UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of earliest event reported: September 19, 2016
Commission File Number | Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter, address of principal executive offices and registrant's telephone number | IRS Employer Identification Number | ||
| 001-36518 | NextEra Energy Partners, LP 700 Universe Boulevard Juno Beach, Florida 33408 (561) 694-4000 | 30-0818558 | ||
| State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization: Delaware |
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SECTION 5 - CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
| (c) | As previously reported, on March 18, 2016, Chris N. Froggatt, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (principal accounting officer) of NextEra Energy Partners, LP’s (NEP) general partner, NextEra Energy Partners GP, Inc. (NEP GP), advised NEP GP’s Board of Directors of his intention to retire in September 2016 as part of a planned succession process. Effective September 19, 2016, upon Mr. Froggatt’s retirement from the foregoing position, NEP GP’s Board of Directors appointed Terrell Kirk Crews, II to the position of Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of NEP GP. As Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of NEP GP, Mr. Crews will serve as NEP’s principal accounting officer. |
| Mr. Crews, age 38, served as NextEra Energy, Inc.’s (NEE) Vice President, Finance since April 2016. From July 2015 to April 2016, he was a Partner in the national office of Deloitte & Touche LLP (Deloitte). From June 2013 to June 2015, Mr. Crews served as a professional accounting fellow in the Office of the Chief Accountant of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. From June 2010 to June 2013, Mr. Crews was an audit service senior manager at Deloitte. NEP GP is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of NEE. | |
| Mr. Crews is an employee of NEE and, as such, will not receive any compensation from NEP GP or NEP for his service as NEP’s principal accounting officer. | |
| SIGNATURES | ||||
| Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. | ||||
| Date: September 19, 2016 | ||||
NEXTERA ENERGY PARTNERS, LP (Registrant) | |
| By: | NextEra Energy Partners GP, Inc., its general partner |
| CHARLES E. SIEVING | |
Charles E. Sieving General Counsel | |
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