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accession: "0001104659-24-059891"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001637757"
company_name: "Clearway Energy LLC"
filed_at: "2024-05-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T03:48:43.481685+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Clearway Energy dismisses EY as auditor, engages PwC effective upon closing of Blackrock/GIP transaction

## Summary
- EY dismissed because it will lose independence after the Blackrock/GIP transaction closes.
- No disagreements or reportable events existed with EY during fiscal years 2022 and 2023 or subsequent interim period.
- PwC engaged as independent auditor for FY2024, effective at earlier of transaction close or filing of Q2 2024 Form 10-Q.
- EY's audit reports on Clearway's financial statements for 2022 and 2023 were unqualified.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-059891
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001637757
- company_name: Clearway Energy LLC
- filed_at: 2024-05-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637757/000110465924059891/0001104659-24-059891-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637757/000110465924059891/tm2414021d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  Clearway Energy LLC dismissed Ernst & Young LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: Ernst & Young LLP
  - Successor: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  source text: On May 10, 2024, the Audit Committee (the “Audit Committee”) of the Board of Directors of Clearway Energy, Inc. (“Clearway, Inc.”), the parent company of Clearway Energy LLC (the “Company”), dismissed Ernst & Young LLP (“EY”) as the independent registered public accounting firm of Clearway, Inc. and the Company
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637757/000110465924059891/0001104659-24-059891-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  Clearway Energy LLC engaged PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  source text: On May 10, 2024, the Audit Committee engaged PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as the independent registered public accounting firm for Clearway, Inc. and the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637757/000110465924059891/0001104659-24-059891-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.