Atlantic Power 10-Q 2018 Q1 Quarterly report

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE

SARBANES‑OXLEY ACT OF 2002

The undersigned officer of Atlantic Power Corporation (the “Company”) hereby certifies to his knowledge that the Company’s  Quarterly Report on Form 10‑Q for the three months ended March 31, 2018 (the “Report”), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and that the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: May 3, 2018	/s/ James J. Moore, Jr.
	James J. Moore, Jr.
	President and Chief Executive Officer