---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-061748"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CWEN"
cik: "0001567683"
company_name: "Clearway Energy, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-15T10:48:25+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T10:51:53.149393+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Clearway Energy GC Kevin Malcarney to retire; Michael Brown named successor

## Summary
- Kevin Malcarney to retire as EVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary effective June 1, 2026.
- Michael A. Brown, formerly VP at NYT and previously Deputy GC at Clearway, will succeed as SVP, General Counsel.
- Malcarney will remain as non-executive employee through June 26, 2026 under a transition services agreement.
- Separation benefits include pro-rated 2026 bonus, continued equity vesting, and lump-sum payment of ~$711,845.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-061748
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CWEN
- cik: 0001567683
- company_name: Clearway Energy, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-15T10:48:25+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1567683/000110465926061748/0001104659-26-061748-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1567683/000110465926061748/tm2614750d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-061748
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-061748.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-061748.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kevin P. Malcarney departed as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Clearway Energy, Inc..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
  source text: announced that Kevin P. Malcarney will retire from his position as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Company, effective June 1, 2026
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1567683/000110465926061748/0001104659-26-061748-index.htm

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