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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549




FORM 8-K




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



Date of earliest event reported:  September 19, 2016



Commission
File
Number
 
Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter, address of principal executive offices and
registrant's telephone number
 
IRS Employer
Identification
Number
001-36518
 
NextEra Energy Partners, LP
700 Universe Boulevard
Juno Beach, Florida 33408
(561) 694-4000
 
30-0818558

State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization:  Delaware
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))





SECTION 5 - CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

(c)
As previously reported, on March 18, 2016, Chris N. Froggatt, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (principal accounting officer) of NextEra Energy Partners, LP’s (NEP) general partner, NextEra Energy Partners GP, Inc. (NEP GP), advised NEP GP’s Board of Directors of his intention to retire in September 2016 as part of a planned succession process. Effective September 19, 2016, upon Mr. Froggatt’s retirement from the foregoing position, NEP GP’s Board of Directors appointed Terrell Kirk Crews, II to the position of Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of NEP GP. As Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of NEP GP, Mr. Crews will serve as NEP’s principal accounting officer.
 
 
 
Mr. Crews, age 38, served as NextEra Energy, Inc.’s (NEE) Vice President, Finance since April 2016. From July 2015 to April 2016, he was a Partner in the national office of Deloitte & Touche LLP (Deloitte). From June 2013 to June 2015, Mr. Crews served as a professional accounting fellow in the Office of the Chief Accountant of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. From June 2010 to June 2013, Mr. Crews was an audit service senior manager at Deloitte. NEP GP is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of NEE.
 
 
 
Mr. Crews is an employee of NEE and, as such, will not receive any compensation from NEP GP or NEP for his service as NEP’s principal accounting officer.







SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
Date:  September 19, 2016

 
NEXTERA ENERGY PARTNERS, LP
(Registrant)
 
 
 
 
By:
NextEra Energy Partners GP, Inc.,
its general partner
 
 
 
 
 
CHARLES E. SIEVING
 
Charles E. Sieving
General Counsel



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