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                <value>Common Stock</value>
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            <transactionDate>
                <value>2021-11-01</value>
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                    <value>See footnote</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The securities reported herein are held of record by ECP Sunnova Holdings, LP (&quot;ECP Sunnova Holdings&quot;). ECP Control Co, LLC is the managing member of Energy Capital Partners III, LLC (&quot;ECP GP&quot;), which is the managing member of Energy Capital Partners GP III Co-Investment (Sunnova), LLC (&quot;ECP Sunnova GP&quot;). ECP Sunnova GP is the general partner of Energy Capital Partners III (Sunnova Co-Invest), LP (&quot;ECP Sunnova&quot;). ECP GP is the general partner of Energy Capital Partners GP III, LP, which is the general partner of each of (i) Energy Capital Partners III-A, LP, (ii) Energy Capital Partners III, LP, (iii) Energy Capital Partners III-B, LP, (iv) Energy Capital Parnters III-D, LP, and (v) Energy Capital Partners III-C, LP (together with ECP Sunnova, the &quot;Funds&quot;). The Funds are the managing members of ECP Sunnova Holdings GP, LLC, which is the general partner of ECP Sunnova Holdings.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Due to the limitations of the electronic filing system, each of ECP Sunnova Holdings, LP and ECP Sunnova Holdings GP, LLC are filing a separate Form 4.</remarks>

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        <signatureName>ECP ControlCo, LLC, By: /s/ Rahman D'Argenio, Managing Member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-11-03</signatureDate>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Energy Capital Partners III, LLC, By: ECP ControlCo, LLC, its managing member, By: /s/ Rahman D'Argenio, Managing Member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-11-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <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>2021-11-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <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>2021-11-03</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>2021-11-03</signatureDate>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <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>2021-11-03</signatureDate>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <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>2021-11-03</signatureDate>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <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>2021-11-03</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>2021-11-03</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, , By: Energy Capital Partners III, LLC, , By: ECP ControlCo, LLC, its managing member, By: /s/ Rahman D'Argenio, Managing Member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-11-03</signatureDate>
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