Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors
NRG Yield, Inc.:
We consent to the use of our report dated May 22, 2015, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of NRG Yield, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2014, and the related financial statement schedule and to the use of our report dated February 27, 2015 on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2014, incorporated herein by reference and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the prospectus.
Our report dated February 27, 2015, on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2014, contains an explanatory paragraph that states that the scope of management’s assessment of their effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included the Company’s consolidated operations except for the operations of Alta Wind Portfolio, which the Company acquired in August 2014. Alta Wind Portfolio represented 43% of the Company’s consolidated total assets and 8% of consolidated operating revenues as of and for the year ended December 31, 2014. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting of NRG Yield, Inc. also excluded an evaluation of the internal control over financial reporting of Alta Wind Portfolio.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
June 19, 2015
