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Western Wind Energy Corp. (WND)
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Western Wind Energy to launch billion-dollar countersuit against Pacific Hydro Limited

Toronto Stock Exchange (Venture) Symbol: "WND"
NASDAQ OTC: Symbol: "WNDEF"
Issued and Outstanding: 23,760,789

COQUITLAM, BC, Nov. 14 /CNW/ - Western Wind Energy is pleased to announce
that it will launch a series of countersuits against Pacific Hydro Limited of
Australia seeking compensation and damages in excess of $1 billion.
Pacific Hydro had acquired by January 27, 2006, 6 million common shares
of Western Wind Energy and 6 million share purchase warrants. Pacific Hydro
owns approximately 25.2% of the issued capital of Western Wind Energy
Corporation. As Western Wind Energy is a reporting issuer in both the United
States and in Canada, Pacific Hydro is an insider, a related party and a
control person.
At the September 25, 2006 annual general meeting of the shareholders of
Western Wind Energy, all of the directors of Western Wind Energy voted in
favor of the control resolution for the benefit of Pacific Hydro Limited
however, the majority of the non-PHL shareholders voted against the resolution
thereby limiting Pacific Hydro's voting power from 25.2% to 19.99%.
Notwithstanding this resolution, Pacific Hydro was at that meeting, and
remains, the largest single shareholder of Western Wind Energy. Pacific Hydro
Limited with the effect to exercise its voting rights, had the complete
control of every other voting item on the Agenda. Specifically, Pacific
Hydro's 19.99% voting rights were greater than the sum total of all the other
shareholders voting at the meeting, including management, whether by proxy or
in person. For further certainty, Pacific Hydro voted down a resolution to
modify the stock option incentive plan rewarding employees and consultants of
the Company. Pacific Hydro demonstrated at the meeting and by those acts that
it could vote down any measure, at its sole desire, even at 19.99%. By
definition of the Securities Act in both Canada and the United States, Pacific
Hydro is a control person of Western Wind Energy and is subject to all the
rules and regulations that govern the conduct and actions of such control
person(s).
After Pacific Hydro became a control person, Pacific Hydro entered into
numerous negotiations and agreements with Western Wind Energy. Pacific Hydro
has failed to provide the adequate documentation of all such agreements that
are necessary for Western Wind Energy to file and obtain shareholder approval
for these significant "related party" transactions.
Several days ago, Pacific Hydro commenced litigation against Western
Wind, and threatened to seize, encumber, obstruct and convert major assets of
Western Wind Energy. Without shareholder and other applicable approvals, such
acts to seize, convert, obstruct and encumber assets of a reporting issuer by
an insider, related party and control person are serious contraventions of the
Securities Act in Canada and the United States.
Pacific Hydro has sole voting control of all matters of Western Wind
Energy and as of September 25, 2006, has exercised such voting control to the
objections of management.
Pacific Hydro did not publicly announce its intentions to seize, convert,
obstruct and/or encumber Western Wind Energy's assets prior to Pacific Hydro
issuing its own news release announcing its intention to sell securities of
Western Wind Energy.
Western Wind Energy believes these serious acts committed by Pacific
Hydro are serious contraventions of applicable securities legislation and as
such, Western Wind has notified the securities regulatory agencies in Canada
and will notify the securities regulatory agencies in the United States.
Western Wind will take safe-harbor and rely on Section 1107 of the Sarbanes
Oxley Act of 2002 which states SEC.1107. "(e) whoever knowingly, with the
intent to retaliate, takes any action harmful to any person, including
interference with the lawful employment or livelihood of any person, for
providing to a law enforcement officer any truthful information relating to
the Commission or possible commission of any federal offense, shall be fined
under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both."
The directors and management of Western Wind will take all actions to
protect shareholder assets and maximize shareholder value. Pacific Hydro's
intentions are to take Western Wind's assets for its own use, to the detriment
of all the minority shareholders. This conduct by Pacific Hydro as an insider,
related party and control person is prohibited.

Western Wind Energy currently produces clean renewable electrical energy
from over 500 wind turbine generators located in Tehachapi and San Gorgonio
Pass (Palm Springs), California. Western Wind Energy's annualized energy
output is approximately 75 billion watt hours per year. During the past two
years, Western Wind Energy has executed or acquired over $1 billion of power
sales agreements totaling 169.4 megawatts from the sale of wind energy
electrical generation, to two separate utilities. Western Wind Energy was the
first to execute a "wind" PPA in the State of Arizona, and in California, is
expanding from management's 25-year continuous operating history in the
Tehachapi Pass.
Western Wind Energy is in the business of acquiring suitable land sites,
capital and technology for the production of electricity from wind energy.
Western Wind Energy conducts its operations through its wholly owned
subsidiaries in Arizona and California. Management of Western Wind Energy
includes individuals involved in the operations and ownership of utility scale
wind energy operations in California since 1981.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

"SIGNED"

Jeffrey J. Ciachurski
Chief Executive Officer

The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.

Certain statements included herein are "forward-looking statements" as
defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Management
cautions that forward-looking statements are not guarantees and that actual
results could differ materially from those expressed or implied in the
forward-looking statement. Important factors that could cause the actual
results of operations or financial condition of the Company to differ include,
but are not necessarily limited to, the risks and uncertainties discussed in
documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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