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 February 29, 2016, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of NRG Yield, Inc. as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2015, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2015, incorporated herein by reference in the registration statement on Form S-3 to register 13,068,169 shares of Class C common stock and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the prospectus.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Philadelphia, PA
June 16, 2016
