TransAlta reports second-quarter profit, revenue up from a year ago

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CALGARY - TransAlta Corp. reported its second-quarter profit and revenue were up compared with a year ago.

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CALGARY – TransAlta Corp. reported its second-quarter profit and revenue were up compared with a year ago.

The company says its profit attributable to common shareholders amounted to $35 million or 12 cents per diluted share for the quarter ended June 30.

The result compared with a loss of $112 million or 38 cents per diluted share for the second quarter of 2025.

A TransAlta wind farm is shown near Pincher Creek, Alta., Wednesday, March 9, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
A TransAlta wind farm is shown near Pincher Creek, Alta., Wednesday, March 9, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Revenue for the quarter totalled $487 million, up from $433 million a year earlier.

Power production totalled 4,720 gigawatt hours for the quarter, down from 4,813 GWh a year ago.

On an adjusted basis, TransAlta says it earned 18 cents per share in its latest quarter, unchanged from the same quarter last year.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 31, 2026.

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Note to readers:This is a corrected story. A previous version referred to the first quarter as the comparison in the third graf, when it should’ve referred to the second quarter of last year.

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