---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-003322"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CWEN"
cik: "0001567683"
company_name: "Clearway Energy, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-01-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T10:39:49.275901+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Clearway Energy Operating LLC closes $600M issuance of 5.750% senior notes due 2034

## Summary
- Completed sale of $600M aggregate principal amount of 5.750% senior notes due 2034.
- Interest payable semi-annually on Jan 15 and Jul 15, starting Jul 15, 2026, until maturity Jan 15, 2034.
- Notes are senior unsecured obligations; redeemable prior to Jan 15, 2029 with make-whole premium or up to 40% from equity offering proceeds.
- Issued in private placement to QIBs under Rule 144A and Regulation S, exempt from SEC registration.
- Indenture contains customary covenants and events of default; issued under indenture dated Jan 13, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-003322
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CWEN
- cik: 0001567683
- company_name: Clearway Energy, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-01-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1567683/000110465926003322/0001104659-26-003322-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1567683/000110465926003322/tm262986d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-003322.txt

## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  Clearway Energy, Inc. incurred senior notes of $600 million aggregate principal amount with CSC Delaware Trust Company at 5.750% maturing January 15, 2034.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: $600 million aggregate principal amount
  - Counterparty: CSC Delaware Trust Company
  - Rate: 5.750%
  - Maturity: January 15, 2034
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: completed the sale of $600 million aggregate principal amount of 5.750% senior notes due 2034
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1567683/000110465926003322/0001104659-26-003322-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  Clearway Energy, Inc. entered into Indenture with CSC Delaware Trust Company valued at $600 million aggregate principal amount of 5.750% senior notes due 2034 (effective 2026-01-13).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: notes offering
  - Counterparty: CSC Delaware Trust Company
  - Value: $600 million aggregate principal amount of 5.750% senior notes due 2034
  - Effective: 2026-01-13
  source text: Clearway Energy Operating LLC (“Clearway Operating”), a subsidiary of Clearway Energy, Inc., completed the sale of $600 million aggregate principal amount of 5.750% senior notes due 2034 (the “Senior Notes”) pursuant to the terms of the purchase agreement, dated January 8, 2026 (the “Purchase Agreement”), among Clearway Operating, the guarantors named therein and the initial purchasers named therein (the “Initial Purchasers”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1567683/000110465926003322/0001104659-26-003322-index.htm

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