Sunnova Energy International (NOVA) SC 13G Sunnova Energy International Inc.

United States

Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, D.C. 20549

Schedule 13G

(Rule13d-102)

Information to be Included in Statements Filed Pursuant

to §240.13d-1(b), (c) and (d) and Amendments Thereto Filed

Pursuant to §240.13d-2

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(Amendment No.    )*

Sunnova Energy International Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

86745K104

(CUSIP Number)

December 31, 2019

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:

☐ Rule13d-1(b)

☐ Rule13d-1(c)

☒ Rule13d-1(d)

* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

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1	Names of Reporting Persons   ECP ControlCo, LLC
2	Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group   (a)  ☐        (b)  ☐
3	SEC Use Only
4	Citizenship or Place of Organization   Delaware

Number of Shares  Beneficially  Owned by Each Reporting Person With	5	Sole Voting Power   0
	6	Shared Voting Power   38,352,957
	7	Sole Dispositive Power   0
	8	Shared Dispositive Power   38,352,957

9	Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person   38,352,957
10	Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares   Not Applicable
11	Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 9   45.7%
12	Type of Reporting Person   OO (Delaware Limited Liability Company)

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1	Names of Reporting Persons   Energy Capital Partners III, LLC
2	Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group   (a)  ☐        (b)  ☐
3	SEC Use Only
4	Citizenship or Place of Organization   Delaware

Number of Shares  Beneficially  Owned by Each Reporting Person With	5	Sole Voting Power   0
	6	Shared Voting Power   38,352,957
	7	Sole Dispositive Power   0
	8	Shared Dispositive Power   38,352,957

9	Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person   38,352,957
10	Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares   Not Applicable
11	Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 9   45.7%
12	Type of Reporting Person   OO (Delaware Limited Liability Company)

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1	Names of Reporting Persons   Energy Capital Partners GP III, LP
2	Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group   (a)  ☐        (b)  ☐
3	SEC Use Only
4	Citizenship or Place of Organization   Delaware

Number of Shares  Beneficially  Owned by Each Reporting Person With	5	Sole Voting Power   0
	6	Shared Voting Power   36,876,446
	7	Sole Dispositive Power   0
	8	Shared Dispositive Power   36,876,446

9	Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person   36,876,446
10	Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares   Not Applicable
11	Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 9   43.9%
12	Type of Reporting Person   PN

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1	Names of Reporting Persons   Energy Capital Partners III, LP
2	Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group   (a)  ☐        (b)  ☐
3	SEC Use Only
4	Citizenship or Place of Organization   Delaware

Number of Shares  Beneficially  Owned by Each Reporting Person With	5	Sole Voting Power   0
	6	Shared Voting Power   528,150
	7	Sole Dispositive Power   0
	8	Shared Dispositive Power   528,150

9	Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person   528,150
10	Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares   Not Applicable
11	Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 9   0.6%
12	Type of Reporting Person   PN

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1	Names of Reporting Persons   Energy Capital PartnersIII-A, LP
2	Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group   (a)  ☐        (b)  ☐
3	SEC Use Only
4	Citizenship or Place of Organization   Delaware

Number of Shares  Beneficially  Owned by Each Reporting Person With	5	Sole Voting Power   0
	6	Shared Voting Power   17,779,378
	7	Sole Dispositive Power   0
	8	Shared Dispositive Power   17,779,378

9	Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person   17,779,378
10	Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares   Not Applicable
11	Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 9   21.2%
12	Type of Reporting Person   PN

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1	Names of Reporting Persons   Energy Capital PartnersIII-B, LP
2	Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group   (a)  ☐        (b)  ☐
3	SEC Use Only
4	Citizenship or Place of Organization   Delaware

Number of Shares  Beneficially  Owned by Each Reporting Person With	5	Sole Voting Power   0
	6	Shared Voting Power   2,147,150
	7	Sole Dispositive Power   0
	8	Shared Dispositive Power   2,147,150

9	Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person   2,147,150
10	Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares   Not Applicable
11	Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 9   2.6%
12	Type of Reporting Person   PN

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1	Names of Reporting Persons   Energy Capital PartnersIII-C, LP
2	Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group   (a)  ☐        (b)  ☐
3	SEC Use Only
4	Citizenship or Place of Organization   Delaware

Number of Shares  Beneficially  Owned by Each Reporting Person With	5	Sole Voting Power   0
	6	Shared Voting Power   7,350,272
	7	Sole Dispositive Power   0
	8	Shared Dispositive Power   7,350,272

9	Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person   7,350,272
10	Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares   Not Applicable
11	Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 9   8.8%
12	Type of Reporting Person   PN

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1	Names of Reporting Persons   Energy Capital PartnersIII-D, LP
2	Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group   (a)  ☐        (b)  ☐
3	SEC Use Only
4	Citizenship or Place of Organization   Delaware

Number of Shares  Beneficially  Owned by Each Reporting Person With	5	Sole Voting Power   0
	6	Shared Voting Power   9,071,496
	7	Sole Dispositive Power   0
	8	Shared Dispositive Power   9,071,496

9	Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person   9,071,496
10	Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares   Not Applicable
11	Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 9   10.8%
12	Type of Reporting Person   PN

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1	Names of Reporting Persons   Energy Capital Partners GP IIICo-Investment (Sunnova), LLC
2	Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group   (a)  ☐        (b)  ☐
3	SEC Use Only
4	Citizenship or Place of Organization   Delaware

Number of Shares  Beneficially  Owned by Each Reporting Person With	5	Sole Voting Power   0
	6	Shared Voting Power   1,476,511
	7	Sole Dispositive Power   0
	8	Shared Dispositive Power   1,476,511

9	Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person   1,476,511
10	Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares   Not Applicable
11	Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 9   1.8%
12	Type of Reporting Person   OO (Delaware Limited Liability Company)

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1	Names of Reporting Persons   Energy Capital Partners III (SunnovaCo-Invest), LP
2	Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group   (a)  ☐        (b)  ☐
3	SEC Use Only
4	Citizenship or Place of Organization   Delaware

Number of Shares  Beneficially  Owned by Each Reporting Person With	5	Sole Voting Power   0
	6	Shared Voting Power   1,476,511
	7	Sole Dispositive Power   0
	8	Shared Dispositive Power   1,476,511

9	Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person   1,476,511
10	Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares   Not Applicable
11	Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 9   1.8%
12	Type of Reporting Person   PN

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ITEM 1.  (a) Name of Issuer:

Sunnova Energy International Inc. (the “Issuer”)

                 (b) Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices:

20 East Greenway Plaza, Suite 475

Houston, Texas 77046

ITEM 2.  (a) Name of Person Filing:

Each of the following is hereinafter individually referred to as a “Reporting Person” and collectively as the “Reporting Persons.” This statement is filed on behalf of:

ECP ControlCo, LLC (“ECP ControlCo”);

Energy Capital Partners III, LLC (“ECP GP”);

Energy Capital Partners GP III, LP (“ECP Fund GP”);

Energy Capital Partners III, LP (“ECP III”);

Energy Capital PartnersIII-A, LP (“ECPIII-A”);

Energy Capital PartnersIII-B, LP (“ECPIII-B”);

Energy Capital PartnersIII-C, LP (“ECPIII-C”);

Energy Capital PartnersIII-D, LP (“ECPIII-D” and together with ECP III, ECPIII-A, ECP, ECPIII-B and ECPIII-C, the “ECP Funds”);

Energy Capital Partners GP IIICo-Investment (Sunnova), LLC (“ECP Sunnova GP”); and

Energy Capital Partners III (SunnovaCo-Invest), LP (“ECP Sunnova”).

                 (b) Address or Principal Business Office:

The business address for each of the Reporting Persons is 40 Beachwood Road, Summit, NJ 07901.

                 (c) Citizenship of each Reporting Person is:

Each of the Reporting Persons are organized under the laws of the State of Delaware.

                 (d) Title of Class of Securities:

Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share (“Common Stock”).

                 (e) CUSIP Number:

86745K104

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ITEM 3.

Not applicable.

ITEM 4. Ownership.

(a-c)

The ownership information presented below represents beneficial ownership of Common Stock of the Issuer as of December 31, 2019, based upon 83,980,885 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of October 29, 2019.

Reporting Person	Amount beneficially owned		Percent of class:			Sole power to vote or to direct the vote:		Shared power to vote or to direct the vote:		Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:		Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:
ECP ControlCo, LLC		38,352,957		45.7	%		0		38,352,957		0		38,352,957
Energy Capital Partners III, LLC		38,352,957		45.7	%		0		38,352,957		0		38,352,957
Energy Capital Partners GP III, LP		36,876,446		43.9	%		0		36,876,446		0		36,876,446
Energy Capital Partners III, LP		528,150		0.6	%		0		528,150		0		528,150
Energy Capital PartnersIII-A, LP		17,779,378		21.2	%		0		17,779,378		0		17,779,378
Energy Capital PartnersIII-B, LP		2,147,150		2.6	%		0		2,147,150		0		2,147,150
Energy Capital PartnersIII-C, LP		7,350,272		8.8	%		0		7,350,272		0		7,350,272
Energy Capital PartnersIII-D, LP		9,071,496		10.8	%		0		9,071,496		0		9,071,496
Energy Capital Partners GP IIICo-Investment (Sunnova), LLC		1,476,511		1.8	%		0		1,476,511		0		1,476,511
Energy Capital Partners III (SunnovaCo-Invest), LP		1,476,511		1.8	%		0		1,476,511		0		1,476,511

ECP III is the record holder of 528,150 shares of Common Stock, ECPIII-A is the record holder of 17,779,378 shares of Common Stock, ECPIII-B is the record holder of 2,147,150 shares of Common Stock, ECPIII-C is the record holder of 7,350,272 shares of Common Stock, ECPIII-D is the record holder of 9,071,496 shares of Common Stock and ECP Sunnova is the record holder of 1,476,511 shares of Common Stock reported herein.

ECP ControlCo is the managing member of ECP GP, which is the general partner of ECP Fund GP and the managing member of ECP Sunnova GP. ECP Fund GP is the general partner of each of the ECP Funds and ECP Sunnova GP is the general partner of ECP Sunnova. As such, each of ECP ControlCo, ECP GP and ECP Fund GP may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the Common Stock reported herein, but each disclaims any such beneficial ownership except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.

ITEM 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.

Not applicable.

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ITEM 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.

Not applicable.

ITEM 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company.

Not applicable.

ITEM 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.

Not applicable.

ITEM 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group.

Not applicable.

ITEM 10. Certification.

Not applicable.

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SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Date:    February 10, 2020

ECP ControlCo, LLC
By:	/s/ Rahman D’Argenio
Name:	Rahman D’Argenio
Title:	Managing Member

Energy Capital Partners III, LLC By: ECP ControlCo, LLC, its managing member
By:	/s/ Rahman D’Argenio
Name:	Rahman D’Argenio
Title:	Managing Member

Energy Capital Partners GP III, LP By: Energy Capital Partners III, LLC, its general partner By: ECP ControlCo, LLC, its managing member
By:	/s/ Rahman D’Argenio
Name:	Rahman D’Argenio
Title:	Managing Member

Energy Capital Partners III, LP By: Energy Capital Partners GP III, LP, its general partner By: Energy Capital Partners III, LLC, its general partner By: ECP ControlCo, LLC, its managing member
By:	/s/ Rahman D’Argenio
Name:	Rahman D’Argenio
Title:	Managing Member

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Energy Capital PartnersIII-A, LP By: Energy Capital Partners GP III, LP, its general partner By: Energy Capital Partners III, LLC, its general partner By: ECP ControlCo, LLC, its managing member
By:	/s/ Rahman D’Argenio
Name:	Rahman D’Argenio
Title:	Managing Member

Energy Capital PartnersIII-B, LP By: Energy Capital Partners GP III, LP, its general partner By: Energy Capital Partners III, LLC, its general partner By: ECP ControlCo, LLC, its managing member
By:	/s/ Rahman D’Argenio
Name:	Rahman D’Argenio
Title:	Managing Member

Energy Capital PartnersIII-C, LP By: Energy Capital Partners GP III, LP, its general partner By: Energy Capital Partners III, LLC, its general partner By: ECP ControlCo, LLC, its managing member
By:	/s/ Rahman D’Argenio
Name:	Rahman D’Argenio
Title:	Managing Member

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Energy Capital PartnersIII-D, LP By: Energy Capital Partners GP III, LP, its general partner By: Energy Capital Partners III, LLC, its general partner By: ECP ControlCo, LLC, its managing member
By:	/s/ Rahman D’Argenio
Name:	Rahman D’Argenio
Title:	Managing Member

Energy Capital Partners GP IIICo-Investment (Sunnova), LLC By: Energy Capital Partners III, LLC, its managing member By: ECP ControlCo, LLC, its managing member
By:	/s/ Rahman D’Argenio
Name:	Rahman D’Argenio
Title:	Managing Member

Energy Capital Partners III (SunnovaCo-Invest), LP By: Energy Capital Partners GP IIICo-Investment (Sunnova), LLC, its general partner By: Energy Capital Partners III, LLC, its managing member By: ECP ControlCo, LLC, its managing member
By:	/s/ Rahman D’Argenio
Name:	Rahman D’Argenio
Title:	Managing Member

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LIST OF EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.	Description
99	Joint Filing Agreement.