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Clean Energy Fuels Corp

For the period ended Dec 31, 2023. Filed Feb 29, 2024.

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FY2023 · Filed Feb 29, 2024

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Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Stockholders and Board of Directors

Clean Energy Fuels Corp.:

Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Clean Energy Fuels Corp. and subsidiaries (the Company) as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2023 and the related notes and financial statement schedule II (collectively, the consolidated financial statements). In our opinion, based on our audits and the report of the other auditors, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2023, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2023, based on criteria established inInternal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission, and our report dated February 29, 2024 expressed an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

We did not audit the consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 of CE Bp Renew Co, LLC, a 50 percent owned investee company. The Company’s investment in CE Bp Renew Co, LLC was $156.8 million as of December 31, 2022 and its loss from equity method investment of CE Bp Renew Co, LLC was $2.7 million and $0.4 million for the years 2022 and 2021, respectively. The December 31, 2022 financial statements of CE Bp Renew Co, LLC were audited by other auditors whose report has been furnished to us, and our opinion, insofar as it relates to the amounts included for CE Bp Renew Co, LLC, is based solely on the report of the other auditors.

Basis for Opinion

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide and the report of the other auditors provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical Audit Matter

The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate.

Fair value of embedded derivatives and commodity swaps

As discussed in Note 8 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company used the income approach to value its derivative assets and liabilities associated with its embedded derivatives in fueling agreements under its Zero Now truck financing program and the commodity swap contracts used to manage price risks related to these agreements. As of December 31, 2023, the Company recorded derivative assets and liabilities related to the embedded derivatives and commodity swaps of $4,628 thousand and $1,875 thousand, respectively. The Company used a discounted cash flow model to estimate the fair value of these embedded derivatives and commodity swaps, classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy because they are valued using unobservable inputs.

We identified the assessment of the measurement of fair value for the embedded derivatives and commodity swaps as a critical audit matter due to the significant measurement uncertainty associated with the fair value of such instruments. There was a high degree of subjective auditor judgment in assessing the significant unobservable inputs, such as commodity forward curves and differentials applied to the commodity forward curves.

The following are the primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter. We evaluated the design and tested the operating effectiveness of certain internal controls related to the Company’s derivatives process. This included controls related to the (1) development of the significant unobservable inputs, including monitoring of changes to the inputs, and (2) relevance and reliability of observable inputs reasonably available. We inspected the underlying fueling agreements associated with the embedded derivatives, on a sample basis, to evaluate the existence and accuracy of inputs into the valuation model. We also confirmed directly with the counter-party to the commodity swap contracts and inspected the commodity swap contracts to evaluate the existence and accuracy of inputs into the valuation model, including confirming the relevant terms of the commodity swap contracts. We involved financial instrument valuation professionals with specialized skills and knowledge, who assisted in assessing the fair value of the embedded derivatives and commodity swaps by developing an estimate of the fair values of the embedded derivatives and commodity swaps using commodity forward curves and differentials applied to the commodity forward curves obtained from publicly available market data, and compared the results to the Company’s fair value estimates.

/s/KPMG LLP

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2001.

Irvine, California

February 29, 2024

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Stockholders and Board of Directors

Clean Energy Fuels Corp.:

Opinion on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

We have audited Clean Energy Fuels Corp and subsidiaries’ (the Company) internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2023, based on criteria established inInternal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2023, based on criteria established inInternal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2023, and the related notes and financial statement schedule II (collectively, the

consolidated financial statements), and our report dated February 29, 2024 expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements.

Basis for Opinion

The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audit also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Irvine, California

February 29, 2024

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