NextEra Energy Partners, LP announces appointment of Susan Davenport Austin to board of directors of general partner

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Feb 19, 2015, 11:10 ET

JUNO BEACH, Fla., Feb. 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- NextEra Energy Partners, LP (NYSE: NEP) today announced the appointment of Susan Davenport Austin to the board of directors of its general partner. Austin joins as an independent director and as a member of the board's audit and conflicts committees.

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"We're very pleased to welcome Susan to the NextEra Energy Partners board," said Jim Robo, chairman and chief executive officer. "She is an experienced business leader, with a tremendous background in finance, strategic planning and transactions. We look forward to Susan's counsel as we continue to evolve and grow NextEra Energy Partners for the benefit of our unitholders."

Since 2014, Austin has been a senior managing director with Brock Capital Group, focusing on strategic and corporate advisory services. In addition, she continues to serve as vice chairman of Sheridan Broadcasting Corporation (SBC), where she has served in a leadership capacity since joining the company in 2002 as vice president of strategic planning and treasurer. In 2004, Austin became president of the Sheridan Gospel Network and, in 2007, was named senior vice president and chief financial officer of SBC. She was promoted to vice chairman of SBC in 2013. Prior to joining SBC, Austin spent 10 years in investment banking, specializing in telecommunications and media finance. She was a vice president in the Communications, Media and Entertainment group at Goldman Sachs & Co., where she also managed the execution of financing and merger and acquisition transactions. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Austin worked for Bear, Stearns & Co. and Salomon Brothers Inc. on multiple financing and merger and acquisition assignments.

Austin currently serves as the presiding director of Broadcast Music, Inc., an American performing rights organization that represents more than 650,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers in all genres of music and more than 8.5 million musical works. She also serves as president of The MacDowell Colony, the nation's first artist residency program. In addition, Austin is on the boards of the Prudential Variable Annuities Funds and Hubbard Radio. She received a Master of Business Administration degree from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics from Harvard University.

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NextEra Energy Partners, LP (NYSE: NEP) is a growth-oriented limited partnership formed by NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE), a leading clean energy company, to own, operate and acquire contracted clean energy projects with stable, long-term cash flows. Headquartered in Juno Beach, Fla., NextEra Energy Partners owns interests in wind and solar projects in North America. These renewable energy projects are fully contracted, use industry-leading technology and are located in regions that are favorable for generating energy from the wind and sun. For more information about NextEra Energy Partners, please visit: www.NextEraEnergyPartners.com.

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