NEXTERA ENERGY PARTNERS LP

NEP is a growth-oriented limited partnership with a strategy that emphasizes acquiring, managing and owning contracted clean energy assets with stable long-term cash flows with a focus on renewable energy projects. At December 31, 2023, NEP owned a controlling, non-economic general partner interest and a 48.6% limited partner interest in NEP OpCo. Through NEP OpCo, NEP owns, or has a partial ownership interest in, a portfolio of contracted renewable energy assets consisting of wind, solar and solar-plus-storage projects and a stand-alone battery storage project, as well as contracted natural gas pipeline assets (pipeline investment).

NEP expects to take advantage of trends in the North American energy industry, including the addition of clean energy projects as aging or uneconomic generation facilities are phased out, increased demand from utilities for renewable energy to meet state RPS requirements and improving competitiveness of energy generated from wind and solar projects relative to energy generated using other fuels. NEP plans to focus on high-quality, long-lived projects operating under long-term contracts that are expected to produce stable long-term cash flows and organic growth through wind turbine repowering opportunities across its portfolio. NEP believes its cash flow profile, geographic, technological and resource diversity, operational excellence and cost-efficient business model provide NEP with a significant competitive advantage and enable NEP to execute its business strategy.

The following diagram depicts NEP's simplified ownership structure at December 31, 2023:

(a) At December 31, 2023, NEE owns 2,377,882 NEP common units.

(b) At December 31, 2023, NEE Equity owns approximately 51.4% of NEP OpCo's common units representing limited partnership interests and

100% of NEP OpCo's Class B partnership interests. NEE Equity may tender its NEP OpCo common units and in exchange receive NEP common units on a one-for-one basis, or the value of such common units in cash, subject to the terms of an exchange agreement.

(c) At December 31, 2023, certain project entities and the pipeline investment are subject to noncontrolling interests. See Note 2 – Noncontrolling Interests.

Renewable energy projects – At December 31, 2023, NEP owned interests in a portfolio of clean, contracted renewable energy projects located in 31 states as summarized below:

(a) MWs reflect NEP's net ownership in the renewable energy project capacity based on respective ownership interests. NEP has indirect equity method investments in projects with a net generating capacity of approximately 862 MW with ownership interests ranging from 33.3% to 50%. Additionally, NEP has indirect controlling ownership interests ranging from 49% to 67% in projects with a net generation capacity of approximately 2,087 MW and battery storage capacity of 244 MW. See Note 2 – Investments in Unconsolidated Entities and – Noncontrolling Interests.

(b) Reflects the sale of a 62 MW wind project in January 2023. See Note 2 – Disposal of Wind Project.

(c) Third-party investors own noncontrolling Class B membership interests in the NEP subsidiaries that own interests in projects with net generating capacity of approximately 5,622 MW and battery storage capacity of 120 MW. Third-party investors own differential membership interests in projects with net generating capacity of approximately 6,494 MW and battery storage capacity of 274 MW. See Note 2 – Noncontrolling Interests, Note 11 and Note 14 – Class B Noncontrolling Interests. Projects with net generating capacity of approximately 1,539 MW are encumbered by liens against their assets securing various financings.

(d) At December 31, 2023, NEP owns an approximately 50% non-economic ownership interest in three NEER solar projects with a total generating capacity of 277 MW and battery storage capacity of 230 MW. All equity in earnings of these non-economic ownership interests is allocated to net income attributable to noncontrolling interests. See Note 2 – Investments in Unconsolidated Entities.

During 2023, NEP generated approximately 25.8 million MWh and 3.8 million MWh from wind and solar generating facilities, respectively. During 2022, NEP generated approximately 23.8 million MWh and 3.4 million MWh from wind and solar generating facilities, respectively.

Pipeline investment– At December 31, 2023, through its ownership interest in Meade Pipeline Co, LLC, NEP has an indirect equity method investment in the Central Penn Line (CPL), natural gas pipeline assets in Pennsylvania with 191 miles of pipeline with 30 inch and 42 inch diameter pipes which is fully contracted with contract expirations between 2033 and 2041. NEP's net ownership interest represents an approximately 39% aggregate ownership interest in the CPL and net capacity of 0.73 billion cubic feet per day. In December 2023, NEP sold its interests in a portfolio of seven natural gas pipelines assets in Texas (Texas pipelines). See Note 4.

The following map shows NEP's ownership interests in clean energy projects in operation, excluding its non-economic ownership interests, and NEP's pipeline investment.

Each of the renewable energy projects sells substantially all of its output and related renewable energy attributes pursuant to long-term, fixed price PPAs to various counterparties. The pipeline assets in which NEP is invested primarily operate under long-term firm transportation contracts under which counterparties pay for a fixed amount of capacity that is reserved by the counterparties and also generate revenues based on the volume of natural gas transported on the pipeline. In 2023, NEP derived approximately 14% of its consolidated revenues from its contracts with Pacific Gas and Electric Company. In 2023, NEP also derived approximately 11% of its consolidated revenues from its contracts with Mex Gas Supply S.L., which was related to the Texas pipelines (see Note 4). See Item 1A for a discussion of risks related to NEP's counterparties.

NEP, NEP OpCo and NEP OpCo GP are parties to the MSA with an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of NEE, under which operational, management and administrative services are provided to NEP under the direction of the board, including managing NEP’s day-to-day affairs and providing individuals to act as NEP’s executive officers, in addition to those services that are provided under O&M agreements and ASAs between NEER subsidiaries and NEP subsidiaries. NEP OpCo pays NEE an annual management fee. See Note 15 – Management Services Agreement.

NEP and NEP OpCo are parties to a ROFR agreement with NEER granting NEER and its subsidiaries (other than NEP OpCo and its subsidiaries) a right of first refusal on any proposed sale of any NEP OpCo ROFR assets. Pursuant to the terms of the ROFR agreement, prior to engaging in any negotiation regarding any sale of a NEP OpCo ROFR asset, NEP OpCo must first negotiate for 30 days with NEER to attempt to reach an agreement on a sale of such asset to NEER or any of its subsidiaries. If an agreement is not reached within the initial 30-day period, NEP OpCo will be able to negotiate with any third party for the sale of such asset for a 30-day period. Prior to accepting any third-party offer, NEP OpCo will be required to restart negotiations with NEER for the next 30 days and will not be permitted to sell the applicable asset to the third party making the offer if NEER agrees to terms substantially consistent with those proposed by such third party. If, by the end of the 30-day period, NEER and NEP OpCo have not reached an agreement, NEP OpCo will have the right to sell such asset to such third party within 30 days.

INDUSTRY OVERVIEW

Renewable Energy Industry

Growth in renewable energy is largely attributable to the increasing cost competitiveness of renewable energy driven primarily by government incentives, RPS, improving technology and declining installation costs and the impact of environmental rules and regulations on other types of generation.

U.S. federal, state and local governments have established various incentives to support the development of renewable energy projects. These incentives make the development of renewable energy projects more competitive by providing accelerated depreciation, tax credits or grants for a portion of the development costs, decreasing the costs associated with developing such projects or creating demand for renewable energy assets through RPS programs. In addition, RPS provide incentives to utilities to contract for energy generated from renewable energy providers.

Continuous improvements in renewable energy technology have resulted in wind and solar energy generation becoming the lowest cost energy generation technologies in many regions in the U.S. The improvements in these technologies, including taller wind towers, longer wind turbine blades, improved solar cell production and more efficient energy conversion equipment, allow the renewable energy projects to more efficiently capture resource and produce more energy which is expected to lead to continued growth in the renewable energy industry. Additionally, combining wind and solar energy generation facilities with battery storage projects allows for the utilization of energy stored when the renewable resource is not as strong and alleviates congestion.

Policy Incentives

Policy incentives in the U.S. have the effect of making the development of renewable energy projects more competitive by providing credits for a portion of the development costs or by providing favorable contract prices. A loss of or reduction in such incentives could decrease the attractiveness of renewable energy projects to developers, including NEE, which could reduce NEP's future acquisition opportunities. Such a loss or reduction of incentives could also reduce NEP's willingness to pursue or develop certain renewable energy projects, including wind turbine repowerings, due to higher operating costs or decreased revenues.

U.S. federal, state and local governments have established various incentives to support the development of renewable energy projects. These incentives include accelerated tax depreciation, PTCs, ITCs, cash grants, tax abatements and RPS programs. Pursuant to the U.S. federal Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS), wind and solar generation facilities are depreciated for tax purposes over a five-year period even though the useful life of such facilities is generally much longer than five years.

Owners of wind and solar facilities are eligible to claim an income tax credit (the PTC, or an ITC in lieu of the PTC) upon initially achieving commercial operation. This incentive was created under the Energy Policy Act of 1992 and has been extended several times for wind (the previous PTC for solar expired in 2006). The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) expanded the PTC to include solar generation facilities and extended the 100% PTC and the 30% ITC to wind and solar generation facilities that start construction before the later of 2034 or the end of the calendar year following the year in which greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. electric generation are reduced by 75% from 2022 levels (phaseout). Accordingly, owners of wind and solar generation facilities placed in service in 2022 or later are eligible to claim a PTC (or an ITC in lieu of the PTC) upon initially achieving commercial operation. The PTC is determined based on the amount of electricity produced by the facility during the first ten years of commercial operation. Alternatively, an ITC equal to 30% of the cost of the facility may be claimed in lieu of the PTC. A facility must also meet certain labor requirements to qualify for the 100% PTC or 30% ITC rate or construction must have started on the facility before January 29, 2023. In addition, the PTC is increased by 10% and the ITC rate is increased by 10 percentage points for facilities that satisfy certain tax credit enhancement requirements. Retrofitted wind and solar generation facilities may qualify for a PTC or an ITC if the cost basis of the new investment is at least 80% of the retrofitted facility’s total fair value.

In addition, the IRA expanded the 30% ITC to include storage projects placed in service after 2022 (previously, such projects qualified only if they were connected to and charged by a renewable generation facility that claimed the ITC), subject to the phaseout and certain other requirements. In addition, storage projects claiming an ITC are eligible for a 10 percentage point increase in the ITC rate if the facilities satisfy certain tax credit enhancement requirements.

For taxable years beginning after 2022, renewable energy tax credits generated during the year can be transferred to an unrelated purchaser for cash, providing an additional path, along with sales of differential membership interests, for developers to monetize the value of the renewable energy tax credits.

RPS, currently in place in certain states, require electricity providers in the state to meet a certain percentage of their retail sales with energy from renewable sources. Additionally, other states in the U.S. have set renewable energy goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from historic levels. NEP believes that these standards and goals will create incremental demand for renewable energy in the future.

BUSINESS STRATEGY

NEP's primary business objective is to deliver cash distributions to common unitholders which it plans to grow over time through accretively acquiring ownership interests in contracted clean energy projects, with a focus on renewable energy projects, from NEER or third parties and wind turbine repowering at existing projects. To achieve this objective, NEP intends to execute the following business strategy:

•Focus on contracted clean energy projects. NEP intends to focus on long-term contracted clean energy projects with newer and more reliable technology, lower operating costs and relatively stable cash flows, subject to seasonal variances, consistent with the characteristics of its portfolio.

•Focus on North America. NEP intends to focus its investments in North America, where it believes industry trends present significant opportunities to acquire contracted clean energy projects in diverse regions and favorable locations and repower existing wind projects. By focusing on North America, NEP believes it will be able to take advantage of NEE’s long-standing industry relationships, knowledge and experience.

•Maintain a sound capital structure and financial flexibility. NEP and its subsidiaries have utilized various financing structures including limited-recourse project-level financings, the sale of differential membership interests and equity interests in certain subsidiaries, preferred units, convertible senior unsecured notes and senior unsecured notes, as well as revolving credit facilities and term loans. NEP intends to continually seek the most competitive cost of capital to finance growth associated with future acquisitions and wind turbine repowerings, with a focus on maintaining a positive spread between its cost to finance an investment or acquisition and the value of the incremental cash flows. Additionally, including for its refinancing, NEP seeks to limit recourse, optimize leverage, manage liquidity, hedge exposure and extend maturities to, among other things, maximize cash distributions to common unitholders.

•Take advantage of NEER’s operational excellence to maintain the value of the projects in NEP's portfolio. NEER provides O&M, administrative and management services to NEP's projects pursuant to the MSA and other agreements. Through these agreements, NEP benefits from the operational expertise that NEER currently provides across its entire portfolio. NEP expects that these services will maximize the operational efficiencies of its portfolio.

•Grow NEP's business and deliver cash distributions through selective acquisitions of ownership interests in operating projects or projects under construction and wind turbine repowering at existing projects. NEP intends to focus on acquiring ownership interests in clean energy projects in operation or under construction, maintaining a disciplined investment approach, taking advantage of opportunities to acquire ownership interests in additional projects from NEER and third parties in the future, and identifying wind turbine repowering opportunities at existing projects.

COMPETITION

Wholesale power generation is a capital-intensive, commodity-driven business with numerous industry participants. While NEP's renewable energy projects are currently contracted, NEP may compete in the future primarily on the bases of price and terms, but also believes the green attributes of NEP's renewable energy generation assets, among other strengths discussed below, are competitive advantages. Wholesale power generation is a regional business that is highly fragmented relative to many other commodity industries and diverse in terms of industry structure. As such, there is a wide variation in terms of the capabilities, resources, nature and identity of the companies NEP competes with depending on the market. In wholesale markets, customers' needs are met through a variety of means, including long-term bilateral contracts, standardized bilateral products such as full requirements service and customized supply and risk management services.

In addition, NEP competes with other companies to acquire well-developed projects with projected stable cash flows. NEP believes its primary competitors for opportunities in North America are regulated utility holding companies, developers, IPPs, pension funds and private equity funds.

NEP's pipeline investment faces competition with respect to retaining and obtaining firm transportation contracts and competes with other pipeline companies based on location, capacity, price and reliability.

NEP believes that it is well-positioned to execute its strategy and deliver cash distributions to its common unitholders over the long term based on the following competitive strengths:

NEE management and operational expertise. NEP believes it benefits from NEE’s experience, operational excellence and cost-efficient operations. Through the MSA and other agreements with NEE and its subsidiaries, NEP's projects will receive the same benefits and expertise that NEE currently provides across its entire portfolio.

Repowering opportunities. NEP is focused on executing wind turbine repowering opportunities across its portfolio and expects that these investments will allow NEP to refresh and enhance the performance of the wind turbine equipment and start a new 10 years of PTCs, collectively resulting in attractive returns.

Contracted projects with stable cash flows. The contracted nature of NEP's portfolio of projects supports expected stable long-term cash flows. The renewable energy projects in NEP's portfolio are contracted under long-term contracts that generally provide for fixed price payments over the contract term. The renewable energy projects have a total weighted average remaining contract term of approximately 13 years at December 31, 2023 based on expected contributions to cash available for distribution.

Geographic and resource diversification. NEP's portfolio is geographically diverse across the U.S. In addition, NEP's portfolio consists of wind and solar generation facilities, solar-plus-storage projects, a stand-alone battery storage project and an investment in pipeline assets. A diverse portfolio tends to reduce the magnitude of individual project or regional deviations from historical resource conditions, providing a more stable stream of cash flows over the long term than a non-diversified portfolio. In addition, NEP believes the geographic diversity of its portfolio helps minimize the impact of adverse regulatory conditions in particular jurisdictions.

REGULATION

NEP's projects and the pipeline assets underlying its pipeline investment are subject to regulation by a number of U.S. federal, state and other organizations, including, but not limited to, the following:

•the FERC, which oversees the acquisition and disposition of generation, transmission and other facilities, transmission of electricity and natural gas in interstate commerce and wholesale purchases and sales of electric energy, among other things;

•the NERC, which, through its regional entities, establishes and enforces mandatory reliability standards, subject to approval by the FERC, to ensure the reliability of the U.S. electric transmission and generation system and to prevent major system blackouts;

•the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which has the responsibility to maintain and enforce national standards under a variety of environmental laws. The EPA also works with industries and all levels of government, including federal and state governments, in a wide variety of voluntary pollution prevention programs and energy conservation efforts;

•various agencies in Pennsylvania, which oversee safety, environmental and certain aspects of rates and transportation related to the pipeline project in which NEP is invested; and

•the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, which, among other things, oversees the safety of natural gas pipelines.

In addition, NEP is subject to environmental laws and regulations described in the Environmental Matters section below.

ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS

NEP is subject to environmental laws and regulations, including extensive federal, state and local environmental statutes, rules and regulations relating to, among others, air quality, water quality and usage, waste management, wildlife protection and historical resources, for the ongoing operations, siting and construction of its facilities. The environmental laws in the U.S., including, among others, the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (BGEPA), provide for the protection of numerous species, including endangered species and/or their habitats, migratory birds, bats and eagles. In 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the northern long-eared bat as endangered, with two more bat species expected to be listed in 2024 and 2025. Complying with these environmental laws and regulations could result in, among other things, changes in the design and operation of, and additional costs associated with, existing facilities and changes or delays in the location, design, construction and operation of any new facilities and failure to comply could result in fines, penalties, criminal sanctions or injunctions.

HUMAN CAPITAL

NEP does not have any employees and relies solely on employees of affiliates of the manager under the MSA, including employees of NEE and NEER, to serve as officers of NEP. See further discussion of the MSA and other payments to NEE in Note 15.

WEBSITE ACCESS TO SEC FILINGS

NEP makes its SEC filings, including the annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8‑K, and any amendments to those reports, available free of charge on NEP's internet website, www.nexteraenergypartners.com, as soon as reasonably practicable after those documents are electronically filed with or furnished to the SEC. The information and materials available on NEP's website (or any of its subsidiaries' or affiliates' websites) are not incorporated by reference into this Form 10-K.