UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington D.C. 20549

FORM 20-F

o  REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR

x  ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021

OR

o  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR

o   SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission file number: 001-39355

BROOKFIELD RENEWABLE CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

British Columbia, Canada

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

250 Vesey Street, 15th Floor
New York, New York 10281-1023

(Address of principal executive offices)

Jennifer Mazin
250 Vesey Street, 15th Floor
New York, New York 10281-1023
Telephone: 212-417-7000
enquiries@brookfieldrenewable.com

(Name, telephone, e-mail and/or facsimile number and address of company contact person)

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Exchangeable Subordinate Voting Shares	BEPC	New York Stock Exchange, Toronto Stock Exchange

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act:

None

Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report:

172,203,342 Class A Exchangeable Subordinate Voting Shares as of December 31, 2021

165 Class B Multiple Voting Shares as of December 31, 2021

189,600,000 Class C Non-Voting Shares as of December 31, 2021

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes x No ☐

If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Yes o No x 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).  Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or an emerging growth company. See definitions of “accelerated filer”, “large accelerated filer”, and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (Check one):

Large accelerated filer  x	Accelerated filer   o	Non-accelerated filer   o
		Emerging growth company    ☐

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. [ ]

† The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. x

Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:

o U.S. GAAP  x  International Financial Reporting Standards as   issued by the International Accounting Standards Board o  Other 

If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.  Item 17 o Item 18 o 

If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No x

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION AND USE OF CERTAIN TERMS			5
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS			12
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING THE USE OF NON-IFRS MEASURES			15
PART I			16
ITEM 1.	IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISERS		16
ITEM 2.	OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE		16
ITEM 3.	KEY INFORMATION		16
	3.A	[RESERVED]	16
	3.B	CAPITALIZATION AND INDEBTEDNESS	16
	3.C	REASONS FOR THE OFFER AND USE OF PROCEEDS	16
	3.D	RISK FACTORS	16
ITEM 4.	INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY		50
	4.A	HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMPANY	50
	4.B	BUSINESS OVERVIEW	52
	4.C	ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE	66
	4.D	PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT	67
ITEM 4A.	UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS		67
ITEM 5.	OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS		1
	5.A	OPERATING RESULTS	1
	5.B	LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES	110
	5.C	RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, PATENTS AND LICENSES, ETC.	111
	5.D	TREND INFORMATION	111
	5.E	OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS	111
	5.F	TABULAR DISCLOSURE OF CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS	111
ITEM 6.	DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES		111
	6.A	DIRECTORS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT	111
	6.B	COMPENSATION	121
	6.C	BOARD PRACTICES	122
	6.D	EMPLOYEES	130
	6.E	SHARE OWNERSHIP	130
ITEM 7.	MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS		130

	7.A	MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS	131
	7.B	RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS	132
	7.C	INTEREST OF EXPERTS AND COUNSEL	183
ITEM 8.	FINANCIAL INFORMATION		183
	8.A	CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INFORMATION	183
	8.B	SIGNIFICANT CHANGES	184
ITEM 9.	THE OFFER AND LISTING		184
	9.A	OFFER AND LISTING DETAILS	184
	9.B	PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION	184
	9.C	MARKETS	184
	9.D	SELLING SHAREHOLDERS	184
	9.E	DILUTION	184
	9.F	EXPENSES OF THE ISSUE	184
ITEM 10.	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION		184
	10.A	SHARE CAPITAL	184
	10.B	MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION	184
	10.C	MATERIAL CONTRACTS	208
	10.D	EXCHANGE CONTROLS	210
	10.E	TAXATION	210
	10.F	DIVIDENDS AND PAYING AGENTS	222
	10.G	STATEMENT OF EXPERTS	222
	10.H	DOCUMENTS ON DISPLAY	222
	10.I	SUBSIDIARY INFORMATION	223
ITEM 11.	QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK		223
ITEM 12.	DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OTHER THAN EQUITY SECURITIES		223
PART II			224
ITEM 13.	DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES AND DELINQUENCIES		224
ITEM 14.	MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS AND USE OF PROCEEDS		224
ITEM 15.	CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES		224
ITEM 16.	[RESERVED]		225
	16.A	AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT	225
	16.B	CODE OF ETHICS	225

	16.C	PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES	225
	16.D	EXEMPTIONS FROM THE LISTING STANDARDS FOR AUDIT COMMITTEE	225
	16.E	PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY THE ISSUER AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS	225
	16.F	CHANGE IN REGISTRANT'S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT	226
	16.G	CORPORATE GOVERNANCE	226
	16.H	MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE	226
PART III			227
ITEM 17.	FINANCIAL STATEMENTS		227
ITEM 18.	FINANCIAL STATEMENTS		227
ITEM 19.	EXHIBITS		227
SIGNATURE			230
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS			F-1

INTRODUCTION AND USE OF CERTAIN TERMS  

Unless otherwise specified, information provided in this annual report on Form 20-F (this “Form 20-F”) is as of December 31, 2021. Unless the context requires otherwise, when used in this Form 20-F, the terms “our company”, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Brookfield Renewable Corporation and its direct and indirect operating entities as a group; “Brookfield Renewable” and “our group”, refer to Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. and its controlled entities, including BRELP, the Holding Entities, BEPC and the Operating Entities, each as defined in this Form 20-F; “the partnership” refers, unless the context indicates or requires otherwise, to Brookfield Renewable and its controlled subsidiaries, excluding our company; and “Brookfield” refers to Brookfield Asset Management Inc. and its subsidiaries (other than Brookfield Renewable). All references to “our portfolio” include 100% of the capacity and energy of the facilities even though we do not own 100% of our economic output of such facilities (see the table under Item 4.B. “Business Overview — Our Operations” for details on our portfolio). Unless the context suggests otherwise, references to:

“2011 Bond Indenture” means the amended and restated indenture, dated as of November 23, 2011, among Canadian Finco. The Bank of New York Mellon and BNY Trust Company of Canada, as amended and restated from time to time, governing the Canadian Bonds.

“2021 Bond Indenture” means the indenture, dated as of August 11, 2021, between Canadian Finco and Computershare Trust Company of Canada.

“2021 Secondary Offering” means the secondary offering of 15,000,000 BEPC exchangeable shares by subsidiaries of BAM to a syndicate of underwriters, at a price of $51.50 per share, for gross proceeds to the selling securityholders of $772,500,000, which closed February 16, 2021.

“Adjusted EBITDA” means revenues less direct costs (including energy marketing costs) and other income, before the effects of interest expense, income taxes, depreciation, management service costs, non-controlling interests, unrealized gain or loss on financial instruments, non-cash gain or loss from equity-accounted investments, distributions to preferred limited partners and other typical non-recurring items. Our company includes realized disposition gains and losses on assets that we developed and/or we did not intend to hold over the long-term within Adjusted EBITDA in order to provide additional insight regarding the performance of investments on a cumulative realized basis, including any unrealized fair value adjustments that were recorded in equity and not otherwise reflected in current period net income. Refer to “Cautionary Statement Regarding Use of Non-IFRS Measures”.

“Affiliate” or “affiliate” of any person is a person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such person.

“BAM” means Brookfield Asset Management Inc.

“base management fee” has the meaning given to it under Item 6.A “Directors and Senior Management — The Master Services Agreement — Management Fee”.

“BCBCA” means the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia).

“BEM LP” means Brookfield Energy Marketing LP, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Brookfield Asset Management.

“BEP” means, unless the context requires otherwise, Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P.

“BEP unit convertibles” has the meaning given to it under Item 7.B “Related Party Transactions—Rights Agreement—Collateral Account”.

“BEP’s Annual Report” means BEP’s annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, as amended (filed in Canada with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities in lieu of an annual information form), which includes BEP’s audited consolidated statements of financial position as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, and the related consolidated statements of income (loss), comprehensive income (loss), changes in equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2021, together with the reports thereon of the independent registered public accounting firm and management’s discussion and analysis of BEP as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2021.

“BEP’s general partner” means Brookfield Renewable Partners Limited, which serves as BEP’s general partner.

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“BEP’s limited partnership agreement” means the fourth amended and restated limited partnership agreement of BEP, dated May 3, 2016, as amended from time to time.

“BEPC” means, unless the context requires otherwise, Brookfield Renewable Corporation.

“BEPC articles” means the notice of articles and articles of BEPC.

“BEPC audit committee” means the audit committee of the board of directors of BEPC.

“BEPC board” or “our board of directors” means the board of directors of BEPC.

“BEPC class B shares” means the class B multiple voting shares in the capital of BEPC, as further described under Item 10.B “Memorandum and Articles of Association — BEPC Class B Shares”, and “BEPC class B share” means any one of them.

“BEPC class C shares” means the class C non-voting shares in the capital of BEPC, as further described under Item 10.B “Memorandum and Articles of Association—BEPC Class C Shares”, and “BEPC class C share” means any one of them.

“BEPC committees” means the BEPC audit committee and the BEPC nominating and governance committee.

“BEPC Ethics code” has the meaning given to it under Item 6.C “Board Practices—Code of Business Conduct and Ethics”.

“BEPC exchangeable dividend” has the meaning given to it under Item 10.B “Memorandum and Articles of Association—BEPC Exchangeable Shares—Dividends”.

“BEPC exchangeable shares” means the class A exchangeable subordinate voting shares in the capital of BEPC, as further described under Item 10.B “Memorandum and Articles of Association—BEPC Exchangeable Shares”, and “BEPC exchangeable share” means any one of them.

“BEPC nominating and governance committee” means the nominating and governance committee of the board of directors of BEPC.

“BEPC notice” has the meaning given to it under Item 7.B “Related Party Transactions—Rights Agreement—Satisfaction of Secondary Exchange Rights”.

“BEPC pre-approval policy” means the written policy on auditor independence of the BEPC board.

“BEPC preferred shares” has the meaning given to it under Item 10.B “Memorandum and Articles of Association”.

“BEPC Voting Agreements” has the meaning given to it under Item 7.B “Related Party Transactions—BEPC Relationship with the Partnership—BEPC Voting Agreements”.

“Bermuda Partnership Acts” means the Bermuda Exempted Partnerships Act 1992 (as amended) together with the Bermuda Limited Partnership Act 1883 (as amended).

“BRELP’s limited partnership agreement” means the fourth amended and restated limited partnership agreement of BRELP, dated December 30, 2020, as amended from time to time.

“BRELP” means Brookfield Renewable Energy L.P.

“BRELP Class A Preferred Units” means the Class A Preferred Limited Partnership Units, issuable in series, of BRELP.

“Brookfield” means BAM and its subsidiaries (other than entities in our group).

“Brookfield Accounts” has the meaning given to it under Item 7.B “Related Party Transactions—Conflicts of Interest and Fiduciary Duties”.

“Brookfield Asset Management” or “BAM” means Brookfield Asset Management Inc.

“Brookfield Insurance Accounts” has the meaning given to it under Item 7.B “Related Party Transactions—Conflicts Relating to Investments”.

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“Brookfield Personnel” has the meaning given to it under Item 7.B “Related Party Transactions—Conflicts of Interest and Fiduciary Duties”.

“BPUSHA” means Brookfield Power US Holding America Co.

“Brookfield Relationship Agreement” means the relationship agreement, dated November 28, 2011, by and among Brookfield Asset Management, BEP, BRELP, the Service Provider and others.

“Brookfield Renewable” or “our group” means BEP collectively with BRELP, the Holding Entities, BEPC, and the Operating Entities, or any one or more of them, as the context requires.

“BRP Equity” means Brookfield Renewable Power Preferred Equity Inc.

“BRPI” means Brookfield Renewable Power Inc., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Brookfield Asset Management.

“BRTM” means Brookfield Renewable Trading and Marketing LP, which is a subsidiary of Brookfield Renewable.

“Canada SubCo” means BEP Subco Inc.

“Canadian Bonds” means all outstanding bonds issued by Canadian Finco pursuant to the Canadian Indentures.

“Canadian Finco” means Brookfield Renewable Partners ULC.

“Canadian Indentures” means the 2011 Bond Indenture and the 2021 Bond Indenture, as applicable.

“CDS” means CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc.

“CEE Funds” means the Germany based asset manager that holds renewable energy funds targeting low-risk renewable investments, which is a portfolio company of Brookfield Asset Management.

“chair” means the chairperson of the BEPC board.

“Class A Preference Shares” means BRP Equity’s Class A Preference Shares, issuable in series.

“Class A Preferred Units” means BEP’s Class A Preferred Limited Partnership Units, issuable in series.

“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“CODM” has the meaning given to it under Item 5.A “Operating Results—Financial Performance Review on Proportionate Information”.

“collateral account” has the meaning given to it under Item 7.B “Related Party Transactions—Rights Agreement—Collateral Account”.

“collateral account balance” has the meaning given to it under Item 7.B “Related Party Transactions—Rights Agreement—Collateral Account”.

“collateral account BEP unit balance” has the meaning given to it under Item 7.B “Related Party Transactions—Rights Agreement—Collateral Account”.

“Conflicts Protocols” has the meaning given to it under Item 7.B “Related Party Transactions—Conflicts of Interest and Fiduciary Duties”.

“CPI” means the Canadian consumer price index.

“CRA” means the Canada Revenue Agency.

“CSP” means concentrated solar power.

“DG” means distributed generation.

“dividend equivalents” has the meaning given to it under Item 3.D “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Taxation”.

“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.

“EDGAR” means the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system administered by the SEC.

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“Equity Commitment Agreement” has the meaning given to it under Item 7.B “Related Party Transactions—BEPC Relationship with the Partnership—Equity Commitment Agreement”.

“ESG” means environmental, social and governance.

“ETM” means Evolugen Trading and Marketing LP.

“EURIBOR” means the European Interbank Offered Rate.

“Euro Holdco” means Brookfield BRP Europe Holdings (Bermuda) Limited.

“Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“exchanging BEPC shareholder notice” has the meaning given to it under Item 7.B “Related Party Transactions—Rights Agreement—Satisfaction of Secondary Exchange Rights”.

“FATCA” means the Foreign Account Tax Compliance provisions of the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act of 2010.

“FCPA” has the meaning given to it under Item 3.D “Risk Factors — General Risk Factors — Our group may suffer a significant loss resulting from fraud, bribery, corruption, other illegal acts, inadequate or failed internal processes or systems, or from external events.”

“FERC” means the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

“Form 20-F” means this annual report filed on Form 20-F, unless the context requires otherwise.

“FPA” means the Federal Power Act.

“Funds From Operations” means Adjusted EBITDA less interest, current income taxes, management service costs and distributions to preferred limited partners, before the effects of certain cash items (e.g., acquisition costs and other typical non-recurring cash items) and certain non-cash items (e.g. deferred income taxes, depreciation, non-cash portion of non-controlling interests, unrealized gain or loss on financial instruments, non-cash gain or loss from equity-accounted investments, and other non-cash items) as these are not reflective of the performance of the underlying business. Refer to “Cautionary Statement Regarding Use of Non-IFRS Measures”.

“GLPL” has the meaning given to it under Item 7.B “Related Party Transactions — Other Power Agreements”.

“GW” means gigawatt.

“GWh” means gigawatt hour.

“Holding Entities” means LATAM Holdco, NA Holdco, Euro Holdco and Investco and any other direct wholly-owned subsidiary of BRELP created or acquired after the date of BRELP’s limited partnership agreement.

“Holdings IV” means BEP Bermuda Holdings IV Limited.

“HSS&E” has the meaning given to it under Item 4.B “Business Overview—Operating Philosophy”.

“Hydro Holdings” has the meaning given to it under Item 4.B “Business Overview—Current Operations”.

“IASB” means the International Accounting Standards Board.

“IFRS” means the International Financial Reporting Standards, as issued by the IASB.

“Investco” means Brookfield Renewable Investments Limited.

“Investing Affiliate” has the meaning given to it under Item 7.B “Related Party Transactions—Conflicts of Interest and Fiduciary Duties”.

“Investment Company Act” means the United States Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated under such Act.

“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

“Isagen” means Isagen S.A. E.S.P.

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“LATAM Holdco” means BRP Bermuda Holdings I Limited.

“LIBOR” means London Interbank Offered Rate.

“Licensing Agreement” has the meaning given to it under Item 7.B “Related Party Transactions—Licensing Agreement”.

“LP unitholders” or “BEP unitholders” mean holders of BEP units.

“LP units” or “BEP units” mean the non-voting limited partnership units in the capital of BEP, other than the Preferred Units, including any LP units issued pursuant to the Redemption-Exchange Mechanism or pursuant to the exchange of BEPC exchangeable shares.

“LTA” means long-term average.

“Master Services Agreement” means the third amended and restated master services agreement dated as of May 11, 2020, among our company, BEP, BRELP, Brookfield, the Service Recipients, the Service Providers and others, as amended from time to time.

“MI 61-101” has the meaning given to it under Item 7.B “Related Party Transactions—Conflicts of Interest and Fiduciary Duties”.

“MPT” has the meaning given to it under Item 7.B “Related Party Transactions — Other Power Agreements”.

“MRE” means the hydrological balancing pool administered by the government of Brazil.

“MW” means megawatt.

“MWh” means megawatt hour.

“NA Holdco” means Brookfield BRP Holdings (Canada) Inc.

“Non-Controlled Affiliate” has the meaning given to it under Item 7.B “Related Party Transactions—Conflicts of Interest and Fiduciary Duties”.

“non-resident holder” has the meaning given to it under Item 10.E “Taxation—Taxation of Holders Not Resident in Canada”.

“Non-U.S. Holder” has the meaning given to it under Item 10.E “Taxation—Certain Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations”.

“NYSE” means the New York Stock Exchange.

“Oaktree” means Oaktree Capital Group, LLC together with its affiliates.

“Oaktree Accounts” means Oaktree-managed funds and accounts.

“Operating Entities” means the subsidiaries of the Holding Entities which, from time to time, directly or indirectly hold, or may in the future hold, assets or operations, including any assets or operations held through joint ventures, partnerships and consortium arrangements.

“Perpetual Note Guarantees” means the guarantees granted by the Perpetual Note Guarantors in respect of the Perpetual Notes.

“Perpetual Note Guarantors” means, collectively, BEP, BRELP, LATAM Holdco, Euro Holdco, Investco and Canada SubCo.

“Perpetual Noteholders” means holders of Perpetual Notes.

“Perpetual Notes” means the Series 1 Perpetual Notes and the Series 2 Perpetual Notes issued by NA Holdco.

“PFIC” means a passive foreign investment company.

“Polenergia” means Polenergia S.A.

“PPA” means a power purchase agreement, power guarantee agreement or similar long-term agreement between a seller and buyer of electrical power generation.

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“preferred units” means the preferred limited partnership units in the capital of BEP.

“preferred unitholders” means holders of preferred units.

“PSG” has the meaning given to it under Item 7.B “Related Party Transactions—Conflicts of Interest and Fiduciary Duties”.

“public TerraForm Power shares” has the meaning given to it under Item 5.A “Operating Results—Continuity of Interest”.

“PUHCA” means the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005.

“QEF Election” has the meaning given to it in Item 10.E “Taxation — Certain Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations—Consequences to U.S. Holders—Passive Foreign Investment Company Considerations”.

“Qualifying Income Exception” has the meaning given to it under Item 10.E “Taxation — Certain Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations—Partnership Status of BEP and BRELP”.

“RDSP” means registered disability savings plan.

“Redeemable/Exchangeable partnership unit” means a limited partnership unit of BRELP that has the rights of the Redemption-Exchange Mechanism.

“Redemption-Exchange Mechanism” means the mechanism by which Brookfield may request redemption of its limited partnership interests in BRELP in whole or in part in exchange for cash, subject to the right of Brookfield Renewable to acquire such interests (in lieu of such redemption) in exchange for BEP units.

“Registration Rights Agreement” has the meaning given to it under Item 7.B “Related Party Transactions—Registration Rights Agreement”.

“required collateral account balance” has the meaning given to it under Item 7.B “Related Party Transactions—Rights Agreement—Collateral Account”.

“required collateral account cash balance” has the meaning given to it under Item 7.B “Related Party Transactions—Rights Agreement—Collateral Account”.

“resident holder” has the meaning given to it in Item 10.E “Taxation—Certain Material Canadian Federal Income Tax Considerations—Taxation of Holders Resident in Canada”.

“RESP” means registered education savings plan.

“RRIF” means registered retirement income fund.

“RRSP” means registered retirement savings plan.

“rights agent” means Wilmington Trust, National Association.

“Saeta” means Saeta Yield S.A.

“Sarbanes-Oxley Act” means the United States Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, including the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

“secondary exchange rights” has the meaning given to it under Item 7.B “Related Party Transactions—Rights Agreement—Appointment of Rights Agent; Term”.

“SEDAR” means the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval administered by the Canadian Securities Administrators.

“Series 1 Perpetual Notes” means the 4.625% perpetual subordinated notes of NA Holdco issued on April 15, 2021.

“Series 2 Perpetual Notes” means the 4.875% perpetual subordinated notes of NA Holdco issued on December 9, 2021.

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“Service Providers” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Master Services Agreement.

“Service Recipients” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Master Services Agreement.

“SHPP” means a small hydroelectric power plant, which is a category of hydro power facilities in Brazil with 30 MW of capacity or less.

“special distribution” means the distribution of our BEPC exchangeable shares on July 30, 2020 by BEP to the holders of BEP units of record as of July 27, 2020.

“specified exchange date” has the meaning given to it under Item 7.B “Related Party Transactions—Rights Agreement—Appointment of Rights Agent; Term”.

“subject BEPC exchangeable share” has the meaning given to it under Item 7.B “Related Party Transactions—Rights Agreement—Appointment of Rights Agent; Term”.

“Subordinated Credit Facilities” has the meaning given to it under Item 7.B “Related Party Transactions—BEPC Relationship with the Partnership—Subordinated Credit Facilities”.

“Tax Act” means the Income Tax Act (Canada).

“TerraForm Power” or “TERP” means TerraForm Power, Inc. and as the context requires its successor entities.

“TerraForm Power acquisition” has the meaning given to it under Item 5.A “Operating Results —Continuity of Interest”.

“TFSA” means tax-free savings account.

“TJLP” means Taxa de Juros de Longo Prazo.

“Treasury Regulations” means the U.S. Treasury Regulations promulgated under the Code.

“TSX” means the Toronto Stock Exchange.

“TWh” means terawatt hour.

“unpaid accrued dividends” has the meaning given to it under Item 10.B “Memorandum and Articles of Association—BEPC Exchangeable Shares—Dividends”.

“U.S.” or “United States” means the United States of America.

“U.S. GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States that the SEC has identified as having substantial authoritative support, as supplemented by Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act, as amended from time to time.

“U.S. Holder” has the meaning given to it under Item 10.E “Taxation— Certain Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations”.

“U.S. Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Form 20-F contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the U.S. Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act pursuant to the “safe harbor” provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws, concerning the business and operations of Brookfield Renewable (collectively referred to herein as “forward-looking statements”). Forward-looking statements may include estimates, plans, expectations, opinions, forecasts, projections, guidance or other statements that are not statements of fact. Forward-looking statements in this Form 20-F include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the quality of Brookfield Renewable’s assets and the resiliency of the cash flow they will generate, our anticipated financial performance, future commissioning of assets, contracted portfolio, technology diversification, acquisition opportunities, expected completion of acquisitions, future energy prices and demand for electricity, economic recovery, achieving long-term average generation, project development and capital expenditure costs, diversification of Brookfield Renewable’s investor base, energy policies, economic growth, growth potential of the renewable asset class, our future growth prospects and distribution profile, our access to capital, future dividends and distributions made to holders of BEP units and BEPC exchangeable shares. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “plans”, “expects”, “scheduled”, “estimates”, “intends”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “potentially”, “tends”, “continue”, “attempts”, “likely”, “primarily”, “approximately”, “endeavors”, “pursues”, “strives”, “seeks” or variations of such words and phrases, or statements that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might” or “will” be taken, occur or be achieved. Although we believe that our anticipated future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements and information in this Form 20-F are based upon reasonable assumptions and expectations, we cannot assure you that such expectations will prove to have been correct. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and information as such statements and information involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from anticipated future results, performance or achievement expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements and information.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated or implied by forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following:

•changes to resource availability, as a result of climate change or otherwise, at any of our group’s facilities;

•volatility in supply and demand in the energy markets;

•our group’s inability to re-negotiate or replace expiring PPAs on similar terms;

•an increase in the amount of uncontracted generation in our group’s portfolio;

•availability and access to interconnection facilities and transmission systems;

•concessions and licenses expiring and not being renewed or replaced on similar terms;

•our group’s real property rights for wind and solar renewable energy facilities being adversely affected by the rights of lienholders and leaseholders that are superior to those granted to our group;

•increases in the cost of operating our group’s facilities;

•our group’s failure to comply with conditions in, or our group’s inability to maintain, governmental permits;

•equipment failures, including relating to wind turbines and solar panels;

•the unavailability of necessary equipment, including spare parts and components required for project development or significant cost increases relating thereto;

•dam failures and the costs and potential liabilities associated with such failures;

•the severity, duration and spread of the COVID-19 outbreak, as well as the direct and indirect impacts that the virus may have;

•uninsurable losses and higher insurance premiums;

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•changes in regulatory, political, economic and social conditions in the jurisdictions in which we operate;

•force majeure events;

•adverse changes in currency exchange rates and our group’s inability to effectively manage foreign currency exposure;

•health, safety, security and environmental risks;

•energy marketing risks;

•the termination of, or a change to, the MRE balancing pool in Brazil;

•involvement in litigation and other disputes, and governmental and regulatory investigations;

•counterparties to our group’s contracts not fulfilling their obligations;

•the time and expense of enforcing contracts against non-performing counterparties and the uncertainty of success;

•foreign laws or regulation to which our group becomes subject as a result of future acquisitions in new markets;

•our group’s operations being affected by local communities;

•our group’s reliance on computerized business systems, which could expose our group to cyber-attacks;

•newly developed technologies in which our group invests not performing as anticipated;

•increases in water rental costs (or similar fees) or changes to the regulation of water supply;

•advances in technology that impair or eliminate the competitive advantage of our projects;

•labour disruptions and economically unfavorable collective bargaining agreements;

•fraud, bribery, corruption, other illegal acts or inadequate or failed internal processes or systems;

•our group’s inability to finance its operations due to the status of the capital markets;

•operating and financial restrictions imposed on our groups by its loan, debt and security agreements;

•changes to our group’s credit ratings;

•our group’s inability to identify sufficient investment opportunities and complete transactions;

•changes to our group’s current business, including through future energy transition investments;

•our group’s inability to complete all or some of its capital recycling initiatives;

•the growth of our group’s portfolio and our group’s inability to realize the expected benefits of its transactions or acquisitions;

•our group’s inability to develop greenfield projects or find new sites suitable for the development of greenfield projects;

•delays, cost overruns and other problems associated with the construction and operation of generating facilities and risks associated with the arrangements our group enters into with communities and joint venture partners;

•Brookfield’s election not to source acquisition opportunities for our group and our group’s lack of access to all renewable power acquisitions that Brookfield identifies, including by reason of conflicts of interest;

•our group does not have control over all of its operations or investments;

•political instability or changes in government policy;

•some of our group’s acquisitions may be of distressed companies, which may subject our group to increased risks, including the incurrence of legal or other expenses;

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•a decline in the value of our group’s investments in securities, including publicly traded securities of other companies;

•our group is not subject to the same disclosure requirements as a U.S. domestic issuer;

•the separation of economic interest from control within our group’s organizational structure;

•future sales and issuances of BEP units, Preferred Units or securities exchangeable for BEP units, including BEPC exchangeable shares, or the perception of such sales or issuances, could depress the trading price of the BEP units or BEPC exchangeable shares;

•the incurrence of debt at multiple levels within our group’s organizational structure;

•being deemed an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act;

•the effectiveness of our group’s internal controls over financial reporting;

•our group’s dependence on Brookfield and the partnership and Brookfield’s significant influence over our group;

•the departure of some or all of Brookfield’s key professionals;

•our group’s lack of independent means of generating revenue;

•changes in how Brookfield elects to hold its ownership interests in our group;

•Brookfield acting in a way that is not in our group’s best interests or our shareholders;

•broader impact of climate change;

•failure of our group’s systems technology;

•any changes in the market price of the BEP units and BEPC exchangeable shares;

•the redemption of BEPC exchangeable shares by us at any time or upon notice from the holder of the BEPC class B shares; and

•other factors described in this Form 20-F, including those set forth under Item 3.D “Risk Factors”, Item 4.B “Business Overview” and Item 5.A “Operating Results”.

We caution that the foregoing list of important factors that may affect future results is not exhaustive. The forward-looking statements represent our views as of the date of this Form 20-F and should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any date subsequent to the date of this Form 20-F. While we anticipate that subsequent events and developments may cause our views to change, we disclaim any obligation to update the forward-looking statements, other than as required by applicable law. For further information on these known and unknown risks, please see Item 3.D “Risk Factors”.

Each BEPC exchangeable share has been structured with the intention of providing an economic return equivalent to one BEP unit. We therefore expect that the market price of the BEPC exchangeable shares will be impacted by the market price of BEP units and the combined business performance of our group as a whole. In addition to carefully considering the disclosure made in this Form 20-F, you should carefully consider the disclosure made by Brookfield Renewable in its continuous disclosure filings. Copies of the BEP’s continuous disclosure filings are available electronically on EDGAR on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

Historical Performance and Market Data

This Form 20-F contains information relating to our business as well as historical performance and market data. When considering this data, you should bear in mind that historical results and market data may not be indicative of the future results that you should expect from us.

Financial Information

The financial information contained in this Form 20-F is presented in U.S. dollars and, unless otherwise indicated, has been prepared in accordance with IFRS. All figures are unaudited unless otherwise indicated. In this

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Form 20-F, all references to “$” are to U.S. dollars. Canadian dollars, Australian dollars, Brazilian reais, Euros, Colombian pesos, British pounds sterling and Chinese renminbi are identified as “C$”, “A$”, “R$”, “€”, “COP”, “£” and “CNY” respectively.

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING THE USE OF NON-IFRS MEASURES

We prepare our financial statements in accordance with IFRS. However, this Form 20-F also contains references to Adjusted EBITDA and Funds From Operations which are not generally accepted accounting measures under IFRS and therefore may differ from definitions of Adjusted EBITDA and Funds From Operations used by other entities. In particular, our definition of Funds From Operations may differ from the definition of funds from operations used by other organizations, as well as the definition of funds from operations used by the Real Property Association of Canada and the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Inc. (“NAREIT”). We believe that Adjusted EBITDA and Funds From Operations are useful supplemental measures that may assist investors in assessing our financial performance. None of Adjusted EBITDA or Funds From Operations should be considered as the sole measure of our performance and should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, analysis of our financial statements prepared in accordance with IFRS. These non-IFRS measures reflect how we manage our business and, in our opinion, enable the reader to better understand our business.

Reconciliations of each of Adjusted EBITDA and Funds From Operations to net income (loss) are presented in Item 5.A “Operating Results — Financial Performance Review on Proportionate Information — Reconciliation of non-IFRS measures”.

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PART I

ITEM 1.    IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISERS

Not applicable.

ITEM 2.    OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE

Not applicable.

ITEM 3.    KEY INFORMATION

3.A    [Reserved]

3.B    CAPITALIZATION AND INDEBTEDNESS

Not applicable.

3.C    REASONS FOR THE OFFER AND USE OF PROCEEDS

Not applicable.

3.D    RISK FACTORS

Summary of Risk Factors

The following summarizes some, but not all, of the risks provided below. Please carefully consider all of the information discussed in this Item 3.D “Risk Factors” in this annual report on Form 20-F for a more thorough description of these and other risks.

Risks Relating to Our Operations and the Renewable Power Industry

•Risks relating to resource availability, as a result of climate change or otherwise.

•Risks relating to supply, demand, volatility and marketing in the energy market.

•Risks relating to the amount of uncontracted generation in our portfolio, termination of the MRE or downward revisions of our company’s reference amount.

•Risks relating to ability to access interconnection facilities and transmission systems.

•Risks relating to our expiring contracts, counterparty defaults and renewal of our concessions and licenses.

•Risks relating to our use and enjoyment of real property rights for our wind and solar facilities.

•Risks of increased cost of operating our plants.

•Risks relating to equipment failure, equipment procurement and any loss of generating capacity and damage to the environment.

•Risks relating to developments associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

•Risks relating to disputes, governmental and regulatory policies and investigations and possible litigation.

•Risks relating to our generating facilities being affected by local communities.

•Risks relating to future labor disruptions and economically unfavorable collective bargaining agreements.

•Risks relating to advances and investments in technology.

•Risks relating to increases in water rental costs (or similar fees) or changes to the regulation of water supply.

Risks Relating to Financing

•Risks relating to our ability to finance our operations, including compliance with debt covenants, changes in our credit ratings, and incurrence of debt at multiple levels within our organizational structure.

Risks Relating to Our Growth Strategy

•Risks relating to our ability to identify investment opportunities and complete transactions, as planned.

•Risks relating to changes to our business, including through future energy transition investments.

•Risks relating to our ability to complete all or some of our capital recycling initiatives.

•Risks relating to successful integration of new acquisitions.

•Risks relating to our ability to develop or find sites suitable for the development of greenfield power projects.

•Risks relating to our transactions and joint ventures, partnerships and consortium arrangements.

•Risks relating to political instability, changes in government policy, or unfamiliar cultural factors.

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•Risks relating to acquiring distressed companies.

•Risks relating to our investments in securities of other public companies.

•Risks relating to our organizational structure and our ability to control our investments.

Risks Relating to Our Relationship with Brookfield and the Partnership

•Risks relating to our dependence on Brookfield, the partnership and the Service Providers, and the conflicts of interests therewith.

•Risks relating to our inability to have access to all renewable power acquisitions that Brookfield identifies.

•Risks relating to the departure of some or all of Brookfield’s professionals.

•Risks relating to Brookfield’s ownership position of our company.

•Risks relating to the lack of any fiduciary obligations imposed on Brookfield to act in the best interests of the Service Recipients, our shareholders or the partnership’s unitholders.

•Risks relating to conflicts of interest inherent to our organizational and ownership structure .

•Risks relating to our inability to terminate the BEP Master Services Agreement.

•Risks relating to the limited liability of the Service Providers to the partnership and the other Service Recipients.

•Risks relating to Brookfield’s relationship with Oaktree.

•Risks relating to our guarantees of certain debt obligations of the partnership.

Risks Relating to the BEPC Exchangeable Shares

•Risks relating to our ability to redeem the BEPC exchangeable shares and our group’s ability to elect whether shareholders receive cash or BEP units upon a liquidation or exchange events.

•Risks relating to delays and negative market sentiment following exchange requests by holders of BEPC exchangeable shares.

•Risks relating to the trading prices and volatility of BEPC exchangeable shares and BEP units.

•Risks relating to the de-listing of our BEPC exchangeable shares.

•Risks relating to issuance of additional BEPC exchangeable shares or BEP units or other senior securities.

•Risks relating to our ability to pay dividends at current levels or at all.

•Risks relating to FPA and FERC regulations.

•Risks relating to application of applicable Canadian or U.S. rules relating to takeover bids, issuer bids and tender offers.

•Risks relating to the termination of the Rights Agreement.

Risks Relating to Taxation

•Risks relating to United States and Canadian taxation, and the effects thereof on our business and operations.

You should carefully consider the following risk factors in addition to the other information set forth in this Form 20-F. If any of the following risks were actually to occur, our company’s business, financial condition and results of operations prospects could be adversely affected and the value of the BEPC exchangeable shares would likely suffer. Each BEPC exchangeable share has been structured with the intention of providing an economic return equivalent to one LP Unit. We therefore expect that the market price of BEPC exchangeable shares will be impacted by the market price of the BEP units and the combined business performance of our group as a whole. In addition to carefully considering the risks factors contained in this Form 20-F and described below, you should carefully consider the risk factors applicable to the partnership’s business and an investment in BEP units in BEP’s Annual Report.

Risks Relating to Our Operations and the Renewable Power Industry

Changes to resource availability, as a result of climate change or otherwise, at any of our facilities could adversely affect the amount of electricity that we are able to generate.

The revenues generated by our facilities are correlated to the amount of electricity generated, which is in turn dependent upon available water flows and upon wind, irradiance and weather conditions generally. Hydrology, wind, irradiance and weather conditions have natural variations from season to season and from year to year and may also change permanently because of climate change or other factors.

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If one or more of our generation facilities were to be subject in the future to flooding, extreme weather conditions (including severe wind, storms and droughts), fires, natural disasters, or if unexpected geological or other adverse physical conditions were to develop at any of our generation facilities, the generation capacity of that facility could be significantly reduced or eliminated. For example, our hydroelectric facilities depend on the availability of water flows within the watersheds in which our company operates and could be materially impacted by changes to hydrology patterns, such as droughts. In the event of severe flooding, our hydrology facilities may be damaged. Wind energy and solar energy are highly dependent on weather conditions and, in particular, on wind conditions and irradiance, respectively. The profitability of a wind farm depends not only on observed wind conditions at the site, which are inherently variable, but also on whether observed wind conditions are consistent with assumptions made during the project development phase or when a given project was acquired. Similarly, projections of solar resources depend on assumptions about weather patterns, shading and irradiance, which are inherently uncertain and may not be consistent with actual conditions at the site. A sustained decline in water flow at our hydroelectric facilities in wind conditions at our wind energy facilities or of irradiance at our solar facilities could lead to an adverse change in the volume of electricity generated, revenues and cash flow.

Climate change may increase the frequency and severity of severe weather conditions and may change existing weather patterns in ways that are difficult to anticipate, which could result in more frequent and severe disruptions to our generation facilities and the power markets in which we operate. In addition, customers’ energy needs generally vary with weather conditions, primarily temperature and humidity. To the extent weather conditions are affected by climate change, customers’ energy use could increase or decrease depending on the duration and magnitude of changing weather conditions, which could adversely affect our business, results of operations and cash flows.

Supply and demand in the energy market is volatile and such volatility could have an adverse impact on electricity prices and an adverse effect on Brookfield Renewable’s assets, liabilities, business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flow.

A portion of our revenues are tied, either directly or indirectly, to the wholesale market price for electricity in the markets in which we operate. Wholesale market electricity prices are impacted by a number of factors including: the management of generation and the amount of excess generating capacity relative to load in a particular market; the cost of controlling emissions of carbon dioxide and other pollutants; the structure of the electricity market; weather conditions (such as extremely hot or cold weather) that impact electrical load; the price of fuel (such as natural gas) that is used to generate electricity; and political instability (such as conflict between Ukraine and Russia and the disruptive impact it might have on European natural markets).

In the long term, there is uncertainty surrounding the trend in electricity demand growth, which is influenced by macroeconomic conditions, absolute and relative energy prices, and energy conservation and demand-side management. Correspondingly, from a supply perspective, there are uncertainties associated with long term plans for the construction or retirement of baseload generation capacity (e.g., the timelines associated with the gradual retirement of coal and nuclear capacity in certain markets), the timing of generating plant retirements – in part driven by environmental regulations – and with the scale, pace and structure of replacement capacity, again reflecting a complex interaction of economic and political pressures and environmental preferences. This volatility and uncertainty in the power market generally, including the non-renewable power market, could have an adverse effect on Brookfield Renewable’s assets, liabilities, business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flow.

As our contracts expire, we may not be able to replace them with agreements on similar terms.

Certain PPAs in our portfolio will be subject to re-contracting in the future. If the price of electricity in power markets is declining at the time of such re-contracting, it may impact our ability to re-negotiate or replace these contracts on terms that are acceptable to us, or at all. In addition, a concentrated pool of potential buyers for electricity generated by our renewable energy facilities in certain jurisdictions may restrict our ability to negotiate favorable terms under new PPAs or existing PPAs that are subject to re-contracting. We cannot provide any assurance that we will be able to re-negotiate or replace these contracts once they expire, and even if we are able to do so, we cannot provide any assurance that we will be able to obtain the same prices or terms we currently receive. If we are unable to re-negotiate or replace these contracts, or unable to secure prices at least equal to the current prices we receive, our business, financial condition, results of operation and prospects could be adversely affected. Conversely, what appears to be an attractive price at the time of recontracting could, if power prices significantly rise over the PPA’s term, result in us having committed to sell power in the future at below then-market rates.

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The amount of uncontracted generation in our portfolio may increase.

As at December 31, 2021, approximately 81% of our group’s generation (on a proportionate basis) is contracted over the following five years under long-term, fixed price contracts with creditworthy counterparties. In 2020 and 2021, approximately 90% of our group’s generation (on a proportionate basis) was contracted in each of those calendar years. The portion of our group’s portfolio that is uncontracted may increase gradually over time. We may sell electricity from our uncontracted generation into the spot-market or other competitive power markets from time to time. With respect to such transactions, we are not guaranteed any rate of return on our capital investments through mandated rates, and revenues and results of operations are likely to depend, in large part, upon prevailing market prices. These market prices may fluctuate substantially over relatively short periods of time and could, in certain circumstances, have an adverse effect on our company’s business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

The ability to deliver electricity to our various counterparties and buildout our development pipeline requires the availability of (and access to) interconnection facilities and transmission systems.

Our ability to sell electricity is impacted by the availability of, and access to, the various transmission systems to deliver power to a contractual delivery point and the arrangements and facilities necessary to interconnect generation projects to the transmission systems. The absence of this availability and access, our inability to obtain reasonable terms and conditions for interconnection and transmission agreements, the operational failure or decommissioning of existing interconnection facilities or transmission facilities, the lack of adequate capacity on such interconnection or transmission facilities, curtailment as a result of transmission facility downtime, or the failure of any relevant jurisdiction to expand transmission facilities, may have an adverse effect on our ability to deliver electricity to our various counterparties or the requirement of counterparties to accept and pay for energy delivery. Insufficient access to transmission and interconnection systems may also constrain our ability to develop new utility scale projects, which require transmission systems to have available interconnection points and the overall capacity necessary to transmit the energy expected to be generated by a development project once it achieves commercial operation. Lack of access to transmission systems could accordingly adversely affect our assets, liabilities, business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flow.

There is a risk that our concessions and licenses will not be renewed.

Our company holds concessions and licenses and we have rights to operate our facilities, which generally include rights to the land and water required for power generation and which are subject to renewal at the end of their terms. We generally expect that our concessions and licenses will be renewed. However, if we are not granted renewal rights, or if our concessions or licenses are renewed subject to conditions that impose additional costs or impose additional restrictions such as setting a price ceiling for energy sales, our profitability and operational activity could be adversely impacted.

Our use and enjoyment of real property rights for our wind and solar renewable energy facilities may be adversely affected by the rights of lienholders and leaseholders that are superior to those of the grantors of those real property rights to our company.

Wind and solar renewable energy facilities are generally located on land occupied by the facility pursuant to long-term easements and leases. The ownership interests in the land subject to these easements and leases may be subject to mortgages securing loans or other liens (such as tax liens) and other easement and lease rights of third parties (such as leases of oil or mineral rights) that were created prior to the facility’s easements and leases. As a result, the facility’s rights under these easements or leases may be subject, and subordinate, to the rights of those third parties. Although we take certain measures to protect ourselves against these risks, such measures may, however, be inadequate to protect our company against all risk of loss of our rights to use the land on which our wind and solar renewable energy facilities are located, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

The cost of operating our facilities or developing new facilities could increase for reasons beyond our control.

While we currently believe that we maintain an appropriate and competitive cost position, there is a risk that increases in our cost structure that are beyond our control could adversely impact our financial performance. Examples of such costs include compliance with new conditions imposed during a relicensing process, municipal

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property taxes, water rental fees and the cost of procuring materials, spare parts and services required for our operating and maintenance activities. In some cases we have outsourced certain aspects of operation and maintenance to third parties under long term service agreements and other arrangements in order to, among other things, improve project performance and reduce and stabilize costs. However, there can be no assurance that such contractors will meet the contractual performance standards set out in these services agreements and we accordingly may not be able to fully realize these anticipated cost reductions and improvements in project performance or at all.

We may fail to comply with the conditions in, or may not be able to maintain, our governmental permits.

Our generation assets and development projects are, and any assets which we may acquire will be, required to comply with numerous supranational, federal, regional, state, provincial and local statutory and regulatory standards and to maintain numerous licenses, permits and governmental approvals required for operation. Some of the licenses, permits and governmental approvals that have been issued to our operations contain conditions and restrictions, or may have limited terms. If we fail to satisfy the conditions or comply with the restrictions imposed by our licenses, permits and governmental approvals, or the restrictions imposed by any statutory or regulatory requirements, we may become subject to regulatory enforcement or be subject to fines, penalties or additional costs or revocation of regulatory approvals, permits or licenses. In addition, if we are not able to renew, maintain or obtain all necessary licenses, permits and governmental approvals required for the continued operation or further development of our projects, the operation or development of our assets may be limited or suspended. Our failure to renew, maintain or obtain all necessary licenses, permits or governmental approvals may have an adverse effect on our assets, liabilities, business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flow.

Our generation assets may not perform as expected and may experience equipment failure.

Our generation assets may not continue to perform as they have in the past and there is a risk of equipment failure due to wear and tear, latent defect, design error, operator error, extreme weather events or early obsolescence, among other things, which could have an adverse effect on our assets, liabilities, business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flow. Wind turbines and solar panels have shorter lifespans than hydroelectric assets. Equipment failure at our generation assets could also result in significant personal injury or loss of life, damage to and destruction of property, plant and equipment and contamination of, or damage to, the environment and suspension of operations. This could be on a large scale, such as a breach of a dam or the failure of a wind turbine tower, or a small scale, such as panels being blown off of a rooftop at one of our DG facilities (which tend to be located within population centers. The occurrence of any one of these events may result in our being named as a defendant in lawsuits asserting claims for substantial damages, including for environmental cleanup costs, personal injury and property damage and fines and/or penalties.

Equipment that we need, including spare parts and components required for project development, may become unavailable or difficult to procure, inhibiting our ability to maintain full availability of existing plants and also our ability to complete development projects on scope, schedule and budget.

Equipment and spare parts, including panels, inverters, and trackers for solar projects, turbines, towers and blades for wind projects, and transformers and generator components for hydroelectric projects, may become unavailable or difficult to procure on terms consistent with those that we have budgeted for. For example, some jurisdictions in which we operate have experienced supply chain challenges resulting from bottlenecks caused by, among other things, increases in demand and challenges involved with ramping up to meet this demand. While supply chain disruptions that occurred globally in 2021 did not materially impact our business or operations, supply chains could be further disrupted in the future by factors outside of our control. This could include (1) a reduction in the supply or availability of the commodities required to produce the parts and components that we need to maintain existing projects and develop new projects from our development pipeline, like polysilicon which is required for panels that are necessary for the construction of solar energy projects, (2) lockdowns and workforce disruptions caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, (3) the potential physical effects of climate change, such as increased frequency and severity of storms, precipitation, floods and other climatic events and their impact on transportation networks and manufacturing centers, and (4) economic sanctions or embargoes, including those relating to human rights concerns in jurisdictions that produce key materials, components or parts. Any material delays in procuring equipment or significant cost increases could adversely impact our business and financial condition.

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The occurrence of dam failures could result in a loss of generating capacity and damage to the environment, third parties or the public, which could require us to expend significant amounts of capital and other resources and expose us to significant liability.

The occurrence of dam failures at any of our hydroelectric generating stations or the occurrence of dam failures at other generating stations or dams operated by third parties whether upstream or downstream of our hydroelectric generating stations could result in a loss of generating capacity until the failure has been repaired. If the failure is at one of our facilities, repairing such failure could require us to expend significant amounts of capital and other resources. As noted above, such failures could also result in damage to the environment or damages and harm to third parties or the public, which could expose us to significant liability. A dam failure at a generating station or dam operated by a third party could result in new and potentially onerous regulations that could impact our facilities. Any such new regulations could require material capital expenditures to maintain compliance and our financial position could be adversely affected.

Developments associated with the COVID-19 pandemic could have an adverse effect on our group’s business.

The spread of the COVID-19 virus, including subsequent mutations, and actions taken globally in response to COVID-19, generally disrupted business activities in the jurisdictions in which we operate and elsewhere. Governments around the world implemented measures to control the spread of the virus, including quarantines, social distancing protocols, “stay at home” orders, travel restrictions, business curtailments, school closures and other measures that restricted economic and social activity. Governments and central banks around the world also enacted fiscal and monetary stimulus measures to mitigate the economically harmful impact of these measures.

While our business relies, to a certain extent, on free movement of goods, services, and capital around the world, all of which were restricted as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have not to date experienced the material impacts to our operations, financial condition, cash flows or financial performance that has been experienced by many other businesses. At the outset of the pandemic we implemented a response plan to maintain our operations despite the outbreak of the virus, including extra safety precautions with respect to our personnel and contingency plans with respect to our facilities and these measure have to date been generally successful.

Given the ongoing and dynamic nature of the circumstances surrounding COVID-19, it is difficult to predict how COVID-19, including any responses to it, will impact the global economy and our business or for how long any disruptions are likely to continue. The extent of such impact will depend on future developments, which are uncertain, evolving and difficult to predict, including, but not limited to, new information which may emerge concerning additional variants of COVID-19 that may be able to circumvent the protections afforded by existing vaccines and/or may be more transmissible (like the Omicron variant) or result in more severe sickness (like the Delta variant), additional actions which may be taken to contain COVID-19 or treat its impact, such as re-imposing previously lifted measures or putting in place additional restrictions, and the availability, pace of distribution and social acceptance of effective vaccines and of government efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19.

We may experience direct or indirect impacts from the pandemic, including delays in development or construction activities and contract counterparties failing to meet their obligations. The direct or indirect impacts of the pandemic going forward may also be different from those we currently face. For example, changing workforce patterns and tightening labor market conditions resulting from the pandemic could make it more difficult for us and the Service Provider to secure and retain talented professionals in our core markets. Similarly, supply chain constraints related to the pandemic and economic inflation resulting from government support for economies could result in higher costs for goods and services and adversely impact our business. Any such developments could have an adverse effect on our assets, liabilities, business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

We may be exposed to uninsurable losses and may become subject to higher insurance premiums.

While we maintain certain insurance coverage, such insurance may not continue to be offered on an economically feasible basis, may not cover all events that could give rise to a loss or claim involving our assets or operations, and may not cover all of our assets. If our insurance coverage is insufficient and we are forced to bear such losses or claims, our financial position could be adversely affected. In addition, we participate in certain shared insurance arrangements with Brookfield, allowing our company to benefit from lower premiums and other economies of scale. In particular, we share third party excess liability, crime, employee dishonesty, director and officer, and errors and omissions insurance coverage. Under such shared policies, claim limits may also be shared

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between our company and Brookfield meaning that any claim by one insured party in a given year reduces the amount that each other insured party can claim. Consequently, there is a risk that our ability to claim in a given year could be eroded by claims made by Brookfield affiliates who are also covered by a shared policy but that are not part of our company, which could have an adverse effect on our financial position. Our insurance policies may cover losses as a result of certain types of natural disasters or sabotage, among other things, but such coverage is not always available in the insurance market on commercially reasonable terms and is often capped at predetermined limits that may not be adequate. Our insurance policies are subject to review by our insurers and may not be renewed on similar or favorable terms or at all.

Changes in regulatory, political, economic and social conditions in South America could adversely affect our company’s business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.

Our company’s financial performance may be negatively affected by regulatory, political, economic and social conditions in South American countries in which our operations or projects are located. In many of these jurisdictions, our company is exposed to various risks such as potential renegotiation, nullification or forced modification of existing contracts, expropriation or nationalization of property, foreign exchange controls, changes in local laws, regulations and policies, political instability, bribery, extortion, corruption, civil strife, acts of war, guerilla activities and terrorism. Our company also faces the risk of having to submit to the jurisdiction of a foreign court or arbitration panel or having to enforce a judgment against a sovereign nation within its own territory. Actual or potential political or social changes and changes in economic policy may undermine investor confidence, which may hamper investment and thereby reduce economic growth, and otherwise may adversely affect the economic and other conditions under which our company operates in ways that could have a materially negative effect on our business.

Further, governments in South America may impose new taxes, raise existing taxes, reduce tax exemptions and benefits, request or force renegotiation of tax stabilization agreements or change the basis on which taxes are calculated in a manner that is unfavorable to our company. Governments that have committed to provide a stable taxation or regulatory environment may alter those commitments or shorten their duration. The imposition of or increase in such taxes or charges can significantly increase the risk profile and costs of operations in those jurisdictions. Our company may also be subject to rising trends of resource nationalism in certain countries in which we operate that can result in constraints on our operations, increased taxation or even expropriations and nationalizations.

We are subject to foreign currency risk, which may adversely affect the performance of our operations and our ability to manage such risk depends, in part, on our ability to implement an effective hedging strategy.

A significant portion of our current operations are in countries where the U.S. dollar is not the functional currency. These operations pay distributions in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, which we must convert to U.S. dollars prior to making such distributions. A significant depreciation in the value of such foreign currencies, including the Brazilian real and the Colombia peso, measures introduced by foreign governments to control inflation or deflation, currency exchange or export controls may have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. When managing our exposure to currency risks, we use foreign currency forward contracts and other strategies to mitigate currency risk and there can be no assurances that these strategies will be successful.

Energy marketing risks may have an adverse effect on our business.

Our energy marketing business involves the establishment of trading positions in the wholesale and retail energy markets. To the extent that we enter into forward purchase contracts or take long positions in the energy markets, a downturn in market prices could result in losses from a decline in the value of such long positions. Conversely, to the extent that we enter into forward sales contracts or take short positions in the energy markets, an upturn in market prices could expose us to losses as we attempt to cover any short positions by acquiring energy in a rising market.

Our trading positions can be impacted by volatility in the energy markets that, in turn, depend on various factors, including weather in various geographical areas and short-term supply and demand imbalances, which cannot be predicted with any certainty. A shift in the energy markets could adversely affect our positions which could also have an adverse effect on our business.

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Although we employ a number of risk management controls in order to limit exposure to risks arising from trading activities, we cannot guarantee that losses will not occur and such losses may be outside the parameters of our risk controls.

Our project level hedging activities may not adequately manage our exposure to commodity and financial risk, which could result in significant losses or require us to use cash collateral to meet margin requirements.

Certain of our power plants are party to financial swaps or other similarly structured project level hedging arrangements (“swaps”). We may also acquire additional assets with similar hedging arrangements in the future. Under the terms of such arrangements, power plants receive payments for specified quantities of electricity based on a fixed-price and are obligated to deliver (if physically settled) or pay (if financially settled) the counterparty the market price for the same quantities of electricity. Gains or losses under the swaps are designed to be offset by decreases or increases in a facility’s revenues from spot sales of electricity in liquid markets. However, the actual amount of electricity a facility generates from operations may be materially different from our estimates for a variety of reasons, including variable conditions and plant availability. If a plant does not generate the volume of electricity required by the associated contract, we could incur losses if electricity prices in the market rise substantially above the fixed-price provided for in the swap arrangement.

The MRE could be terminated or changed or our company’s reference amount revised downward.

In Brazil, hydroelectric power generators have access to the MRE, which seeks to stabilize hydrology by assuring that all participant plants in the MRE receive a reference amount of electricity it is expected to be generated annually, approximating long-term average regardless of the actual volume of energy generated. Substantially all of our assets in Brazil are part of that pool. In cases of nationwide drought, when the pool as a whole is in shortfall relative to the long-term average, an asset can expect to share the nationwide shortfall pro-rata with the rest of the pool. The energy reference amount for plants with installed capacity of over 50 MW is assessed every 5 years, according to the criteria of such regulation and can be adjusted positively or negatively. For plants with installed capacity of 50 MW or lower, the energy reference amount assessment process is currently suspended until legal proceedings initiated by certain owners of these smaller plants are resolved. These smaller plants receive the full energy reference amount, subject to any adjustments resulting from the outcome of these proceedings. If our company’s reference amount is revised, our share of the balancing pool could be reduced. If the MRE is terminated or adversely changed, our financial results would be more exposed to variations in hydrology at certain hydroelectric facilities in Brazil. In either case, this could have an adverse effect on our company’s results of operations and cash flows.

We are involved in litigation and other disputes and may be subject to governmental and regulatory investigations.

In the normal course of our operations, we and our affiliates are involved in various legal actions such as contractual disputes and other litigation that could expose us to liability for damages and potential negative publicity associated with such legal actions. The outcome with respect to outstanding, pending or future actions cannot be predicted with certainty and may be adverse to us and, as a result, could have an adverse effect on our assets, liabilities, business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flow and reputation. We and our affiliates are also subject to governmental or regulatory investigations from time to time. Governmental and regulatory investigations, regardless of its outcome, are generally costly, divert management attention, and have the potential to damage our reputation. The unfavorable resolution of any governmental or regulatory investigation could result in criminal liability, fines, penalties or other monetary or non-monetary remedies and could materially affect our business or results of operations.

Counterparties to our contracts may not fulfill their obligations.

If, for any reason, any of the purchasers of power under our PPAs are unable or unwilling to fulfill their contractual obligations under the relevant PPA or if they refuse to accept delivery of power pursuant to the relevant PPA, our assets, liabilities, business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flow could be adversely affected as we may not be able to replace the agreement with an agreement on equivalent terms and conditions. Similarly, external events, such as a severe economic downturn, could impair the ability of some counterparties to the PPAs or some customers to pay for electricity received.

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This is also true of our DG assets, which are smaller in scale and typically each sell power directly to a retail customer who also is the site owner and lessor of the land or rooftop on which the asset is located. These customers may have a different credit profile than utility scale customers and the collection of unpaid amounts may be more challenging given of the small scale and large number of individual sites and customers in our portfolio. If a DG facility ceases operations and the PPA is terminated, company’s assets, liabilities, business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flow could be adversely affected. The PPA terms may require that we remove the asset, including fixing or reimbursing the site owner for any damages caused by the assets or the removal of such assets. Alternatively, we may agree to sell the assets to the site owner, but the sale price may not be sufficient to replace the revenue previously generated by the solar generation facility.

Seeking to enforce a contract through the courts may take significant amounts of time and expense with no certainty of success.

Our company’s business could be adversely affected if we are required to enforce contracts through the courts and we are unsuccessful or incur significant amounts of time and expenses seeking to do so. High litigation costs and long delays make resolving commercial disputes in court both time consuming and expensive. Such costs can be difficult to calculate with certainty. In certain jurisdictions in which we currently conduct business or may seek to conduct business in the future, there can be uncertainty regarding the interpretation and application of laws and regulations relating to the enforceability of contractual rights. Similarly, certain of our contract counterparties will be based, or their principal assets will be based, in jurisdictions where it may be difficult to enforce contracts or juridical or arbitral awards.

A significant portion of our current operations and related assets are subject to foreign laws and regulations, and we may pursue acquisitions in new markets that are subject to foreign laws or regulations that are more onerous or uncertain than the laws and regulations our company is currently subject to.

A significant portion of our current operations and related assets are in Brazil and Colombia, and we may pursue acquisitions in new foreign markets that are regulated by foreign governments and regulatory authorities and subject to foreign laws. Foreign laws or regulations may not provide for the same type of legal certainty and rights in connection with their contractual relationships in such countries as are afforded to projects in, for example, the United States, which may adversely affect their ability to receive revenues or enforce their rights in connection with their foreign operations. In addition, the laws and regulations of some countries may limit our ability to hold a majority interest in some of the projects that we may develop or acquire, thus limiting our ability to control the development, construction and operation of such projects. Any existing or new operations may be subject to significant political, economic and financial risks, which vary by country, and may include: (i) changes in government policies, including protectionist policies, or personnel; (ii) changes in general economic conditions; (iii) restrictions on currency transfer or convertibility; (iv) changes in labour relations; (v) political instability and civil unrest; (vi) regulatory or other changes in the local electricity market; (vii) less developed or efficient financial markets than in North America; (viii) the absence of uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards, practices and disclosure requirements; (ix) less government supervision and regulation; (x) a less developed legal or regulatory environment; (xi) heightened exposure to corruption risk; (xii) political hostility to investments by foreign investors; (xiii) less publicly available information in respect of companies; (xiv) adversely higher or lower rates of inflation; (xv) higher transaction costs; (xvi) difficulty in enforcing contractual obligations, breach or repudiation of important contractual undertakings by governmental entities and expropriation and confiscation of assets and facilities for less than fair market value; and (xvii) fewer investor protections.

The operation of our company’s generating facilities could be affected by local communities.

Our company may become impacted by the interests of local communities and stakeholders, including in some cases, Indigenous peoples, that affect the operation of our facilities. Certain of these communities may have or may develop interests or objectives which are different from or even in conflict with our objectives, including the use of our company’s project lands and waterways near our facilities. Any such differences could have a negative impact on the successful operation of our facilities. As well, disputes surrounding, and settlements of, Indigenous land claims regarding lands on or near our generating assets could interfere with operations and/or result in additional operating costs or restrictions, as well as adversely impact the use and enjoyment of our real property rights with respect to our generating assets.

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We rely on computerized business systems, which could expose us to cyber-attacks.

Our business relies on information technology. In addition, our business relies upon telecommunication services to remotely monitor and control our assets and interface with regulatory agencies, wholesale power markets and customers. The information and embedded systems of key business partners, including suppliers of the information technology systems on which they rely, and regulatory agencies are also important to our operations. In light of this, we may be subject to cyber security risks or other breaches of information technology security intended to obtain unauthorized access to our proprietary information and that of our business partners, destroy data or disable, degrade, or sabotage these systems through the introduction of computer viruses, fraudulent emails, cyber attacks and other means, and such breaches could originate from a variety of sources including our own employees or unknown third parties. There can be no assurance that measures implemented to protect the integrity of these systems will provide adequate protection, and any such breach of our information technology could go undetected for an extended period of time. A breach of our cyber security measures or the failure or malfunction of any of our computerized business systems, associated backup or data storage systems could cause us to suffer a disruption in one or more parts of our business and experience, among other things, financial loss, a loss of business opportunities, misappropriation or unauthorized release of confidential or personal information, damage to our systems and those with whom we do business, violation of privacy and other laws, litigation, regulatory penalties and remediation and restoration costs as well as increased costs to maintain our systems. For example, the European General Data Protection Regulation, which came into effect in May 2018, includes stringent operational requirements for entities processing personal information and significant penalties for non-compliance, as does similar legislation in certain U.S. states in which we operate. Cyber-security breaches or failures of our information technology systems could have an adverse effect on our business operations, financial reporting, financial condition and results of operations, and result in reputational damage.

There can be no guarantee that newly developed technologies that our company invests in will perform as anticipated.

We may invest in and use newly developed, less proven, technologies in our development projects or in maintaining, repowering or otherwise enhancing our existing assets. There is no guarantee that such new technologies will perform as anticipated. The failure of a new technology to perform as anticipated may adversely affect the profitability of a particular development project or existing asset.

Advances in technology could impair or eliminate the competitive advantage of our company’s projects.

Technology related to the production of renewable power and conventional power generation are continually advancing, resulting in a gradual decline in the cost of producing electricity. If advances in technology further reduce the cost of producing power, the competitive advantage of our existing projects may be impaired or eliminated and our assets, liabilities, business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flow could be adversely affected as a result.

Increases in water rental costs (or similar fees) or changes to the regulation of water supply may impose additional obligations on our company.

Water rights are generally owned or controlled by governments that reserve the right to control water levels or impose water-use requirements as a condition of license renewal that differ from those arrangements in place today. Our company is required to pay taxes, make rental payments or pay similar fees for use of water and related rights once our hydroelectric projects are in commercial operation. Significant increases in water rental costs or similar fees or changes in the way that governments regulate water supply could, if imposed at a material number of our assets in our portfolio, have an adverse effect on our assets, liabilities, business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flow.

Performance of our company’s operating entities may be harmed by future labour disruptions and economically unfavorable collective bargaining agreements.

Certain of our company’s subsidiaries are parties to collective agreements that expire periodically and those subsidiaries may not be able to renew their collective agreements without labour disruptions or without agreeing to significant increases in labour or other related costs. In the event of a labour disruption such as a strike or lock-out,

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the ability of our company’s generation assets to generate electricity may be impaired and our results from operations and cash flow could be adversely affected.

Risks Relating to Financing

Our group's ability to finance its operations is subject to various risks relating to the state of capital markets.

Our group expect to finance future acquisitions, the development and construction of new facilities and other capital expenditures out of cash generated from our operations, capital recycling, debt and possible future issuances of equity. Disruptions and volatility in capital markets could increase our group’s cost of capital and adversely affect its ability to fund its liquidity and capital needs and fund the growth of the business. There is debt throughout our group's corporate structure that will need to be replaced from time to time. For example, BEP, BRELP and the Holding Entities have corporate debt and we have debt that is non-recourse to our company, including in certain of our Operating Entities that have limited recourse project level debt and certain of our portfolio companies like TerraForm Power and Isagen that have holding company level debt.. Our group's ability to obtain debt or equity financing to fund its growth, and our group's ability to refinance existing corporate and non-recourse indebtedness, is dependent on, among other factors, the overall state of capital markets (as well as local market conditions, particularly in the case of non-recourse financings), continued operating performance of our group's assets, future electricity market prices, the level of future interest rates, lenders’and investors’ assessment of our group's credit risk and investor appetite for investments in renewable energy and infrastructure assets in general and in Brookfield Renewable’s securities in particular. Also, Brookfield Renewable’s financing agreements contain conditions that limit our group's ability to repay indebtedness prior to maturity without incurring penalties, which may limit our group's ability to refinance indebtedness or raise new capital on favorable terms. To the extent that external sources of capital become limited or unavailable or available on onerous terms, our group's ability to fund acquisitions and make necessary capital investments to construct new or maintain existing facilities may be impaired, and as a result, our group's business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may be adversely affected.

Our group is subject to operating and financial restrictions through covenants in its loan, debt and security agreements.

Brookfield Renewable is subject to operating and financial restrictions through covenants in its loan, debt and security agreements. These restrictions prohibit or limit our group's ability to, among other things, incur additional debt, provide guarantees for indebtedness, grant liens, dispose of assets, liquidate, dissolve, amalgamate, consolidate or effect corporate or capital reorganizations, declare distributions, issue equity interests, and create subsidiaries. A financial covenant in our group's corporate bonds and in our group's corporate bank credit facilities limits our overall indebtedness to a percentage of total capitalization, a restriction which may limit our group's ability to obtain additional financing, withstand downturns in our group's business and take advantage of business and development opportunities. If our group breaches its covenants, its credit facilities may be terminated or come due and such event may cause our group's credit rating to deteriorate and subject Brookfield Renewable to higher interest and financing costs. From time to time, our group also acquires businesses and assets that have debt obligations that are in default. Our group may also be required to seek additional debt financing on terms that include more restrictive covenants, require repayment on an accelerated schedule or impose other obligations that limit our group's ability to grow its business, acquire needed assets or take other actions that our group might otherwise consider appropriate or desirable.

Changes in our group's credit ratings may have an adverse effect on our financial position and ability to raise capital.

The credit rating assigned to BEP, BEPC or any of their respective subsidiaries’ debt securities may be changed or withdrawn entirely by the relevant rating agency. A lowering or withdrawal of such ratings may have an adverse effect on our group's financial position and ability to raise capital and fund the growth of the business.

Our group may be subject to the risks commonly associated with the incurrence of debt at multiple levels within an organizational structure.

Debt incurred at multiple levels within the chain of control could exacerbate the separation of economic interest from controlling interest at such levels, thereby creating an incentive to leverage our group and its investments. Any such increase in debt would also make our group more sensitive to declines in revenues, increases in expenses and

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interest rates, and adverse market conditions. The servicing of any such debt would also reduce the amount of funds available to pay distributions to our company and ultimately to our shareholders.

Our company uses leverage and such indebtedness may result in our company or our operating businesses being subject to certain covenants that restrict our ability to engage in certain types of activities or to make distributions to equity.

Many of our operating subsidiaries have entered into or will enter into credit facilities or have incurred or will incur other forms of debt, including to finance acquisitions. The total quantum of exposure to debt within our company is significant, and our company may become more leveraged in the future. Leveraged assets are more sensitive to declines in revenues, increases in expenses and interest rates, and adverse economic market and industry developments. A leveraged company’s income and net assets also tend to increase or decrease at a greater rate than would otherwise be the case if money had not been borrowed. As a result, the risk of loss associated with a leveraged company, all other things being equal, is generally greater than for companies with comparatively less debt. In addition, the use of indebtedness in connection with an acquisition may give rise to negative tax consequences to certain investors. Leverage may also result in a requirement for short-term liquidity, which may force the sale of assets at times of low demand and/or prices for such assets. This may mean that our company is unable to realize fair value for the assets in a sale.

Our company’s credit facilities also contain, and may contain in the future, covenants applicable to the relevant borrower and events of default. Covenants can relate to matters including limitations on financial indebtedness, dividends, acquisitions, or minimum amounts for interest coverage, Adjusted EBITDA, cash flow or net worth. If an event of default occurs, or a minimum covenant requirement is not satisfied, this can result in a requirement to immediately repay any drawn amounts or the imposition of new restrictions, including a prohibition on the payment of distributions to equity.

Risks Relating to Our Growth Strategy

Our group may be unable to identify sufficient investment opportunities and complete transactions, as planned.

Our group’s strategy for building value for BEP unitholders and BEPC shareholders is to seek to acquire or develop high-quality assets and businesses that generate sustainable and increasing cash flows, with the objective of achieving appropriate risk-adjusted returns on our group’s invested capital over the long-term. However, there is no certainty that our group will be able to find sufficient investment opportunities and complete transactions that meet our group’s investment criteria. Our group’s investment criteria consider, among other things, the financial, operating, governance and strategic merits of a proposed acquisition including whether our group expects it will meet our targeted return hurdle and, as such, there is no certainty that our group will be able to continue growing our group’s business by making acquisitions or developing assets at attractive returns. Competition for assets is significant and competition from other well-capitalized investors or companies may significantly increase the purchase price or prevent our group from completing an acquisition. Our group may also decline opportunities that our group does not believe meet our group’s investment criteria, which our competition may pursue instead. Further, our group’s growth initiatives may be subject to a number of closing conditions, including, as applicable, third party consents, regulatory approvals (including from competition authorities) and other third-party approvals or actions that are beyond our group’s control. If all or some of our group’s growth initiatives are unable to be completed on the terms agreed, our group may need to delay certain acquisitions or abandon them altogether. If returns are lower than anticipated from such initiatives, our group also may not be able to achieve growth in our distributions in line with our stated goals and the market value of BEP units or BEPC exchangeable shares may decline.

Our operations in the future may be different from our current business, including through future energy transition investments.

Our operations today include hydroelectric, wind, utility solar and distributed generation power generation as well as biomass power generation, cogeneration and storage businesses in North and South America, Europe and Asia. We may acquire interests in other businesses, and we may seek to divest of certain of our existing operations in the future. In addition, pursuant to the Relationship Agreement with Brookfield, Brookfield may (but is not required to) offer us the opportunity to acquire: (i) an integrated utility even if a significant component of such utility’s operations consist of a non-renewable power generation operation or development, such as a power generation operation that uses coal or natural gas, (ii) a portfolio of power operations, even if a significant

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component of such portfolio’s operations consist of non-renewable power generation, or (iii) renewable power generation operations or developments that comprise part of a broader enterprise.

In addition, we believe that our relationship with Brookfield means that we are well positioned to execute on what Brookfield has identified as the multi-decade opportunity to advance decarbonization and assist with the transition of global electricity grids to a more sustainable future. We continue to expect that future clean energy acquisitions identified by Brookfield may be funded with commitments pursuant to Brookfield sponsored funds and that Brookfield Renewable would fund Brookfield’s participation in such funds where renewable power or other energy transition investments are made by such funds. We expect this would be the case even if such energy transition investments differ from our current investments in operating and development stage renewable power generation that have to date been our primary focus, including new investments in carbon capture and storage (“CCS”) projects, offshore wind generation projects, hydrogen and ammonia production projects, and investments focused on enhancing the energy efficiency of existing infrastructure.

In the future, we may invest in such energy transition investments if made by a Brookfield Infrastructure Fund or by Brookfield’s Global Transition Fund, and this could be true of other Brookfield Funds as well. Such energy transition investments may include businesses that at the time of the acquisition are relatively carbon-intensive, including power generation from thermal facilities (including coal), with the goal of transitioning them to a less carbon intensive model over time. The success of any such transition plan would depend on a number of factors outside of our control and even if successful, may still require the operation of carbon intensive and other non-renewable power generation assets for an extended period of time. Accordingly, the risks associated with our current operations may differ materially from those associated with our future operations.

Our group may not be able to complete all or some of its capital recycling initiatives, which could adversely impact our liquidity to fund future growth.

Our group occasionally seeks to recycle capital to fund future acquisitions and the development and construction of new facilities by selling certain assets. For example, in 2021, our group sold together with institutional partners, a 391 MW portfolio in the U.S. However, our group may not be able to complete all or some of its capital recycling initiatives on our desired timelines, at favorable prices or at all, which could result in less liquidity to fund future growth.

The completion of new acquisitions can have the effect of significantly increasing the scale and scope of our operations, including operations in new geographic areas and industry sectors, and the Service Providers may have difficulty managing these additional operations. In addition, acquisitions involve risks to our business.

A key part of our group’s strategy will involve seeking acquisition opportunities upon Brookfield’s recommendation and allocation of opportunities to our company. Acquisitions may increase the scale, scope and diversity of our company’s operating businesses. We depend on the diligence and skill of Brookfield’s and our company’s professionals to effectively manage our company, integrating acquired businesses with our existing operations. These individuals may have difficulty managing additional acquired businesses and may have other responsibilities within Brookfield’s asset management business. If any such acquired businesses are not effectively integrated and managed, our company’s existing business, financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected.

Future acquisitions will likely involve some or all of the following risks, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations: the difficulty of integrating the acquired operations and personnel into our current operations; potential disruption of our current operations; diversion of resources, including Brookfield’s time and attention; the difficulty of managing the growth of a larger organization; the risk of entering markets in which our company has little experience; the risk of becoming involved in labour, commercial or regulatory disputes or litigation related to the new enterprise (see Item 4.B “Business Overview—Governmental, Legal and Arbitration Proceedings—Claim Relating to TerraForm Power’s First Wind Acquisition”); risk of environmental or other liabilities associated with the acquired business; and the risk of a change of control resulting from an acquisition triggering rights of third parties or government agencies under contracts with, or authorizations held by the operating business being acquired. While it is our group’s practice to conduct extensive due diligence investigations into businesses being acquired, it is possible that due diligence may fail to uncover all material risks in the business being acquired, or to identify a change of control trigger in a material contract or authorization, or

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that a contractual counterparty or government agency may take a different view on the interpretation of such a provision to that taken by our company and the partnership, thereby resulting in a dispute. The discovery of any material liabilities subsequent to an acquisition, as well as the failure of an acquisition to perform according to expectations, could have an adverse effect on Brookfield Renewable’s business, financial condition, and results of operations. In addition, if returns are lower than anticipated from new acquisitions, our group may not be able to achieve growth in its distributions in line with its stated goals and the market value of our group's securities may decline.

There are several factors which may affect our ability to develop existing sites, repower existing projects and find new sites suitable for the development of power projects.

Our ability to realize our development growth plans is dependent on our ability to develop existing sites, to repower existing projects that are nearing the end of their useful lives, and to find new sites suitable for development into viable projects. Our ability to maintain a development permit often requires specific development steps to be undertaken. Successful development of renewable power projects is typically dependent on a number of factors, including: the ability to secure or renew our rights to an attractive site on reasonable terms, often following lengthy negotiations and/or competitive bidding processes; accurately measuring resource availability at levels deemed economically attractive for continued project development; the ability to secure new or renewed approvals, licenses and permits; the acceptance of local stakeholders, including in some cases, Indigenous peoples; the ability to secure transmission interconnection access or agreements; the ability to successfully integrate new projects or technologies into existing assets; the ability to acquire suitable labour, equipment and construction services on acceptable terms; the ability to attract construction project financing; and the ability to secure a long-term PPA or other sales contract on reasonable terms. Each of these factors can be critical in determining whether or not a particular development project might ultimately be suitable for construction. Failure to achieve any one of these elements may prevent the development and construction of a project. When this occurs we may lose all of our investment in development expenditures and may be required to write-off project development assets.

Development projects may also require large areas of land on which the new projects are to be constructed and operated. Rights to use land can be obtained through freehold title, leases and other rights of use. Land title systems vary by jurisdiction and in some cases it may not be possible to ascertain definitively who has the legal right to enter into land tenure arrangements with the asset owner or to secure the consent of all land owners. A government, court, regulator, Indigenous group, landowner or other stakeholder may make a decision or take action that adversely affects the development of a project or the demand for its services. For example, a regulator may restrict our access to an asset, or may require us to provide third parties with access. The restriction or curtailment of our rights with respect to an asset by a regulator or otherwise may negatively impact the success of our projects.

Our ability to develop power projects is subject to construction risks and risks associated with the arrangements we enter into with communities and joint venture partners.

Our ability to develop an economically successful project, whether as a greenfield project or by way of a repowering of an existing project, is dependent on, among other things, our ability to construct a particular project on-time and on-budget. The construction and development of generating facilities is subject to environmental, engineering and construction risks that could result in cost-overruns, delays and reduced performance. A number of factors that could cause such delays, cost over-runs or reduced performance include, but are not limited to, changes in local laws or difficulties in obtaining permits, rights of way or approvals, changing engineering and design requirements, construction costs exceeding estimates for various reasons, including inaccurate engineering and planning, failures to properly estimate the cost of raw materials, components, equipment, labour or the inability to timely obtain them, unanticipated problems with project start-up, the performance of contractors, the insolvency of the head contractor, a major subcontractor and/or a key equipment supplier, labour disruptions, inclement weather, defects in design, engineering or construction (including, without limitation, latent defects that do not materialize during an applicable warranty or limitation period) and project modifications. A delay in the projected completion of a project can result in a material increase in total project construction costs through higher capitalized interest charges, additional labour and other expenses, and a resultant delay in the commencement of cash flow. In addition, such unexpected issues may result in increased debt service costs, operations and maintenance expenses and damage payments for late delivery or the failure to meet agreed upon generation levels. This may result in an inability of the project to meet the higher interest and principal repayments arising from the additional debt required. Protracted

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delays could also result in a given project being in default of other terms of any applicable construction financing arrangements.

In addition, we enter into various types of arrangements with communities and joint venture partners, including in some cases, Indigenous peoples, for the development of projects. In some circumstances, we may be required to notify, consult, or obtain the consent of certain stakeholders, such as Indigenous peoples, landowners, and/or municipalities. In some jurisdictions where we have greenfield power projects, it may be possible to claim Indigenous rights to land and the existence or declaration of Indigenous title may affect the existing or future activities of our projects and impact their business, financial condition and results of operations. In Canada, for example, courts have recognized that Indigenous peoples possess constitutionally protected rights in respect of land used or occupied by their ancestors where treaties have not been concluded to deal with these rights. Certain of these communities and partners may have or may develop interests or objectives which are different from or even in conflict with our objectives. Any such differences could have a negative impact on the success of our projects.

Some of our group’s investments and current operations are structured as joint ventures, partnerships and consortium arrangements, including its interest in Isagen, and our group intends to continue to operate in this manner in the future, which may reduce Brookfield’s and our group’s influence over our group’s operating subsidiaries and partners and may subject our group to additional obligations and risks.

Some of our group’s investments and current operations are structured as joint ventures, partnerships and consortium arrangements, including its interest in Isagen. An integral part of our group’s strategy is to participate with institutional investors in Brookfield-sponsored or co-sponsored consortiums for single asset acquisitions and as a partner in or alongside Brookfield-sponsored or co-sponsored partnerships that target acquisitions that suit our group’s profile. These arrangements are driven by the magnitude of capital required to complete acquisitions of generating assets, strategic partnering arrangements to access operating expertise, and other industrywide trends that our group believes will continue. Such arrangements involve risks not present where a third party is not involved, including the possibility that partners or co-venturers might become bankrupt or otherwise fail to fund its share of required capital contributions. Additionally, partners or co-venturers might at any time have economic or other business interests or goals different from our group and Brookfield.

While our group’s strategy is to structure these arrangements to afford our group certain protective rights in relation to operating and financing activities, joint ventures, partnerships and consortium investments may provide for a reduced level of influence over an acquired company because governance rights are shared with others. Accordingly, decisions relating to the underlying operations and financing activities, including decisions relating to management and operations, the investment of capital within the arrangement, and the timing and nature of any exit, will be made by a majority or supermajority vote of the investors or by separate agreements that are reached with respect to individual decisions. For example, although our company owns a controlling stake in the consortium’s interest in Isagen, the arrangements in place with the Brookfield Renewable consortium partners require that certain actions with respect to our investment in Isagen and our group’s influence over business operations require supermajority approval of the consortium. In addition, our ability to continue to exercise control over Isagen depends on Brookfield (including our group) meeting certain ownership thresholds in the entity entitled to appoint the Isagen board of directors. See Item 4.B “Business Overview—Current Operations—Colombia”. As a further example, when our group participates with institutional investors in Brookfield-sponsored or co-sponsored consortiums for asset acquisitions and as a partner in or alongside Brookfield-sponsored or co-sponsored partnerships, there is often a finite term to the investment or a date after which partners are granted liquidity rights, which may lead to the investment being sold prior to the date our group would otherwise choose. In addition, such operations may be subject to the risk that other investors may make business, financial or management decisions with which our group does not agree, or the management of the applicable company may take risks or otherwise act in a manner that does not serve our group’s interests. We also may make commitments to invest funds in support of the development or other activities of the applicable company that extend over time. Because our group may have a reduced level of influence over such operations, our group may not be able to realize some or all of the benefits that it believes will be created from our group’s and Brookfield’s involvement. If any of the foregoing were to occur, our group’s business, financial condition and results of operations could suffer as a result.

In addition, because some of our group’s transactions and current operations are structured as joint ventures, partnerships or consortium arrangements, including its interest in Isagen, the sale or transfer of interests in some of

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our group’s operations are or may be subject to rights of first refusal or first offer, tag along rights or drag along rights and some agreements provide for buy-sell or similar arrangements. Such rights may be triggered at a time when our group may not want them to be exercised and such rights may inhibit our group’s ability to sell its interest in an entity within our group’s desired time frame or on any other desired basis. In addition, some of our group’s development arrangements rely on activity by a third-party to advance certain of the projects in our group’s pipeline to different stages, which subjects us to the risk that these third parties will not perform to our expectations.

Political instability, changes in government policy, or unfamiliar cultural factors could adversely impact the value of our investments.

We are subject to the risk of geopolitical uncertainties in all jurisdictions in which we operate. We make investments in businesses globally and we can pursue investments in new, non-core markets, which may expose us to additional risks. We may not properly adjust to the local culture and business practices in such markets, and there is the prospect that we may hire personnel or partner with local persons who might not comply with our culture and ethical business practices; either scenario could result in the failure of our initiatives in new markets and lead to financial losses for us and our managed entities. There are risks of political instability in several of the jurisdictions in which we conduct business, including, for example, from factors such as political conflict, tariffs, income inequality, refugee migration, terrorism, the potential break-up of countries or political-economic unions and political corruption. For example, in Europe the recent withdrawal of the U.K. from the E.U. and military tensions and conflict in Eastern Europe, including between the Ukraine and Russia, could contribute to global economic uncertainty and could significantly disrupt the free movement of goods, services, and people and also have a destabilizing effect on European energy markets, as well as potential higher costs of conducting business in Europe. Similarly, an inability of local and national governments to effectively manage ongoing political disputes could result in local, regional and/or global instability that could adversely impact our business. The materialization of one or more of these risks could negatively affect our financial performance.

We may acquire distressed companies and these acquisitions may subject our company and the partnership to increased risks, including the incurrence of additional legal or other expenses.

As part of our acquisition strategy, we may acquire distressed companies. This could involve acquisitions of securities of companies in event-driven special situations, such as acquisitions, tender offers, bankruptcies, recapitalizations, spinoffs, corporate and financial restructurings, litigation or other liability impairments, turnarounds, management changes, consolidating industries and other catalyst-oriented situations. Acquisitions of this type involve substantial financial and business risks that can result in substantial or total losses. Among the problems involved in assessing and making acquisitions in troubled issuers is the fact that it frequently may be difficult to obtain information as to the condition of such issuer. If, during the diligence process, we fail to identify issues specific to a company or the environment in which our company operates, we may be forced to later write down or write off assets, restructure its operations, or incur impairment or other charges that may result in other reporting losses.

As a consequence of our role as an acquirer of distressed companies, we may be subject to increased risk of incurring additional legal, indemnification or other expenses, even if we are not named in any action. In distressed situations, litigation often follows when disgruntled shareholders, creditors and other parties seek to recover losses from poorly performing investments. The enhanced litigation risk in connection with investments in distressed companies is further elevated by the potential that Brookfield or Brookfield Renewable may have controlling or influential positions in these companies.

We may occasionally make purchases of securities, including the publicly listed securities of other companies, the value of which could decline due to factors beyond our control.

Brookfield may periodically recommend that we make investments in securities, including the publicly traded securities or debt of other companies. Investments in publicly traded securities are particularly subject to market volatility and market disruptions, and our investments in securities generally may be subject to changes in interest and currency exchange rates, equity prices and other economic and business factors beyond our control. In addition, at the time of any sales and settlements of securities, the price we ultimately realize will depend on demand and liquidity in the market at that time and may be materially lower than their current fair value. While investments in securities are not expected to account for a large portion of Brookfield Renewable's investments generally, a decline

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in the value of such securities could result in returns that are lower than anticipated or even in the investment being lost completely, which could mean that we are not be able to achieve growth in our distributions in line with our stated goals and the market value of our securities may decline.

Risks Relating to Our Relationship with Brookfield and the Partnership

Brookfield exercises substantial influence over our group and it is highly dependent on the Service Providers.

As of the date of this Form 20-F, Brookfield, directly and indirectly, holds approximately 26% of the BEPC exchangeable shares. In addition, the partnership, which itself is controlled by Brookfield, holds all of the issued and outstanding BEPC class B shares, having a 75% voting interest in BEPC, and BEPC class C shares. Through their ownership of BEPC exchangeable shares and BEPC class B shares, Brookfield and the partnership collectively hold an approximate 81.5% voting interest in our company. As a result, Brookfield is able to control the appointment and removal of our directors and the directors of BEP’s general partner and, accordingly, exercise substantial influence over our group. In addition, the Service Providers, which include wholly-owned subsidiaries of Brookfield, provide management and administration services to our group pursuant to the Master Services Agreement. With the exception of our group’s operating subsidiaries, our group generally does not have any employees and depends on the management and administration services provided by the Service Providers. The partners, members, shareholders, directors, officers and employees of Brookfield, or Brookfield Personnel, and support staff that provide services to our group are not required to have as its primary responsibility the management and administration of our group or to act exclusively for our group. Any failure to effectively manage our group’s current operations or to implement its strategy could have a material adverse effect on our group’s business, financial condition and results of operations.

Brookfield has no obligation to source acquisition opportunities for our group and our group may not have access to all renewable power acquisitions that Brookfield identifies.

Our group’s ability to grow through acquisitions depends on Brookfield’s ability to identify and present our group with acquisition opportunities. Brookfield established our group to hold and acquire, directly or indirectly, renewable power generating operations and development projects on a global basis. However, Brookfield’s obligations to our group under the Master Services Agreement and the Brookfield Relationship Agreement are subject to a number of exceptions and Brookfield has no obligation to source acquisition opportunities specifically for our group. In addition, Brookfield has not agreed to commit any minimum level of dedicated resources to our group for the pursuit of renewable power-related acquisitions. There are a number of factors which could materially and adversely impact the extent to which suitable acquisition opportunities are made available by Brookfield, for example:

•it is an integral part of Brookfield’s (and our group’s) strategy to pursue the acquisition or development of renewable power assets through consortium arrangements with institutional investors, strategic partners and/or financial sponsors and to form partnerships (including private funds, joint ventures and similar arrangements) to pursue such acquisitions on a specialized or global basis. Although Brookfield has agreed that it will not enter any such arrangements that are suitable for our group without giving our group an opportunity to participate in them, there is no minimum level of participation to which our group will be entitled;

•the same professionals within Brookfield’s organization that are involved in sourcing and executing acquisitions that are suitable for our group are responsible for sourcing and executing opportunities for the vehicles, consortiums and partnerships referred to above, as well as having other responsibilities within Brookfield’s broader asset management business. Limits on the availability of such individuals will likewise result in a limitation on the availability of acquisition opportunities for our company;

•Brookfield will only recommend acquisition opportunities that it believes are suitable and appropriate for our group. For example, our focus is typically on assets where an operations-oriented approach can be deployed to create value. Accordingly, opportunities where Brookfield cannot play an active role in influencing the underlying assets may not be consistent with our group’s acquisition strategy and, therefore, may not be suitable for our group, even though it may be attractive from a purely financial perspective. Legal, regulatory, tax and other commercial considerations will likewise be an important consideration in

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determining whether an opportunity is suitable and/or appropriate for our group and will limit its ability to participate in certain acquisitions; and

•in addition to structural limitations, the question of whether a particular acquisition is suitable and/or appropriate is highly subjective and is dependent on a number of portfolio construction and management factors including our group’s liquidity position at the relevant time, the expected risk return profile of the opportunity, its fit with the balance of its investments and related operations, other opportunities that our group may be pursuing or otherwise considering at the relevant time, Brookfield Renewable’s interest in preserving capital in order to secure other opportunities and/or to meet other obligations, and other factors. If Brookfield determines that an opportunity is not suitable or appropriate for our company, it may still pursue such opportunity on its own behalf, on behalf of the partnership or on behalf of a Brookfield-sponsored vehicle, partnership or consortium.

In making determinations about acquisition opportunities and investments, consortium arrangements or partnerships, Brookfield may be influenced by factors that result in a misalignment or conflict of interest and may take the interests of others into account, as well as our own interests and the interests of the partnership.

Among others, we may pursue acquisition opportunities indirectly through investments in Brookfield-sponsored vehicles, consortiums and partnerships or directly (including by investing alongside such vehicles, consortiums and partnerships). Any references to our acquisitions, investments, assets, expenses, portfolio companies or other terms should be understood to mean such items held, incurred or undertaken directly by our company or indirectly by our company through its investment in such Brookfield-sponsored vehicles, consortiums and partnerships.

The departure of some or all of Brookfield’s professionals could prevent Brookfield Renewable from achieving its objectives.

Our group depends on the diligence, skill and business contacts of Brookfield’s professionals and the information and opportunities they generate during the normal course of their activities. Our group’s future success will depend on the continued service of these individuals, who are not obligated to remain employed with Brookfield. Brookfield has experienced departures of key professionals in the past and may do so in the future, and our group cannot predict the impact that any such departures will have on our group’s ability to achieve its objectives. The departure of a significant number of Brookfield’s professionals for any reason, or the failure to appoint qualified or effective successors in the event of such departures, could have a material adverse effect on our group’s ability to achieve its objectives. The Master Services Agreement does not require Brookfield to maintain the employment of any of its professionals or to cause any particular professionals to provide services to our company or on our group’s behalf.

Brookfield’s and the partnership’s ownership position of our company entitles them to a significant percentage of our dividends, and Brookfield may increase its ownership relative to other shareholders.

As of the date of this Form 20-F, Brookfield owns, directly and indirectly, approximately 26% of the BEPC exchangeable shares, entitling it to the same dividends that other BEPC exchangeable shareholders will receive. In addition, the partnership owns all of the issued and outstanding BEPC class B shares, which represent a 75% voting interest in BEPC, and all of the issued and outstanding BEPC class C shares which entitle the partnership to all of the residual value in our company after payment in full of the amount due to holders of BEPC exchangeable shares and BEPC class B shares and subject to the prior rights of holders of BEPC preferred shares. Together, Brookfield and the partnership hold an approximate 81.5% voting interest in our company.The partnership’s ownership of BEPC class C shares will entitle it to receive dividends as and when declared by our board of directors. Accordingly, Brookfield and the partnership’s ownership position of BEPC exchangeable shares and BEPC class C shares allows them to receive a substantial percentage of BEPC dividends. In addition, Brookfield may increase its ownership position in our company. Brookfield may purchase additional BEPC exchangeable shares in the open market or pursuant to a private placement, which may result in Brookfield increasing its ownership of BEPC exchangeable shares relative to other shareholders, which could reduce the amount of cash available for distribution to public shareholders.

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None of British Columbia corporate law, the Master Services Agreement and our other arrangements with Brookfield impose on Brookfield any fiduciary duties to act in the best interests of our shareholders or BEP’s unitholders.

None of British Columbia corporate law, the Master Services Agreement and our other arrangements with Brookfield impose on Brookfield any duty (statutory or otherwise) to act in the best interests of the Service Recipients, nor do they impose other duties that are fiduciary in nature.

Our organizational and ownership structure may create significant conflicts of interest that may be resolved in a manner that is not in the best interests of our company or the best interests of our shareholders.

Our organizational and ownership structure involves a number of relationships that may give rise to conflicts of interest between our company and our shareholders, on the one hand, and Brookfield and the partnership, on the other hand. For example, our board of directors mirrors the board of the general partner of BEP, except for two additional non-overlapping board members that assists our company with, among other things, resolving any conflicts of interest that may arise from our relationship with the partnership. Mr. Carvalho Filho and Mr. MacEwen are currently the non-overlapping members of our board of directors. Mr. Carvalho Filho previously served on the board of directors of the general partner of BEP from 2013 until just prior to the completion of the special distribution. In certain instances, the interests of Brookfield or the partnership may differ from the interests of our company and our shareholders, including with respect to the types of acquisitions made, the timing and amount of dividends by our company, the reinvestment of returns generated by our operations, the use of leverage when making acquisitions and the appointment of outside advisors and service providers. Further, Brookfield may make decisions, including with respect to tax or other reporting positions, from time to time that may be more beneficial to one type of investor or beneficiary than another, or to Brookfield rather than to our company and our shareholders.

In accordance with our articles, the holders of the BEPC class B shares are entitled to cast, in the aggregate, a number of votes equal to three times the number of votes attached to the BEPC exchangeable shares (which carry one vote per BEPC exchangeable share), and except as otherwise expressly provided in our articles or as required by law, the holders of BEPC exchangeable shares and BEPC class B shares will vote together and not as separate classes. The partnership, which itself is controlled by Brookfield, holds all of the issued and outstanding BEPC class B shares, having a 75% voting interest in BEPC, and BEPC class C shares, which entitle the partnership to all of the residual value in our company after payment in full of the amount due to holders of BEPC exchangeable shares and BEPC class B shares, subject to the prior rights of holders of any BEPC preferred shares. As a result, Brookfield is able to control the election and removal of our directors and the directors of BEP’s general partner and, accordingly, exercises substantial influence over our group.

In addition, the Service Providers, being wholly-owned subsidiaries of Brookfield, provide management services to our company pursuant to the Master Services Agreement. Pursuant to the Master Services Agreement, in exchange for the management services provided to our group by the Service Providers, the partnership pays an annual base management fee to the Service Providers of $20 million (adjusted annually for inflation at an inflation factor based on year-over-year United States consumer price index) plus 1.25% of the amount by which the market value of our group exceeds an initial reference value. The base management fee is calculated and paid on a quarterly basis. We reimburse the partnership for its proportionate share of such fee. Our proportionate share of the base management fee is calculated on the basis of the value of our business relative to that of the partnership. For purposes of calculating the base management fee, the market value of the partnership is equal to the aggregate value of all outstanding BEP units on a fully-diluted basis, preferred units and securities of the other Service Recipients (including BEPC exchangeable shares) that are not held by the partnership, plus all outstanding third-party debt with recourse to a Service Recipient, less all cash held by such entities. BRP Bermuda GP Limited, a subsidiary of Brookfield, also receives incentive distributions based on the amount by which quarterly distributions on BRELP units (other than BRELP Class A Preferred Units) as well as economically equivalent securities, such as the BEPC exchangeable shares, of the other Service Recipients exceed specified target levels as set forth in BRELP’s limited partnership agreement. This relationship may give rise to conflicts of interest between our company and our shareholders, on the one hand, and Brookfield, on the other, as Brookfield’s interests may differ from the interests of the partnership, our company or our shareholders.

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The partnership’s arrangements with Brookfield, which also apply to our company, were negotiated in the context of an affiliated relationship and may contain terms that are less favorable than those which otherwise might have been obtained from unrelated parties.

The terms of the partnership’s arrangements with Brookfield, that also apply to our company, were effectively determined by Brookfield. These terms, including terms relating to compensation, contractual or fiduciary duties, conflicts of interest and Brookfield’s ability to engage in outside activities, including activities that compete with our company, our activities and limitations on liability and indemnification, may be less favorable than otherwise might have resulted if the negotiations had involved unrelated parties.

The liability of the Service Providers is limited under our arrangements with them and our company and the other Service Recipients, including the partnership, have agreed to indemnify the Service Providers against claims that they may face in connection with such arrangements, which may lead them to assume greater risks when making decisions relating to our company than they otherwise would if acting solely for their own account.

Under the Master Services Agreement, the Service Providers have not assumed any responsibility other than to provide or arrange for the provision of the services described in the Master Services Agreement in good faith and will not be responsible for any action that our company takes in following or declining to follow their advice or recommendations. The liability of the Service Providers under the Master Services Agreement is limited to the fullest extent permitted by law to conduct involving bad faith, fraud or willful misconduct or, in the case of a criminal matter, action that was known to have been unlawful, except that the Service Providers are also liable for liabilities arising from gross negligence. In addition, our company and the other Service Recipients, including the partnership, have agreed to indemnify the Service Providers to the fullest extent permitted by law from and against any claims, liabilities, losses, damages, costs or expenses incurred by an indemnified person or threatened in connection with our operations, investments and activities or in respect of or arising from the Master Services Agreement or the services provided by the Service Providers, except to the extent that the claims, liabilities, losses, damages, costs or expenses are determined to have resulted from the conduct in respect of which such persons have liability as described above. These protections may result in the Service Providers tolerating greater risks when making decisions than otherwise would be the case, including when determining whether to use leverage in connection with acquisitions. The indemnification arrangements to which the Service Providers are a party may also give rise to legal claims for indemnification that are adverse to our company and our shareholders.

Our company is not entitled to terminate the Master Services Agreement. Only the general partner of BEP may terminate the Master Services Agreement, and it may be unable or unwilling to do so.

Our company is not entitled to terminate the Master Services Agreement. Only the general partner of BEP may terminate the Master Services Agreement, and it may be unable or unwilling to do so. The Master Services Agreement provides that the Service Recipients may terminate the agreement only if: the Service Providers default in the performance or observance of any material term, condition or covenant contained in the agreement in a manner that results in material harm to the Service Recipients and the default continues unremedied for a period of sixty (60) days after written notice of the breach is given to the Service Providers; the Service Providers engage in any act of fraud, misappropriation of funds or embezzlement against any Service Recipient that results in material harm to our company; the Service Providers are grossly negligent in the performance of their duties under the agreement and such negligence results in material harm to the Service Recipients; or upon the happening of certain events relating to the bankruptcy or insolvency of the Service Providers. The Master Services Agreement cannot be terminated for any other reason, including if the Service Providers or Brookfield experience a change of control or due solely to the poor performance or under-performance of our group’s operations or assets, and the agreement continues in perpetuity, until terminated in accordance with its terms. Because the general partner of BEP is an affiliate of Brookfield, it may be unwilling to terminate the Master Services Agreement, even in the case of a default. If the Service Providers’ performance does not meet the expectations of investors, and the general partner of BEP is unable or unwilling to terminate the Master Services Agreement, our group is not entitled to terminate the agreement and the market price of BEPC exchangeable shares or the BEP units could suffer. See Item 7.B “Related Party Transactions—Brookfield Relationship Agreement” and Item 7.B “Related Party Transactions—Licensing Agreement” for more details.

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Our company guarantees certain debt obligations of the partnership, which may adversely affect our financial health and make our company more vulnerable to adverse economic conditions.

Our indirect wholly-owned subsidiary fully and unconditionally guarantees certain unsecured debt securities and preferred securities issued by the partnership, as well as the partnership’s obligations under, certain credit facilities, thereby causing our company to become liable for such obligations. In light of the guarantees, our company is exposed to the credit risk of the partnership. If the partnership is unable or fails to pay any of its indebtedness in respect of which our company has provided a guarantee, we may be required to pay all amounts due under such indebtedness, which may affect our financial health and make our company more vulnerable to adverse economic conditions. See Item 7.B “Related Party Transactions—BEPC Relationship with the Partnership—Credit Support” for more details.

Brookfield and Oaktree operate their respective investment businesses largely independently, and do not expect to coordinate or consult on investment decisions, which may give rise to conflicts of interest and make it more difficult to mitigate certain conflicts of interest.

Brookfield and Oaktree operate their respective investment businesses largely independently pursuant to an information barrier, and Brookfield does not expect to coordinate or consult with Oaktree with respect to investment activities and/or decisions. In addition, neither Brookfield nor Oaktree is expected to be subject to any internal approvals over its investment activities and decisions by any person who would have knowledge and/or decision-making control of the investment decisions of the other. As a result, it is expected that our group, as well as Brookfield, Brookfield Accounts that our group is invested in and their portfolio companies, will engage in activities and have business relationships that give rise to conflicts (and potential conflicts) of interests between them, on the one hand, and Oaktree, Oaktree Accounts and their portfolio companies, on the other hand. These conflicts (and potential conflicts) of interests may include: (i) competing from time to time for the same investment opportunities, (ii) the pursuit by Oaktree Accounts of investment opportunities suitable for our group and Brookfield Accounts that our group is invested in, without making such opportunities available to our group or those Brookfield Accounts, and (iii) the formation or establishment of new Oaktree Accounts that could compete or otherwise conduct their affairs without regard as to whether or not they adversely impact our group and/or Brookfield Accounts that our group is invested in. Investment teams managing our group's activities and/or Brookfield Accounts that our group is invested in are not expected to be aware of, and will not have the ability to manage, such conflicts.

Our group and/or Brookfield Accounts that our group is invested in could be adversely impacted by Oaktree’s activities. Competition from Oaktree Accounts for investment opportunities could also, under certain circumstances, adversely impact the purchase price of our group's (direct and/or indirect) investments. As a result of different investment objectives, views and/or interests in investments, Oaktree will manage certain Oaktree Accounts in a way that is different than from our group's interests and/or Brookfield Accounts that our group is invested in, which could adversely impact our group's (direct and/or direct) investments. For more information, see Item 7.B. “Related Party Transactions—Conflicts of Interest and Fiduciary Duties—Oaktree”.

Brookfield and Oaktree are likely to be deemed to be affiliates for purposes of certain laws and regulations, which may result in, among other things, earlier public disclosure of investments by us and/or Brookfield Accounts that our group is invested in.

Brookfield and Oaktree are likely to be deemed to be affiliates for purposes of certain laws and regulations, notwithstanding their operational independence and/or information barrier, and it is anticipated that, from time to time, our group and/or Brookfield Accounts that our group is invested in and Oaktree Accounts may each have significant positions in one or more of the same issuers. As such, Brookfield and Oaktree will likely need to aggregate certain investment holdings, including our group's holdings, Brookfield Accounts that our group is invested in and Oaktree Accounts for certain securities law purposes and other regulatory purposes. Consequently, Oaktree’s activities could result in earlier public disclosure of investments by our group and/or Brookfield Accounts that our group is invested in, restrictions on transactions by our group and/or Brookfield Accounts that our group is invested in (including the ability to make or dispose of certain investments at certain times), adverse effects on the prices of investments made by our group and/or Brookfield Accounts that our group is invested in, potential short-swing profit disgorgement, penalties and/or regulatory remedies, among others. For more information, see Item 7.B., “Related Party Transactions—Conflicts of Interest and Fiduciary Duties—Oaktree”.

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Breaches of the information barrier and related internal controls by Brookfield and/or Oaktree could result in significant adverse consequences to Brookfield and Oaktree and/or Brookfield Accounts that our group is invested in, amongst others.

Although information barriers have been implemented to address the potential conflicts of interests and regulatory, legal and contractual requirements of our group, Brookfield and Oaktree may decide, at any time and without notice to us or our shareholders, to remove or modify the information barrier between Brookfield and Oaktree. In addition, there may be breaches (including inadvertent breaches) of the information barriers and related internal controls by Brookfield and/or Oaktree.

To the extent that the information barrier is removed or is otherwise ineffective and Brookfield has the ability to access analysis, model and/or information developed by Oaktree and its personnel, Brookfield will not be under any obligation or other duty to access such information or effect transactions for our group and/or Brookfield Accounts that our group is invested in in accordance with such analysis and models, and in fact may be restricted by securities laws from doing so. In such circumstances, Brookfield may make investment decisions for our group and/or Brookfield Accounts that our group is invested in that differ from those it would have made if Brookfield had pursued such information, which may be disadvantageous to our group and/or Brookfield Accounts that our group is invested in.

The role and ownership of Brookfield may change.

Our group’s arrangements with Brookfield does not require Brookfield to maintain any ownership level in our group, and Brookfield may sell the BEP units or additional BEPC exchangeable shares that it holds in BEP or our company, respectively. Brookfield may sell or transfer all or part of its interests in the Service Providers without the approval of our group, which could result in changes to the management of our group and its current growth strategy. Additionally, our group cannot predict with any certainty the effect that any changes in ownership level of Brookfield of our group would have on the trading price of BEPC exchangeable shares, the BEP units or our group’s ability to raise capital or make investments in the future. As a result, the future of our group would be uncertain and its business, financial condition and results of operations may suffer.

Risks Relating to the BEPC Exchangeable Shares

Each BEPC exchangeable share is structured with the intention of providing an economic return equivalent to one LP Unit and therefore we expect that the market price of BEPC exchangeable shares will be impacted by the market price of the LP Units and the combined business performance of our group as a whole.

Each BEPC exchangeable share has been structured with the intention of providing an economic return equivalent to one LP Unit and, in addition to contemplating identical dividends to the distributions paid on the LP Units, each BEPC exchangeable share is exchangeable at the option of the holder for one LP Unit (subject to adjustment to reflect certain capital events) or its cash equivalent (the form of payment to be determined at the election of our company). See Item 10.B “Memorandum and Articles of Association—BEPC Exchangeable Shares—Adjustments to Reflect Certain Capital Events”. Our company and the partnership currently intend to satisfy any exchange requests on the BEPC exchangeable shares through the delivery of LP Units rather than cash. As a result, the business operations of the partnership, and the market price of the LP Units, are expected to have an impact on the market price of the BEPC exchangeable shares, which could be disproportionate in circumstances where the business operations and results of our company on a standalone basis are not indicative of such market trends. BEPC exchangeable shareholders will have no ability to control or influence the decisions or business of the partnership. You should therefore also carefully consider the risk factors applicable to the partnership’s business and an investment in LP Units, as described in BEP’s Annual Report and BEP’s quarterly reports on Form 6-K. For additional information regarding the partnership, see Item 4.C “Organizational Structure—Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P.”

We may redeem the BEPC exchangeable shares at any time without the consent of holders thereof.

Our company’s board of directors, in its sole discretion and for any reason, and without the consent of holders of BEPC exchangeable shares, may elect to redeem all of the then outstanding BEPC exchangeable shares at any time upon sixty (60) days’ prior written notice, including without limitation following the occurrence of any of the following redemption events: (i) the total number of BEPC exchangeable shares outstanding decreases by 50% or

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more over any twelve-month period; (ii) a person acquires 90% of the LP Units in a take-over bid (as defined by applicable securities law); (iii) unitholders of BEP approve an acquisition of BEP by way of arrangement or amalgamation; (iv) unitholders of BEP approve a restructuring or other reorganization of BEP; (v) there is a sale of all or substantially all of BEP’ assets; (vi) there is a change of law (whether by legislative, governmental or judicial action), administrative practice or interpretation, or a change in circumstances of our company and our shareholders, that may result in adverse tax consequences for our company or our shareholders; or (vii) our board of directors, in its sole discretion, concludes that the unitholders of BEP or holders of BEPC exchangeable shares are adversely impacted by a fact, change or other circumstance relating to our company. For greater certainty, unitholders of BEP do not have the ability to vote on such redemption and our company’s board of directors decision to redeem all of the then outstanding BEPC exchangeable shares will be final. In addition, the holder of BEPC class B shares may deliver a notice to us specifying a redemption date upon which we shall redeem all of the then outstanding BEPC exchangeable shares, and upon sixty (60) days’ prior written notice from our company to holders of the BEPC exchangeable shares and without the consent of holders of BEPC exchangeable shares, we shall be required to redeem all of the then outstanding BEPC exchangeable shares on such redemption date. In the event of such redemption, holders of BEPC exchangeable shares will no longer own a direct interest in our company and will become unitholders of BEP, even if such holders desired to remain holders of BEPC exchangeable shares. Such redemption could occur at a time when the trading price of the BEPC exchangeable shares is greater than the trading price of the LP Units, in which case holders would receive LP Units with a lower trading price. See Item 10.B “Memorandum and Articles of Association—BEPC Exchangeable Shares—Redemption by Issuer”.

In the event that a BEPC exchangeable share held by a holder is redeemed by our company or exchanged by the holder, the holder will be considered to have disposed of such BEPC exchangeable share for Canadian income tax purposes. See Item 10.E “Taxation—Certain Material Canadian Federal Income Tax Considerations” for more information.

Holders of BEPC exchangeable shares do not have a right to elect whether to receive cash or LP Units upon a liquidation or exchange event. Rather, our group has the right to make such election in its sole discretion.

In the event that (i) there is a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of BEPC or BEP, (ii) BEPC or BEP exercises its right to redeem (or cause the redemption of) all of the then outstanding BEPC exchangeable shares, or (iii) a holder of BEPC exchangeable shares requests an exchange of BEPC exchangeable shares, holders of BEPC exchangeable shares shall be entitled to receive one LP Unit per BEPC exchangeable share held (subject to adjustment to reflect certain capital events described in this Form 20-F and certain other payment obligations in the case of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of BEPC or BEP) or in the case of (i) and (iii), its cash equivalent. The form of payment will be determined at the election of our group so a holder will not know whether cash or LP units, as applicable, will be delivered in connection with any of the events described in clauses (i) and (iii) above. Our company and the partnership currently intend to satisfy any exchange requests on the BEPC exchangeable shares through the delivery of LP Units rather than cash. See Item 10.B “Memorandum and Articles of Association—BEPC Exchangeable Shares”.

Any holder requesting an exchange of their BEPC exchangeable shares for which our company or BEP elects to provide BEP units in satisfaction of the exchange amount may experience a delay in receiving such BEP units, which may affect the value of the BEP units the holder receives in an exchange.

Each BEPC exchangeable share is exchangeable at the option of the holder for one BEP unit (subject to adjustment to reflect certain capital events) or its cash equivalent (the form of payment to be determined at the election of our company). See Item 10.B “Memorandum and Articles of Association—BEPC Exchangeable Shares—Adjustments to Reflect Certain Capital Events”. In the event cash is used to satisfy an exchange request, the amount payable per BEPC exchangeable share will be equal to the NYSE closing price of one BEP unit on the date that the request for exchange is received by the transfer agent. As a result, any decrease in the value of the BEP units after that date will not affect the amount of cash received. However, any holder whose BEPC exchangeable shares are exchanged for BEP units will not receive such BEP units for up to ten (10) business days after the applicable request is received. During this period, the market price of BEP units may decrease. Any such decrease would affect the value of the BEP unit consideration to be received by the holder of BEPC exchangeable shares on the effective date of the exchange.

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BEP is required to maintain an effective registration statement in the United States in order to exchange any BEPC exchangeable shares for BEP units. If a registration statement with respect to the BEP units issuable upon any exchange, redemption or acquisition of BEPC exchangeable shares (including in connection with any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of BEPC) is not current or is suspended for use by the SEC, no exchange or redemption of BEPC exchangeable shares for BEP units may be effected during such period.

The BEPC exchangeable shares may not trade at the same price as the BEP units.

Although the BEPC exchangeable shares are intended to provide an economic return that is equivalent to the BEP units, there can be no assurance that the market price of BEPC exchangeable shares will be equal to the market price of BEP units at any time. For example, using a volume-weighted average price for the 30 trading day period ending February 24, 2022, the prices per BEPC exchangeable share were $33.85 and C$42.92 on the NYSE and TSX, respectively, and the prices per BEP unit were $33.32 and C$42.22 on the NYSE and TSX, respectively. If our company redeems the BEPC exchangeable shares (which can be done without the consent of the holders) at a time when the trading price of the BEPC exchangeable shares is greater than the trading price of the BEP units, holders will receive BEP units with a lower trading price. Factors that have and could cause differences in such market prices may include:

•perception and/or recommendations by analysts, investors and/or other third parties that these securities should be priced differently;

•actual or perceived differences in distributions to holders of BEPC exchangeable shares versus holders of BEP units, including as a result of any legal prohibitions; and

•difficulty in the exchange mechanics between BEPC exchangeable shares and BEP units, including any delays or difficulties experienced by the transfer agent in processing the exchange requests.

If a sufficient amount of BEPC exchangeable shares are exchanged for BEP units, then the BEPC exchangeable shares may be de-listed.

If a sufficient amount of BEPC exchangeable shares are exchanged for BEP units, or we exercise our redemption right at any time including if the total number of BEPC exchangeable shares decreases by 50% or more over any twelve-month period, our company may fail to meet the minimum listing requirements on the NYSE and the TSX, and the NYSE or the TSX may take steps to de-list the BEPC exchangeable shares. Though holders of BEPC exchangeable shares will still be entitled to exchange each such share at any time for one BEP unit (subject to adjustment to reflect certain capital events described in this Form 20-F), or its cash equivalent (the form of payment to be determined at the election of our company), a de-listing of the BEPC exchangeable shares would have a significant adverse effect on the liquidity of the BEPC exchangeable shares, and holders thereof may not be able to exit their investments in the market on favorable terms.

The market price of the BEPC exchangeable shares and BEP units may be volatile, and holders of BEPC exchangeable shares and/or BEP units may lose a significant portion of their investment due to drops in the market price of BEPC exchangeable shares and/or BEP units.

The market price of the BEPC exchangeable shares and BEP units may be volatile and holders of such securities may not be able to resell their securities at or above the implied price at which they acquired such securities due to fluctuations in the market price of such securities, including changes in market price caused by factors unrelated to Brookfield Renewable’s operating performance or prospects. Specific factors that may have a significant effect on the market price of the BEPC exchangeable shares and the BEP units:

•changes in stock market analyst recommendations or earnings estimates regarding the BEPC exchangeable shares or BEP units, other companies and partnerships that are comparable to Brookfield Renewable or are in the industries that they serve;

•with respect to the BEPC exchangeable shares, changes in the market price of the BEP units, and vice versa;

•actual or anticipated fluctuations in our company’s and the partnership’s operating results or future prospects;

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•reactions to public announcements by Brookfield Renewable;

•strategic actions taken by Brookfield Renewable;

•adverse conditions in the financial market or general U.S. or international economic conditions, including those resulting from pandemic, war, incidents of terrorism and responses to such events; and

•sales of such securities by Brookfield Renewable or significant shareholders.

Exchanges of BEPC exchangeable shares for BEP units may negatively affect the market price of the BEP units, and additional issuances of BEPC exchangeable shares would be dilutive to the BEP units.

Each BEPC exchangeable share is exchangeable by the holder thereof for one BEP unit (subject to adjustment to reflect certain capital events) or its cash equivalent (the form of payment to be determined at the election of our company). See Item 10.B “Memorandum and Articles of Association—BEPC Exchangeable Shares—Adjustments to Reflect Certain Capital Events”. If our group elects to deliver BEP units in satisfaction of any such exchange request, a significant number of additional BEP units may be issued from time to time which could have a negative impact on the market price for BEP units. Additionally, any BEPC exchangeable shares issued by us in the future will also be exchangeable for BEP units, and, accordingly, any future exchanges satisfied by the delivery of BEP units would dilute the percentage interest of existing holders of the BEP units and may reduce the market price of the BEP units.

We or BEP may issue additional BEPC exchangeable shares or BEP units in the future, including in lieu of incurring indebtedness, which may dilute holders of our company’s and BEP’s equity securities. Our company or BEP may also issue securities that have rights and privileges that are more favorable than the rights and privileges accorded to our company’s and BEP’s equity holders.

Subject to the terms of any of our company’s securities then outstanding, we may issue additional securities, including BEPC exchangeable shares, BEPC class B shares, BEPC class C shares, preference shares, options, rights and warrants for any purpose and for such consideration and on such terms and conditions as our board of directors may determine. Subject to the terms of any of our company’s securities then outstanding, our board of directors will be able to determine the class, designations, preferences, rights, powers and duties of any additional securities, including any rights to share in our profits, losses and dividends, any rights to receive our assets upon BEPC’s dissolution or liquidation and any redemption, conversion and exchange rights. Subject to the terms of any of our company’s securities then outstanding, our board of directors may use such authority to issue such additional securities, which would dilute holders of such securities, or to issue securities with rights and privileges that are more favorable than those of the BEPC exchangeable shares.

Similarly, under BEP’s limited partnership agreement, subject to the terms of any preferred units then outstanding, BEP’s general partner may issue additional partnership securities, including BEP units, preferred units, options, rights, warrants and appreciation rights relating to partnership securities for any purpose and for such consideration and on such terms and conditions as the board of BEP’s general partner may determine. Subject to the terms of any of BEP securities then outstanding, the board of BEP’s general partner will be able to determine the class, designations, preferences, rights, powers and duties of any additional partnership securities, including any rights to share in BEP’s profits, losses and dividends, any rights to receive BEP’s assets upon its dissolution or liquidation and any redemption, conversion and exchange rights. Subject to the terms of any of BEP securities then outstanding, the board of BEP’s general partner may use such authority to issue such additional partnership securities, which would dilute holders of such securities, or to issue securities with rights and privileges that are more favorable than those of the BEP units.

The sale or issuance of a substantial number of BEPC exchangeable shares, the BEP units or other equity securities of our company or BEP in the public markets, or the perception that such sales or issuances could occur, could depress the market price of BEPC exchangeable shares and impair our ability to raise capital through the sale of additional BEPC exchangeable shares. We cannot predict the effect that future sales or issuances of BEPC exchangeable shares, BEP units or other equity securities would have on the market price of BEPC exchangeable shares. Subject to the terms of any of our company’s securities then outstanding, holders of BEPC exchangeable shares will not have any pre-emptive right or any right to consent to or otherwise approve the issuance of any securities or the terms on which any such securities may be issued.

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We cannot assure you that we will be able to pay dividends equal to the levels currently paid by BEP and holders of BEPC exchangeable shares may not receive dividends equal to the distributions paid on the BEP units and, accordingly, may not receive the intended economic equivalence of those securities.

The BEPC exchangeable shares are intended to provide an economic return per BEPC exchangeable share equivalent to one BEP unit (subject to adjustment to reflect certain capital events). See Item 10.B “Memorandum and Articles of Association—BEPC Exchangeable Shares—Adjustments to Reflect Certain Capital Events”. Pursuant to the equity commitment, BEP has agreed that it will not declare or pay any distribution on the BEP units if on such date we do not have sufficient funds or other assets to enable the declaration and payment of an equivalent dividend on the BEPC exchangeable shares. However, dividends are at the discretion of our board of directors and unforeseen circumstances (including legal prohibitions) may prevent the same dividends from being paid on each security. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that dividends and distributions will be identical for each BEPC exchangeable share and BEP unit, respectively, in the future, which may impact the market price of these securities. Dividends on BEPC exchangeable shares may not equal the levels currently paid by BEP for various reasons, including, but not limited to, the following:

•We may not have enough unrestricted funds to pay such dividends due to changes in our cash requirements, capital spending plans, cash flow or financial position;

•decisions on whether, when and in which amounts to make any future dividends will be dependent on then-existing conditions, including our financial conditions, earnings, legal requirements, including limitations under British Columbia law, restrictions on our borrowing agreements that limit its ability to pay dividends and other factors we deem relevant; and

•We may desire to retain cash to improve our credit profile or for other reasons.

U.S. investors in BEPC exchangeable shares may find it difficult or impossible to enforce service of process and enforcement of judgments against our company, our board of directors and the Service Providers.

Our company was established under the laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada, and a significant number of our subsidiaries are organized in jurisdictions outside of the United States. In addition, our executive officers are located outside of the United States. Certain of our directors and officers and the Service Providers reside outside of the United States. A substantial portion of our assets are, and the assets of our directors and officers and the Service Providers may be located outside of the United States. It may not be possible for investors to effect service of process within the United States upon our directors and officers and the Service Providers. It may also not be possible to enforce against our company, or our directors and officers and the Service Providers, judgments obtained in U.S. courts predicated upon the civil liability provisions of applicable securities law in the United States.

Our company is a holding company and our material assets consist solely of interests in our operating subsidiaries.

Our company has no independent means of generating revenue. We depend on distributions and other payments from our operating businesses to provide us with the funds necessary to meet our financial obligations. Our operating businesses are legally distinct from our company and some of them are or may become restricted in their ability to pay dividends and distributions or otherwise make funds available to our company pursuant to local law, regulatory requirements and their contractual agreements, including agreements governing their financing arrangements. Our operating businesses will generally be required to service their debt obligations before making distributions to our company.

As a result of the FPA and FERC’s regulations in respect of transfers of control, absent prior authorization by FERC, an investor in our company will generally not be permitted to obtain a direct and/or indirect voting interest of 10% or more in BEPC, and a violation of this limitation could result in civil or criminal penalties under the FPA and possible further sanctions imposed by FERC under the FPA.

Some of our U.S. operating subsidiaries are “public utilities” (as defined in the FPA) and, therefore, subject to FERC’s jurisdiction under the FPA. As a result, the FPA requires BEPC to (i) obtain prior authorization from FERC to transfer an amount of issued and outstanding voting securities sufficient to convey direct or indirect control over any of our public utility subsidiaries or (ii) qualify for a blanket authorization granted under or an exemption from FERC’s regulations in respect of transfers of control.

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Similar restrictions apply to purchasers of BEPC exchangeable shares who are a “holding company” under PUHCA in a holding company system that includes a transmitting utility or an electric utility, or an “electric holding company” regardless of whether BEPC exchangeable shares are received pursuant to subsequent offerings, in open market transactions or otherwise. A purchaser of BEPC exchangeable shares would be a “holding company” under the PUHCA and an electric holding company if the purchaser acquired direct or indirect control over BEPC exchangeable shares which would give such purchaser a 10% or more voting interest in BEPC or if FERC otherwise determined that the purchaser could directly or indirectly exercise control over our management or policies (e.g., as a result of contractual board or approval rights). Under the PUHCA, a “public-utility company” is defined to include an “electric utility company,” which is any company that owns or operates facilities used for the generation, transmission or distribution of electric energy for sale. Accordingly, absent prior authorization by FERC or a general increase to the applicable percentage ownership under a blanket authorization, for the purposes of sell-side transactions by BEPC and buy-side transactions involving purchasers of BEPC exchangeable shares that are electric holding companies, no purchaser can acquire such number of BEPC exchangeable shares that would give such purchaser a 10% or more voting interest in BEPC. A violation of these regulations by BEPC, as seller, or an investor, as a purchaser of BEPC exchangeable shares, could subject the party in violation to civil or criminal penalties under the FPA, including civil penalties of up to $1 million per day per violation and other possible sanctions imposed by FERC under the FPA.

As a result of the FPA and FERC’s regulations in respect of transfers of control, and consistent with the requirements for blanket authorizations granted thereunder or exemptions therefrom, absent prior authorization by FERC, whether BEPC exchangeable shares are received in subsequent offerings, in open market transactions or otherwise, no investor will be permitted to receive or purchase such number of BEPC exchangeable shares that would cause such investor and its affiliate and associate companies to collectively hold a 10% or more voting interest in BEPC. Additionally, investors should manage their investment in BEPC in a manner consistent with FERC’s regulations in respect of obtaining direct or indirect “control” of BEPC. Accordingly, absent prior authorization by FERC, investors in BEPC exchangeable shares that are electric holding companies are advised not to acquire such number of BEPC exchangeable shares that would give such investor a 10% or more voting interest in BEPC.

Our articles and BEP’s limited partnership agreement provide that the federal district courts of the United States of America are the sole and exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the U.S. Securities Act. This choice of forum provision could limit our shareholders and BEP’s unitholders ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with directors, officers or employees.

Our articles and BEP’s limited partnership agreement provide, that, unless we or BEP consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the federal district courts of the United States of America shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the U.S. Securities Act. In the absence of these provisions, under the U.S. Securities Act, U.S. federal and state courts have been found to have concurrent jurisdiction over suits brought to enforce duties or liabilities created by the U.S. Securities Act. This choice of forum provision will not apply to suits brought to enforce duties or liabilities created by the Exchange Act, which already provides that such federal district courts have exclusive jurisdictions over such suits. Additionally, investors cannot waive our and the partnership’s compliance with federal securities laws of the United States and the rules and regulations thereunder.

The choice of forum provision contained in our articles and BEP’s limited partnership agreement may limit our shareholder’s or BEP unitholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with our company, the partnership or their directors, officers or other employees, which may discourage such lawsuits against the partnership, our company and their directors, officers and other employees. However, the enforceability of similar choice of forum provisions in other companies’ governing documents has been challenged in recent legal proceedings, and it is possible that a court in the relevant jurisdictions with respect to BEP and our company could find the choice of forum provision contained in our articles and BEP’s limited partnership agreement to be inapplicable or unenforceable. While the Delaware Supreme Court ruled in March 2020 that U.S. federal forum selection provisions purporting to require claims under the U.S. Securities Act be brought in a U.S. federal court are “facially valid” under Delaware law, there can be no assurance that the courts in Canada (including in the Province of British Columbia) and Bermuda, and other courts within the United States, reach a similar determination regarding the choice of forum provision contained in our articles and BEP’s limited partnership agreement. If the

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relevant court were to find the choice of forum provision contained in our articles or BEP’s limited partnership agreement to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, the partnership and our company may incur additional costs associated with resolving such action in other jurisdictions, which could materially adversely affect their business, financial condition and operating results.

The BEPC exchangeable shares are not BEP units and will not be treated as BEP units for purposes of the application of applicable Canadian or U.S. rules relating to takeover bids, issuer bids and tender offers.

BEP units and BEPC exchangeable shares are not securities of the same class. As a result, holders of BEPC exchangeable shares will not be entitled to participate in an offer or bid made to acquire BEP units, and holders of BEP units will not be entitled to participate in an offer or bid made to acquire BEPC exchangeable shares. In the event of a takeover bid for BEP units, a holder of BEPC exchangeable shares who would like to participate would be required to tender his or her BEPC exchangeable shares for exchange, in order to receive a BEP unit, or the cash equivalent, at the election of our group, pursuant to the exchange right. If an issuer tender offer or issuer bid is made for the BEP units at a price in excess of the market price of the BEP units and a comparable offer is not made for the BEPC exchangeable shares, then the conversion factor for the BEPC exchangeable shares may be adjusted. See Item 10.B “Memorandum and Articles of Association—BEPC Exchangeable Shares—Adjustments to Reflect Certain Capital Events” for more information on the circumstances in which adjustments may be made to the conversion factor.

The Rights Agreement may terminate on July 30, 2027.

The Rights Agreement will automatically renew for successive periods of two years following July 30, 2027, unless Brookfield provides the rights agent with written notice of termination in accordance with the terms of the Rights Agreement or the Rights Agreement is otherwise terminated pursuant to its terms. Consequently, after such date, holders of BEPC exchangeable shares may no longer have the benefit of protections provided for by the Rights Agreement and will be reliant on the rights provided for in our articles. In the event that our company or BEP fails to satisfy a request for exchange after the expiry of the Rights Agreement, a tendering holder will not be entitled to rely on the secondary exchange rights. See Item 10.B “Memorandum and Articles of Association—BEPC Exchangeable Shares—Exchange by Holder” and Item 7.B “Related Party Transactions—Rights Agreement”.

Risks Relating to Taxation

General

Changes in tax law and practice may have a material adverse effect on the operations of BEP, BEPC, the Holding Entities, and the Operating Entities and, as a consequence, the value of the Brookfield Renewable assets and the ability of BEP and BEPC to make distributions to LP Unitholders and holders of BEPC exchangeable shares, respectively.

The Brookfield Renewable structure, including the structure of the Holding Entities and the Operating Entities, is based on prevailing taxation law and practice in the local jurisdictions in which Brookfield Renewable operates. These jurisdictions include Canada, the U.S., Brazil, the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom, Colombia, India and China. Any change in tax legislation (including in relation to taxation rates) and practice in these jurisdictions could adversely affect these entities, as well as the ability of BEP and BEPC to make distributions to LP Unitholders and holders of BEPC exchangeable shares, respectively. Taxes and other constraints that would apply to the Brookfield Renewable entities in such jurisdictions may not apply to local institutions or other parties, and such parties may therefore have a significantly lower effective cost of capital and a corresponding competitive advantage in pursuing such acquisitions.

We may be exposed to transfer pricing risks.

To the extent that BEP, BEPC, BRELP, the Holding Entities or the Operating Entities enter into transactions or arrangements with other Brookfield entities, the relevant tax authorities may seek to adjust the quantum or nature of the amounts included or deducted from taxable income by such entities if they consider that the terms and conditions of such transactions or arrangements differ from those that would have been made between persons dealing at arm’s length. This could result in more tax (and penalties and interest) being paid by such entities, and therefore the return to LP Unitholders and holders of BEPC exchangeable shares could be reduced.

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We believe that the base management fee and any other amount that is paid to the Service Providers will be commensurate with the value of the services being provided by the Service Providers and comparable to the fees or other amounts that would be agreed to in an arm’s length arrangement. However, no assurance can be given in this regard.

United States

The exchange of BEPC exchangeable shares for BEP units may result in the U.S. federal income taxation of any gain realized by a U.S. Holder.

Depending on the facts and circumstances, the exchange of BEPC exchangeable shares for BEP units by a U.S. Holder may result in the U.S. federal income taxation of any gain realized by such U.S. Holder. In general, a U.S. Holder exchanging BEPC exchangeable shares for BEP units pursuant to the exercise of the exchange right will recognize capital gain or loss (i) if the exchange request is satisfied by the delivery of BEP units by BAM pursuant to the Rights Agreement or (ii) if the exchange request is satisfied by the delivery of BEP units by BEPC and the exchange is, within the meaning of Section 302(b) of the Code, in “complete redemption” of the U.S. Holder’s equity interest in BEPC, a “substantially disproportionate” redemption of stock, or “not essentially equivalent to a dividend”, applying certain constructive ownership rules that take into account not only the BEPC exchangeable shares and other equity interests in BEPC actually owned but also other equity interests in BEPC treated as constructively owned by such U.S. Holder for U.S. federal income tax purposes. If an exchange request satisfied by the delivery of BEP units by BEPC is not treated as a sale or exchange under the foregoing rules, then it will be treated as a distribution equal to the amount of cash and the fair market value of property received (such as BEP units), taxable under the rules generally applicable to distributions on stock of a corporation.

In general, if BEP satisfies an exchange request by delivering BEP units to a U.S. Holder pursuant to BEP’s exercise of the BEP call right, then the U.S. Holder’s exchange of BEPC exchangeable shares for BEP units will qualify as tax-free under Section 721(a) of the Code, unless, at the time of such exchange, BEP (i) is a publicly traded partnership treated as a corporation or (ii) would be an “investment company” if it were incorporated for purposes of Section 721(b) of the Code. In the case described in (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence, a U.S. Holder may recognize gain upon the exchange. BEPC understands that the general partner of BEP believes that BEP will be treated as a partnership and not as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. In addition, based on the shareholders’ rights in the event of the liquidation or dissolution of BEPC (or BEP) and the terms of the BEPC exchangeable shares, which are intended to provide an economic return equivalent to the economic return on BEP units (including identical distributions), and taking into account the expected relative values of BEP’s assets and its ratable share of the assets of its subsidiaries for the foreseeable future, BEPC understands that the general partner of BEP currently expects that a U.S. Holder’s exchange of BEPC exchangeable shares for BEP units pursuant to the exercise of the BEP call right will not be treated as a transfer to an investment company for purposes of Section 721(b) of the Code. Accordingly, BEPC understands that the general partner of BEP currently expects a U.S. Holder’s exchange of BEPC exchangeable shares for BEP units pursuant to BEP’s exercise of the BEP call right to qualify as tax-free under Section 721(a) of the Code. However, no definitive determination can be made as to whether any such future exchange will qualify as tax-free under Section 721(a) of the Code, as this will depend on the facts and circumstances at the time of the exchange. Many of these facts and circumstances are not within the control of BEP, and no assurance can be provided as to the position, if any, taken by the general partner of BEP with regard to the U.S. federal income tax treatment of any such exchange. Nor can any assurance be given that the IRS will not assert, or that a court would not sustain, a position contrary to any future position taken by BEP. If Section 721(a) of the Code does not apply, then a U.S. Holder who exchanges BEPC exchangeable shares for BEP units pursuant to BEP’s exercise of the BEP call right will be treated as if such holder had sold its BEPC exchangeable shares to BEP in a taxable transaction for cash in an amount equal to the value of the BEP units received.

Even if a U.S. Holder’s transfer of BEPC exchangeable shares in exchange for BEP units pursuant to BEP’s exercise of the BEP call right qualifies as tax-free under Section 721(a) of the Code, such U.S. Holder will be subject to special rules that may result in the recognition of additional taxable gain or income. Under Section 704(c)(1) of the Code, if appreciated property is contributed to a partnership, the contributing partner must recognize any gain that was realized but not recognized for U.S. federal income tax purposes with respect to the property at the time of the contribution (referred to as “built-in gain”) if the partnership sells such property (or otherwise transfers such property in a taxable exchange) at any time thereafter or distributes such property to another partner within seven years of the contribution in a transaction that does not otherwise result in the recognition of “built-in gain” by the partnership. Under Section 737 of the Code, such U.S. Holder could be required to recognize built-in gain if BEP

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were to distribute any BEP property other than money (or, in certain circumstances, BEPC exchangeable shares) to such former holder of BEPC exchangeable shares within seven years of exercise of the BEP call right. Under Section 707(a) of the Code, such U.S. Holder could be required to recognize built-in gain if BEP were to make distributions (other than “operating cash flow distributions”, unless another exception were to apply) to such U.S. Holder within two years of exercise of the BEP call right. If a distribution to a U.S. Holder within two years of the transfer of BEPC exchangeable shares in exchange for BEP units is treated as part of a deemed sale transaction under Section 707(a) of the Code, such U.S. Holder will recognize gain or loss in the year of the transfer of BEPC exchangeable shares in exchange for BEP units, and, if such U.S. Holder has already filed a tax return for such year, such holder may be required to file an amended return. In such a case, the U.S. Holder may also be required to report some amount of imputed interest income.

For a more complete discussion of the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the exchange of BEPC exchangeable shares for BEP units, see Item 10.E “Taxation—Certain Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations—Consequences to U.S. Holders—Ownership and Disposition of BEPC Exchangeable Shares” below. The U.S. federal income tax consequences of exchanging BEPC exchangeable shares for BEP units are complex, and each U.S. Holder should consult an independent tax advisor regarding such consequences in light of such holder’s particular circumstances.

Distributions on BEPC exchangeable shares made to Non-U.S. Holders may be subject to U.S. withholding tax if Section 871(m) of the Code applies.

Distributions on BEPC exchangeable shares made to Non-U.S. Holders generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax, except that U.S. withholding tax may apply to any portion of a distribution made on BEPC exchangeable shares that is treated as a deemed dividend under Section 871(m) of the Code. Specifically, a 30% withholding tax generally applies to deemed dividend amounts (“dividend equivalents”) with respect to certain contractual arrangements held by non-U.S. persons which reference any interest in an entity if that interest could give rise to a U.S.-source dividend. Under Treasury Regulations, a Section 871(m) transaction is treated as directly referencing the assets of a partnership that holds significant investments in certain securities (such as stock of a U.S. corporation). BEP indirectly holds stock of a U.S. corporation through BRELP, and the BEPC exchangeable shares are intended to be structured so that distributions are identical to distributions on BEP units. Accordingly, the contractual arrangements relating to the BEPC exchangeable shares could be subject to Section 871(m) of the Code, as discussed below.

Whether U.S. withholding tax applies with respect to a Section 871(m) transaction depends, in part, on whether it is classified for purposes of Section 871(m) of the Code as a “simple” contract or “complex” contract. No direct authority addresses whether the contractual arrangements relating to the BEPC exchangeable shares constitute a simple contract or a complex contract. BEPC intends to take the position and believes that such contractual arrangements do not constitute a simple contract. In such case, under Treasury Regulations, as modified by an IRS Notice, such contractual arrangements should not be subject to Section 871(m) of the Code before January 1, 2023, and no portion of a distribution made on BEPC exchangeable shares before such date should be subject to U.S. withholding tax by reason of treatment as a dividend equivalent under Section 871(m). For distributions made on BEPC exchangeable shares on or after January 1, 2023, Section 871(m) of the Code will apply if the contractual arrangements relating to the BEPC exchangeable shares meet a “substantial equivalence” test. If this is the case, U.S. federal withholding tax (generally at a rate of 30%) is expected to apply to any portion of a distribution on BEPC exchangeable shares that is treated as a dividend equivalent and paid on or after January 1, 2023.

This 30% withholding tax may be reduced or eliminated under the Code or an applicable income tax treaty, provided that the Non-U.S. Holder properly certifies its eligibility by providing an IRS Form W-8. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, BEPC is unable to accurately or timely determine the tax status of a Non-U.S. Holder for purposes of establishing whether reduced rates of withholding apply, then U.S. withholding tax at a rate of 30% may apply to any portion of a distribution on BEPC exchangeable shares that is treated as a dividend equivalent under Section 871(m) of the Code. A dividend equivalent may also be subject to a 30% withholding tax under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance provisions of the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act of 2010 (“FATCA”), unless a Non-U.S. Holder properly certifies its FATCA status on IRS Form W-8 or other applicable form and satisfies any additional requirements under FATCA.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, BEPC’s position that the contractual arrangements relating to the BEPC exchangeable shares do not constitute a simple contract does not bind the IRS. The Treasury Regulations under Section 871(m) of the Code require complex determinations with respect to contractual arrangements linked to U.S.

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equities, and the application of these regulations to the BEPC exchangeable shares is uncertain. Accordingly, the IRS could challenge BEPC’s position and assert that the contractual arrangements relating to the BEPC exchangeable shares constitute a simple contract, in which case U.S. withholding tax currently would apply, generally at a rate of 30% (subject to reduction or elimination under the Code or an applicable income tax treaty), to that portion, if any, of a distribution on BEPC exchangeable shares that is treated as referencing a U.S.-source dividend paid to BEP or BRELP. Each Non-U.S. Holder should consult an independent tax advisor regarding the implications of Section 871(m) of the Code and FATCA for the ownership of BEPC exchangeable shares with respect to such holder’s particular circumstances.

For a more complete discussion of the U.S. federal income tax consequences to Non-U.S. Holders of owning BEPC exchangeable shares, see Item 10.E “Taxation—Certain Material United States. Federal Income Tax Considerations—Consequences to Non-U.S. Holders—Ownership and Disposition of BEPC Exchangeable Shares” below. The U.S. federal income tax consequences of owning BEPC exchangeable shares are complex, and each Non-U.S. Holder should consult an independent tax advisor regarding such consequences in light of such holder’s particular circumstances.

Canada

Canadian federal income tax considerations described herein may be materially and adversely impacted by certain events.

If BEPC ceases to qualify as a “mutual fund corporation” under the Tax Act, the income tax considerations described under the heading Item 10.E “Taxation—Certain Material Canadian Federal Income Tax Considerations” would be materially and adversely different in certain respects.

In general, there can be no assurance that Canadian federal income tax laws respecting the treatment of mutual fund corporations or otherwise respecting the treatment of our company will not be changed in a manner that adversely affects our shareholders, or that such tax laws will not be administered in a way that is less advantageous to our company or our shareholders.

General Risk Factors

Government policies providing incentives for clean energy could change at any time.

Development of new clean energy sources and the overall growth of the industry has generally been supported by state or provincial, national, supranational and international policies. Some of our projects benefit from such incentives. The attractiveness of clean energy to purchasers of clean energy assets, as well as the economic return available to project sponsors, is often enhanced by such incentives. Particularly in light of political changes in certain jurisdictions, there is a risk that regulations that provide incentives for clean energy could change or expire in a manner that adversely impacts the market more generally. Any political changes in the jurisdictions in which we operate may impact the competitiveness of clean energy generally and the economic value of certain of our projects in particular.

There are general industry risks associated with the power markets in which we operate.

Our operating subsidiaries currently operate in power markets in the United States, Europe and South America, each of which is affected by competition, price, supply of and demand for power, the location of import/export transmission lines and overall political, economic and social conditions and policies. Our operations are also largely concentrated in a relatively small number of countries, and accordingly are exposed to country-specific risks (such as weather conditions, local economic conditions or political/regulatory environments) that could disproportionately affect us. A general and extended decline in the North American, European or South American economies, or in the economies of the countries in which we operate, or sustained conservation efforts to reduce electricity consumption, could have the effect of reducing demand for electricity and could thereby have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Our operations are exposed to health, safety, security and environmental risks.

The ownership, construction and operation of our generation assets carry an inherent risk of liability related to health, safety, security and the environment, including the risk of government-imposed orders to remedy unsafe conditions and/or to remediate or otherwise address environmental contamination or damage. We could also be

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exposed to potential penalties for contravention of health, safety, security and environmental laws and potential civil liability. In the ordinary course of business, we incur capital and operating expenditures to comply with health, safety, security and environmental laws, to obtain and comply with licenses, permits and other approvals and to assess and manage related risks. The cost of compliance with these laws (and any future laws or amendments enacted) may increase over time and result in additional material expenditures. We may become subject to government orders, investigations, inquiries or other proceedings (including civil claims) relating to health, safety, security and environmental matters as a result of which its operations may be limited or suspended. The occurrence of any of these events or any changes, additions to or more rigorous enforcement of health, safety, security and environmental laws could have a material and adverse impact on operations and result in additional material expenditures. Additional environmental, health and safety issues relating to presently known or unknown matters may require unanticipated expenditures, or result in fines, penalties or other consequences (including changes to operations) that may be material and adverse to our business and results of operations.

We may be exposed to force majeure events.

The occurrence of a significant event that disrupts the ability of our generation assets to produce or sell power for an extended period, including events which preclude customers from purchasing electricity, could have an adverse effect on our assets, liabilities, business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flow. Force majeure events affecting our assets could result in damage to the environment or harm to third parties or the public, which could expose us to significant liability. Similarly, force majeure events could impact our contract counterparties, preventing them from performing under their contracts, which could in turn cause delays to project construction schedules or result in our operating projects being unable to perform as expected, all of which could have an adverse effect on our operating performance and cash flows. Our generation assets could be exposed to severe weather conditions, natural disasters, epidemics and potentially catastrophic events. An assault or an act of malicious destruction, cyber-attacks, sabotage or terrorism committed on our generation assets could also disrupt our ability to generate or sell power. In certain cases, there is the potential that some events may not excuse our group from performing its obligations pursuant to agreements with third parties and therefore may expose our group to liability. Depending on the event in question, no insurance or contractual protections may be available to compensate us for damages we may suffer as a result of such events. In addition, certain of our generation assets are located in remote areas which may make access for repair of damage difficult.

Non-U.S. shareholders will be subject to foreign currency risk associated with our dividends.

A significant number of our shareholders reside in countries where the U.S. dollar is not the functional currency. Our dividends are denominated in U.S. dollars but are settled in the local currency of the shareholder receiving the dividend. For each non-U.S. shareholder, the value received in the local currency from the dividend will be determined based on the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the applicable local currency at the time of payment. As such, if the U.S. dollar depreciates significantly against the local currency of the non-U.S. shareholder, the value received by such shareholder in its local currency will be adversely affected.

Our group may suffer a significant loss resulting from fraud, bribery, corruption, other illegal acts, inadequate or failed internal processes or systems, or from external events.

Our group may suffer a significant loss resulting from fraud, bribery, corruption, other illegal acts, inadequate or failed internal processes or systems, or from external events, such as security threats affecting its ability to operate. Our group operates in multiple jurisdictions and it is possible that its operations will expand into new jurisdictions. Doing business in multiple jurisdictions requires our group to comply with the laws and regulations of the U.S. government as well as those of various non-U.S. jurisdictions, and the number of jurisdictions in which our group is operating has grown in recent years. These laws and regulations may apply to our company, our Service Provider, our subsidiaries, individual directors, officers, employees and third-party agents. In particular, our non-U.S. operations are subject to U.S. and foreign anti-corruption laws and regulations, such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (the “FCPA”). The FCPA, among other things, prohibits companies and their officers, directors, employees and third-party agents acting on their behalf from corruptly offering, promising, authorizing or providing anything of value to foreign officials for the purposes of influencing official decisions or obtaining or retaining business or otherwise obtaining favorable treatment. Our company and our officers, directors, employees and third-party agents regularly deal with government bodies and government owned and controlled businesses, the employees and representatives of which may be considered foreign officials for purposes of the

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FCPA. Also, as we make acquisitions, we may expose ourselves to the FCPA or other corruption related risks if its due diligence processes are unable to uncover or detect violations of applicable anti-corruption laws.

We rely on our infrastructure, controls, systems and personnel, as well as central groups focusing on enterprise-wide management of specific operational risks such as fraud, trading, outsourcing, and business disruption, to manage the risk of illegal and corrupt acts or failed systems. We also rely on our employees and certain third parties to comply with our policies and processes as well as applicable laws. Specific programs, policies, standards, methodologies and training have been developed to support the management of these risks and, as we expand into new markets and makes new investments, and as we have increased our focus on development activities, we update and implement our programs, policies, standards, methodologies and training to address the risks that we perceive. The failure to adequately identify or manage these risks could result in direct or indirect financial loss, regulatory censure and/or harm to the reputation of our company. The acquisition of businesses with weak internal controls to manage the risk of illegal or corrupt acts may create additional risk of financial loss, regulatory censure and/or harm to the reputation of our company. In addition, programs, policies, standards, methodologies and training, no matter how well designed, do not provide absolute assurance of effectiveness.

Our operations are highly regulated and may be exposed to increased regulation, which could result in additional costs to our company.

Our generation assets are subject to extensive regulation by various government agencies and regulatory bodies in different countries at the federal, regional, state, provincial and local level. As legal requirements frequently change and are subject to interpretation and discretion, we may be unable to predict the ultimate cost of compliance with these requirements or their effect on our operations. Any new law, rule or regulation could require additional expenditure to achieve or maintain compliance or could adversely impact our ability to generate and deliver energy. Also, operations that are not currently regulated may become subject to regulation, which could result in additional cost to our business. Further, changes in wholesale market structures or rules, such as generation curtailment requirements or limitations to access the power grid, could have an adverse effect on our ability to generate revenues from our facilities. For example, in North America, many of our assets are subject to the operating and market-setting rules determined by independent system operators. These independent system operators could introduce rules that adversely impact our operations. With an increasing global focus and public sensitivity to environmental sustainability and environmental regulation becoming more stringent, we could also be subject to increasing environmental related responsibilities and more onerous permitting requirements. These changes may result in increased costs to our operations.

Our company is a “foreign private issuer” under U.S. securities law. Therefore, our company is exempt from requirements applicable to U.S. domestic registrants listed on the NYSE.

Although our company is subject to the periodic reporting requirement of the Exchange Act, the periodic disclosure required of foreign private issuers under the Exchange Act is different from periodic disclosure required of U.S. domestic registrants. Therefore, there may be less publicly available information about our company than is regularly published by or about other companies in the United States. Our company is exempt from certain other sections of the Exchange Act to which U.S. domestic issuers are subject, including the requirement to provide our shareholders with information statements or proxy statements that comply with the Exchange Act. In addition, insiders and large shareholders of our company are not obligated to file reports under Section 16 of the Exchange Act, and our company and the partnership will be permitted to follow certain home country corporate governance practices (being Bermuda and British Columbia for the partnership and our company, respectively) instead of those otherwise required under the NYSE Listed Company Manual for domestic issuers. Our company currently follows the same corporate practices as would be applicable to U.S. domestic companies under the U.S. federal securities laws and NYSE corporate governance standards; however, as our company is externally managed by the Service Providers pursuant to the Master Services Agreement, we do not have a compensation committee. However, our company may in the future elect to follow home country law for certain of our other corporate governance practices, as permitted by the rules of the NYSE, in which case our company’s shareholders would not be afforded the same protection as provided under NYSE corporate governance standards to U.S. domestic registrants. Following our company’s home country governance practices as opposed to the requirements that would otherwise apply to a U.S. domestic company listed on the NYSE may provide less protection than is accorded to investors of U.S. domestic issuers.

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Changes in our company’s credit ratings may have an adverse effect on our financial position and ability to raise capital.

We cannot assure you that any credit rating assigned to our company or any of its portfolio companies, operating subsidiaries or other subsidiaries their debt securities or the partnership will remain in effect for any given period of time or that any rating will not be lowered or withdrawn entirely by the relevant rating agency. A lowering or withdrawal of such ratings may have an adverse effect on our financial position and ability to raise capital.

New regulatory initiatives related to ESG could adversely impact our business.

While we believe that regulatory initiatives and market trends towards an increased focus on ESG are generally beneficial to our group, any such regulatory initiatives also have the potential to adversely impact us. For example, regulatory initiatives seeking to reorient investment toward sustainability by regulating green financial products could have the effect of increasing disclosure requirements around ESG and prescribing approaches to ESG policies that are inconsistent with our current practices. If regulators disagree with the ESG disclosures that we make we may face regulatory enforcement action, and our business or reputation could be adversely affected. There is also a risk that a significant reorientation in the market following the implementation of any such measures could be adverse to our business if we are perceived to be presenting a product or business as having green or sustainable characteristics where this is not, in fact, the case (i.e., “greenwashing”). Additionally, compliance with any new regulations or laws generally increases our regulatory burden and could make compliance more difficult and expensive thereby adversely impacting our financial position.

We may not be able to identify and assess all potential human rights impacts of our business activities.

While we pride ourselves on our commitment to ethical business practices and the controls, policies and practices that we have in place with respect to such practices, we may not be able to identify and assess all potential human rights impacts of our investment activities, operations and supply chain. Any potential human rights abuses that occur and are in any way associated with our business, whether through third party business relationships or otherwise, including could have an adverse impact on our reputation, as well as present legal and financial risks.

Our company is not, and does not intend to become, regulated as an investment company under the Investment Company Act (and similar legislation in other jurisdictions) and, if our company were deemed an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act, applicable restrictions could make it impractical for our company to operate as contemplated.

The Investment Company Act (and similar legislation in other jurisdictions) provides certain protections to investors and imposes certain restrictions on companies that are required to be regulated as investment companies. Among other things, such rules limit or prohibit transactions with affiliates, impose limitations on the issuance of debt and equity securities and impose certain governance requirements. Our company has not been and does not intend to become regulated as an investment company and we intend to conduct our activities so our company will not be deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act (and similar legislation in other jurisdictions). In order to ensure that our company is not deemed to be an investment company, we may be required to materially restrict or limit the scope of our operations or plans. Our company is and will be limited in the types of acquisitions that it may make, and we may need to modify our organizational structure or dispose of assets which our company would not otherwise dispose of. Moreover, if anything were to happen which would cause our company to be deemed an investment company under the Investment Company Act, it would be impractical for our company to operate as contemplated. Agreements and arrangements between and among our company and Brookfield would be impaired, the type and number of acquisitions that our company would be able to make as a principal would be limited and our business, financial condition and results of operations would be materially adversely affected. Accordingly, our company would be required to take extraordinary steps to address the situation, such as the amendment or termination of the Master Services Agreement, the restructuring of our company and our operating subsidiaries, the amendment of our company’s governing documents or the dissolution of our company, any of which could materially adversely affect the value of BEPC exchangeable shares.

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