Company: BEP
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001533232-25-000006
Chunk: 158

Company: Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P.
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 3
Chunk 158
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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 Form 20-F for a more thorough description of these and other risks.

Risks Relating to Our Operations and Our 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 changes to government policies and incentives.

• Risks relating to the amount of uncontracted generation in our portfolio or adverse changes to the MRE.

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

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

• Risks relating to our use and enjoyment of real property rights.

• Risks of increased cost of operating our facilities and of developing new facilities.

• Risks relating to health, safety, security and environmental.

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

• Risks relating to inflationary pressures.

• Risks relating to changes in regulatory, political, economic and social conditions.

• Risks relating to cybersecurity.

• Risks relating to uninsurable losses.

• Risks relating to energy marketing and project-level hedging.

• Risks relating to disputes, litigation, enforcement of contracts and governmental and regulatory policies and investigations.

• Risks relating to increased regulation of our operations.

• Risks relating to new regulatory initiatives related to sustainability and ESG.

• Risks of force majeure events.

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

• 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 management of human capital, future labor disruptions and economically unfavorable collective bargaining agreements.

• Risks of the human rights impacts of our business activities.

• Risks relating to the perception and regulation of the nuclear power industry.

Risks Relating to Financing

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