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                <value>Common Stock</value>
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                    <value>See footnotes</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The shares of Common Stock reported herein are held by Sunnova Energy Corporation (&quot;Parent&quot;). Energy Capital Partners III, LP, Energy Capital Partners III-A, LP, Energy Capital Partners III-B, LP, Energy Capital Partners III-C, LP, Energy Capital Partners III-D, LP (collectively, the &quot;ECP Funds&quot;) and Energy Capital Partners III (Sunnova Co-Invest), LP (&quot;ECP Sunnova&quot;) collectively beneficially own a majority of the outstanding shares of Parent.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">ECP Control Co, LLC (&quot;ECP Control Co&quot;) is the managing member of Energy Capital Partners III, LLC (&quot;ECP GP&quot;), which is (i) the general partner of Energy Capital Partners GP III, LP (&quot;ECP Fund GP&quot;) and (ii) the managing member of Energy Capital Partners GP III Co-Investment (Sunnova), LLC (&quot;ECP Sunnova GP&quot;). ECP Fund GP is the general partner of each of the ECP Funds and ECP Sunnova GP is the general partner of ECP Sunnova. Douglas Kimmelman, Andrew Singer, Peter Labbat, Tyler Reeder and Rahman D'Argenio are the managing members of ECP ControlCo and share the power to vote and dispose of the securities beneficially owned by ECP ControlCo. As such, each of the foregoing entities and individuals may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the Common Stock held by Parent, but each disclaims any such beneficial ownership except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
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        <signatureName>ECP ControlCo, LLC, By: /s/ Rahman D'Argenio, Managing Member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2019-07-24</signatureDate>
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        <signatureName>Energy Capital Partners III, LLC, By: ECP ControlCo, LLC, its managing member, By: /s/ Rahman D'Argenio, Managing Member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2019-07-24</signatureDate>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>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, Managing Member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2019-07-24</signatureDate>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>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, Managing Member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2019-07-24</signatureDate>
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        <signatureName>Energy Capital Partners III-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, Managing Member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2019-07-24</signatureDate>
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        <signatureName>Energy Capital Partners III-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, Managing Member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2019-07-24</signatureDate>
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        <signatureName>Energy Capital Partners III-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, Managing Member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2019-07-24</signatureDate>
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        <signatureName>Energy Capital Partners III-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, Managing Member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2019-07-24</signatureDate>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Energy Capital Partners GP III Co-Investment (Sunnova), LLC, By: Energy Capital Partners III, LLC, its managing member, By: ECP ControlCo, LLC, its managing member, By: /s/ Rahman D'Argenio, Managing Member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2019-07-24</signatureDate>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Energy Capital Partners III (Sunnova Co-Invest), LP, By: Energy Capital Partners GP III Co-Investment (Sunnova), LLC, its general partner, By: Energy Capital Partners III, LLC, By: ECP ControlCo, LLC, By: /s/ Rahman D'Argenio, Managing Member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2019-07-24</signatureDate>
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