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<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:28pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:16pt; font-size:14pt; color:#000000" align=center><B>FORM 6-K<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:28pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:16pt; font-size:14pt; color:#000000" align=center><B>Report of Foreign Private Issuer </B></P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:36pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:14pt; font-size:12pt; color:#000000" align=center><B>Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 <BR>
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:24pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:14pt; font-size:12pt; color:#000000">For the month of November, 2002</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000" align=center><U>TRANSALTA CORPORATION</U></P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:14pt; font-size:12pt; color:#000000" align=center>(Translation of registrant&#146;s name into English)</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:12pt; color:#000000" align=center><BR></P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000" align=center><U>110-12<SUP>th</SUP> Avenue S.W., Box 1900, Station &#147;M&#148;, Calgary, Alberta, T2P 2M1</U></P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:12pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:14pt; font-size:12pt; color:#000000" align=center>(Address of principal executive offices)</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:12pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:14pt; font-size:12pt; color:#000000">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:12pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:14pt; font-size:12pt; color:#000000" align=center>Form 20-F____ &nbsp;&nbsp;Form 40-F &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>X &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:12pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:14pt; font-size:12pt; color:#000000">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:12pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:14pt; font-size:12pt; color:#000000" align=center>Yes ..... &nbsp;No ..X...</P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:12pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:12pt; color:#000000">If &#147;Yes&#148; is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): &nbsp;82-________ </P>
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<TABLE style="margin-left:0pt"><TR><TD style="padding-left:7.2pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:7.2pt; padding-bottom:0pt" align=left valign=top width=97.2><P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:12pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:14pt; font-size:12pt; color:#000000">Exhibit 1</P>
</TD><TD style="padding-left:7.2pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:7.2pt; padding-bottom:0pt" align=left valign=top width=541.2><P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:12pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:14pt; font-size:12pt; color:#000000">Material change report dated November 28, 2002.</P>
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<p style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:11pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000" align="center"><b>FORM
27<br>
Securities Act</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:11pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000" align="center"><b>MATERIAL
CHANGE REPORT</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:11pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000" align="center"><b>Section&nbsp;67(1)
of the Securities Act (British Columbia)<br>
Section&nbsp;146(1) of the Securities Act (Alberta)<br>
Section&nbsp;84(1) of the Securities Act (Saskatchewan)<br>
Section&nbsp;75(2) of the Securities Act (Ontario)<br>
Section&nbsp;73 of the Securities Act (Quebec)<br>
Section&nbsp;76(2) of the Securities Act (Newfoundland)</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-13pt; padding-left:72pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-72pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000"><b>Item
1</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:11pt; padding-left:72pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000"><b><u>Reporting
Issuer:</u></b></p>
<p style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding-left:72pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000">TransAlta
Corporation ("TransAlta")<br>
110 - 12th Avenue S.W.</p>
<p style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding-left:72pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000">Calgary,
Alberta &nbsp;T2P 2M1</p>
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<p style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-13pt; padding-left:72pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-72pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000"><b>Item
2</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:11pt; padding-left:72pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000"><b><u>Date
of Material Change:</u></b></p>
<p style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:11pt; padding-left:72pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000">November
22, 2002.</p>
<p style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-13pt; padding-left:72pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-72pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000"><b>Item
3</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:11pt; padding-left:72pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000"><b><u>News
Release:</u></b></p>
<p style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:11pt; padding-left:72pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000">A
news release was issued on November 22, 2002.</p>
<p style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-13pt; padding-left:72pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-72pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000"><b>Item
4</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:11pt; padding-left:72pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000"><b><u>Summary
of Material Change:</u></b></p>
<p style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:11pt; padding-left:72pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000">On
November 22, 2002, TransAlta announced that it has decided to implement a phased
decommissioning of its 586-megawatt (MW) coal-fired Wabamun facility located
west of Edmonton, Alberta; it has decided to advance plant maintenance schedules
for its Alberta thermal power plants; and it cancelled an order for four
natural-gas turbines.</p>
<p style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-13pt; padding-left:72pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-72pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000"><b>Item
5</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:11pt; padding-left:72pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000"><b><u>Full
Description of Material Change:</u></b></p>
<p style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:11pt; padding-left:72pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000">On
November 22, 2002, TransAlta announced that it has decided to implement a phased
decommissioning of its 586-MW coal-fired Wabamun facility located west of
Edmonton, Alberta. The power purchase arrangement (PPA) for the Wabamun facility
expires at the end of 2003. &nbsp;The 150-MW unit three will be removed from
service effective November 29, 2002; units one and two (66-MW each) will be
removed from service in 2004; and the 304-MW unit four will be removed from
service in 2010 when its license expires. As a result of this decision,
TransAlta expects to recognize an accounting charge of approximately $110
million pre-tax in the fourth quarter of 2002.</p>
<p style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:11pt; padding-left:72pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000">TransAlta
also announced that it has decided to advance its Alberta thermal power plant
maintenance schedule to improve reliability and increase availability of the
plants. The short-term result of this decision will be increased costs and
reduced availability of the plant in the fourth quarter, which is expected to
have a pre-tax impact of $18 million in 2002.</p>
<p style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:11pt; padding-left:72pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000">TransAlta
further announced that it has cancelled orders for natural-gas turbines.
&nbsp;As a result, TransAlta expects to record a pre-tax charge of approximately
$42 million in the fourth quarter for deposits paid.</p>
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<p style="text-indent: 0pt; line-height: 13pt; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; margin-left: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 11pt; padding-left: 72pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt" align="left">&lt;PAGE&gt;</p>
<p style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:11pt; padding-left:72pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:11pt; padding-left:72pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000">The
aggregate impact of these three initiatives on fourth quarter results will be
after-tax charges of approximately $110 million, or $0.65 per common share.
&nbsp;Fourth quarter results are therefore expected to be a loss of $50 to $60
million ($0.30 to $0.35 per common share), bringing expected 2002 reported
earnings, including the gain on sale of the transmission assets, to between
$1.05 and $1.10 per share.</p>
<p style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-13pt; padding-left:72pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-72pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000"><b>Item
6</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:11pt; padding-left:72pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000"><b><u>Reliance
on Section&nbsp;146(2) of the Securities Act</u></b></p>
<p style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:11pt; padding-left:72pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000">N/A</p>
<p style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-13pt; padding-left:72pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-72pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000"><b>Item
7</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:11pt; padding-left:72pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000"><b><u>Omitted
Information</u></b></p>
<p style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:11pt; padding-left:72pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000">N/A</p>
<p style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-13pt; padding-left:72pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-72pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000"><b>Item
8</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:11pt; padding-left:72pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000"><b><u>Senior
Officer Knowledgeable about the Material Change and this Report:</u></b></p>
<p style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:11pt; padding-left:72pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000">Ian
A. Bourne<br>
Executive Vice President &amp; Chief Financial Officer<br>
(403)&nbsp;267-7979</p>
<p style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-13pt; padding-left:72pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-72pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000"><b>Item
9</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:11pt; padding-left:72pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000"><b><u>Statement
of Senior Officer:</u></b></p>
<p style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:11pt; padding-left:72pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000">The
foregoing accurately discloses the material change referred to in this report.</p>
<p style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-13pt; padding-left:72pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000">DATED
at Calgary, Alberta, this</p>
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of November, 2002.</p>
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      <p style="margin:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000"><b>TRANSALTA
      CORPORATION</b></p>
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      <p style="margin:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000">By:</p>
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      <p style="margin:0pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:13pt; font-size:11pt; color:#000000">Ian
      A. Bourne</p>
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      Vice President</p>
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      Chief Financial Officer</p>
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IS AN OFFENCE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND THE ALBERTA SECURITIES COMMISSION
RULES FOR A PERSON OR COMPANY TO MAKE A STATEMENT IN A DOCUMENT REQUIRED TO BE
FILED OR FURNISHED UNDER THE ACT OR THE RULES THAT, AT THE TIME AND IN LIGHT OF
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<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:14pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:16pt; font-size:14pt; color:#000000" align=center><B>Signatures</B></P>
<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:24pt; padding:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:14pt; font-size:12pt; color:#000000">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</P>
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<P style="margin-left:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-right:14.4pt; padding-bottom:0pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:14pt; font-size:12pt; color:#000000" align=right>(Registrant)</P>
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