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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Held of record by Pattern Renewables LP. Pattern Renewables GP LLC is the general partner of Pattern Renewables LP. Pattern Energy Group LP is the sole member of Pattern Renewables GP LLC. Pattern Energy GP LLC is the general partner of Pattern Energy Group LP. Pattern Energy Group Holdings LP is the managing member of Pattern Energy GP LLC. Pattern Energy Group Holdings GP LLC is the general partner of Pattern Energy Group Holdings LP. R/C Wind II LP is the managing member of Pattern Energy Group Holdings GP LLC. Riverstone/Carlyle Renewable Energy Grant GP, L.L.C. is the general partner of R/C Wind II LP. R/C Renewable Energy GP II, LLC is the managing member of Riverstone/Carlyle Renewable Energy Grant GP, L.L.C.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">R/C Renewable Energy GP II, LLC is managed by an eight-person investment committee. Pierre F. Lapeyre, Jr., David M. Leuschen, Ralph C. Alexander, Lord John Browne of Madingley, Michael B. Hoffman, Stephen J. Schaefer, Daniel A. D'Aniello and Edward J. Mathias, as the members of the investment committee of R/C Renewable Energy GP II, LLC, may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the shares beneficially owned by R/C Wind II LP. Such individuals expressly disclaim any such beneficial ownership.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Held of record by Pattern Development Finance Company LLC.  Pattern Energy Group LP is the sole member of Pattern Development Finance Company LLC. Pattern Energy GP LLC is the general partner of Pattern Energy Group LP. Pattern Energy Group Holdings LP is the managing member of Pattern Energy GP LLC. Pattern Energy Group Holdings GP LLC is the general partner of Pattern Energy Group Holdings LP. R/C Wind II LP is the managing member of Pattern Energy Group Holdings GP LLC. Riverstone/Carlyle Renewable Energy Grant GP, L.L.C. is the general partner of R/C Wind II LP. R/C Renewable Energy GP II, LLC is the managing member of Riverstone/Carlyle Renewable Energy Grant GP, L.L.C.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">On December 31, 2014, the Issuer's shares of Class B common stock converted into shares of the Issuer's Class A common stock on a one-to-one basis.</footnote>
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        <signatureName>/s/ Thomas Walker, Authorized Person of R/C Renewable Energy GP II, L.L.C.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2015-01-05</signatureDate>
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        <signatureName>/s/ Daniel M. Elkhort, Vice President of Pattern Energy Group Holdings LP</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2015-01-05</signatureDate>
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        <signatureName>/s/ Daniel M. Elkhort, Vice President of Pattern Energy GP LLC</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2015-01-05</signatureDate>
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        <signatureName>/s/ Dyann S. Blaine, Vice President of Pattern Energy Group LP</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2015-01-05</signatureDate>
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        <signatureName>/s/ Dyann S. Blaine, Vice President of Pattern Renewables GP LLC</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2015-01-05</signatureDate>
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        <signatureName>/s/ Dyann S. Blaine, Vice President of Pattern Renewables LP</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2015-01-05</signatureDate>
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        <signatureName>/s/ Thomas Walker, Authorized Person of R/C Renewable Energy GP II, L.L.C., sole member of Riverstone/Carlyle Renewable Energy Grant GP, L.L.C.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2015-01-05</signatureDate>
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        <signatureName>/s/ Thomas Walker, Authorized Person of R/C Renewable Energy GP II, L.L.C., sole member of Riverstone/Carlyle Renewable Energy Grant GP, L.L.C., general partner of R/C Wind II LP</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2015-01-05</signatureDate>
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        <signatureName>/s/ Thomas Walker, Authorized Person of R/C Renewable Energy GP II, L.L.C., sole member of Riverstone/Carlyle Renewable Energy Grant GP, L.L.C., general partner of R/C Wind II LP, managing member of Pattern Energy Group Holdings GP LLC</signatureName>
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