - $2,850; March 31, 2004 - $1,702)           9,467           6,493
OTHER ASSETS (Note 2a)                         5,836               -
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                                           $ 338,906       $ 301,576
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LIABILITIES

CURRENT
  Accounts payable and accrued liabilities $  50,030       $  13,318
  Customer rebates payable (Note 4)            5,862           7,163
  Management incentive program payable         1,164           1,218
  Unit distribution payable                    6,835           6,103
  Corporate taxes payable                        140             485
  Deferred revenues                           87,333               -
  Accrued gas accounts payable                     -          30,410
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                                             151,364          58,697

OTHER LIABILITIES (Note 2a)                    1,695               -

FUTURE INCOME TAXES                           17,182          29,856
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                                             170,241          88,553
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EQUITY
  Preference shares of OESC (Note 8)          25,422          29,078
  Trust units (Note 9)                       137,687         177,323
  Contributed surplus (Note 10)                5,556           6,622
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                                             168,665         213,023
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                                           $ 338,906       $ 301,576
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                      CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF UNITHOLDERS' EQUITY

                                   (Unaudited - thousands of dollars)

                                FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31
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                                                2004            2003

UNITHOLDERS' EQUITY, BEGINNING OF PERIOD   $ 177,323       $ 208,078

Trust units exchanged                          3,656             833

Trust unit options exercised                  10,434          11,625

NET INCOME (LOSS)                              5,545         (3,863)

DISTRIBUTIONS                               (59,271)        (50,741)

CLASS B PREFERENCE DISTRIBUTIONS
 EXCHANGEABLE INTO TRUST UNITS                     -           1,532
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UNITHOLDERS' EQUITY, END OF PERIOD         $ 137,687       $ 167,464
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                               CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

            (Unaudited - thousands of dollars except per unit amount)
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                            Three months ended     Nine months ended
                                   December 31           December 31

                               2004       2003       2004       2003

SALES                     $ 213,649  $ 181,803  $ 514,012  $ 420,199

COST OF SALES              173,947     147,458    420,647    348,879
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GROSS MARGIN                39,702      34,345     93,365     71,320
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EXPENSES
  General and
   administrative expenses   7,041       5,244     21,576     13,177
  Capital tax                  (3)         175        497        848
  Selling expenses          11,327       8,407     30,965     23,802
  Unit based
   compensation (Note 10)      749       1,542      2,184      4,171
  Management incentive
   program                   2,197       2,250      6,875      6,503
  Amortization of gas
   contracts                12,413      14,171     36,720     41,360
  Amortization of
   electricity contracts       692         283      1,226        781
  Amortization of
   capital assets              438         267      1,148        700
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                            34,854      32,339    101,191     91,342
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INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE
 OTHER INCOME                4,848       2,006    (7,826)   (20,022)
OTHER INCOME                 1,115          44      1,215        364
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INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE
 INCOME TAX                  5,963       2,050    (6,611)   (19,658)

PROVISION FOR (RECOVERY OF)
 INCOME TAX                    324     (1,822)   (12,156)   (15,795)
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NET INCOME (LOSS)          $ 5,639     $ 3,872    $ 5,545  $ (3,863)
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Net income (loss) per unit
 (Note 12)

   Basic                   $  0.06     $  0.04    $  0.06  $  (0.06)
   Diluted                 $  0.06     $  0.04    $  0.06  $  (0.06)



                               CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

                                   (Unaudited - thousands of dollars)
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                            Three months ended     Nine months ended
                                   December 31           December 31

                              2004        2003       2004       2003

NET INFLOW (OUTFLOW) OF
 CASH RELATED TO THE
 FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES

OPERATING
  Net income (loss)       $ 5,639      $ 3,872    $ 5,545  $ (3,863)
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  Items not affecting cash
   Amortization of
    gas contracts           12,413      14,171     36,720     41,360
   Amortization of
    electricity contracts      692         283      1,226        781
   Amortization of
    capital assets             438         267      1,148        700
   Unit based compensation     749       1,542      2,184      4,171
   Future income taxes        (29)     (1,911)   (12,674)   (16,209)
   Other income            (1,558)          -     (1,483)         -
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                            12,705      14,352     27,121     30,803
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   Adjustments required to
    reflect net cash receipts
    from gas sales           2,536       1,911     24,395     28,154
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  Cash inflow from
    operations              20,880      20,135     57,061     55,094
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   Changes in non-cash
    working capital          (109)     (1,615)    (9,366)    (6,289)
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                            20,771      18,520     47,695     48,805
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FINANCING
  Exercise of trust
   unit options              1,921           -      7,183      8,548
  Distributions paid
   to Unitholders         (20,472)    (16,910)   (58,539)   (48,165)
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                          (18,551)    (16,910)   (51,356)   (39,617)
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INVESTING
  Purchase of
    capital assets         (1,779)       (755)    (4,122)    (2,255)
  Acquisition of customer
    contracts             (10,269)     (4,006)   (10,269)   (11,393)
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                          (12,048)     (4,761)   (14,391)   (13,648)
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NET CASH OUTFLOW           (9,828)     (3,151)   (18,052)    (4,460)
CASH, BEGINNING OF PERIOD   32,017      33,413     40,241     34,722
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CASH, END OF PERIOD       $ 22,189    $ 30,262   $ 22,189   $ 30,262
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Supplemental Information

  Interest paid           $     35    $     53   $     69   $     97
  Income taxes paid       $    363    $      -   $    863   $    575


ENERGY SAVINGS INCOME FUND

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited - thousands of dollars except where indicated and per
 unit amount)
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1. INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements do not conform in all respects to the requirements of Canadian generally accepted accounting principles The standard accounting rules, regulations, and procedures used by companies in maintaining their financial records.

Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) provide companies and accountants with a consistent set of guidelines that cover both broad accounting
 for annual financial statements and should therefore be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto there·to  
adv.
1. To that, this, or it.

2. Archaic In addition to that; furthermore.


thereto
Adverb

Formal

1. to that or it

2.
 included in the Fund's annual report for fiscal 2004. The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared by management in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles applicable to interim consolidated financial statements and follow the same accounting policies and methods in their applications as the most recent annual financial statements, except as indicated in Note 2.

2. NEW ACCOUNTING POLICIES

(a) Other Assets (Liabilities)

Effective April 1, 2004, the Fund adopted the new Canadian New Canadian
Noun

Canad a recent immigrant to Canada
 accounting guideline guideline Medtalk A series of recommendations by a body of experts in a particular discipline. See Cancer screening guidelines, Cardiac profile guidelines, Gatekeeper guidelines, Harvard guidelines, Transfusion guidelines.  AcG-13, Hedging Relationships and EIC-128, Accounting for Trading, Speculative Speculative

Securities that involve a high level of risk.


speculative

Of or relating to an asset or a group of assets with uncertain returns. The greater the degree of uncertainty the more speculative the asset.
 or Non-Hedging Derivative Financial Instruments. As a result, the Fund's various derivative financial instruments have been accounted for under AcG-13 where they meet the guideline's criteria criteria (krītēr´ē),
n.
. Otherwise, they have been recognised at fair value in the financial statements in accordance with EIC-128.

For derivative financial instruments accounted for under AcG-13, the Fund formally documents the relationship between hedging instruments and the hedged items, as well as its risk management objective and strategy for undertaking various hedge transactions. This process includes linking all derivative financial instruments to anticipated transactions. The Fund also formally assesses, both at the hedge's inception INCEPTION. The commencement; the beginning. In making a will, for example, the writing is its inception. 3 Co. 31 b; Plowd. 343. Vide Consummation; Progression.  and on an ongoing basis, whether the derivative financial instruments that are used in hedging transactions are highly effective in offsetting changes in cash flows of the hedged items.

The Fund enters into hedges of its cost of sales relating to relating to relate prepconcernant

relating to relate prepbezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc 
 its fixed price electricity sales by entering into fixed-for-floating electricity swap contracts with electricity suppliers. The Fund uses the settlement method of hedge accounting for these swap contracts whereby the gain or loss incurred upon settlement is recognised in cost of sales. The timing of these settlements matches the timing of the recognition of the anticipated electricity sales which these swaps hedge. Changes in the fair value of these swaps are not recognised in the financial statements.

Derivative financial instruments accounted for in accordance with EIC-128 have been entered into for the purpose of economically ec·o·nom·i·cal  
adj.
1. Prudent and thrifty in management; not wasteful or extravagant. See Synonyms at sparing.

2. Intended to save money, as by efficient operation or elimination of unnecessary features; economic:
  hedging the cost of sales relating to the Fund's fixed price gas sales. These derivative financial instruments have been recorded on the balance sheet as either an other asset or other liability measured at fair value, with changes in fair value recognised in income as other income (expense). These changes in fair value may be referred to as mark to market gains (losses). In addition, the premiums and settlements for these derivative financial instruments are recognised in cost of sales, when incurred. A gain of $1,558 and $1,483 has been recorded in other income for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2004 as a result of the changes in fair value of these derivative financial instruments (see Note 11).

(b) Employee Future Benefits

On October 1, 2004 and effective April 1, 2004 the Fund established a long term incentive plan (the "Plan") for all permanent full time and part time Canadian employees (working more than 20 hours per week) of its affiliates and subsidiaries. The Plan consists of two components, a Deferred Profit Sharing profit sharing, arrangement by which employees receive, in addition to their wages, a share of the net profits of a business. The purpose is to give them an incentive to increase their output through enhanced morale, less wasteful use of materials, better care of  Plan ("DPSP DPSP Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (Canada)
DPSP Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (AccesDirect Financial Products)
DPSP Dairy Price Support Program
DPSP Developments in Power System Protection
") and an Employee Profit Sharing Plan ("EPSP EPSP

excitatory postsynaptic potential.

EPSP Excitatory postsynaptic potential Physiology A graded depolarization of a postsynaptic membrane in response to stimulation by a neurotransmitter; EPSPs can be summated but transmitted only over short
"). For participants of the DPSP, the Fund contributes an amount equal to a maximum of 2% per annum Per annum

Yearly.
 of an employee's base earnings. For the EPSP, the Fund contributes an amount up to a maximum of 2% per annum of an employee's base earnings towards the purchase of trust units of the Fund, on a matching one for one basis.

Participation in either plan is voluntary. The plan has a two year vesting Vesting

The process by which employees accrue non-forfeitable rights over employer contributions that are made to the employee's qualified retirement plan account.

Notes:
 period beginning from the later of the plan's effective date and the employee's starting date. The cost of the Fund's contribution to the plan is expensed as services are rendered by each employee. An expense of $103 and $289 has been recorded for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2004.

3. SEASONALITY OF OPERATIONS

The Fund's operations are seasonal. Gas consumption by customers is typically highest in the fall and winter quarters the quarters of troops during the winter; a winter residence or station.

See also: Winter
, October through March and lowest in the spring and summer quarters, April through September September: see month. . Electricity consumption is typically highest in the winter and summer quarters, January through March and July through September. Electricity consumption is lowest in the fall and spring quarters, October through December and April through June June: see month. .

4. RESTRICTED CASH/CUSTOMER REBATES PAYABLE

Restricted cash represents rebate rebate, partial refund of the total price paid for goods or services. In the United States, rebates were historically given by railroads to favored shippers as a return on transportation charges.  monies received from Local Distribution Companies (LDCs) as provided by the Independent Market Operator (IMO "In my opinion." See IMHO and digispeak.

IMO - IMHO
). Ontario Energy Savings Corp ("OESC") is obligated to disperse disperse /dis·perse/ (dis-pers´) to scatter the component parts, as of a tumor or the fine particles in a colloid system; also, the particles so dispersed.

dis·perse
v.
1.
 the monies to eligible end-use customers in accordance with the Market Power Mitigation MITIGATION. To make less rigorous or penal.
     2. Crimes are frequently committed under circumstances which are not justifiable nor excusable, yet they show that the offender has been greatly tempted; as, for example, when a starving man steals bread to satisfy
 Agreement as part of OESC's Retailer License conditions.

5. GAS IN STORAGE

Gas in storage represents the gas delivered to Nicor ("the Illinois LDC"). The balance will fluctuate as gas is injected in·ject·ed
adj.
1. Of or relating to a substance introduced into the body.

2. Of or relating to a blood vessel that is visibly distended with blood.



injected

1. introduced by injection.

2. congested.
 or withdrawn from storage. Injections occur in the spring and summer quarters, April through September and withdrawals occur during the fall and winter quarters, October through March. Gas in storage is stated at the lower of cost and net realisable value.

6. ACQUISITION OF CUSTOMER CONTRACTS

On December 1, 2004, Energy Savings purchased effective November 1, 2004, approximately 45,000 residential customer equivalents (RCEs) of deregulated gas customers and 90,000 RCEs of deregulated electricity customers from EPCOR Utilities Inc ("EPCOR"), the Edmonton Edmonton (ĕd`məntən), city (1991 pop. 616,741), provincial capital, central Alta., Canada, on the North Saskatchewan River. The center of the largest metropolitan area in Alberta, Edmonton, known as the "Gateway to the North," is located  based integrated energy services and utility holding company.
The purchase price has been allocated as follows:

Assets acquired:
Gas contracts                          $ 3,888
Electricity contracts                    6,381
                                       -------
                                       $10,269
                                       -------
                                       -------

Consideration:

Cash                                   $10,269
                                       -------
                                       -------



The entire purchase price will be amortized over the average remaining life of the contracts.

7. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTION

On April 1, 2003, the Fund, through its subsidiary OESC, entered into Marketing Fee Payment Agreements ("Marketing Agreements") with three officers (see Note 15(b)). The Marketing Agreements expire, at the earliest, on March 31, 2007. Each person is entitled to receive annual marketing fees or commissions equal to the greater of an individual's percentage of Energy Savings' incremental gross margin and an individual's specified guaranteed amount, payable on March 31 in each year, as to, 50% in cash and 50% in fully paid unit appreciation rights ("UARs"), which vest on the first, second and third anniversary day of the grant date when they become exchangeable into units on a one for one basis. In the event of a change of control; i) each officer is entitled to a lump sum Lump sum

A large one-time payment of money.
 payment declining to zero at March 31, 2007 and ii) all UARs vest and are exchangeable into units on a one for one basis.

8. PREFERENCE SHARES OF OESC

Authorised Adj. 1. authorised - endowed with authority
authorized

lawful - conformable to or allowed by law; "lawful methods of dissent"

legitimate - of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful


Unlimited Class A preference shares, non-voting non-voting adj non-voting shares → azioni fpl senza diritto di voto , exchangeable into trust units on a one to one basis in accordance with the OESC shareholders' agreement shareholders' agreement n. an employment agreement among the shareholders of a small corporation permitting a shareholder to take a management position with the corporation without any claim of conflict of interest or self-dealing against the shareholder/manager. , with no priority on dissolution Act or process of dissolving; termination; winding up. In this sense it is frequently used in the phrase dissolution of a partnership.

The dissolution of a contract is its Rescission by the parties themselves or by a court that nullifies its binding force and reinstates each
.

Unlimited Class B preference shares, non-voting, exchangeable into trust units at a price of $2.50 per Class B preference share together with all accrued ac·crue  
v. ac·crued, ac·cru·ing, ac·crues

v.intr.
1. To come to one as a gain, addition, or increment: interest accruing in my savings account.

2.
 and unpaid dividends Unpaid dividend

A dividend declared by the directors of a corporation that has not yet been paid.


unpaid dividend

1. A declared dividend that has not yet been paid.

2. See passed dividend.
 in accordance with the OESC shareholders' agreement, with no priority on dissolution. Pursuant to the terms of the OESC shareholders' agreement, all outstanding shareholder exchange rights relating to Class B preference shares were exercised by January 1, 2004. Consequently, there are no Class B preference shares outstanding.

Pursuant to the "Declaration of Trust" which governs the Fund, the holders of Class A and Class B preference shares are entitled to vote in all votes of Unitholders as if they were the holders of the number of units which they would receive if they exercised all of their shareholder exchange rights.
2004                2003
                                      -----               -----
                                      -----               -----
Issued and Outstanding          Shares        $      Shares        $

Class A Preference Shares
-------------------------
Balance, beginning
 of period                  11,631,178   29,078  11,827,478   29,569
Cancelled/exchanged
 into units                (1,462,483)  (3,656)   (140,038)    (350)
                            ----------   ------  ----------   -------
Balance, end of period      10,168,695   25,422  11,687,440   29,219
                            ----------   ------  ----------   -------
Class B Preference Shares
-------------------------
Balance, beginning of period         -        -   1,652,128    4,130
Cancelled/exchanged into units       -        -   (193,260)    (483)
                            ----------   ------  ----------   -------
Balance, end of period               -        -   1,458,868    3,647
                            ----------   ------  ----------   -------
Combined balance,
 end of period              10,168,695   25,422  13,146,308   32,866
                            ----------   ------  ----------   -------
                            ----------   ------  ----------   -------

9. TRUST UNITS

An unlimited number of units may be issued. Each unit is
transferable, voting and represents an equal undivided beneficial
interest in any distributions from the Fund whether of net income,
net realised capital gains or other amounts, and in the net assets
of the Fund in the event of termination or winding-up of the Fund.

                                        2004                2003
                                       -----               -----
                                       -----               -----
                                 Units        $       Units        $
Balance, beginning
 of period                  91,093,142  177,323  86,038,534  208,078
Options exercised            2,379,322   10,434   2,619,984   11,625
Exchanged from Class A
 preference shares           1,462,483    3,656     140,038      350
Exchanged from Class B
 preference shares                   -        -     193,260      483
Additional units from
 exchange of Class B
 preference shares                   -        -      10,620      226
Net income (loss)                    -    5,545           -  (3,863)
Distributions                        - (59,271)           - (50,741)
Class B preference
 distributions paid                  -        -           -    (226)
Class B preference distributions
 exchangeable into units             -        -           -    1,532
                            ----------  -------  ----------  --------

Balance, end of period      94,934,947  137,687  89,002,436  167,464
                            ----------  -------  ----------  --------



10. UNIT PLANS

(a) Unit option plan

The Fund grants awards under its 2001 unit option plan to directors, officers, full-time employees and service providers (non-employees) of its subsidiaries and affiliates. In accordance with the unit option plan and as a result of the unit splits which took effect July 29, 2002 and January 30, 2004, the Fund may grant options to a maximum of 11,300,000 units. As at December 31, 2004 there were 1,189,166 options still available for grant under the plan. Of the options issued, 2,351,505 options remain outstanding at quarter end. The exercise price of the unit options equals the closing market price of the Fund's units on the last business day preceding the grant date. The unit options will vest over periods ranging from three to five years from the grant date and expire after five or ten years from the grant date.

A summary of the changes in the Fund's unit option plan during the nine month period and status at December 31, 2004 is outlined below:
Outstanding  Range of Exercise  Weighted     Weighted
                    Options        prices        average      average
                                                exercise   grant date
                                               price(1) fair value(2)

Balance, beginning
 of period        4,651,660   $2.50 - $15.45       $5.17
Granted             115,000  $15.50 - $17.48      $17.11     $2.67
Forfeited/
 cancelled         (35,833)  $11.25 - $16.58      $11.62
Exercised       (2,379,322)  $2.50 - $10.68       $3.02
                 ----------
Balance,
 end of period    2,351,505   $2.50 - $17.48       $7.83
                 ----------
                 ----------

(1)The weighted average exercise price is calculated by dividing
   the exercise price of options granted by the number of options
   granted.

(2)The weighted average grant date fair value is calculated by
   dividing the fair value of options granted by the number of
   options granted.


                     Options Outstanding         Options Exercisable
---------------------------------------------------------------------
                                Weighted  Weighted           Weighted
                                 Average   Average            Average
Range of Exercise     Number   Remaining  Exercise  Number   Exercise
Prices           Outstanding Contractual     Price  Exerci-     Price
                                    Life              sable

  $2.50 -  $3.24     213,332        1.35     $2.55   213,332    $2.55
  $4.24 -  $6.09   1,124,674        2.09     $5.06    41,333    $4.93
  $7.29 -  $7.58     100,000        2.48     $7.52    13,333    $7.29
  $8.75 - $12.17     785,999        7.40    $11.82   256,666   $11.91
 $14.25 - $17.48     127,500        4.38    $16.83     3,333   $14.25
                   ---------                          -------
Balance, end
 of period         2,351,505        3.94     $7.83   527,997    $7.48
                   ---------                         -------
                   ---------                         -------

Options Available for Grant

Available for grant           11,300,000
Less: granted in
 prior years                (10,913,000)
Add: cancelled/forfeited
 in prior years                  881,333
                              ----------
Balance, beginning of period   1,268,333
Less: granted during
 the period                    (115,000)
Add: cancelled/forfeited
 during the period                35,833
                              ----------
Balance, end of period         1,189,166
                              ----------
                              ----------

The Fund uses a binomial option pricing model to estimate the fair
values. The binomial model was chosen because of the yield
associated with the units. Fair values of employee unit options are
estimated at grant date. Fair values of non-employee unit options
are estimated and revalued each reporting period until a
measurement date is achieved. The following weighted average
assumptions have been used in the valuations:

Risk free rate                     3.4 - 5.6%
Expected volatility                22.80% - 26.18%
Expected life                      3 - 5 years
Expected distributions             $0.30 - $0.865 per year



(b) Unit appreciation rights

The Fund grants awards under its 2004 unit appreciation rights plan to senior officers or service providers of its subsidiaries and affiliates in the form of fully paid UARs. In accordance with the unit appreciation rights plan, the Fund may grant UARs to a maximum of 1,000,000. As at December 31, 2004 there were 950,408 UARs still available for grant under the plan. Except as otherwise provided, (i) the UARs vest from two to five years from the grant date, (ii) expire no later than ten years from the grant date, (iii) a holder of UARs is entitled to distributions as if a UAR UAR
abbr.
United Arab Republic
 were a unit, and (iv) when vested vested adj. referring to having an absolute right or title, when previously the holder of the right or title only had an expectation. Examples: after 20 years of employment Larry Loyal's pension rights are now vested. (See: vest, vested remainder) , the holder of a UAR may exchange one UAR for one unit.

UARs Available for Grant
Available for grant                        1,000,000
Less: granted during the period             (49,592)
                                           ----------
Balance, end of period                       950,408
                                           ----------
                                           ----------


(c) Deferred unit grants

The Fund grants awards under its 2004 Directors' deferred compensation plan to all independent directors of OESC. In accordance with the deferred compensation plan, the Fund may grant deferred unit grants ("DUGs") to a maximum of 100,000. The DUGs vest the earlier of the date of the Director's resignation or three years following the date of grant and expire ten years following the date of grant. As of December 31 2004, there were 93,106 DUGs available for grant under the plan.

DUGs Available for Grant
Available for grant                          100,000

Less: granted during the period              (6,894)
                                           ----------
Balance, end of period                        93,106
                                           ----------
                                           ----------



Total amounts credited to contributed surplus in respect of unit-based compensation awards, UARs and DUGs amounted to $749 for the three months ended December 31, 2004 (2003 - $1,542), and $2,184 for the nine months ended December 30, 2004 (2003 - $4,171).

Total amounts reclassified from contributed surplus to units with respect to the awards exercised during the three months ended December 31, 2004 amounted to $164 (2003 - $nil) and $3,250 for the nine months ended December 31, 2004 (2003 - $3,077).

Cash received from options exercised for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2004 amounted to $1,921 (2003 - $nil) and $7,184 (2003 - $8,548), respectively.

11. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

(a) Fair value

The Fund has a variety of gas and electricity supply contracts that are considered derivative financial instruments. The fair value of derivative financial instruments is the estimated amount the Fund would pay or receive to dispose of To determine the fate of; to exercise the power of control over; to fix the condition, application, employment, etc. of; to direct or assign for a use.

See also: Dispose
 these supply contracts in the market. Management has estimated the value of electricity and gas swap contracts using a discounted cash flow method which employs a forward curve compiled by management for electricity and market information for gas (electricity information is based on market). Gas options have been valued using the Black option value model using the implied volatility Implied volatility

The expected volatility in a stock's return derived from its option price, maturity date, exercise price, and riskless rate of return, using an option pricing model such as Black-Scholes.
 from other market traded gas options.

At December 31, 2004, the Fund had electricity fixed-for-floating swap contracts designated as hedges of the Fund's anticipated cost of sales to which it has committed with the following terms:
Notional volumes (peak and flat)      5 - 75 MW/h
Total estimated notional volume
 (peak, flat and load following)      11,253,873 MW
Maturity dates                        January 31, 2005 - May 31, 2011
Fixed price per MW (in dollars)       $39.25 - $78.50
Fair value                            $24,804 gain
Notional value                        $644,680



Since hedge accounting has been applied to these swaps, no recognition of the mark to market gain has been recognised in these financial statements. The electricity fixed for floating contracts related to the Province of Alberta are load following, wherein where·in  
adv.
In what way; how: Wherein have we sinned?

conj.
1. In which location; where: the country wherein those people live.

2.
 the quantity of electricity contained in the supply contract "follows" the usage of customers designated by the supply contract. Notional no·tion·al  
adj.
1. Of, containing, or being a notion; mental or imaginary.

2. Speculative or theoretical.

3.
  volumes associated with these contracts are estimates and subject to change with customer usage requirements.

At December 31, 2004, the Fund has a fixed-for-floating gas swap contract which has been marked to market with the following terms:
Notional volume                       1,000 GJ/day
Total notional volume                 334,000 GJ
Maturity date                         November 30, 2005
Fixed price per GJ (in dollars)       $5.23
Fair value                            $351 gain
Notional value                        $1,747



The loss of $307 and gain of $351 for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2004 respectively has been recorded in other assets with its offsetting value being recorded in other income.

At December 31, 2004, the Fund has a floating-for-fixed gas swap contract which has been marked to market with the following terms:
Notional volume                       1,000 GJ/day
Total notional volume                 334,000 GJ
Maturity date                         November 30, 2005
Fixed price per GJ (in dollars)       $7.26
Fair value                            $375 gain
Notional value                        $2,425



The gain of $375 for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2004 respectively has been recorded in other assets with its offsetting value being recorded in other income.

At December 31, 2004, the Fund had other gas puts and calls in Manitoba which have been marked to market with the following terms:
Notional volume                  125 - 400 GJ/day
Total notional volume            892,400 GJ
Maturity dates                   January 31, 2005 - October 31, 2008
Fixed price per GJ (in dollars)  $5.48 - $5.55
Fair value                       $946 loss



The gain of $91 and the loss of $946 for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2004 respectively have been recorded in other liabilities with its offsetting value being recorded in other income. The fair value of the options is net of the present value of premiums which have yet to be paid.

At December 31, 2004, the Fund had other gas puts and calls in Alberta which have been marked to market with the following terms:
Notional volume                  500 - 114,000 GJ/month
Total notional volume            2,680,000 GJ
Maturity dates                   January 31, 2005 - October 31, 2009
Fixed price per GJ (in dollars)  $5.50 - $7.20
Fair value                       $749 loss



The loss of $749 for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2004 has been recorded in other liabilities with its offsetting value being recorded in other income. The fair value of the options is net of the present value of premiums which have yet to be paid.

At December 31, 2004, the Fund had other gas put and call options in the United States which have been marked to market with the following terms:
Notional volume                  500 - 45,000 MmBTU/month
Total notional volume            5,541,500 MmBTU
Maturity dates                   January 31, 2005 - February 28, 2010
Fixed price per MmBTU
 (in dollars)                    $7.13 - $8.30 (US$5.50 - US$6.40)
Fair value                       $206 loss (US$171)



The fair value is net of prepaid pre·pay  
tr.v. pre·paid, pre·pay·ing, pre·pays
To pay or pay for beforehand.



pre·payment n.
 premiums of $2,658. These premiums are included in other assets. The loss of $511 and $206 for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2004 has been recorded in other liabilities with its offsetting value being recorded in other income.

These derivative financial instruments create a credit risk for the Fund since they have been transacted with a limited number of counterparties Counterparties

The parties on either side of an interest rate swap or a currency, equity or commodity swap, or to an options or futures position.
. Should any counterparty Counterparty

The other participant, including intermediaries, in a swap or contract.
 be unable to fulfill ful·fill also ful·fil  
tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils
1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises.

2.
 its obligations under the contracts, the Fund may not be able to realise the other asset balance recognised in the financial statements.

The Fund's physical gas supply contracts are not considered derivative financial instruments and a fair value has therefore not been assessed.

The carrying value Carrying Value

Also know as "book value," it is a company's total assets minus intangible assets and liabilities, such as debt.

Notes:
This is different than market value, as it can be higher or lower depending on the circumstances.
 of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities Accrued liabilities are liabilities which have occurred, but have not been paid or logged under accounts payable during an accounting period; in other words, obligations for goods and services provided to a company for which invoices have not yet been received. , management incentive program payable and unit distribution payable approximates their fair value due to their short term liquidity.

(b) Interest rate risk

On November 1, 2004, OESC and U.S. Energy Savings Corp. (each a direct and indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Fund) entered into a $60,000 operating credit facility agreement with a group of financial institutions for a term of 364 days plus a one year term-out option. The operating line of credit bears interest at bank prime plus 0.5% and letters of credit bear interest at 1.5%. All obligations under the former $10,000 credit facility have been terminated and all outstanding letters of credit have been transferred to the new credit facility. The new operating credit facility will be used to meet working capital requirements as the Fund continues to expand into new markets. Total letters of credit outstanding as at December 31, 2004 amount to $6,188.

To complement the new operating credit facility, Coral Energy Inc. ("Coral") and the lenders have entered into an intercreditor agreement whereby Coral and the lenders ("Secured Creditors") jointly hold security over a majority of the assets of the Fund. All LDC receipts are directed to the Collateral Agent, one of the financial institutions in the syndicate. The Collateral Agent holds the monies in trust in a lock box account for the Secured Creditors. All commodity suppliers invoice Energy Savings directly. On a monthly basis, Energy Savings will direct the Collateral Agent to deduct the cost of commodity from the lock box account and remit the remaining proceeds to Energy Savings.

(c) Foreign currency risk

The Fund has an exposure to foreign currency exchange rates, as a result of its investment in U.S. operations. Changes in the applicable exchange rate may result in a decrease or increase in income. A non-cash loss of $537 and $643 for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2004 has been recorded in other income.
12.  INCOME (LOSS) PER UNIT

                             Three months ended     Nine months ended
                                 December 31           December 31

                                 2004      2003      2004        2003
Basic income (loss) per unit
----------------------------
Net income (loss)             $ 5,639   $ 3,872   $ 5,545   $ (3,863)
Class B preference
 distributions exchangeable
 into units                         -     (281)         -     (1,532)
                              -------   -------   -------   ---------
Net income (loss) available
 to Unitholders               $ 5,639   $ 3,591   $ 5,545   $ (5,395)
                              -------   -------   -------   ---------
Average number of
 units outstanding             94,700    89,002    93,432      88,108
                              -------   -------   -------   ---------
Basic income (loss)
 per unit                      $ 0.06    $ 0.04    $ 0.06    $ (0.06)
                              -------   -------   -------   ---------
                              -------   -------   -------   ---------

Diluted income (loss)
 per unit (1)
---------------------
Net income (loss)             $ 5,639   $ 3,872   $ 5,545   $ (3,863)
Management incentive program
 (net of tax - 36%)             1,406     1,440     4,400       4,162
                              -------   -------   -------   ---------
Diluted income available to
 Unitholders                  $ 7,045   $ 5,312   $ 9,945       $ 299
                              -------   -------   -------   ---------
Average number of
 units outstanding             94,700    89,002    93,432      88,108
Dilutive effect of:
 Class A preference shares     10,169    11,687    11,071      11,733
 Class B preference shares          -     1,459         -       1,555
 Class B preference shares
  additional unit entitlement       -        59         -          59
 Unit options                   1,448     3,138     1,642       3,552
 Unit appreciation rights          50         -        50           -
                              -------   -------   -------   ---------
Units outstanding on a
 diluted basis                106,367   105,345   106,195     105,007
                              -------   -------   -------   ---------
Diluted income (loss)
 per unit                      $ 0.06    $ 0.04    $ 0.06    $ (0.06)
                              -------   -------   -------   ---------
                              -------   -------   -------   ---------

(1) Conversion of exchangeable securities is anti-dilutive to income
    (loss) per unit for the three and nine month periods ended
    December 31, 2004 and 2003.



13. REPORTABLE BUSINESS SEGMENTS

The Fund operates in two reportable business segments, which are the reselling of gas and electricity to end-use customers. The Fund operates in two geographic geographic /geo·graph·ic/ (je?o-graf´ik) in pathology, of or referring to a pattern that is well demarcated, resembling outlines on a map.

geographic

pertaining to geography.
 areas, Canada and the United States. The results from operations in the United States were insignificant for the three month and nine month periods ended December 31, 2004 and therefore have not been separately disclosed dis·close  
tr.v. dis·closed, dis·clos·ing, dis·clos·es
1. To expose to view, as by removing a cover; uncover.

2. To make known (something heretofore kept secret).
.

The Fund evaluates segment performance based on gross margin.

The Fund's business segments are strategic business units that offer a distinct product. Each geographic segment has senior level executives responsible for the performance of the segment.

The following tables present the Fund's results from continuing operations continuing operations

Parts of a business that are expected to be maintained as an ongoing segment of an overall business operation. Income and losses from continuing operations are reported separately if any segments have been discontinued during the
 by reportable segment:
3 months ended December 31, 2004

                           Gas  Electricity   Corporate  Consolidated

Sales from external
 customers and third
 parties             $ 143,759     $ 69,890  $       -    $   213,649
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Gross Margin         $  29,706     $  9,996  $       -    $    39,702
Expenses                     -            -    (34,854)      (34,854)
Other income                 -            -       1,115         1,115
Provision for
 income tax                  -            -       (324)         (324)
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Net income (loss)     $ 29,706      $ 9,996  $ (34,063)   $     5,639
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Additions to capital
 assets               $    522      $     1  $    1,256   $     1,779
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

3 months ended December 31, 2003

                           Gas  Electricity   Corporate  Consolidated

Sales from external
 customers and third
 parties             $ 124,797   $   57,006   $       -   $   181,803
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Gross Margin          $ 26,381   $    7,964   $       -   $    34,345
Expenses                     -           -     (32,339)      (32,339)
Other income                 -           -           44            44
Recovery of
 Income tax                  -           -        1,822         1,822
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Net income (loss)     $ 26,381   $   7,964    $(30,473)   $     3,872
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Additions to capital
 assets               $    180   $      85    $     490   $       755
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------


Nine months ended
 December 31, 2004         Gas  Electricity   Corporate  Consolidated

Sales from external
 customers and third
 parties            $  322,344   $  191,668   $       -   $   514,012
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Gross Margin        $   65,268   $   28,097   $       -   $    93,365
Expenses                     -            -      (101,191)  (101,191)
Other income                 -            -         1,215       1,215
Recovery of
 income tax                  -            -        12,156      12,156
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Net income (loss)   $   65,268   $   28,097   $  (87,820) $     5,545
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Additions to
 capital assets     $    1,906   $       57   $    2,159  $     4,122
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Total goodwill      $   94,576   $       -    $        -  $    94,576
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Total assets        $  260,616   $   35,486   $   42,804  $   338,906
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Nine months ended
 December 31, 2003         Gas  Electricity   Corporate  Consolidated

Sales from external
 customers and third
 parties            $  267,805   $   152,394  $       -   $   420,199
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Gross Margin        $   52,228   $    19,092  $       -   $    71,320
Expenses                     -             -   (91,342)      (91,342)
Other income                 -             -        364           364
Recovery of
 income tax                  -             -     15,795        15,795
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Net income (loss)   $   52,228   $    19,092  $(75,183)   $   (3,863)
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Additions to
 capital assets     $      185   $       385  $   1,685   $     2,255
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Total goodwill      $   94,576   $         -  $       -   $    94,576
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Total assets        $  276,303   $    16,180  $  39,284   $   331,767
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------



14. GUARANTEES

(a) Officers and Directors

Corporate indemnities have been provided by the Fund to all directors and certain officers of its subsidiaries and affiliates for various items including, but not limited to, all costs to settle suits or actions due to their association with the Fund and its subsidiaries and/or and/or  
conj.
Used to indicate that either or both of the items connected by it are involved.

Usage Note: And/or is widely used in legal and business writing.
 affiliates, subject to certain restrictions. The Fund has purchased directors' and officers' liability insurance directors' and officers' liability insurance

A type of insurance taken to protect a firm's directors and officers against lawsuitsmainly suits instituted by unhappy shareholders of the firm.
 to mitigate the cost of any potential future suits or actions. Each indemnity Recompense for loss, damage, or injuries; restitution or reimbursement.

An indemnity contract arises when one individual takes on the obligation to pay for any loss or damage that has been or might be incurred by another individual.
, subject to certain exceptions, applies for so long as the indemnified person is a director or officer of one of the Fund's subsidiaries and/or affiliates. The maximum amount of any potential future payment cannot be reasonably estimated.

(b) Operations

In the normal course of business, the Fund and/or the Fund's subsidiaries and affiliates have entered into agreements that include guarantees in favour Favor or favour (see spelling differences) may be
  • Party favor
  • Sexual favor
  • Wedding favor
  • Help or assistance, sometimes with the tacit expectation of reciprocation in the future. See also .
 of third parties, such as purchase and sale agreements, leasing agreements and transportation agreements. These guarantees may require the Fund and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates to compensate counterparties for losses incurred by the counterparties as a result of breaches in representation and regulations or as a result of litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute.

When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation.
 claims or statutory sanctions Sanctions is the plural of sanction. Depending on context, a sanction can be either a punishment or a permission. The word is a contronym.

Sanctions involving countries:
 that may be suffered by the counterparty as a consequence of the transaction. The maximum amount of these liabilities is estimated to be $15,000.
15. COMMITMENTS

(a) Commitments for premises and equipment under operating lease
    obligation for each of the next five years are as follows:

             2005      $    1,888
             2006           1,991
             2007           2,011
             2008           2,008
             2009           1,932
                       ----------
                       $    9,830
                       ----------
                       ----------

(b) Commitments under the Marketing Agreements for each of the next
    three years are as follows:

             2005      $    2,041
             2006           2,041
             2007           2,041
                       ----------
                       $    6,123
                       ----------
                       ----------

(c) Commitments under the Master Service agreement with EPCOR for
    each of the next four years are as follows (see Note 16):

             2005      $    1,400
             2006           5,400
             2007           5,400
             2008           1,400
                       ----------
                       $   13,600
                       ----------
                       ----------

(d) Commitments under long-term gas and electricity contracts with
    various suppliers for each of the next five years are as follows:

             2005      $  195,209
             2006         705,905
             2007         549,731
             2008         407,732
             2009         228,921
                       ----------
                       $2,087,498
                       ----------
                       ----------



Energy Savings is also committed under long-term Long-term

Three or more years. In the context of accounting, more than 1 year.


long-term

1. Of or relating to a gain or loss in the value of a security that has been held over a specific length of time. Compare short-term.
 contracts with customers to supply gas and electricity. These contracts have various expiry dates expiry date expire ndate f d'expiration;
(on label) → à utiliser avant ...

expiry date expire nAblauftermin m 
 and renewal options.

16. ALBERTA SERVICES AGREEMENTS

On December 1, 2004, Energy Savings, through its subsidiary Alberta Energy Savings L.P. ("ES Alta LP"), entered into long term arrangements with subsidiaries of EPCOR. These arrangements include a five year Master Services Agreement, a Wholesale Natural Gas and Financial Electricity Swap Agreement, a Prudential Support Agreement and supply agreements (in respect of the acquired customers).

(a) Master Services Agreement

ES Alta LP and EPCOR have entered into a Master Services Agreement. Services to be provided include customer call centre services, financial reporting and reconciliation, customer enrollment and billing and collection services. The services will be provided for customers secured in the Province of Alberta only. Energy Savings has established defined performance levels for each of the service areas. To the extent service levels are not achieved, ES Alta LP has the right to certain payments or to terminate the Master Service Agreement.

(b) Wholesale Natural Gas Purchase and Financial Electricity Swap Agreement

In addition to providing the energy supply for the acquired customers, EPCOR will provide gas and electricity supply up to a predetermined volume threshold for ES Alta LP's future marketing requirements.

(c) Prudential Support Agreement

EPCOR will post and monitor, on behalf of ES Alta LP, any credit support requirements with the Alberta Electric System Operator ("AESO"), wire service providers and gas distributors. ES Alta LP will pay EPCOR a fee for the credit support services. If and to the extent that there is a collateral call by the secured parties, ES Alta LP will either post directly or reimburse EPCOR.

The Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE)

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 has neither approved nor disapproved of the contents of this release.

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