Some of the risks, uncertainties, and factors include, but are not limited to: electricity demand and generation capacity; plant availability; cost and availability of fuel necessary for the production of electricity; legislative and regulatory developments; costs associated with environmental compliance; overall costs; competition; global capital markets activity; changes in prevailing interest rates; currency exchange rates; inflation levels and general economic conditions in geographic areas where we operate; results of financing efforts; changes in counterparty risk and the impact of accounting policies issued by Canadian and United States standard setters.