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Commission
File
Number
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Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter, address of principal executive office and
registrant's telephone number
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IRS Employer
Identification
Number
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001-36518
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NEXTERA ENERGY PARTNERS, LP
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30-0818558
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700 Universe Boulevard
Juno Beach, Florida 33408
(561) 694-4000
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Large Accelerated Filer
¨
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Accelerated Filer
¨
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Non-Accelerated Filer
þ
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Smaller Reporting Company
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Term
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Meaning
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ASA
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administrative services agreements
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BLM
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U.S. Bureau of Land Management
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Bluewater
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wind project located in Huron County, Ontario, Canada
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CITC
|
Convertible Investment Tax Credit
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COD
|
commercial operation date
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Conestogo
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wind project located in Wellington County, Ontario, Canada
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CSCS agreement
|
cash sweep and credit support agreement
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FASB
|
Financial Accounting Standards Board
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FIT
|
Feed-in-Tariff
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Genesis
|
solar project held by Genesis Solar, LLC, a limited liability company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware, that is composed of Genesis Unit 1 and Genesis Unit 2
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Genesis Unit 1
|
Genesis Unit 1 utility-scale solar generating facility located in Riverside County, California
|
Genesis Unit 2
|
Genesis Unit 2 utility-scale solar generating facility located in Riverside County, California
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GWh
|
gigawatt-hour(s)
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IESO
|
Independent Electricity System Operator
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IPO
|
initial public offering
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IPP
|
independent power producer
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Management's Discussion
|
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
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MSA
|
Management Services Agreement among NEP, NEE Management, NEP OpCo and NEP GP
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MW
|
megawatt(s)
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NEE
|
NextEra Energy, Inc.
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NEECH
|
NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc.
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NEE Equity
|
NextEra Energy Equity Partners, LP
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NEE Management
|
NextEra Energy Management Partners, LP
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NEE Operating GP
|
NextEra Energy Operating Partners GP, LLC
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NEER
|
NextEra Energy Resources, LLC
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NEP
|
NextEra Energy Partners, LP
|
NEP GP
|
NextEra Energy Partners GP, Inc.
|
NEP OpCo
|
NextEra Energy Operating Partners, LP
|
NOLs
|
net operating losses
|
Northern Colorado
|
wind project located in Logan County, Colorado, that is held by Northern Colorado Wind Energy, LLC
|
Note __
|
Note __ to condensed consolidated financial statements
|
O&M
|
operations and maintenance
|
Palo Duro
|
wind project located in Hansford and Ochiltree Counties, Texas, that is held by Palo Duro Wind Energy, LLC
|
PPA
|
power purchase agreement, which could include contracts under a FIT or RESOP
|
Prospectus
|
NEP’s prospectus filed with the SEC on June 26, 2014
|
RESOP
|
Renewable Energy Standard Offer Program
|
RPS
|
renewable portfolio standards
|
SEC
|
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
|
Shafter
|
solar project under construction located in Shafter, California, that is held by Shafter Solar, LLC
|
Summerhaven
|
wind project located in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada
|
U.S.
|
United States of America
|
U.S. Project Entities
|
U.S. Wind Project Entities together with Genesis Solar, LLC
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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
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•
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NEP has a limited operating history and its projects may not perform as expected.
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•
|
NEP's ability to make cash distributions to its unitholders is affected by wind and solar conditions at its projects.
|
•
|
Operation and maintenance of energy projects involve significant risks that could result in unplanned power outages or reduced output.
|
•
|
The wind turbines at some of NEP's projects and at some of NEER's right of first offer projects (ROFO Projects) are not generating the amount of energy estimated by their manufacturers' original power curves, and the manufacturers may not be able to restore energy capacity at the affected turbines.
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•
|
NEP depends on certain of the projects in its portfolio for a substantial portion of its anticipated cash flows.
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•
|
Terrorist or similar attacks could impact NEP's projects or surrounding areas and adversely affect its business.
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•
|
NEP's energy production may be substantially below its expectations if a natural disaster or meteorological conditions damage its turbines, solar panels, other equipment or facilities.
|
•
|
NEP is not able to insure against all potential risks and it may become subject to higher insurance premiums.
|
•
|
Warranties provided by the suppliers of equipment for NEP's projects may be limited by the ability of a supplier to satisfy its warranty obligations or if the term of the warranty has expired or liability limits, which could reduce or void the warranty protections, or the warranties may be insufficient to compensate NEP's losses.
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•
|
Supplier concentration at certain of NEP's projects may expose it to significant credit or performance risks.
|
•
|
NEP relies on interconnection and transmission facilities of third parties to deliver energy from its projects, and if these facilities become unavailable, NEP's projects may not be able to operate or deliver energy.
|
•
|
NEP's business is subject to liabilities and operating restrictions arising from environmental, health and safety laws and regulations.
|
•
|
NEP's projects may be adversely affected by legislative changes or a failure to comply with applicable energy regulations.
|
•
|
NEP's partnership agreement restricts the voting rights of unitholders owning 20% or more of its common units, and under certain circumstances this could be reduced to 10%.
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•
|
NEP does not own all of the land on which the projects in its portfolio are located and its use and enjoyment of the property may be adversely affected to the extent that there are any lienholders or leaseholders that have rights that are superior to NEP's rights or the BLM suspends its federal rights-of-way grants.
|
•
|
NEP is subject to risks associated with litigation or administrative proceedings that could materially impact its operations, including future proceedings related to projects it subsequently acquires.
|
•
|
The Summerhaven, Conestogo and Bluewater projects are subject to Canadian domestic content requirements under their FIT contracts.
|
•
|
NEP's cross-border operations require NEP to comply with anti-corruption laws and regulations of the U.S. government and non-U.S. jurisdictions.
|
•
|
NEP is subject to risks associated with its ownership or acquisition of projects that remain under construction, which could result in its inability to complete construction projects on time or at all, and make projects too expensive to complete or cause the return on an investment to be less than expected.
|
•
|
NEP relies on a limited number of energy sale counterparties and NEP is exposed to the risk that they are unwilling or unable to fulfill their contractual obligations to NEP or that they otherwise terminate their agreements with NEP.
|
•
|
NEP may not be able to extend, renew or replace expiring or terminated PPAs at favorable rates or on a long-term basis.
|
•
|
If the energy production by or availability of NEP's U.S. projects is less than expected, they may not be able to satisfy minimum production or availability obligations under NEP's U.S. Project Entities’ PPAs.
|
•
|
NEP's growth strategy depends on locating and acquiring interests in additional projects consistent with its business strategy at favorable prices.
|
•
|
NEP OpCo's partnership agreement requires that it distribute its available cash, which could limit its ability to grow and make acquisitions.
|
•
|
Lower prices for other fuel sources reduce the demand for wind and solar energy.
|
•
|
Government regulations providing incentives and subsidies for clean energy could change at any time and such changes may negatively impact NEP's growth strategy.
|
•
|
NEP's growth strategy depends on the acquisition of projects developed by NEE and third parties, which face risks related to project siting, financing, construction, permitting, the environment, governmental approvals and the negotiation of project development agreements.
|
•
|
NEP's ability to effectively consummate future acquisitions depends on its ability to arrange the required or desired financing for acquisitions.
|
•
|
Acquisitions of existing clean energy projects involve numerous risks.
|
•
|
Renewable energy procurement is subject to U.S. state and Canadian provincial regulations, with relatively irregular, infrequent and often competitive procurement windows.
|
•
|
While NEP currently owns only wind and solar projects, NEP may acquire other sources of clean energy, including natural gas and nuclear projects, and may expand to include other types of assets including transmission projects, and any future acquisition of non-renewable energy projects, including transmission projects, may present unforeseen challenges and result in a competitive disadvantage relative to NEP's more-established competitors. A failure to successfully integrate such acquisitions with NEP's then-existing projects as a result of unforeseen operational difficulties or otherwise, could have a material adverse effect on NEP's business, financial condition, results of operations and ability to grow its business and make cash distributions to its unitholders.
|
•
|
NEP faces substantial competition primarily from regulated utilities, developers, IPPs, pension funds and private equity funds for opportunities in North America.
|
•
|
Restrictions in NEP OpCo's subsidiaries' revolving credit facility could adversely affect NEP's business, financial condition, results of operations and ability to make cash distributions to its unitholders.
|
•
|
NEP's cash distributions to its unitholders may be reduced as a result of restrictions on NEP's subsidiaries’ cash distributions to NEP under the terms of their indebtedness.
|
•
|
NEP's subsidiaries’ substantial amount of indebtedness may adversely affect NEP's ability to operate its business and its failure to comply with the terms of its subsidiaries' indebtedness could have a material adverse effect on NEP's financial condition.
|
•
|
Currency exchange rate fluctuations may affect NEP's operations.
|
•
|
NEP is exposed to risks inherent in its use of interest rate swaps.
|
•
|
NEE exercises substantial influence over NEP and NEP is highly dependent on NEE and its affiliates.
|
•
|
NEP is highly dependent on credit support from NEE and its affiliates.
|
•
|
NEP's subsidiaries may default under contracts or become subject to cash sweeps if credit support is terminated, if NEE or its affiliates fail to honor their obligations under credit support arrangements, or if NEE or another credit support provider ceases to satisfy creditworthiness requirements, and NEP will be required in certain circumstances to reimburse NEE for draws that are made on credit support.
|
•
|
NEER or one of its affiliates is permitted to borrow funds received by NEP's subsidiaries, including NEP OpCo, as partial consideration for its obligation to provide credit support to NEP, and NEER will use these funds for its own account without paying additional consideration to NEP and is obligated to return these funds only as needed to cover project costs and distributions or as demanded by NEP OpCo.
|
•
|
NEP's financial condition and ability to make distributions to its unitholders, as well as its ability to grow distributions in the future, is highly dependent on NEER’s performance of its obligations to return a portion of these funds.
|
•
|
NEP may not be able to consummate future acquisitions from NEER.
|
•
|
NEP GP, NEP's general partner, and its affiliates, including NEE, have conflicts of interest with NEP and limited duties to NEP and its unitholders and they may favor their own interests to the detriment of NEP and holders of NEP's common units.
|
•
|
NEE and other affiliates of NEP GP are not restricted in their ability to compete with NEP.
|
•
|
NEP may be unable to terminate the MSA.
|
•
|
If NEE Management terminates the MSA, NEER terminates the management services subcontract between NEE Management and NEER or either of them defaults in the performance of its obligations thereunder, NEP may be unable to contract with a substitute service provider on similar terms, or at all.
|
•
|
NEP's arrangements with NEE limit NEE's liability, and NEP has agreed to indemnify NEE against claims that it may face in connection with such arrangements, which may lead NEE to assume greater risks when making decisions relating to NEP than it otherwise would if acting solely for its own account.
|
•
|
The credit and risk profile of NEP GP and its owner, NEE, could adversely affect any NEP credit ratings and risk profile, which could increase NEP's borrowing costs or hinder NEP's ability to raise capital.
|
•
|
NEP's ability to make distributions to its unitholders depends on the ability of NEP OpCo to make cash distributions to its limited partners.
|
•
|
If NEP incurs material tax liabilities, NEP's distributions to its unitholders may be reduced, without any corresponding reduction in the amount of the IDR Fee (as defined in the MSA) payable to NEE Management under the MSA.
|
•
|
Holders of NEP's common units have limited voting rights and are not entitled to elect NEP's general partner or NEP GP's directors.
|
•
|
NEP's partnership agreement restricts the remedies available to holders of NEP's common units for actions taken by NEP GP that might otherwise constitute breaches of fiduciary duties.
|
•
|
NEP's partnership agreement replaces NEP GP's fiduciary duties to holders of NEP's common units with contractual standards governing its duties.
|
•
|
Even if holders of NEP's common units are dissatisfied, they cannot initially remove NEP GP, as NEP's general partner, without NEE's consent.
|
•
|
NEP GP's interest in NEP and the control of NEP GP may be transferred to a third party without unitholder consent.
|
•
|
The IDR Fee may be transferred to a third party without unitholder consent.
|
•
|
NEP may issue additional units without unitholder approval, which would dilute unitholder interests.
|
•
|
Reimbursements and fees owed to NEP GP and its affiliates for services provided to NEP or on NEP's behalf will reduce cash distributions to or from NEP OpCo and from NEP to NEP's unitholders, and the amount and timing of such reimbursements and fees will be determined by NEP GP and there are no limits on the amount that NEP OpCo may be required to pay.
|
•
|
Discretion in establishing cash reserves by NEE Operating GP, the general partner of NEP OpCo, may reduce the amount of cash distributions to NEP's unitholders.
|
•
|
While NEP's partnership agreement requires NEP to distribute its available cash, NEP's partnership agreement, including provisions requiring NEP to make cash distributions, may be amended.
|
•
|
NEP OpCo can borrow money to pay distributions, which would reduce the amount of credit available to operate NEP's business.
|
•
|
Increases in interest rates could adversely impact the price of NEP's common units, NEP's ability to issue equity or incur debt for acquisitions or other purposes and NEP's ability to make cash distributions to its unitholders.
|
•
|
The price of NEP's common units may fluctuate significantly and unitholders could lose all or part of their investment and a market that will provide unitholders with adequate liquidity may not develop.
|
•
|
The liability of holders of NEP's common units, which represent limited partnership interests in NEP, may not be limited if a court finds that unitholder action constitutes control of NEP's business.
|
•
|
Unitholders may have liability to repay distributions that were wrongfully distributed to them.
|
•
|
Except in limited circumstances, NEP GP has the power and authority to conduct NEP's business without unitholder approval.
|
•
|
Contracts between NEP, on the one hand, and NEP GP and its affiliates, on the other hand, will not be the result of arm's-length negotiations.
|
•
|
Unitholders have no right to enforce the obligations of NEP GP and its affiliates under agreements with NEP.
|
•
|
NEP GP decides whether to retain separate counsel, accountants or others to perform services for NEP.
|
•
|
The New York Stock Exchange does not require a publicly traded limited partnership like NEP to comply with certain of its corporate governance requirements.
|
•
|
NEP's future tax liability may be greater than expected if NEP does not generate NOLs sufficient to offset taxable income or if tax authorities challenge certain of NEP's tax positions.
|
•
|
NEP's ability to utilize NOLs to offset future income may be limited.
|
•
|
NEP will not have complete control over NEP's tax decisions.
|
•
|
A valuation allowance may be required for NEP's deferred tax assets.
|
•
|
Distributions to unitholders may be taxable as dividends.
|
|
Three Months Ended
March 31, |
||||||
|
2015
|
|
2014
(a)
|
||||
OPERATING REVENUES
|
$
|
74
|
|
|
$
|
59
|
|
OPERATING EXPENSES
|
|
|
|
||||
Operations and maintenance
|
16
|
|
|
11
|
|
||
Depreciation and amortization
|
23
|
|
|
16
|
|
||
Transmission
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
||
Taxes other than income taxes and other
|
3
|
|
|
1
|
|
||
Total operating expenses
|
43
|
|
|
29
|
|
||
OPERATING INCOME
|
31
|
|
|
30
|
|
||
OTHER INCOME (DEDUCTIONS)
|
|
|
|
||||
Interest expense
|
(23
|
)
|
|
(19
|
)
|
||
Benefits associated with differential membership interests - net
|
1
|
|
|
—
|
|
||
Other - net
|
1
|
|
|
—
|
|
||
Total other deductions - net
|
(21
|
)
|
|
(19
|
)
|
||
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES
|
10
|
|
|
11
|
|
||
INCOME TAXES
|
1
|
|
|
5
|
|
||
NET INCOME
|
9
|
|
|
$
|
6
|
|
|
Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
(b)
|
7
|
|
|
|
|||
NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO NEXTERA ENERGY PARTNERS, LP
|
$
|
2
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
||||
Weighted average number of common units outstanding - basic and assuming dilution
|
18.7
|
|
|
|
|||
Earnings per common unit attributable to NextEra Energy Partners, LP - basic and assuming dilution
|
$
|
0.08
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
Prior-period financial information has been retrospectively adjusted as discussed in Note 2.
|
(b)
|
The calculation of net income attributable to noncontrolling interest includes the pre-acquisition net income of Palo Duro and Shafter. See Note 2.
|
|
Three Months Ended
March 31, |
||||||
|
2015
|
|
2014
(a)
|
||||
NET INCOME
|
$
|
9
|
|
|
$
|
6
|
|
Net unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges:
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Effective portion of net unrealized losses (net of income tax benefit of $2 and $0, respectively)
|
(8
|
)
|
|
(5
|
)
|
||
Reclassification from accumulated other comprehensive loss to net income (net of income tax expense of less than $1 and $0, respectively)
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
||
Unrealized losses on foreign currency translation (net of income tax benefit of less than $1 and $0, respectively)
|
(10
|
)
|
|
(7
|
)
|
||
Total other comprehensive loss, net of tax
|
(17
|
)
|
|
(11
|
)
|
||
COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
|
(8
|
)
|
|
$
|
(5
|
)
|
|
Less comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
(b)
|
(7
|
)
|
|
|
|||
COMPREHENSIVE LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE TO NEXTERA ENERGY PARTNERS, LP
|
$
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
(a)
|
Prior-period financial information has been retrospectively adjusted as discussed in Note 2.
|
(b)
|
The calculation of comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interest includes the pre-acquisition comprehensive income of Palo Duro and Shafter. See Note 2.
|
|
March 31, 2015
|
|
December 31, 2014
(a)
|
||||
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
||||
Current assets:
|
|
|
|
||||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
$
|
52
|
|
|
$
|
98
|
|
Accounts receivable
|
33
|
|
|
27
|
|
||
Due from related parties
|
51
|
|
|
212
|
|
||
Restricted cash ($19 and $55 related to VIE, respectively)
|
23
|
|
|
80
|
|
||
Prepaid expenses
|
3
|
|
|
3
|
|
||
Other current assets
|
10
|
|
|
9
|
|
||
Total current assets
|
172
|
|
|
429
|
|
||
Non-current assets:
|
|
|
|
||||
Property, plant and equipment - net ($406 and $408 related to VIE, respectively)
|
2,495
|
|
|
2,579
|
|
||
Construction work in progress
|
50
|
|
|
10
|
|
||
Deferred income taxes
|
130
|
|
|
127
|
|
||
Other non-current assets
|
81
|
|
|
84
|
|
||
Total non-current assets
|
2,756
|
|
|
2,800
|
|
||
TOTAL ASSETS
|
$
|
2,928
|
|
|
$
|
3,229
|
|
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
|
|
|
|
||||
Current liabilities:
|
|
|
|
||||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
|
$
|
23
|
|
|
$
|
70
|
|
Due to related parties
|
23
|
|
|
36
|
|
||
Current maturities of long-term debt
|
78
|
|
|
78
|
|
||
Accrued interest
|
12
|
|
|
21
|
|
||
Other current liabilities
|
15
|
|
|
19
|
|
||
Total current liabilities
|
151
|
|
|
224
|
|
||
Non-current liabilities:
|
|
|
|
||||
Long-term debt
|
1,802
|
|
|
1,758
|
|
||
Deferral related to differential membership interests - VIE
|
246
|
|
|
248
|
|
||
Accumulated deferred income taxes
|
55
|
|
|
56
|
|
||
Asset retirement obligation
|
20
|
|
|
20
|
|
||
Non-current due to related party
|
16
|
|
|
16
|
|
||
Other non-current liabilities
|
26
|
|
|
23
|
|
||
Total non-current liabilities
|
2,165
|
|
|
2,121
|
|
||
TOTAL LIABILITIES
|
2,316
|
|
|
2,345
|
|
||
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
|
|
|
|
||||
EQUITY
|
|
|
|
||||
Limited partners (common units issued and outstanding - 18.7)
|
543
|
|
|
554
|
|
||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
|
(6
|
)
|
|
(3
|
)
|
||
Noncontrolling interest
|
75
|
|
|
333
|
|
||
TOTAL EQUITY
|
612
|
|
|
884
|
|
||
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
|
$
|
2,928
|
|
|
$
|
3,229
|
|
(a)
|
Prior-period financial information has been retrospectively adjusted as discussed in Note 2.
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31,
|
||||||
|
2015
|
|
2014
(a)
|
||||
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
||||
Net income
|
$
|
9
|
|
|
$
|
6
|
|
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
|
|
|
|
||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
23
|
|
|
16
|
|
||
Amortization of deferred financing costs
|
1
|
|
|
2
|
|
||
Deferred income taxes
|
1
|
|
|
5
|
|
||
Benefits associated with differential membership interests - net
|
(1)
|
|
|
—
|
|
||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
|
|
|
|
||||
Accounts receivable
|
(6
|
)
|
|
(9
|
)
|
||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
|
1
|
|
|
2
|
|
||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
|
(2
|
)
|
|
(1
|
)
|
||
Due to related parties
|
3
|
|
|
2
|
|
||
Other current liabilities
|
(12
|
)
|
|
6
|
|
||
Other non-current liabilities
|
(2
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
||
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
15
|
|
|
29
|
|
||
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
||||
Capital expenditures
|
(42
|
)
|
|
(65
|
)
|
||
Acquisitions of projects
|
(292
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
||
Changes in restricted cash
|
56
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
||
Payments from related parties under CSCS agreement - net
|
159
|
|
|
—
|
|
||
Net cash used in investing activities
|
(119
|
)
|
|
(68
|
)
|
||
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
||||
Partners/Members' contributions
|
15
|
|
|
83
|
|
||
Partners/Members' distributions
|
(18
|
)
|
|
(36
|
)
|
||
Payments to differential membership investors
|
(1
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
||
Repayment of amount due to related party
|
(22
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
||
Issuances of long-term debt
|
122
|
|
|
15
|
|
||
Deferred financing costs
|
(2
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
||
Retirements of long-term debt
|
(35
|
)
|
|
(13
|
)
|
||
Net cash provided by financing activities
|
59
|
|
|
49
|
|
||
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
|
(1
|
)
|
|
(1
|
)
|
||
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
|
(46
|
)
|
|
9
|
|
||
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS - BEGINNING OF PERIOD
|
98
|
|
|
27
|
|
||
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS - END OF PERIOD
|
$
|
52
|
|
|
$
|
36
|
|
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
|
|
|
|
||||
Cash paid for interest, net of amounts capitalized
|
$
|
32
|
|
|
$
|
9
|
|
Members' noncash distributions
|
$
|
5
|
|
|
$
|
1
|
|
Members’ noncash contributions for construction costs and other expenditures
|
$
|
32
|
|
|
$
|
12
|
|
Change in accounts receivable for CITCs
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
150
|
|
Change in accrued but not paid for capital expenditures
|
$
|
4
|
|
|
$
|
47
|
|
(a)
|
Prior-period financial information has been retrospectively adjusted as discussed in Note 2.
|
|
Noncontrolling
Interest
|
||
|
(millions)
|
||
Noncontrolling interest at December 31, 2014
(a)
|
$
|
160
|
|
Net assets of Palo Duro and Shafter as of December 31, 2014
|
173
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2014
(b)
|
333
|
|
|
Payment to NEE for the Palo Duro and Shafter acquisitions
|
(234
|
)
|
|
Cash distributions
|
(14
|
)
|
|
Noncash distributions
|
(4
|
)
|
|
Noncash contributions - Palo Duro and Shafter between January 1, 2015 and the respective acquisition dates
|
45
|
|
|
Noncash allocation to NEP of Palo Duro and Shafter equity as of the respective acquisition dates
|
(44
|
)
|
|
Comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interest, including pre-acquisition net income of Palo Duro and Shafter
|
(7
|
)
|
|
Noncontrolling interest at March 31, 2015
|
$
|
75
|
|
(a)
|
As reported in the 2014 Form 10-K.
|
(b)
|
Retrospectively adjusted as discussed in Note 2.
|
|
Assets acquired and
liabilities assumed
|
||
|
(millions)
|
||
Current assets
|
$
|
70
|
|
Property, plant and equipment - net
|
455
|
|
|
Non-current assets
|
21
|
|
|
Total assets
|
546
|
|
|
|
|
||
Deferral related to differential membership interests - VIE
|
248
|
|
|
Other current and non-current liabilities
|
80
|
|
|
Total liabilities
|
328
|
|
|
Net assets acquired
|
$
|
218
|
|
|
March 31, 2015
|
|
December 31, 2014
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Level 1
|
|
Level 2
|
|
Total
|
|
Level 1
|
|
Level 2
|
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
|
(millions)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Cash equivalents
|
$
|
13
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
13
|
|
|
$
|
86
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
86
|
|
Restricted cash
|
23
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
23
|
|
|
80
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
80
|
|
||||||
Interest rate swaps
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
2
|
|
||||||
Total assets
|
$
|
36
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
36
|
|
|
$
|
166
|
|
|
$
|
2
|
|
|
$
|
168
|
|
Liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Interest rate swaps
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
16
|
|
|
$
|
16
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
10
|
|
|
$
|
10
|
|
Total liabilities
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
16
|
|
|
$
|
16
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
10
|
|
|
$
|
10
|
|
|
March 31, 2015
|
|
December 31, 2014
|
||||||||||||
|
Carrying
Value
|
|
Fair
Value
|
|
Carrying
Value
|
|
Fair
Value
|
||||||||
|
(millions)
|
||||||||||||||
Notes receivable
(a)
|
$
|
20
|
|
|
$
|
20
|
|
|
$
|
20
|
|
|
$
|
20
|
|
Long-term debt, including current maturities
(b)
|
$
|
1,880
|
|
|
$
|
1,960
|
|
|
$
|
1,836
|
|
|
$
|
1,902
|
|
(a)
|
Primarily classified as held to maturity. Fair value approximates carrying amount as they bear interest primarily at variable rates and have long-term maturities (Level 2) and are included in other assets on the condensed consolidated balance sheet.
|
(b)
|
Fair value is estimated based on the borrowing rates as of each date for similar issues of debt with similar remaining maturities (Level 2).
|
|
March 31, 2015
|
|
December 31, 2014
|
||||||||||||
|
Assets
|
|
Liabilities
|
|
Assets
|
|
Liabilities
|
||||||||
|
(millions)
|
||||||||||||||
Interest rate swaps:
|
|
||||||||||||||
Other non-current assets
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
5
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
Other current liabilities
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
6
|
|
|
$
|
3
|
|
|
$
|
3
|
|
Other non-current liabilities
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
11
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
7
|
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31,
|
||||||
|
2015
|
|
2014
|
||||
|
(millions)
|
||||||
Interest rate swaps:
|
|
||||||
Losses recognized in other comprehensive income
|
$
|
(10
|
)
|
|
$
|
(5
|
)
|
Losses reclassified from AOCI to net income
(a)
|
$
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
|
||||||||||
|
Net Unrealized
Gains (Losses) on Cash Flow Hedges |
|
Net Unrealized
Losses on Foreign Currency Translation |
|
Total
|
||||||
|
(millions)
|
||||||||||
Three months ended March 31, 2015
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Balances, December 31, 2014
|
$
|
(4
|
)
|
|
$
|
(39
|
)
|
|
$
|
(43
|
)
|
Other comprehensive loss before reclassification
|
(8
|
)
|
|
(10
|
)
|
|
(18
|
)
|
|||
Amounts reclassified from AOCI to interest expense
|
1
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1
|
|
|||
Net other comprehensive loss
|
(7
|
)
|
|
(10
|
)
|
|
(17
|
)
|
|||
Balances, March 31, 2015
|
(11
|
)
|
|
(49
|
)
|
|
(60
|
)
|
|||
AOCI attributable to noncontrolling interest
|
(10
|
)
|
|
(44
|
)
|
|
(54
|
)
|
|||
AOCI attributable to NextEra Energy Partners, March 31, 2015
|
$
|
(1
|
)
|
|
$
|
(5
|
)
|
|
$
|
(6
|
)
|
|
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
|
||||||||||
|
Net Unrealized
Gains (Losses) on Cash Flow Hedges |
|
Net Unrealized
Losses on Foreign Currency Translation |
|
Total
|
||||||
|
(millions)
|
||||||||||
Three months ended March 31, 2014
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Balances, December 31, 2013
|
$
|
10
|
|
|
$
|
(25
|
)
|
|
$
|
(15
|
)
|
Other comprehensive loss before reclassification
|
(5
|
)
|
|
(7
|
)
|
|
(12
|
)
|
|||
Amounts reclassified from AOCI to interest expense
|
1
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1
|
|
|||
Net other comprehensive loss
|
(4
|
)
|
|
(7
|
)
|
|
(11
|
)
|
|||
Balances, March 31, 2014
|
$
|
6
|
|
|
$
|
(32
|
)
|
|
$
|
(26
|
)
|
|
|
Land Use
Commitments |
||
|
|
(millions)
|
||
2015 (Remaining)
|
|
$
|
4
|
|
2016
|
|
5
|
|
|
2017
|
|
5
|
|
|
2018
|
|
5
|
|
|
2019
|
|
5
|
|
|
2020
|
|
5
|
|
|
Thereafter
|
|
139
|
|
|
Total minimum land use payments
|
|
$
|
168
|
|
LOC Facility Purpose
|
|
Amount
|
|
Outstanding Dates
|
||
|
|
(millions)
|
|
|
||
PPA security
|
|
$
|
25
|
|
|
September 2011 - Maturity
|
Large generator interconnection agreement obligations
|
|
8
|
|
|
September 2011 - Maturity
|
|
O&M reserve
|
|
10
|
|
|
December 2013 - Maturity
|
|
Debt service reserve
|
|
35
|
|
|
August 2014 - Maturity
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
78
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
March 31, |
||||||
|
2015
|
|
2014
(a)
|
||||
|
(millions)
|
||||||
Statement of Operations Data:
|
|
||||||
OPERATING REVENUES
|
$
|
74
|
|
|
$
|
59
|
|
OPERATING EXPENSES
|
|
|
|
||||
Operations and maintenance
|
16
|
|
|
11
|
|
||
Depreciation and amortization
|
23
|
|
|
16
|
|
||
Transmission
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
||
Taxes other than income taxes and other
|
3
|
|
|
1
|
|
||
Total operating expenses
|
43
|
|
|
29
|
|
||
OPERATING INCOME
|
31
|
|
|
30
|
|
||
OTHER INCOME (DEDUCTIONS)
|
|
|
|
||||
Interest expense
|
(23
|
)
|
|
(19
|
)
|
||
Benefits associated with differential membership interests - net
|
1
|
|
|
—
|
|
||
Other - net
|
1
|
|
|
—
|
|
||
Total other deductions - net
|
(21
|
)
|
|
(19
|
)
|
||
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES
|
10
|
|
|
11
|
|
||
INCOME TAXES
|
1
|
|
|
5
|
|
||
NET INCOME
|
$
|
9
|
|
|
$
|
6
|
|
(a)
|
Prior-period financial information has been retrospectively adjusted as discussed in Note 2.
|
|
Three Months Ended
March 31, |
||||||
|
2015
|
|
2014
|
||||
|
(dollars in millions)
|
||||||
Operating revenues
|
$
|
74
|
|
|
$
|
59
|
|
Generation
|
908 GWh
|
|
|
648 GWh
|
|
•
|
O&M expenses;
|
•
|
debt service payments;
|
•
|
distributions to holders of common units;
|
•
|
maintenance and expansion capital expenditures and other investments;
|
•
|
unforeseen events; and
|
•
|
other business expenses.
|
•
|
when required by its subsidiaries’ financings;
|
•
|
when its subsidiaries’ financings otherwise permit distributions to be made to NEP OpCo;
|
•
|
when funds are required to be returned to NEP OpCo; or
|
•
|
when otherwise demanded by NEP OpCo.
|
|
March 31, 2015
|
|
December 31, 2014
|
||||
|
(millions)
|
||||||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
$
|
52
|
|
|
$
|
98
|
|
Amounts due under the CSCS agreement
|
51
|
|
|
211
|
|
||
Revolving credit facility
|
250
|
|
|
250
|
|
||
Less borrowings
|
(122
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
||
Letter of credit facilities - Genesis
|
83
|
|
|
83
|
|
||
Less letters of credit
|
(78
|
)
|
|
(82
|
)
|
||
Total
(a)
|
$
|
236
|
|
|
$
|
560
|
|
(a)
|
Excludes current restricted cash of approximately $23 million and $80 million at
March 31, 2015
and
December 31, 2014
, respectively. See Note 1 - Restricted Cash.
|
|
2015
|
|
2014
|
|
Change
|
||||||
|
(millions)
|
||||||||||
Three Months Ended March 31,
|
|
||||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
$
|
15
|
|
|
$
|
29
|
|
|
$
|
(14
|
)
|
Net cash used in investing activities
|
$
|
(119
|
)
|
|
$
|
(68
|
)
|
|
$
|
(51
|
)
|
Net cash provided by financing activities
|
$
|
59
|
|
|
$
|
49
|
|
|
$
|
10
|
|
|
2015
|
|
2014
|
||||
|
(millions)
|
||||||
Three Months Ended March 31,
|
|
||||||
Capital expenditures
|
$
|
(42
|
)
|
|
$
|
(65
|
)
|
Acquisitions of projects
|
(292
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
||
Changes in restricted cash
|
56
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
||
Payments from related parties under CSCS agreement - net
|
159
|
|
|
—
|
|
||
Net cash used in investing activities
|
$
|
(119
|
)
|
|
$
|
(68
|
)
|
|
2015
|
|
2014
|
||||
|
(millions)
|
||||||
Three Months Ended March 31,
|
|
||||||
Member contributions (distributions) - net
|
$
|
(3
|
)
|
|
$
|
47
|
|
Issuances of long-term debt - net
|
87
|
|
|
2
|
|
||
Repayment of amount due to related party
|
(22
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
||
Other
|
(3
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
||
Net cash provided by financing activities
|
$
|
59
|
|
|
$
|
49
|
|
(a)
|
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
|
(b)
|
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
|
•
|
Ashtabula Wind III, LLC, a project company that owns a 62.4 MW wind power electric generating facility located in Barnes County, North Dakota;
|
•
|
Baldwin Wind Holdings, LLC, which immediately prior to the closing will own 100% of the membership interests of Baldwin Wind, LLC, a project company that owns a 102.4 MW wind power electric generating facility located in Burleigh County, North Dakota;
|
•
|
Mammoth Plains Wind Project Holdings, LLC, which immediately prior to the closing will own 100% of the Class A membership interests of Mammoth Plains Wind Project, LLC, a project company that owns a 198.9 MW wind power electric generating facility located in Dewey and Blaine Counties, Oklahoma; and
|
•
|
FPL Energy Stateline Holdings, L.L.C., which immediately prior to the closing will own 100% of the membership interests of FPL Energy Vansycle L.L.C., a project company that owns a 300 MW wind power electric generating facility located in Umatilla County, Oregon and Walla Walla County, Washington.
|
Exhibit
Number
|
|
Description
|
10.1
|
|
NextEra Energy Partners, LP Guaranty dated as of July 1, 2014 in favor of Bank of America, N.A., as collateral agent under the Revolving Credit Agreement by and between NextEra Energy Canada Partners Holdings, ULC, NextEra Energy US Partners Holdings, LLC, NextEra Energy Operating Partners, LP, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent, Bank of America, N.A. (Canada Branch), as Canadian agent for the lenders and the lenders party thereto, dated as of July 1, 2014
|
31(a)
|
|
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer of NextEra Energy Partners GP, Inc.
|
31(b)
|
|
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer of NextEra Energy Partners GP, Inc.
|
32
|
|
Section 1350 Certification of NextEra Energy Partners, LP
|
101.INS
|
|
XBRL Instance Document
|
101.SCH
|
|
XBRL Schema Document
|
101.PRE
|
|
XBRL Presentation Linkbase Document
|
101.CAL
|
|
XBRL Calculation Linkbase Document
|
101.LAB
|
|
XBRL Label Linkbase Document
|
101.DEF
|
|
XBRL Definition Linkbase Document
|
*
|
Incorporated herein by reference.
|
NEXTERA ENERGY PARTNERS, LP
|
|
(Registrant)
|
|
|
|
By:
|
NextEra Energy Partners GP, Inc.,
its general partner
|
|
|
|
|
CHRIS N. FROGGATT
|
|
Chris N. Froggatt
Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
|
NEXTERA ENERGY PARTNERS, LP
|
||
|
|
|
By:
|
NEXTERA ENERGY PARTNERS GP, INC., its General Partner
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
PAUL I. CUTLER
|
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Paul I. Cutler
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Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
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I have reviewed this Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
March 31, 2015
of NextEra Energy Partners, LP (the registrant);
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Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
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Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
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4.
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The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:
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(a)
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Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
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(b)
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Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
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(c)
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Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and
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5.
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The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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(a)
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All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
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(b)
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Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
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Date:
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April 30, 2015
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JAMES L. ROBO
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James L. Robo
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
of NextEra Energy Partners GP, Inc.
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I have reviewed this Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
March 31, 2015
of NextEra Energy Partners, LP (the registrant);
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Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
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3.
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Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
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4.
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The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:
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(a)
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Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
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(b)
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Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
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(c)
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Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and
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The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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(a)
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All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
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(b)
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Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
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Date:
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April 30, 2015
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MORAY P. DEWHURST
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Moray P. Dewhurst
Chief Financial Officer
of NextEra Energy Partners GP, Inc.
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(1)
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The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of NextEra Energy Partners, LP (the registrant) for the quarterly period ended
March 31, 2015
(Report) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
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(2)
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The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the registrant.
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Dated:
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April 30, 2015
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JAMES L. ROBO
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James L. Robo
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
of NextEra Energy Partners GP, Inc.
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MORAY P. DEWHURST
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Moray P. Dewhurst
Chief Financial Officer
of NextEra Energy Partners GP, Inc.
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