“Brookfield Renewable” means BEP and its controlled entities, including BRELP, the Holding Entities, BEPC and the Operating Entities, taken together, or any one or more of them, as the context requires.
“Cash Bonus” has the meaning given to it in the section titled “Compensation Elements Paid by Brookfield” of this Statement of Executive Compensation.
“DSU” has the meaning given to it in the section titled “Cash Bonus and Long-Term Incentive Plans” of this Statement of Executive Compensation.
“DSU Allotment Price” has the meaning given to it in the section titled “Cash Bonus and Long-Term Incentive Plans” of this Statement of Executive Compensation.
“DSUP” has the meaning given to it in the section titled “Cash Bonus and Long-Term Incentive Plans” of this Statement of Executive Compensation.
“Escrowed Company” has the meaning given to it in the section titled “Cash Bonus and Long-Term Incentive Plans” of this Statement of Executive Compensation.
“Escrowed Shares” or “ES” has the meaning given to it in the section titled “Cash Bonus and Long-Term Incentive Plans” of this Statement of Executive Compensation.
“Escrowed Stock Plan” has the meaning given to it in the section titled “Cash Bonus and Long-Term Incentive Plans” of this Statement of Executive Compensation.
“Exchangeable Class A Shares” has the meaning given to it in the section titled “Summary of Compensation” of this Statement of Executive Compensation.
“exchangeable shares” has the meaning given to it in the section titled “Cash Bonus and Long-Term Incentive Plans” of this Statement of Executive Compensation.
“Funds From Operations” means Adjusted EBITDA less interest, current income taxes, management service costs and distributions to preferred shareholders, preferred unitholders, and perpetual subordinated noteholders, before the effects of certain cash items (e.g., acquisition costs and other typical non-recurring cash items) and certain non-cash items (e.g. deferred income taxes, depreciation, non-cash portion of non-controlling interests, unrealized gain or loss on financial instruments, non-cash gain or loss from equity-accounted investments, and other non-cash items) as these are not reflective of the performance of the underlying business. Brookfield Renewable includes realized disposition gains and losses on assets that we developed and/or did not intend to hold over the long-term within Funds From Operations in order to provide additional insight regarding the performance of investments on a cumulative realized basis, including any unrealized fair value adjustments that were recorded in equity and not otherwise reflected in current period net income. Refer to “Cautionary Statement Regarding the Use of Non-IFRS Measures” and Item 5.A “Operating Results — PART 4 — Financial Performance Review on Proportionate Information — Reconciliation of non-IFRS measures” in our Annual Report.
“GW” means gigawatt.
“Holding Entities” means BRP Bermuda Holdings I Limited, Brookfield BRP Holdings (Canada) Inc., Brookfield BRP Europe Holdings (Bermuda) Limited and any other direct wholly-owned subsidiary of BRELP created or acquired after the date of BRELP’s limited partnership agreement.
“LP Units” means the non-voting limited partnership units in the capital of BEP, other than the Preferred Units, including any LP Units issued pursuant to the Redemption-Exchange Mechanism or pursuant to the exchange of BEPC exchangeable shares.
“Managing General Partner” has the meaning given to it in the section titled “Our Management” of this Statement of Executive Compensation.
“Master Services Agreement” means the fifth amended and restated master services agreement, dated May 5, 2023, among Brookfield Corporation, BEP, BRELP, the Holding Entities, BEPC, the Service Provider and others, as amended from time to time.
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