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2022 Annual Report

C O M P A N Y  
O V E R V I E W 

HASI is a leading climate positive investment firm 
that actively partners with clients to deploy real 
assets that facilitate the energy transition.

OUR VISION
Every investment improves our climate future.

OUR PURPOSE
Make climate positive investments 
with superior risk-adjusted returns.

CONTENTS

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LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE CHAIR

RECENT  HIGHLIGHTS

GROWTH HIGHLIGHTS 

INVESTMENT SPOTLIGHTS

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

SUSTAINABILITY REPORT CARD

LEADERSHIP

FORM 10-K

  Investment in grid-connected Solar project  
with AES in Mona, Utah, USA.  
Photo courtesy of AES.

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HASI 2022 ANNUAL REPORTHASI 2022 ANNUAL REPORTL E T T E R F R O M  T H E   
E X E C U T I V E C H A I R

Dear Stakeholders:

I went back over my prior annual report letters to see how well they have told our story over these last 10 years, which is summarized below in 
five passages from those letters and three graphics.

We  went  public  to  offer  investors  a  unique  opportunity  to 
earn superior risk-adjusted returns… investing in the enormous 
de-carbonization market… the defining issue of our time. 

Our  clients  create  these  innovative  engineered  solutions…
using  our  capital  to  ensure  that  economical  assets  are 
adopted  at  scale…  waste  less,  are  more  diversified  and 
reduce social friction. 

We have built the business to prosper in various interest rate 
and  commodity  market  environments…  as  well  as  public 
policy support.

Our goal was to set the ‘gold standard’ for ESG…to produce 
tangible shareholder value…with rigorous carbon reporting…
high  employee  retention…by  embracing  our  broader  ethos 
as a responsible corporate citizen.

Make  no  mistake  we  are  losing  the  battle  on  climate 
change…17 of the 18 warmest years occurred since 2001.

HASI Distributable Earnings per Share

D-EPS 11% CAGR

$0.93

$1.04

$1.20

$1.27

$1.38

$1.40

$1.55

$1.88

$2.08

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Climate

Clients

Assets

Preeminent Climate 
Pure Play

Capital to Facilitate the 
Energy Transition

Measure and Report 
CarbonCount of  
Each Investment

Programmatic Partnerships 
Are a Different Approach

Invest in Income 
Generating Real Assts

Solve Client Problems

Proven Technologies

Never Compete With 
Clients

Non-Cyclical, Lower Risk, 
Predictable

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Years

Our  vision  has  been  unwavering  and 
successful. We have stayed true to the mission 
of  earning  superior  risk-adjusted  returns 
investing on the right side of the climate 
change line. Although volatility in the capital 
markets has recently caused this success not 
to be reflected in our share price, our long-
term total annual shareholder return of 14%1 
over the last 10 years still beats the S&P 500 
over the same period. As our Investor Day 
in March showed, our expanded leadership 
team, led by Jeff Lipson, will continue to grow 
the business responsibly, produce superior 
returns, and maintain a commitment to the 
gold standard of corporate citizenship.

2022 Review and Outlook for 2023

We closed more than $1.8 billion in climate 
solutions investments in 2022,  and grew 
our portfolio by 19% with a corresponding 
increase in Distributable Net Investment Income 
of 34%. As a result, HASI continued its strong 
financial performance in 2022, increasing 
Distributable Earnings per Share by 11%. 

One  of  the  key  reasons  that  we  have 
successfully grown our portfolio is that our 
strategy incorporates multiple asset classes. 
If we were reliant on a single asset class, 
our growth would unlikely be as consistent. 
Our newly rebranded FTN (Fuels, Transport 

&  Nature)  segment  is  providing  further 
diversification  and  strong  returns  and 
complements our GC (Grid-Connected) and 
BTM (Behind-the-Meter) segments.

This diversity is the result of a significant 
number of clients that we work closely with, 
many  of  them  involved  in  multiple  asset 
classes, as well as our ability to pivot towards 
new opportunities quickly. 

Likewise, our 12-month pipeline of greater 
than $4.5 billion is well balanced as our 
BTM pipeline is benefiting from increasing 
utility rates, our GC pipeline is primarily solar 
opportunities, and our FTN pipeline is mostly 

RNG, fleet decarbonization and ecological 
restoration.  This balanced  profile  allows 
investors to participate across the entire clean 
energy transition market.

The business outlook is the brightest it has 
ever been. The energy transition to a lower 
carbon world is accelerating with supportive 
public policy. The Inflation Reduction Act will 
positively affect our business as evidenced 
by  our  clients  increasing  their  pipelines 
due  to  the  long-term  ITC/PTC  policy 
certainty  and  tax  credits  for  renewable 
fuels. Tax credits for battery storage have 
made  standalone  projects  conducive 
for  investment,  an  example  of  policy 
accelerating new, investable asset classes for 
us. Transferability of tax credits will expand 
the tax capacity available for renewable 
projects, as well as provide an opportunity 
for us to participate in those transactions. 
And finally, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law 
and the CHIPS and Science Act provide 
a  constructive  policy  backdrop  for  new 
transmission and onshoring manufacturing. 
In my over 40-year career, I never imagined 
this level and duration of policy support for 
the energy transition. This is unmitigated 
good news for HASI. 

Because of this policy backdrop, our clients’ 
aspirations are expanding, and we believe 
our  tenured  participation  in  this  industry 
positions us well for continued programmatic 
investment with our top-tier client base. HASI 
has a proven strategy, executed by a mission-
driven team committed to not only producing 
superior risk-adjusted returns, but also making 
a meaningful difference on climate. 

LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE CHAIR

ESG Progress 

2022 marked the year that investors and 
regulators  rightfully  began  to  seriously 
demand  standardization,  rigor,  and 
transparency in ESG initiatives and reporting. 
Thankfully, HASI has been at the vanguard of 
these efforts since our IPO. 

At HASI, we embed our purpose into our 
corporate mission: Every investment improves 
our climate future. This ensures ESG is a core 
aspect of our process – not an incidental 
byproduct. As a result, our thoughtful and 
rigorous  ESG  strategy  focuses  on  issues 
most material to our business. We’ve made 
significant progress on each of the ESG 
fronts.

On the environmental front, we revamped 
our industry-leading CarbonCount metric 
to incorporate real-time emissions factors, 
ensuring we measure, report, and understand 
the carbon emissions avoided by each and 
every  one  of  our  investments.  This  level 
of precision positions us in a class of our 
own among publicly traded U.S. financial 
institutions. In addition, with other leading 
corporates, we co-founded the Emissions First 
Partnership to improve corporate and investor 
emissions accounting by moving beyond 
megawatt-hour matching and focusing more 
on quantified emissions impact.

Recently, Maryland’s new Governor Wes 
Moore was asked if he had appointed a 
historically diverse cabinet to “try to make 
a point.” He replied, “No. I want to win.”2 
There is strength, wisdom, and competitive 
advantage in diversity and HASI continues 

to  drive  diversity  and  inclusivity  within 
our  workforce.  Further,  we  established 
Business Resource Groups to foster support 
and  mentorship  among  our  employees, 
prosperity that will benefit them and ultimately 
our  shareholders.  The  HASI  Foundation 
expanded its reach and capability with the 
appointment  of  external  Board  members 
and made an impact at the intersection of 
climate change and social justice with over 
ten generous grants.

Finally,  we  continued  to  enhance  our 
corporate governance by separating the 
CEO  and  Chair  roles  and  adding  new 
directors to our board. Now, a majority of 
our independent directors comprise women 
and persons of color – exceedingly rare for 
US public companies.

To  our  mission-driven  team,  all  of  these 
accomplishments were essential to growing 
the long-term shareholder value reflective 
of  the  significant  value  we  created  for 
our clients, employees, and community – 
indeed, all of our stakeholders. We remain 
enormously proud of our team and our ability 
to grow our business while also making the 
world a better place. 

Conclusion

HASI is in the best market, with the best 
clients, deploying the best business model. 
Do we have the best team? To paraphrase 
Governor Moore: I want to win, and I’d hate 
to compete with us. I thank this team for their 
intelligence, their hard work and commitment 
to the company mission.

Respectfully,

Jeffrey W. Eckel
Executive Chair

April 2023

(1)  Estimated as of March 31, 2023.

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(2)  Governor Wes Moore’s comments on March 27, 2023 to an audience at the Governor’s Mansion assembled for Women’s History Month, attended by myself.

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HASI 2022 ANNUAL REPORTHASI 2022 ANNUAL REPORT 
 
 
 
RECENT  
HIGHLIGHTS

Key Performance Indicators

EPS

NII

Portfolio Yield1

Portfolio2

Managed Assets1

Distributable ROE3

Pipeline

Transactions Closed

GAAP

Distributable1

GAAP-based

Distributable1

FY22

$0.47

$2.08

$45m

$180m

7.5%

$4.3b

$9.8b

11.4%

>$4.5b

$1.8b

FY21

$1.51

$1.88

$11m

$134m

7.5%

$3.6b

$8.8b

11.2%

>$4b

$1.7b

Affirmed Current Guidance through 2024

Distributable EPS

Guidance
Distributable EPS (2021 – 2024)1,6
10% – 13% (CAGR) 

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Guidance

$2.53

$2.40

$2.27

GROWTH  
HIGHLIGHTS

GAAP and Distributable EPS1

GAAP-based and Distributable NII1

Distributable EPS CAGR: 11%

Distributable NII CAGR: 28%

Growth (YOY)

4

$2.08

$1.88

+11%

+34%

+19%

FY22
FY21
0.35
0.49
Incremental Annual Reduction 
in Carbon Emissions

~615k MT

~817k MT

  5

FY22
FY21
140
1,180
Incremental Annual Water Savings

~2.0 BG

~228 MG

$1.38

$1.40

$1.24

$1.55

$1.51

$1.10

$0.75

$180

$134

$0.47

$82

$88

$68

$38

$29

$24

$45

$11

Expected Compounded Annual Growth

Distributable EPS (2021 – 2024)6 : 10% – 13%
DPS: 5% – 8%

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

GAAP EPS

Distributable EPS

GAAP-based NII

Distributable NII

Managed Assets1

Portfolio Yield1 and Cost of Debt2

CAGR: 17%

$9.8b

$8.8b

$7.2b

$6.2b

$2.1

$2.9

$5.3b

$2.0

$3.6

$4.3

6.8%

5.4%

7.6%

7.6%

7.5%

7.5%

4.9%

5.1%

4.6%

4.3%

$1.55

2020

$1.88

2021

$2.08

2022

2023

2024

(1)  See Item 7 to our Form 10-K, filed on February 21, 2023 with the SEC, for an explanation of Distributable Earnings, Distributable Net Investment Income, Portfolio Yield and Managed Assets, including 

reconciliations to the relevant GAAP measures, where applicable.

(2)  GAAP-based.
(3)  Distributable ROE is calculated using Distributable Earnings for the period and the average of the quarterly ending equity balances for the period.
(4)  CarbonCount is a scoring tool that evaluates investments in U.S.-based energy efficiency and renewable energy projects to estimate the expected CO2 emission reduction per $1,000 of investment.
(5)  WaterCount is a scoring tool that evaluates investments in U.S.-based projects to estimate the expected water consumption reduction per $1,000 of investment.
(6)  Relative to the 2020 baseline.

$3.3

2018

$4.1

2019

$4.3

2020

$5.2

2021

$5.5

2022

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Off Balance Sheet

Balance Sheet Portfolio

 Portfolio Yield   

Interest Expense / Average Debt Balance

(1) 

 See Item 7 to our Form 10-K, filed on February 21, 2023 with the SEC, for an explanation of Distributable Earnings, Distributable Net Investment Income, Portfolio Yield and Managed Assets, including 
reconciliations to the relevant GAAP measures, where applicable.

(2)  Excludes incremental interest expense related to debt prepayments.

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HASI 2022 ANNUAL REPORTHASI 2022 ANNUAL REPORT  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
INVESTMENT  
SPOTLIGHTS

AWARDS  
& RECOGNITION

Recently, we have been honored and recognized by the following independent organizations around the world for our 
leadership on sustainable investing and ESG.

GRID-CONNECTED

AWARDS

FUELS, TRANSPORT  
& NATURE

FUELS, TRANSPORT  
& NATURE

The Cleanie Awards®
2023 Clean Energy Investment Leader 
of the Year (Gold)

Fast Company
2022 World’s Most Innovative 
Companies (Finance)

Real Leaders®
2023 and 2022 Top Impact 
Companies 

ESG Investing
2022 Best Sustainability Reporting: 
Financials (Investment)

1.3 GW  

CARBONCOUNT: 1.11

Minority  stake,  common  equity 
i n v e s t m e n t   w i t h   A E S   i n   a n 
approximately 1.3 GW portfolio 
of 17 operating solar projects and 
one operating wind project located 
across six states, contracted with a 
diverse  group  of  predominately 
investment-grade  corporate, 
utility,  and  municipal  off-takers. 
Our investment in this high-quality 
portfolio expands our programmatic 
relationship with an industry-leading 
renewables company.

>$70m

CARBONCOUNT: 0.04

Senior debt and preferred equity 
investment with Zum, a leader in 
modern student transportation. Zum 
brings cleaner, safer, and more 
reliable transportation to students 
in  metropolitan  school  districts 
through technology, efficiency, 
and electrification of bus fleets. 
Our first investment in transport 
opens additional opportunities in 
a large and growing market.

>$125m

CARBONCOUNT: 0.20

Senior  debt  investment  with 
Ameresco  in  a  portfolio  of 
operating  Renewable  Natural 
Gas Projects (RNG), including two 
Landfill Gas (LFG)-to-RNG plants 
and one Wastewater Treatment 
Biogas (WWTPB)-to-RNG plant. 
Our first investment in RNG brings 
continued programmatic deal flow 
with  a  leading  energy  service 
company partner.

RATINGS

Leader
Top 10th Percentile

Low Risk

Top 10th Percentile

PARTNERS IN PURPOSE 

Global Frameworks
➜ UN Global Compact 
➜ UN Sustainable Development Goals 

Climate Action
➜ Climate Action 100+
➜ Science-based Target Initiative
➜ Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative
➜ Emissions First Partnership

Sustainability Reporting Standards
➜ Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures 
➜ The Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials 
➜ Principles for Responsible Investment

Diversity & Inclusion
➜ CEO Action For Diversity and Inclusion 
➜ The Hawthorn Club
➜ Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy

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B Top 10th percentile HASI 2022 ANNUAL REPORTHASI 2022 ANNUAL REPORTSUSTAINABILITY  
REPORT CARD

The tenth annual edition of our Sustainability Report Card discloses the CarbonCount® associated with each investment. 
CarbonCount is a decision tool that evaluates investments in U.S.-based renewable energy, energy efficiency, and climate 
resilience projects to determine how efficiently they reduce CO2 equivalent (CO2e) emissions per $1,000 of investment.

HASI SUSTAINABILITY REPORT CARD 2022

MARKET
BTM
BTM
BTM
GC
GC
GC
GC
BTM
GC
BTM
GC
GC
BTM
GC
GC
BTM
BTM
BTM
BTM
BTM
BTM
BTM
BTM

REGION CARBONCOUNT 1.0
National
South
South
National
West
West
West
South
West
National
West
West
South
National
West
South
Midwest
Midwest
West
Midwest
South
Northeast
Midwest

2.91
1.57
1.19
1.11
0.96
0.83
0.83
0.78
0.67
0.50
0.50
0.49
0.44
0.43
0.38
0.35
0.34
0.34
0.33
0.33
0.33
0.32
0.32

CARBONCOUNT 2.0

2.91
1.57
1.20
0.98
0.83
0.85
0.55
1.34
0.69
0.50
0.51
0.50
0.44
0.43
0.39
0.35
0.34
0.34
0.33
0.26
0.33
0.32
0.25

MARKET
BTM
BTM
BTM
BTM
GC
BTM
BTM
FTN
BTM
BTM
BTM
FTN
GC
BTM
BTM
BTM
FTN
BTM
BTM
BTM
BTM
BTM

REGION CARBONCOUNT 1.0
Midwest
West
West
South
South
West
West
Midwest
West
West
Midwest
West
National
National
National
National
National
South
National
National
South
National

0.31
0.24
0.24
0.23
0.22
0.22
0.21
0.20
0.15
0.09
0.04
0.04
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

CARBONCOUNT 2.0

0.31
0.24
0.24
0.23
0.22
0.22
0.21
0.20
0.15
0.09
0.04
0.04
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

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CarbonCount 1.0   CarbonCount 2.0

CarbonCount 1.0   CarbonCount 2.0

WaterCount           Water Saved

615k I 586k

Metric Tons of CO2 Avoided
2022 Investments

0.35 I 0.34

CarbonCount®
2022 Investments

1,180 I ~2.0b

Gallons of Water Saved
2022 Investments

BTM = Behind-the-Meter, which includes energy efficiency, C&I/community/residential solar and solar-plus-storage investments. 
GC = Grid-Connected, which includes solar, solar-plus-storage, storage, solar land, and onshore wind investments.
FTN = Fuels, Transport & Nature, which includes RNG, fleet decarbonization, and ecological restoration.
CarbonCount is a decision tool that evaluates investments in U.S.-based renewable energy, energy efficiency, and climate resilience projects to determine how efficiently they reduce CO2 equivalent (CO2e) 
emissions per $1,000 of investment. Learn more at www.hasi.com/esg/carboncount.
Estimated carbon savings are calculated using the estimated kilowatt hours (“kWh”), gallons of fuel oil, million British thermal units (“MMBtus”) of natural gas and gallons of water saved as appropriate, for each 
project. The energy savings are converted into an estimate of metric tons of CO2 equivalent emissions based upon the project’s location and the corresponding emissions factor data from the U.S. Government, 
International Energy Administration, and Locational Marginal Emissions factors. Portfolios of projects are represented on an aggregate basis.
Estimated water savings are calculated as the sum of the direct annual estimated water savings from energy efficiency measures such as low-flow water fixtures and the annual indirect water savings associated 
with the annual kWh generated and saved by our investments. The annual kWh of electricity generated and saved by our investments are multiplied by the amount of water withdrawn and not returned to local 
water systems based upon the project’s location and the existing grid electricity generating units in that region. Indirect water savings is estimated using data prepared by the U.S. Government’s Energy Information 
Administration and the Union of Concerned Scientists.

BOARD OF  
DIRECTORS

JEFFREY W. ECKEL
Executive Chair

JEFFREY A. LIPSON
President and CEO 

TERESA M. BRENNER
Lead Independent Director,  
Chair, Nominating, Governance  
and Corporate Responsibility  
Committee

LIZABETH A. ARDISANA

CLARENCE D. ARMBRISTER 

MICHAEL T. ECKHART

NANCY C. FLOYD

CHARLES M. O’NEIL
Chair, Finance and Risk Committee

RICHARD J. OSBORNE
Chair, Compensation Committee

STEVEN G. OSGOOD
Chair, Audit Committee

KIMBERLY A. REED

LEADERSHIP TEAM

JEFFREY A. LIPSON
President and CEO 

STEVEN L. CHUSLO
Executive Vice President 
and Chief Legal Officer

AMANUEL HAILE-MARIAM
Managing Director 

KATHERINE MCGREGOR 
DENT
Senior Vice President and  
Chief Human Resources Officer

CONTACT

Corporate Headquarters
1 Park Place, Suite 200 
Annapolis, MD 21401 
info@hasi.com 
Phone: 410-571-9860

DANIEL K. MCMAHON, CFA
Executive Vice President,
Co-Head – Portfolio Management
and Head – Syndications

SUSAN D. NICKEY
Executive Vice President  
and Chief Client Officer

MARC T. PANGBURN
Chief Financial Officer 

ANNMARIE REYNOLDS
Managing Director

DANIELA SHAPIRO
Managing Director

NATHANIEL J. ROSE, CFA
Executive Vice President  
and Chief Investment Officer, 
Investment Officer

RICHARD R. SANTOROSKI
Executive Vice President, 
Chief Risk Officer and  
Co-Head – Portfolio Management

JEFFREY Z. MARTIN
Senior Vice President  
and Chief Technology Officer

CHARLES W. MELKO, CPA 
Senior Vice President, Treasurer  
and Chief Accounting Officer

Investor Relations Contact
Neha Gaddam 
Investors@hasi.com 
Phone: 410-571-6189

Stock Listing
Hannon Armstrong
Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.’s 
common stock is listed on the 
New York Stock Exchange 
under the symbol “HASI”.

Some of the information contained in this document are forward-looking statements and within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934, as amended. When used in this document, words such as “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “plan,” “continue,” “intend,” “should,” “may,” “target,” or similar expressions, are intended to 
identify such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Investors are cautioned against placing undue reliance on such statements. Actual results 
may differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements include those discussed 
under the caption “Risk Factors" included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for our fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), as well as 
in other reports that we file with the SEC. Forward-looking statements are based on beliefs, assumptions and expectations as of December 31, 2022. We disclaim any obligation to publicly release the results of 
any revisions to these forward-looking statements reflecting new estimates, events or circumstances after December 31, 2022, except as may be required by law.

© 2023 Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 
Investing in Climate Solutions® and CarbonCount® are registered trademarks of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. in the U.S.

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HASI 2022 ANNUAL REPORTHASI 2022 ANNUAL REPORT2022 
Form 10-K

UNITED STATES 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
 ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022
OR

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

For the transition period from ______________ to ______________

Commission file number: 001-35877

HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE 
INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

MARYLAND
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
One Park Place
Suite 200 
Annapolis MD 
(Address of principal executive offices)

46-1347456
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
21401

(Zip Code)

(410) 571-9860
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Title of each class
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Trading Symbol(s)
HASI

Name of each exchange on which registered
New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None

Indicate by check mark 
•  if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
•  if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
•  whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such 
reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

•  whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to 
Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period 
that the registrant was required to submit such files).

YES

NO

•  whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth 
company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in 
Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer 
Non-accelerated filer 
•  If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for 

Smaller reporting company 

Emerging growth company 

Accelerated filer 

complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

•  whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal controls 
over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting 
firm that prepared or issued its audit report.

•  If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant 

included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.

•  whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received 

by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).

•  whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

As of June 30, 2022, the aggregate market value of the registrant’s common stock (includes unvested restricted stock) held by non-affiliates  
of the registrant was $3.3 billion based on the closing sales price of the registrant’s common stock on June 30, 2022  
as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.

On February 16, 2023, the registrant had a total of 91,010,597 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value, outstanding  
(which includes 155,453 shares of unvested restricted common stock).

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Portions of the registrant’s proxy statement for the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders are incorporated by reference into Part III  
of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I 

ITEM 1. 

BUSINESS 

ITEM 1A.  RISK FACTORS  

ITEM 1B.  UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS 

ITEM 2. 

PROPERTIES 

ITEM 3. 

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS 

ITEM 4.  MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES 

PART II 

ITEM 5.  MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER 

MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES 

ITEM 6. 

[RESERVED] 

ITEM 7.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION 

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS 

ITEM 7A.  QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK 

ITEM 8. 

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA 

ITEM 9.  CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS 
ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE 

ITEM 9A.  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES 

ITEM 9B.  OTHER INFORMATION 

ITEM 9C.  DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS  

THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS 

PART III 

ITEM 10.  DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 

ITEM 11.  EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION 

ITEM 12.  SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS 

AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS 

ITEM 13.  CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS 

AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE 

ITEM 14.  PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES 

PART IV 

ITEM 15.  EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES 

ITEM 16.  FORM 10-K SUMMARY 

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

We make forward-looking statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K 
(“Form 10-K”) within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 
1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) that are subject 
to risks and uncertainties. For these statements, we claim the protections of 
the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in such Sections. 
These forward-looking statements include information about possible or 
assumed future results of our business, financial condition, liquidity, results 
of operations, plans and objectives. When we use the words “believe,” 
“expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “plan,” “continue,” “intend,” “should,” 
“may” or similar expressions, we intend to identify forward-looking 
statements. However, the absence of these words or similar expressions 
does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. All statements that 
address operating performance, events or developments that we expect 
or anticipate will occur in the future are forward-looking statements.

Forward-looking  statements  are  subject  to  significant  risks  and 
uncertainties. Investors are cautioned against placing undue reliance 
on such statements. Actual results may differ materially from those set 
forth in the forward-looking statements. Accordingly, any such statements 

are qualified in their entirety by reference to, and are accompanied by, 
important factors included in Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors (in addition to 
any assumptions and other factors referred to specifically in connection 
with such forward-looking statements) that could have a significant impact 
on our operations and financial results, and could cause our actual results 
to differ materially from those contained or implied in forward-looking 
statements made by or on our behalf in this Form 10-K, in presentations, 
on our websites, in response to questions or otherwise.

Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which 
such statement is made, and we undertake no obligation to update any 
forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances, including, 
but not limited to, unanticipated events, after the date on which such 
statement is made, unless otherwise required by law. New factors emerge 
from time to time and it is not possible for management to predict all 
of such factors, nor can it assess the impact of each such factor on the 
business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may 
cause actual results to differ materially from those contained or implied 
in any forward-looking statement. 

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HASI 2022 ANNUAL REPORTRISK FACTOR SUMMARY

An investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should 
carefully consider the risks summarized in Item 1A, “Risk Factors” included 
in this report. These risks include, but are not limited to, the following:

Risks Related to Our Business and Our Industry
•  Our  business  depends  in  part  on  U.S.  federal,  state  and  local 
government policies and a decline in the level of government support 
could harm our business.

•  If the cost of energy generated by traditional sources of energy declines 
or continues to remain low, demand for the projects in which we invest 
may decline.

•  We operate in a competitive market, which may impact the terms of 

the investments we make.

•  A change in the fiscal health, level of appropriations or budgets of U.S. 
federal, state and local governments could reduce demand for the 
projects in which we invest and the capital we provide.

Risks Related to Our Assets and Projects in Which We Invest
•  The lack of liquidity of our assets may adversely affect our business, 

including our ability to value our assets.

•  We rely on our project sponsors for financial reporting related to our 
project companies, and our financial statements may be materially 
affected if the financial reporting related to our project companies 
proves to be incorrect.

•  Our investments are subject to delinquency, foreclosure and loss, any 

or all of which could result in losses to us.

•  Our mezzanine or subordinated loans are riskier, less protected against 
loss than, and generally less liquid than, other forms of debt with more 
senior preference. 

•  Our equity investments, many of which are illiquid with no readily 

available market, involve a substantial degree of risk.

•  We generally do not control the projects in which we invest, which may 
result in the project owner making certain business decisions or taking 
risks with which we disagree. 

•  Portions of the electricity our assets generate is sold on the open market 
at spot-market prices. A prolonged environment of low prices for natural 
gas, or other conventional fuel sources may have a material adverse 
effect on our long-term business prospects, financial condition and 
results of operations.

•  Some  of  the  projects  in  which  we  invest  may  require  substantial 

operating or capital expenditures in the future.

•  We invest in projects which rely on third parties to manufacture quality 
products or provide reliable services in a timely manner and the 
failure of these third parties could cause project performance to be 
adversely affected.

•  Our insurance and contractual protections may not always cover lost 

revenue, increased expenses or liquidated damages payments.

•  Energy efficiency, renewable energy and other sustainable infrastructure 
projects are subject to performance risks, including risks due to extreme 
weather events, that could impact the repayment of and the return on 
our assets.

Risks Related to Our Company
•  We may change our operational policies (including our investment 
guidelines and strategies) with the approval of our board of directors 
(“Board”) but without stockholder consent at any time, which may 
adversely affect the market value of our common stock and our ability 
to make distributions to our stockholders.

•  An increase in our borrowing costs relative to the interest we receive on 
our assets may adversely affect our profitability and our cash available 
for distribution to our stockholders. Our borrowings may have a shorter 
duration than our assets.

•  While  we  have  an  established  Board-approved  leverage  limit, 
our Board may change our financial leverage guidelines without 
stockholder consent.

•  Major public health issues and related disruptions in the U.S. and global 
economy and financial markets could adversely impact or disrupt our 
financial condition and results of operations.

Risks Related to Our Common Stock
•  We  cannot  assure  you  of  our  ability  to  make  distributions  in  the 
future. Although we currently do not intend to do so, if our portfolio of 
assets does not generate sufficient income and cash flow, we could 
be required to sell assets, borrow funds or make a portion of our 
distributions in the form of a taxable stock distribution or distribution of 
debt securities in order to maintain our qualification as a REIT.

Risks Related to Our Organization and Structure
•  Our qualification  as a REIT depends on  interpretations of highly 
technical and complex legal provisions, and our failure to qualify 
or remain qualified as a REIT would subject us to taxes that would 
negatively impact the results of our operations and reduce the amount 
of cash available for distribution to our stockholders.

Risks Related to Our Taxation as a REIT
•  Complying with REIT requirements may force us to liquidate assets or 

forego otherwise attractive investments.

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PART I

In this Form 10-K, unless specifically stated otherwise or the context 
otherwise indicates, references to “we,” “our,” “us,” “HASI,” and “our 
company” refer to Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, 
Inc., a Maryland corporation and any of our subsidiaries. Hannon 
Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, 
is a subsidiary of which we are the sole general partner and to which 

we refer in this Form 10-K as our “Operating Partnership.” Our business 
is focused on reducing the impact of greenhouse gases that have been 
scientifically linked to climate change. We refer to these gases, which 
are often for consistency expressed as carbon dioxide equivalents, as 
carbon emissions.

ITEM 1.  BUSINESS

General
We invest in climate solutions developed or sponsored by leading companies in the energy efficiency, renewable energy and other sustainable 
infrastructure markets. We believe that we were one of the first U.S. public companies solely dedicated to climate solutions. Our goal is to generate attractive 
returns from a diversified portfolio of project company investments with long-term, predictable cash flows from proven technologies that reduce carbon 
emissions or increase resilience to climate change. Our vision is that every investment improves our climate future. In executing this vision, we focus on 
a wide variety of climate solutions including: 

•  Building Energy Efficiency

•  Energy Efficient Heating, Cooling and Ventilation

•  Combined Heat and Power Systems

•  LED Street Lighting

•  Community Solar

•  Utility Scale Solar

•  Water and Stream Distribution Systems

•  Nature Based Solutions and Environmental Credits

•  LED Building Lighting 

•  Building Controls and Sensors

•  Electric Distribution Systems

•  Distributed Commercial and Industrial Solar

•  Residential Solar

•  Utility Scale Wind 

•  Clean Fleet Transportation

•  Storm Water Management

•  Renewable Natural Gas

•  Other Climate Related Technologies

We are internally managed, and our management team has extensive 
relevant industry knowledge and experience. We have long-standing 
relationships with the leading energy service companies (“ESCOs”), 
manufacturers,  project  developers,  utilities,  owners  and  operators 
that provide recurring, programmatic investment and fee-generating 
opportunities. Additionally, we have relationships with leading commercial 
and investment banks and institutional investors from which we are referred 
additional investment and fee-generating opportunities.

We completed approximately $1.8 billion of transactions during 2022, 
compared to approximately $1.7 billion during 2021. As of December 31, 
2022, we held approximately $4.3 billion of transactions on our balance 
sheet, which we refer to as our “Portfolio.” For those transactions that we 
choose not to hold on our balance sheet, we transfer all or a portion of 
the economics of the transaction, typically using securitization trusts, to 
institutional investors in exchange for cash and, in certain cases, residual 
interests in the trusts and ongoing fees. As of December 31, 2022, we 
managed approximately $5.5 billion in these trusts or vehicles that are 
not consolidated on our balance sheet. When we combine these assets 
with our Portfolio, as of December 31, 2022, we manage approximately 
$9.8 billion of assets, which we refer to as our “Managed Assets.” 

Our investments take many forms, including equity, joint ventures, land 
ownership, loans, and other financing transactions. We also generate 
ongoing fees via off-balance sheet securitization transactions, advisory 
services, and asset management. We use borrowings as part of our 
strategy to fund our investments in climate solutions and have available 
to us a broad range of financing sources including short-term commercial 
paper issuances, revolving credit facilities, non-recourse or recourse debt, 
equity, and off-balance sheet securitization structures. We calculate the 
estimated carbon emission savings using CarbonCount®, a proprietary 
tool which measures the efficiency with which our investments reduce 
carbon emissions, and generally provide the associated CarbonCount 
metrics for our debt issuances. In addition, certain of our debt issuances 
meet the environmental eligibility criteria for green bonds as defined by 
the International Capital Markets Association’s Green Bond Principles, 
which we believe makes our debt more attractive for many investors 
compared to such offerings that do not qualify under these principles. A 
further description of our financing activities can be found herein.

We have a large and active pipeline of potential new opportunities that 
are in various stages of our underwriting process. We believe the Inflation 
Reduction Act signed into law on August 16, 2022, that incentivizes the 
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investment opportunities in the markets in which we invest over the next 
several years, which may result in increases in our pipeline in the future. 
We refer to potential opportunities as being part of our pipeline if we 
have determined that the project fits within our climate solutions investment 
strategy and exhibits the appropriate risk and reward characteristics 
through an initial credit analysis, including a quantitative and qualitative 
assessment of the opportunity, as well as research on the relevant market 
and sponsor. Our pipeline of transactions that could potentially close in 
the next 12 months consists of opportunities in which we will be the lead 
originator as well as opportunities in which we may participate with other 
institutional investors. As of December 31, 2022, our pipeline consisted of 
more than $4.5 billion in new equity, debt and real estate opportunities. 
There can, however, be no assurance with regard to any specific terms 
of such pipeline transactions or that any or all of the transactions in our 
pipeline will be completed. 

We are committed to leadership in transparent disclosure on environmental, 
social, and governance (“ESG”) matters. Beginning in 2013, we became 
one of the first capital providers to evaluate the carbon efficiency of 
our Portfolio by utilizing CarbonCount. In 2017, we believe we were 
the first U.S-based public company to commit to the Climate Disclosure 
Standards Board led initiative on implementing the recommendations of 

the Financial Stability Board’s Task Force for Climate-related Financial 
Disclosures (“TCFD”) and provide the recommended disclosures in our 
Form 10-K. In 2020, we joined the Partnership for Carbon Accounting 
Financials  (“PCAF”),  a  global  financial  industry-led  partnership  to 
implement a consistent and transparent disclosure framework to report 
carbon emissions and avoided emissions resulting from financed assets. 
We began to report in accordance with PCAF in 2022. For further 
information on our ESG disclosures, see the discussion in the sections 
titled “Investment Strategy” and “Environmental and Social Responsibility 
and Corporate Governance” herein. We are committed to providing 
transparent disclosures on our human capital management, which can 
be found herein in the section titled “Human Capital Strategy.” In 2021, 
we founded the Hannon Armstrong Foundation, which provides monetary 
and non-monetary support to programs that align with our philanthropic 
priorities of ensuring equal access to climate solutions, empowering and 
creating opportunity for marginalized individuals and communities, and 
creating a local impact.

We elected to be taxed as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes 
commencing with our taxable year ended December 31, 2013, and 
operate our business in a manner that permits us to maintain our exemption 
from registration as an investment company under the 1940 Act.

Investment strategy
With scientific consensus that global-warming trends are linked to human 
activities and result in various extreme weather events, we believe our firm 
is well-positioned to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns by investing 
in, and managing a portfolio of, assets that address climate-changing 
greenhouse gas emissions. Further, with increasing weather-related 
disasters, we see similar investment opportunities in infrastructure assets 
that mitigate the impact of, and increase the resiliency to, these weather 
events and other adverse impacts of climate change.

Our vision is that every investment improves our climate future and thus 
the carbon impact of an investment is at the core of our business model. 
We believe that climate positive investments will produce attractive risk 
adjusted returns and we require investments to be neutral to negative on 
incremental carbon emissions or have some other tangible environmental 
benefit such as reducing water consumption or increasing resilience to 
climate change influenced weather events.

Our climate-positive investment thesis is based on the following theories:

•   more efficient technologies are more productive and thus should lead 

to higher economic returns;

•   lower portfolio risk is inherent in a portfolio of smaller investments, 
generated by trends of increasing decentralization and digitalization 
of energy assets; 

•   investing in assets aligned with scientific consensus and broadly held 
societal values will reduce potential regulatory and social costs through 
more internalization of externalities; and

•   assets that reduce carbon emissions represent an embedded option 
that may increase in value if regulatory authorities were to set a price 
on carbon emissions.

We believe combining this investment thesis with our multi-decade 
experience in investing in our markets through multiple interest rate and 
business cycles, intermittent governmental support for reducing carbon 

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emissions and several cycles of business expansions in renewable and 
other sustainable infrastructure markets, allows us to earn attractive 
risk-adjusted returns on the assets in which we invest. We also believe there 
is a very large potential market opportunity as the legacy technologies 
for generating and using energy and the systems that produce carbon 
emissions are retired and replaced by low-to-no carbon emission systems. 
Mitigation and resiliency investments continue to grow to address severe 
weather events and other climate change impacts.

Our investments in climate solutions are focused on three markets:

•  Behind-the-Meter (“BTM”): distributed building or facility projects, which 
reduce energy usage or cost through the use of solar generation and 
energy storage or energy efficiency improvements including heating, 
ventilation and air conditioning systems (“HVAC”), lighting, energy 
controls, roofs, windows, building shells, and/or combined heat and 
power systems;

•  Grid-Connected (“GC”): renewable energy projects that deploy 
cleaner energy sources, such as solar, solar-plus-storage, and wind, 
to generate power production where the off-taker or counterparty may 
be part of the wholesale electric power markets; and

•  Sustainable Infrastructure (“SI”): upgraded transmission and distribution 
systems, water and storm water infrastructure, transportation fleet 
enhancements, renewable natural gas plants, and other projects that 
improve water or energy efficiency, increase resiliency, positively 
impact the environment or more efficiently use natural resources.

Of our pipeline, 42% is related to BTM assets and 45% is related to GC 
assets, with the remainder related to SI. We prefer investments in which 
the assets use proven technology and have a long-term, creditworthy 
off-taker or counterparties. For BTM assets, the off-taker or counterparty 
may be the building owner or occupant, and our investment may be 
secured by the installed improvements or other real estate rights. For GC 
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have entered into contractual commitments, such as power purchase 
agreements (“PPAs”), to purchase power produced by a renewable 
energy project at a specified price with potential price escalators for a 
portion of the project’s estimated life. 

We make our investments utilizing a variety of structures, including:

•  equity  investments  in  either  preferred  or  common  structures  in 
unconsolidated entities which own renewable energy or energy 
efficiency projects;

•  commercial and government receivables or securities, such as loans for 

renewable energy and energy efficiency projects; and

•  real estate, such as land or other assets leased for use by GC projects 

typically under long term leases.

Our equity investments in climate solutions projects are operated by 
various renewable energy companies or by joint ventures in which 
we participate. These transactions allow us to participate in the cash 
flows associated with these projects, typically on a priority basis. Our 
energy efficiency debt investments are usually assigned the payment 
stream from the project savings and other contractual rights, often using 
our pre-existing master purchase agreements with the ESCOs. Our debt 
investments in various renewable energy or other sustainable infrastructure 
projects or portfolios of projects are generally secured by the installed 
improvements, or other real estate rights. We also own, directly or through 
equity investments, land that is leased under long-term agreements to 
renewable energy projects where our investment returns are typically 
senior to most project costs, debt, and equity.

We often make investments where we hold a preferred or mezzanine 
position in a project company where we are subordinated to project debt 
and/or preferred forms of equity. Investing greater than 10% of our assets 
in any individual project company requires the approval of a majority 
of our independent directors. We may adjust the mix and duration of 
our assets over time in order to allow us to manage various aspects of 
our Portfolio, including expected risk-adjusted returns, macroeconomic 
conditions, liquidity, availability of adequate financing for our assets, 
and the maintenance of our REIT qualification and our exemption from 
registration as an investment company under the 1940 Act.

Financing strategy
We believe we have available a broad range of financing sources as 
part of our strategy to fund our investments in climate solutions. We may 
finance our investments through the use of non-recourse debt, recourse 
debt or equity and may also finance such transactions through the use of 
off-balance sheet securitizations or syndication structures. When issuing 
debt, we generally provide the estimated carbon emission savings 
using CarbonCount. In addition, certain of our debt issuances meet 
the environmental eligibility criteria for green bonds as defined by the 
International Capital Markets Association’s Green Bond Principles, which 
we believe makes our debt more attractive for certain investors compared 
to such offerings that do not qualify under these principles.

We plan to raise additional equity capital and continue to use fixed 
and floating rate borrowings, which may be in the form of short-term 
commercial paper issuances, revolving credit facilities, term loans, 
repurchase agreements, and public and private debt issuances, including 
convertible debt and off-balance sheet securitization structures, as a 
means of financing our business. We may also consider the use of special 

As  of  December  31,  2022,  our  Portfolio  consisted  of  over  340 
investments, with approximately 56% of our Portfolio invested in BTM 
assets and approximately 40% invested in GC assets, which include our 
land holdings. The mix of our Portfolio is expected to vary over time, as 
we seek to manage the diversity of our Portfolio by, among other factors, 
project type, project operator, type of investment, type of technology, 
transaction size, geography, obligor, and maturity.

As part of our investment process, we calculate the ratio of the estimated 
first year of metric tons of carbon emissions avoided by our investments 
divided by the capital invested to quantify the carbon impact of our 
investments. In this calculation, which we refer to as CarbonCount, we 
use emissions factor data, expressed on a CO2 equivalent basis, from 
the U.S. Government or the International Energy Administration to an 
estimate of a project’s energy production or savings to compute an 
estimate of metric tons of carbon emissions avoided. We estimate that 
our investments originated in 2022 will reduce annual carbon emissions 
by over 600 thousand metric tons, equating to a CarbonCount of 0.35. 
In addition to carbon, we also consider other environmental attributes, 
such as water use reduction, stormwater remediation benefits and stream 
restoration benefits.

We believe that our long history of climate solutions investing, the 
experience, expertise and relationships of our management team, the 
anticipated credit strength of the obligors or investees involved in our 
investments and the size and growth potential of our market, position us 
well to capitalize on our strategy.

Refer to Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial 
Condition and Results of Operations—Results of Operations, for additional 
discussion on the performance of our Portfolio.

purpose entities or funds in which outside investors participate to allow 
us to expand the investments that we make or to manage our Portfolio 
diversification.

The decision on how we finance our business is largely driven by market 
conditions including the overall interest rate environment, prevailing credit 
spreads and the terms of available financing. During periods of market 
disruption, certain sources of financing may be less accessible than others 
which may impact our financing decisions. Over time, as market conditions 
change, we may use other forms of financial leverage in addition to these 
financing arrangements. Although we are not restricted by any regulatory 
requirements as to the type or amount of financial leverage we may use, 
our Board has established a target limit of our leverage ratio, defined as 
the ratio of debt to equity, of at or below 2.5 to 1, and a target range 
for our percentage of fixed rate debt to total debt of between 75% and 
100%, allowing for percentages as low as 70% on a short term basis if 
we intend to repay or swap floating rate borrowings in the near term. See 
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of Financial Conditions and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital 
Resources” regarding our ongoing evaluation of our leverage limits and 
fixed-rate debt targets.

In our off-balance sheet financings, we transfer all or a portion of an 
investment to a securitization trust in exchange for cash and/or residual 
interests in the trust, and in some cases, ongoing fees. The availability 
of securitization counterparties has remained high throughout various 
market cycles due to investor demand for high credit quality, long-term 
climate-positive investments. We may arrange such securitizations of loans 
or other assets prior to originating the transaction and thus avoid exposure 
to credit spread, interest rate and funding risks. We also typically manage 
and service these assets in exchange for fees. We may also use other 

funds or structures where institutional investors purchase all or a portion 
of the economics of the transaction and where we may receive upfront 
or ongoing fees for managing the assets. We periodically provide other 
services, including arranging financings that are held on the balance 
sheets of other investors and advising various companies with respect to 
structuring investments. 

Refer to Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial 
Conditions and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources, 
for additional discussion on our financings and our ratios and Item 8. 
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, Notes 5, 7 and 8 to our 
financial statements for further information on the types and amounts of 
our financing activities.

Human capital strategy
An emphasis on a durable social fabric, including diverse, engaged, and 
fairly compensated staff, is an important factor in our financial success. 
Our culture is focused on hiring and retaining highly talented employees 
with diverse backgrounds and empowering them to create value for our 
stockholders, and our success is dependent on employee understanding 
of and investment in their role in that value creation. Our employees are 
responsible for upholding our vision, purpose, and values. 

It is important to us that our employees are engaged in our mission 
of  sustainability  because  we  believe  engagement  improves  their 
performance, as well as our employee recruitment and retention. 
Our chief executive officer periodically leads employee meetings 
intended to reinforce the importance of sustainability and regularly 
meets with small groups of employees to receive their feedback on 
our business. We also meet no less than quarterly as a Company to 
provide information to employees on our mission, strategic planning 
and financial results. We continuously evaluate our employees’ level 
of engagement through in-person or remote meetings that include 
asking open-ended questions and through formal surveys or similar 
tools administered on a periodic basis. 

We adhere to a blended learning approach with the understanding that 
our people learn from experiences (on the job and in life), from other 
people (mentors or supportive managers), and from formal learning and 
training programs. We acknowledge that learning is highly individualized 
and needs to be offered in a way that is most conducive to a specific 
learner’s needs. We run a periodic education series that includes internal 
and external speakers presenting topics of interest that are relevant to our 
employees. We provide multiple learning solutions that cover a wide 
range of areas such as diversity, equity, and inclusion training, leadership 
skills, financial knowledge, technology training, and presentation skills. 
We also support the pursuit of advanced certifications and degrees in 
areas including business, science and engineering, and liberal and fine 
arts and employ formal and informal coaching arrangements. 

We care about our employees’ employment experience and recognize 
them as individuals who are motivated in different ways. Managers hold 
performance conversations with their employees on a periodic basis 
to ensure they receive the performance feedback they deserve, and to 
allow managers to obtain insight into how to support the development 
of their staff, and to ensure that performance expectations are clear and 
aligned with the overarching objectives of the Company. We also provide 
continuous dialogue in between these formal touchpoints. 

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We believe we provide attractive benefits that promote the health of our 
employees and their families and design compelling job opportunities, 
aligned with our mission, in an energizing work environment. We also 
encourage our employees to continue to develop in their careers, 
including by obtaining advanced degrees or professional certifications. 
We compensate our employees according to our fair remuneration 
policies and believe in paying for performance. Therefore, employees 
typically receive a portion of their compensation in the form of annual 
bonuses as well as equity grants which are both tied in part to the 
Company’s financial performance. We encourage our employees to 
contribute their time to support various community and charitable activities 
and contribute to local community organizations with a primary focus 
on organizations addressing issues around environmental and social 
justice. In addition to competitive base salaries, cash bonuses, and equity 
participation for most employees, we are committed to continuously 
evaluating and ensuring the competitiveness of our benefits offerings 
so that we meet the various needs of our employees and their families. 
Despite a healthcare environment that is facing rising costs, we continue 
to pay substantially all of the cost of our employees’ healthcare insurance. 
Further, in addition to what we believe to be market total rewards benefits, 
we provide additional benefits, such as on-site seasonal vaccination 
clinics, back-up childcare solutions, and a tuition reimbursement program.

We take a values-driven, broad view of diversity, equity, and inclusion. 
We believe that fostering an internal climate that is supportive and allows 
people of all backgrounds to flourish lends itself to the highest levels 
of company performance and facilitates the attraction and retention 
of best-in-class talent. We also believe it is inherently the right way to 
conduct business. We support an innovative, creative culture where 
people can bring their best and most authentic selves to work. Employees 
who hold divergent opinions are encouraged to voice their views. 
We track and report internally on key talent metrics including workforce 
demographics, critical role pipeline data, diversity data, and engagement 
and inclusion indices.

Decisions regarding staffing, selection, and promotions are made on the 
basis of individual qualifications related to the requirements of the position. 
We are committed to identifying and developing the next generation of 
leaders. We endeavor to select qualified individuals from a diverse pool 
of candidates derived from broad outreach efforts when we are recruiting. 
We are committed to the sourcing and/or promotion of highly-qualified 
women,  people  of  color  and  other  under-represented  groups  for 
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underrepresented employees in their onboarding, training, development 
and progression within the Company, we have established a mentorship 
program where certain members of our Board mentor female employees 
who are developing managers.

Our policy is “equal pay for equal work” in compliance with applicable 
state law. Compensation for our employees is based upon experience, 
seniority,  educational  attainment,  and  individual  contribution  and 
company performance against goals. 

As of December 31, 2022, we employed 114 people. We intend to hire 
additional business professionals as needed to assist in the implementation 
of our business strategy. Refer to “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and 
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Results of 
Operations – Human Capital Metrics” for discussion of metrics related 
to our Human Capital Strategy.

Environmental and social responsibility and corporate governance
We own and invest in a diversified portfolio of climate solutions projects 
focused on reducing or mitigating the impacts of climate change. Under 
the direction of our chief executive officer and the Board, we are focused 
on achieving a high level of environmental and social responsibility 
and  strong  corporate  governance.  The  Nominating,  Governance 
and Corporate Responsibility Committee of our Board is responsible 
for our ESG oversight, including related policies and communications. 
Additionally,  we  have  a  committee  of  employees  from  across  our 
organization that is focused on implementing ESG strategies and policies 
and reports directly to our chief executive officer. Annually we publish a 
report that illustrates our progress on these matters.

adverse outcomes will be exacerbated if we do not eliminate harmful 
greenhouse gas emissions. Equally so, we acknowledge the legacy of 
discriminatory policies in creating and perpetuating this imbalance.

We believe in every person’s inherent worth and dignity and that we 
should all have access to clean water, clean air, healthy food, resilient 
and reliable shelter and energy, and good paying jobs. We believe 
these disparities must be addressed while society works to accelerate 
the transition to a net-zero economy, both here in the United States and 
across the globe, a concept we refer to as “climate justice”. 

We are determined to incorporate climate justice ideals and actions 
across our entire business, including in our process for underwriting 
investments, our engagement with business partners, our human capital 
strategy,  philanthropy,  and  policy  advocacy  efforts.  In  2021,  we 
established the Hannon Armstrong Foundation, that provides cash and 
in-kind support to programs which provide climate solutions investments 
and career opportunities for those from historically underrepresented 
communities, as well as organizations across our local region that seek to 
strengthen the social fabric and promote economic and climate resiliency.

Corporate Governance. We are focused on achieving best-in-class 
corporate governance practices to help ensure that our team will operate 
in a manner consistent with our organizational mission and deliver 
attractive risk-adjusted returns. Our corporate governance philosophy is 
based on maintaining a close alignment of our interests with those of our 
stakeholders. Notable features of our corporate governance structure 
include the following: 

•  our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide for a majority vote 
policy for the election of directors pursuant to which any nominee who 
receives a greater number of votes “withheld” from his or her election 
than votes “for” such election shall promptly tender his or her resignation 
to our Board for their consideration to accept or reject such resignation;

•  our Board is not staggered, with each of our directors subject to re-

election annually;

•  our  Board  has  determined  that  eight  of  our  nine  directors  are 
independent for purposes of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) 
corporate governance listing standards and Rule 10A-3 under the 
Exchange Act;

•  we have a lead independent director of the Board that convenes and 
chairs executive sessions of the independent directors to discuss certain 
matters without management or the chairman present;

•  effective March 1, 2023, we have separated the executive chairman 
and chief executive officer roles as discussed in Item 9B of this Form 
10-K; 

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Environmental Responsibility. Our business and business strategy are 
focused on addressing climate change, in part through the reduction of 
carbon emissions that have been scientifically linked to climate change. 
As described under “Investment Strategy”, we quantify the carbon impact 
of each of our investments. In addition, we operate our business in a 
manner intended to reduce our own environmental impact, including by 
purchasing carbon-free renewable energy for our office, encouraging 
recycling and composting, and offering clean transportation employee 
incentives for electric and hybrid vehicles. We have also adopted policies 
focused on minimizing the environmental impact of our operations.

Through our membership in the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative, 
we are pleased to participate in the Glasgow Financial Alliance for 
Net Zero, which brings the financial sector together to accelerate a 
shared commitment to decarbonizing the global economy. In 2021, 
we established targets for our transition to net-zero carbon emissions 
by 2050 using the foundational framework developed by the Science 
Based Targets Initiative.

We are a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact, an initiative 
focused on responsible business practices related to human rights, labor, the 
environment and anti-corruption. We participate in a number of initiatives and 
coalitions that share our commitment to climate action, corporate sustainability, 
climate-risk disclosure and reporting, and the expansion of clean energy 
including the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment, 
the United Nations Global Compact campaign entitled Business Ambition 
for 1.5°, Climate Action 100+, and the reporting framework established by 
an international consortium of business and environmental NGOs referred 
to as the Climate Disclosure Standards Board.

Social  Responsibility.  We  recognize  that  the  effects  of  pollution, 
environmental degradation, increased climate-fueled extreme weather 
events, and the economic transition away from fossil fuels fall most heavily 
on marginalized communities in our society, especially communities 
of  color.  We  know  that  the  effects  of  climate  change  are  already 
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•  three of our directors qualify as an “audit committee financial expert” 
as defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”);

•  three of our directors (including our lead independent director) are 
women and one of our directors is a person of color constituting 33% 
and 11% respectively, of our Board in furtherance of our board diversity 
policy;

•  a target retirement age of 75 has been established for our directors;

•  we have an active stockholder outreach program, including providing 
stockholders the right to vote on an advisory basis on the fairness of the 
remuneration of executives;

•  our Board members and named executive officers are required to 
maintain certain levels of stock ownership in our company ranging 
between three and six times their base salary or retainer, depending 
on position; 

•  we have a Clawback Policy that provides for the possible recoupment 
of performance or incentive-based compensation in the event of an 
accounting restatement due to material noncompliance by us with any 
financial reporting requirements under the securities laws (other than due 
to a change in applicable accounting methods, rules or interpretations);

•  we have opted out of the control share acquisition statute in the 

Maryland General Corporations Law (the “MGCL”);

•  stockholders have the ability to amend the Company’s bylaws by the 
affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares 
of common stock of the Company pursuant to a binding proposal 
submitted by a stockholder;

•  we have exempted from the business combinations statute in the MGCL 
transactions that are approved by our Board (including a majority of our 
directors who are not affiliates or associates of the acquiring person); and

•  we do not have a stockholder rights plan (i.e., no poison pill).

Our focus on transparent ESG reporting
We believe in transparent reporting relating to ESG matters because we 
believe such reporting improves the understanding of our financial results. 
As discussed in the “Investment Strategy” section above, we quantify 
the environmental impact of every transaction we execute through the 
application of CarbonCount. Our 2022 CarbonCount and avoided 
emissions for investments originated in 2022 can be found in “Item 7. 
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results 
of Operations — Results of Operations — Environmental Metrics”.

We  continue  to  implement  the  TCFD  recommendations,  and  the 
recommended disclosures are located in this filing as follows; 

•  Governance - “Environmental and Social Responsibility and Corporate 

Governance”, 

•  Strategy - “Investment Strategy” 

•  Risk Management - “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis 
of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Factors Impacting 
our Operating Results — Impact of climate of climate change on our 
future operations (Scenario Analysis)” and “Item 7A. Quantitative and 
Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk — Risk Management”, and 

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In order to foster the highest standards of ethics and conduct in all business 
relationships, we have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics 
policy (the “Code of Conduct”). This policy covers a wide range of 
business practices and procedures and applies to our officers, directors, 
employees, agents, representatives, and consultants. In addition, we 
have implemented whistleblowing procedures designed to facilitate the 
report of accounting and auditing matters as well as Code of Conduct 
matters (the “Whistleblower Policy”) that sets forth procedures by which 
any Covered Persons (as defined in the Whistleblower Policy) may report, 
on a confidential basis, concerns regarding, among other things, any 
questionable or unethical accounting, internal accounting controls or 
auditing matters with our Audit Committee as well as any potential Code 
of Conduct or ethics violations with our Nominating, Governance and 
Corporate Responsibility Committee or our Chief Legal Officer.

We have adopted a Statement of Corporate Policy Regarding Equity 
Transactions that governs the process to be followed in the purchase or 
sale of our securities by any of our directors, officers, employees and 
consultants and prohibits any such persons from buying or selling our 
securities on the basis of material nonpublic information, and also prohibits 
our directors and officers from hedging equity securities of the Company, 
holding such securities in a margin account or pledging such securities 
as collateral for a loan. We review all of these policies on a periodic 
basis with our employees.

Our  business  is  managed  by  our  leadership  team,  subject  to  the 
supervision and oversight of our Board. Our directors stay informed about 
our business by attending meetings of our Board and its committees and 
through supplemental reports and communications. 

•  Metrics and Targets - “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of 
Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Results of Operations 
- Environmental Metrics”.

In addition to the above environmental reporting initiatives, in 2022, 
we reported our corporate emissions under PCAF, a global financial 
industry-led partnership to implement a consistent and transparent 
disclosure framework to report carbon emissions and avoided emissions 
resulting from financed assets. We also disclose metrics related to our 
Human Capital Strategy. Refer to “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and 
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Results of 
Operations — Human Capital Metrics”. When issuing debt, we generally 
provide the estimated carbon emission savings using CarbonCount, and 
in some instances are able to achieve better borrowing rates by achieving 
certain CarbonCount scores. Certain of our debt issuances have been 
evaluated  to  determine  that  they  meet  the  environmental  eligibility 
criteria for green bonds as defined by the International Capital Markets 
Association’s Green Bond Principles.

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Competition
We compete against a number of parties, including banks, private equity, 
hedge or infrastructure investment funds, insurance companies, mutual 
funds, institutional investors, investment banking firms, specialty finance 
companies, utilities, independent power producers, project developers, 
pension funds, governmental bodies, private credit platforms, green 
banks, and public entities established to own infrastructure assets and 
other entities.

We compete primarily on the basis of service, price, structure and 
flexibility as well as the breadth and depth of our expertise. We may 
at times compete and at other times partner or work as a participant 
with alternative financing sources. The continued low yields in alternative 
investment opportunities and increasing investor acceptance of the climate 

solutions market has increased the level of competition we experience. 
We may also encounter competition in the form of potential customers 
or our origination partners electing to use their own capital rather than 
engaging us as an outside capital provider. In addition, we may also face 
competition based on technological developments that reduce demand 
for electricity, increase power supplies through existing infrastructure or 
that otherwise compete with climate solutions projects in which we have 
invested. We believe that a significant part of our competitive advantage 
is our management team’s experience and industry expertise. 

For  additional  information  concerning  these  competitive  risks,  see 
“Item 1A. Risk Factors—We operate in a competitive market, which may 
impact the terms of the investments we make.”

Information about our executive officers and other leadership team personnel
Our executive officers and other leadership team personnel and their biographies are provided below. On February 16, 2023, we announced that 
Jeffrey W. Eckel will become executive chair of our Board, Jeffrey A. Lipson will become president and chief executive officer, and Marc T. Pangburn 
will become executive vice president and chief financial officer, each effective as of March 1, 2023.

Jeffrey W. Eckel, 64, has served as our president, chief executive officer, 
and chairman of our Board since 2013 and was with the predecessor of 
our company as president and chief executive officer since 2000 and 
prior to that from 1985 to 1989 as a senior vice president. Mr. Eckel is on 
the board of trustees of The Nature Conservancy of Maryland and DC. 
Mr. Eckel was appointed by the governor of Maryland to the board of the 
Maryland Clean Energy Center in 2011 where Mr. Eckel served until 2016 
while also serving as its chairman from 2012 to 2014. Mr. Eckel has over 
35 years of experience in financing, owning and operating infrastructure 
and energy assets. Mr. Eckel received a Bachelor of Arts degree from 
Miami University in 1980 and a Master of Public Administration degree 
from Syracuse University, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public 
Affairs, in 1981. He holds Series 24, 63 and 79 securities licenses. 

Jeffrey A. Lipson, 55, has served as an executive vice president and 
our chief operating officer since 2021 and as our chief financial officer 
since 2019. Previously, Mr. Lipson was president and chief executive 
officer and director of Congressional Bancshares and its subsidiary 
Congressional Bank (now Forbright Bank). Mr. Lipson has also been 
a senior vice president and the treasurer of CapitalSource Inc. and its 
subsidiary CapitalSource Bank and a senior vice president, Corporate 
Treasury, at Bank of America and its predecessor FleetBoston Financial. 
Mr.  Lipson  received  a  Bachelor  of  Science  degree  in  Economics 
from Pennsylvania State University in 1989 and a Masters in Business 
Administration in Finance from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern 
School of Business in 1993. Mr. Lipson serves on the board of directors 
of the Jewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington.

Susan D. Nickey, 62, has served as an executive vice president and 
our chief client officer since January 2021 and is responsible for leading 
business development and managing client relationships. Ms. Nickey 
previously served as a managing director from 2014 to 2021. Ms. Nickey 
currently serves as chair-elect on the board of directors of the American 
Clean Power Association and is a member of the President’s Council at 
Ceres, a non-profit sustainability advocacy organization. Previously, she 
founded and served as CEO of Threshold Power. Ms. Nickey received 
a Bachelor in Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame 

in 1983 and a Master’s of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown 
University in 1986.

Steven L. Chuslo, 65, has served as an executive vice president and our 
general counsel and secretary since 2013 and the chief legal officer since 
January 2021. Previously, Mr. Chuslo has served with the predecessor of 
our company as general counsel and secretary since 2008. Mr. Chuslo 
is responsible for governance support to the Board and management 
and oversees the company’s legal resources in the investment and 
portfolio management activities. Mr. Chuslo has more than 30 years of 
experience in the fields of securities, commercial and project finance, 
energy project development, and U.S. federal regulation. Mr. Chuslo 
received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the University of 
Massachusetts/Amherst and a Juris Doctorate from the Georgetown 
University Law Center.

Nathaniel J. Rose, CFA, 45, has served as executive vice president since 
2015 and a co-chief investment officer beginning in 2021. Previously, 
Mr. Rose served as our chief operating officer from 2015 to 2017, our chief 
investment officer from 2013 to 2015 and 2017 to 2020 and has been 
with the Company and its predecessor since 2000. Mr. Rose has been 
involved with a vast majority of our transactions since 2000. Mr. Rose 
earned a joint Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts degree from 
the University of Richmond in 2000, a Master of Business Administration 
degree from the Darden School of Business Administration at the University 
of Virginia in 2009, is a CFA charter holder and has passed the CPA 
examination. He holds a Series 63 and 79 securities licenses.

Daniel K. McMahon, CFA, 51, has served us as an executive vice 
president since 2015 and is the co-head of our portfolio management 
group and the head of our syndication group. He has been with the 
Company and its predecessor since 2000 in a variety of roles, including 
as a senior vice president from 2007 to 2015. He has played a role in 
analyzing, negotiating, structuring, and managing several billion dollars 
of transactions. Mr. McMahon received his Bachelor of Arts degree from 
the University of California, San Diego in 1993, and is a CFA charter 
holder. He holds Series 24, 63 and 79 securities licenses. 

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Marc T. Pangburn, 37, has served as an executive vice president and a 
co-chief investment officer since January 2021. Mr. Pangburn joined the 
Company in 2013 and previously served as a managing director until 
2021, and is jointly responsible for the Company’s investing activities. 
Previously, Mr. Pangburn worked at MP2 Capital, a solar development 
and financing company, where he was responsible for structuring the 
firm’s transactions, and worked in the private capital group at New York 
Life Investments, focusing on utilities, energy and infrastructure debt and 
equity investments. Mr. Pangburn received his Bachelor of Arts degree 
in economics from Drew University. 

Richard R. Santoroski, 58, has served as executive vice president and 
co-head of portfolio management since October 2021, previously serving 
as chief analytics officer since January 2021 after joining the company in 
2020 as a managing director. Mr. Santoroski is responsible for integrating 
analytics  across  portfolio,  investment,  and  risk-related  decisions. 
Previously, Mr. Santorski served as co-founder and managing partner 
of Wye Holdings from 2017 to 2020. From 2012 to 2016, he served 
as co-founder and managing director of American Capital Energy and 
Infrastructure (ACEI), an emerging markets investor in power generation 
projects across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. Prior 
to ACEI, Mr. Santoroski served as executive vice president, chief risk 
officer, and head of corporate mergers, acquisitions & development 
of The AES Corporation. Prior to joining AES, he worked for several 
years at New York State Electric and Gas as an engineer and energy 
trader. Mr. Santoroski holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical 
engineering from Pennsylvania State University as well as a Master of 
Science degree in electrical engineering and a Master of Business 
Administration degree from Syracuse University. 

Katherine McGregor Dent, 50, has served as our senior vice president 
and chief human resources officer since April 2020, focusing on culture, 
strategy, and organizational development. Previously, Ms. Dent served 
as vice president, deputy general counsel, and assistant secretary from 
2003 to 2020, where she played a key role in structuring, developing, 
negotiating, and closing billions of dollars of transactions for the Company. 
Ms. Dent received a Bachelor of Arts in English from Niagara University 
in 1993 and a Juris Doctor from the University at Buffalo School of Law 
in 1996. Ms. Dent serves on the board of trustees for St. Anne’s School 
of Annapolis, for which she served as Chair from 2020 to 2022.

Amanuel Haile-Mariam, 43, has served as a managing director since 
joining the Company in 2021 and is responsible for the company’s 
structured investments in Grid-Connected renewable energy markets. 
Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Haile-Mariam worked at GE Energy 
Financial Services for 15 years leading the execution, asset management, 
capital raise and divestment of energy infrastructure projects. Prior to 

Available information 
We maintain a website at www.hannonarmstrong.com. Information 
on our website is not incorporated by reference in this Form 10-K. 
We will make available, free of charge, on our website (a) our Form 
10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 
8-K (including any amendments thereto), proxy statements and other 
information (collectively, “Company Documents”) filed with, or furnished 
to, the SEC, as soon as reasonably practicable after such documents are 
so filed or furnished, (b) Corporate Governance Guidelines, (c) Director 
Independence Standards, (d) Code of Business Conduct and Ethics 

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joining GE Energy Financial Services, he worked at GE Corporate Audit 
Staff, conducting financial audits, leading simplification and operational 
excellence projects. Mr. Haile-Mariam received his Bachelor of Science 
degree in accounting and Master of Business Administration in finance 
from the University of Connecticut.

Charles W. Melko, CPA, 42, has served as a senior vice president 
and  our  chief  accounting  officer  since  2017  and  as  our  treasurer 
since January 2021. He joined the Company in 2016 as a senior vice 
president and controller and has since been responsible for leading the 
company’s accounting and financial reporting function. In his treasurer 
role, he is involved in the company’s cash management and related 
capital markets activities. Previously, he served in a number of roles 
at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP since 2005, including as a Senior 
Manager in the National Professional Services Group where he focused 
on complex financial instruments accounting issues for energy clients. 
Mr. Melko received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accountancy in 
2002, a Master of Business Administration degree in 2005 and a Master 
of Science degree in Accountancy from Wheeling Jesuit University in 
2005. He holds a CPA license in West Virginia and Maryland and is 
also a Certified Treasury Professional (CTP).

Annmarie Reynolds, 53, has served as a managing director since joining 
the Company in 2022 and is responsible for building and growing the 
company’s investment in markets beyond current asset classes. Prior to 
joining the Company, Ms. Reynolds worked at The AES Corporation 
for 22 years serving in several senior roles including chief customer 
officer, chief commercial officer – US and Eurasia, chief risk officer and 
managing director climate solutions. Prior to joining The AES Corporation, 
she worked several years at New York State Electric and Gas as an 
energy trader and engineer. Ms. Reynolds received her Bachelor of 
Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rutgers University, the 
State University of New Jersey.

Daniela Shapiro, 48, joined the Company as managing director in 
2022 and is responsible for growing the company’s investments in 
Behind-the-Meter opportunities and expanding solutions for broader 
onsite and as-a-service offerings. Daniela has over 20 years of energy 
industry experience. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Shapiro was the 
CFO for Guzman Energy and held various other executive positions, 
including at SoCore/ ENGIE. Prior to this, Ms. Shapiro worked in the 
banking industry for 10 years, where she was responsible for deploying 
capital in energy and infrastructure assets, including tax equity investments 
in renewable energy projects. Ms. Shapiro received her Bachelor of 
Science degree in Electrical Engineering from UNIFEI in Brazil, and her 
MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

policy and (e) written charters of the Audit Committee, Compensation 
Committee, Nominating, Governance and Corporate Responsibility 
Committee and Finance and Risk Committee of our Board. Company 
Documents filed with, or furnished to, the SEC are also available for 
review by the public at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. We provide 
copies of our Corporate Governance Guidelines and Code of Business 
Conduct and Ethics policy, free of charge, to stockholders who request 
such documents. Requests should be directed to Investor Relations, One 
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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

Our business and operations are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, the occurrence of which could adversely affect our business, financial 
condition, consolidated results of operations and ability to make distributions to stockholders and could cause the value of our capital stock to decline. 
We may refer to the energy efficiency, renewable energy and the other sustainable infrastructure projects or market collectively as climate solutions 
projects or the industry. Please also refer to the sections entitled “Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factor Summary”. 

Risks Related to Our Business and Our Industry

Our business depends in part on U.S. federal, state and 
local government policies, and a decline in the level of 
government support could harm our business.

The projects in which we invest typically depend in part on various U.S. 
federal, state or local governmental policies and incentives that support 
or enhance project economic feasibility. Such policies may include 
governmental initiatives, laws and regulations designed to reduce energy 
usage and impact the use of renewable energy or the investment in and 
the use of climate solutions, including the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act.

U.S. federal policies and incentives include, for example, tax credits 
(including credits that have been recently reduced and scheduled 
to be eliminated or phased out in the future), tax deductions, bonus 
depreciation, federal grants and loan guarantees and energy market 
regulations. State and local governments policies and incentives include, 
for example, renewable portfolio standards (“RPS”), commercial property 
assessed clean energy (“C-PACE”) programs, feed-in tariffs, other tariffs, 
tax incentives and other cash and non-cash payments.

Governmental agencies, commercial entities and developers of climate 
solutions projects frequently depend on these policies and incentives to 
help defray the costs associated with, and to finance, various projects. 
Government regulations also impact the terms of third-party financing 
provided to support these projects, including through energy savings 
performance contracts. If any of these government policies, incentives 
or regulations are adversely amended, delayed, eliminated, reduced, 
retroactively changed or not extended beyond their current expiration 
dates, or there is a negative impact from the recent federal law changes 
or proposals, the operating results of the projects we finance and the 
demand for, and the returns available from, the investments we make may 
decline, which could harm our business.

U.S. federal, state and local government entities are 
major participants in, and regulators of, the energy 
industry, and their actions could be adverse to our 
project companies or our company.

The projects we invest in are subject to substantial regulation by U.S. 
federal, state and local governmental agencies. For example, many 
projects  require  government  permits,  licenses,  concessions,  leases 
or  contracts.  Government  entities,  due  to  the  wide-ranging  scope 
of their authority, have significant leverage in setting their contractual 
and regulatory relationships with third parties. In addition, government 
permits, licenses, concessions, leases and contracts are generally very 
complex, which may result in periods of non-compliance, or disputes 
over interpretation or enforceability. If the projects in which we invest fail 

to obtain or comply with applicable regulations, permits, or contractual 
obligations, they could be prevented from being constructed or subjected 
to monetary penalties or loss of operational rights, which could negatively 
impact project operating results and the returns on our assets. In addition, 
government counterparties also may have the discretion to change 
or increase regulation of project operations, or implement laws or 
regulations affecting project operations, separate from any contractual 
rights they may have. These actions could adversely impact the efficient 
and profitable operation of the projects in which we invest.

Contracts with government counterparties that support the projects in 
which we invest may be more favorable to the government counterparties 
compared to commercial contracts with private parties. For example, a 
lease, concession or general service contract may enable the government 
to modify or terminate the contract without requiring the payment of 
adequate  compensation.  Typically,  our  contracts  with  government 
counterparties contain termination provisions including prepayment 
amounts. In most cases, the prepayment amounts provide us with amounts 
sufficient to repay the financing we have provided but may be less 
than amounts that would be payable under “make whole” provisions 
customarily found in commercial lending arrangements.

Government entities may also suspend or debar contractors from doing 
business with the government or pursue various criminal or civil remedies 
under various government contract regulations. They may also issue new 
government contracts or fail to extend existing government contracts. 
Our ability to originate new assets could be adversely affected if one 
or more of the ESCOs or other origination sources with whom we have 
relationships are suspended or debarred or fail to win new, or renew 
existing, contracts.

If the cost of energy generated by traditional sources of 
energy continues to stay or further declines from present 
levels, demand for the projects in which we invest may 
decline.

Many traditional sources of energy such as coal, petroleum-based 
fuels and natural gas can be influenced by the price of underlying or 
substitute commodities. Such prices, which have decreased and may 
continue to decrease, may reduce the demand for energy efficiency 
projects or other projects, including renewable energy facilities, that 
do not rely on fossil fuel energy sources. For example, low natural gas 
prices may reduce the demand for projects like renewable energy that 
can substitute for natural gas. Low natural gas prices also typically 
adversely affect both the price available to renewable energy projects 
under future power sale agreements and the price of the electricity the 
projects sell on either a forward or a spot-market basis. Further, as has 
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storage or in the production of traditional fuels or the discovery of 
large new deposits of traditional fuels could reduce the cost of energy 
generated from those sources and consequently reduce the demand 
for the types of projects in which we invest, which could harm our 
new business origination prospects as well as the value of our existing 
Portfolio. In addition, volatility in commodity prices, including energy 
prices, may cause building owners and other parties to be reluctant to 
commit to projects for which repayment is based upon a fixed monetary 
value for energy savings that would not decline if the price of energy 
declines. Any resulting decline in demand for our investments or the 
price that industry participants receive for the sale of fossil fuel could 
adversely impact our operating results.

If the market for various types of climate solutions 
projects or the investment techniques related to such 
projects do not develop as we anticipate, new business 
generation in this target area may be adversely 
impacted.

The market for various types of climate solutions projects is emerging 
and rapidly evolving, leaving their future success uncertain. If some or all 
market segments or investing techniques prove unsuitable for widespread 
commercial deployment or if demand for such projects or techniques fail to 
grow sufficiently, the demand for our capital may decline or develop more 
slowly than we anticipate. Many factors will influence the widespread 
adoption  and  demand  for  such  projects  and  investing  techniques, 
including general and local economic conditions, commodity prices of 
fossil fuel energy sources, the cost and availability of energy storage, 
the cost-effectiveness of various projects and techniques, performance 
and reliability of such technologies compared to conventional power 
sources and technologies, and the extent of government subsidies 
and regulatory developments. Any changes in the markets, products, 
technologies, financing techniques, or the regulatory environment could 
adversely impact the demand or financial performance for such projects 
and our investments.

Some projects in which we invest rely on net metering 
and related policies to improve project economics which 
if reduced could impact repayment of our investments or 
the return on our assets.

There has been a nationwide increase in distributed generation which 
has prompted discussions among policy makers and regulators regarding 
ways to both better integrate distributed energy resources into the electric 
grid and how to compensate distributed generators. Many states have 
a regulatory policy known as net energy metering, or net metering. Net 
metering typically allows some project customers to interconnect their 
on-site solar or other renewable energy systems to the utility grid and 
offset their utility electricity purchases by receiving a bill credit at the 
utility’s retail rate for the amount of energy in excess of their electric usage 
that is generated by their renewable energy system and is exported to 
the grid. At the end of the billing period, the customer simply pays for the 
net energy used or receives a credit at the retail rate if more energy is 
produced than consumed. Net metering policies are under review or have 
been limited or amended in a number of states. The ability and willingness 
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metering rules may be reduced if net metering rules are eliminated or their 
benefits reduced, which may also impact our returns on such systems.

Existing electric utility industry regulations, and changes 
to regulations, may present technical, regulatory and 
economic barriers to the purchase and use of renewable 
energy and energy efficiency systems that may 
significantly reduce demand for systems and projects in 
which we invest or may adversely affect the profitability 
of such projects.

Federal, state and local government regulations and policies concerning 
the  electric  utility  industry,  and  internal  policies  and  regulations 
promulgated by electric utilities, heavily influence the market for electricity 
products and services. These regulations and policies often relate to 
electricity pricing and the interconnection of customer-owned electricity 
generation. In the United States, governments and utilities continuously 
modify these regulations and policies. These regulations and policies 
could deter customers from purchasing energy efficiency and renewable 
energy systems. For example, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(“FERC”) recently conducted its own review of grid resiliency and the 
functioning of electricity markets and has made, and could continue 
to make, changes to policies and regulations related to the function of 
the electricity markets and grid resiliency which may negatively impact 
the use of renewable energy or encourage the use of fossil fuel energy 
over renewable energy. This could result in a significant reduction in 
the potential demand for such systems. Utilities commonly charge fees 
to larger, industrial customers for disconnecting from the electric grid or 
for having the capacity to use power from the electric grid for back-up 
purposes. In addition, there is an increasing trend towards initiating or 
increasing fixed fees for users to have electricity service from a utility. 
These fees could increase our customers’ cost to use energy efficiency and 
renewable energy systems not supplied by the utility and make them less 
desirable, thereby harming our business, prospects, financial condition 
and results of operations. In addition, any changes to government or 
internal utility regulations and policies that favor electric utilities could 
reduce competitiveness and cause a significant reduction in demand for 
systems in which we invest.

Further, certain climate solutions projects in which we invest may be 
“qualifying facilities” that are exempt from rate regulation as public utilities 
by FERC under the Federal Power Act, (the “FPA”). FERC regulations under 
the FPA confer upon these qualifying facilities key rights to interconnection 
with local utilities and can entitle such facilities to enter into PPAs with 
local utilities, from which the qualifying facilities benefit. Changes to 
these U.S. federal laws and regulations could increase the regulatory 
burdens and costs and could reduce the revenue of the project. In 
addition, modifications to the pricing policies of utilities could require 
climate solutions projects to achieve lower prices in order to compete 
with the price of electricity from the electric grid and may reduce the 
economic attractiveness of certain energy efficiency measures. To the 
extent that the projects in which we invest are subject to rate regulation, 
the project owners will be required to obtain FERC acceptance of their 
rate schedules for wholesale sales of energy, capacity and ancillary 
services. Any adverse changes in the rates project owners are permitted 
to charge could negatively impact the repayment of our investments, or 
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In addition, the operation of, and electrical interconnection for, our 
climate solutions projects may be subject to U.S. federal, state or local 
interconnection and federal reliability standards, some of which are set 
forth in utility tariffs. These standards and tariffs specify rules, business 
practices and economic terms to which the projects in which we invest 
are subject and that may impact a project’s ability to deliver the electricity 
it produces or transports to its end customer. The tariffs are drafted by the 
utilities and approved by the utilities’ state and U.S. federal regulatory 
commissions. These standards and tariffs change frequently and it is 
possible that future changes will increase our administrative burden or 
adversely affect the terms and conditions under which the projects render 
services to their customers.

Under certain circumstances, we may also be subject to the reliability 
standards of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation. If project 
owners fail to comply with the mandatory reliability standards, they could 
be subject to sanctions, including substantial monetary penalties, which 
could also raise credit risks for, or lower the returns available from, the 
project companies in which we invest.

These various regulations may also limit the transferability or sale of 
renewable energy projects and any such limits could negatively impact 
our returns from such projects.

We are subject to risks related to our ESG activities and 
disclosures.

Our ESG strategy and practices and the level of transparency with which 
we are approaching them are foundational to our business and expose 
us to several risks, including:

•  that we may fail or be unable to fully achieve one or more of our ESG 
goals due to a range of factors within or beyond our control, or that 
we may adjust or modify our goals in light of new information, adjusted 
projections, or a change in business strategy, which could negatively 
impact our reputation and our business;

•  that a failure to or perception of a failure to disclose metrics and set 
goals that are rigorous enough or in an acceptable format, a failure 
to appropriately manage selection of goals, a failure to or perception 
of a failure to make appropriate disclosures, stockholder perception 
of a failure to prioritize the “correct” ESG goals, or an unfavorable 
ESG-related rating by a third party, that could negatively impact our 
reputation and our business;

•  that certain data we utilize in our CarbonCount or similar metric 
calculations is prepared by third parties or receives limited assurance 
from and/or verification by third parties and may undergo a less 
rigorous review process than assurance sought in connection with more 
traditional audits and such review process may not identify errors and 
may not protect us from potential liability under the securities laws, 
and, if errors are identified our reputation and our business could be 
negatively impacted and if we were to seek more extensive assurance 
or attestation with respect to such ESG metrics, we may be unable 
to obtain such assurance or attestation or may face increased costs 
related to obtaining and/or maintaining such assurance or attestation;
•  that the ESG or sustainability standards, norms, or metrics, which are 
constantly evolving, change in a manner that impacts us negatively or 
requires us to change the content or manner of our disclosures, and 
our stockholders or third parties view such changes negatively, we are 

unable to adequately explain such changes, or we are required to 
expend significant resources to update our disclosures, any of which 
could negatively impact our reputation and our business; and

•  that our business could be negatively impacted if any of our disclosures, 
including our CarbonCount or similar metrics, reporting to third-party 
ESG  standards,  or  reporting  against  our  goals,  are  inaccurate, 
perceived to be inaccurate, or alleged to be inaccurate.

We operate in a competitive market, which may impact 
the terms of our investments.

We compete against a number of parties who may provide alternatives 
to our investments including, among others, a wide variety of financial 
institutions,  government  entities  and  energy  industry  participants. 
A historically low interest rate environment over the past several years and 
increasing investor acceptance of the climate solutions market increased 
the level of competition we experience, and we expect supportive 
government policies and initiatives to further increase competition in the 
markets in which we invest. We also encounter competition in the form of 
potential customers or our origination partners electing to use their own 
capital rather than engaging an outside provider such as us. In addition, 
we also face competition based on technological developments that 
reduce demand for electricity, increase power supplies through existing 
infrastructure or that otherwise compete with our climate solutions projects. 
Some of our competitors are significantly larger than we are, have access 
to greater capital and other resources than we do and may have other 
advantages over us. In addition, some of our competitors have higher risk 
tolerances or different risk assessments, which allow those competitors to 
consider a wider variety of investments and establish more relationships 
than we can. Further, many of our competitors are not subject to the 
operating constraints associated with REIT tax compliance or maintenance 
of an exemption from the 1940 Act. These characteristics could allow our 
competitors to consider a wider variety of opportunities, establish more 
relationships and offer better pricing and more flexible structuring than 
we can offer. We may lose business opportunities if we do not match 
our competitors’ pricing, terms and structure. If we match our competitors’ 
pricing, terms and structure, we may not be able to achieve acceptable 
risk-adjusted returns on our assets or we may be forced to bear greater 
risks of loss. The increase in the number or the size of our competitors in 
this market has resulted, and could continue to result, in less attractive 
terms on our investments or the need to accept a higher level of risks 
associated with our investments. As a result, competitive pressures we face 
could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition 
and results of operations.

A change in the fiscal health, level of appropriations or 
budgets of U.S. federal, state and local governments 
could reduce demand for our investments.

Although our energy efficiency investments do not normally require 
additional governmental appropriations to cover repayment due to 
the energy and operating savings derived from the newly installed 
equipment and systems, a significant decline in the fiscal health, level of 
appropriations or budgets of government customers may make it difficult 
for them to remain current on existing payment obligations or undesirable 
to enter into new energy efficiency improvement projects. Alternatively, 
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credit support for climate solutions projects, which would negatively 
impact the use of private capital such as ours. This could have a material 
and adverse effect on the return of and return on our investments for 
existing projects and on our ability to originate new assets. Moreover, 
other changes in resources available to governments may also impact 
their willingness to undertake energy efficiency projects. For example, 
an increase in money set aside for government expenditures for energy 
efficiency projects may reduce demand for our investments.

In  addition,  to  the  extent  we  make  investments  that  involve  direct 
appropriations, we will depend on approval of the necessary spending 
for the projects. The repayment of the investment, or the return on our asset, 
could be adversely affected if appropriations for any such projects are 
delayed or terminated.

Risks related to our assets and projects in which we invest

Changes in interest rates could adversely affect the value 
of our assets and negatively affect our profitability.

Interest rates are highly sensitive to many factors, including governmental 
monetary and tax policies, domestic and international economic and 
political considerations and other factors beyond our control. Many 
of our assets pay a fixed rate of interest or provide a fixed preferential 
return.

With respect to our business operations, increases in interest rates, have 
caused, and in general, may in the future cause: (1) project owners to 
be less interested in borrowing or raising equity and thus reduce the 
demand for our investments; (2) the interest expense associated with 
our borrowings to increase; (3) the market value of our fixed rate or 
fixed return assets to decline; and (4) the market value of any fixed-
rate interest rate swap agreements to increase. Decreases in interest 
rates, in general, may over time cause: (1) project owners to be more 
interested in borrowing or raising equity thus increase the demand for our 
assets; (2) prepayments on our assets, to the extent allowed, to increase; 
(3) the interest expense associated with our borrowings to decrease; 
(4) the market value of our fixed rate or fixed return assets to increase; 
and (5) the market value of any fixed-rate interest rate swap agreements 
to decrease. Adverse developments resulting from changes in interest rates 
could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition 
and results of operations.

The lack of liquidity of our assets may adversely affect 
our business, including our ability to value our assets.

Volatile market conditions could significantly and negatively impact the 
liquidity of our assets. Illiquid assets typically experience greater price 
volatility, as a ready market does not exist, and can be more difficult to 
value. In addition, validating third-party pricing for illiquid assets may be 
more subjective than more liquid assets. The illiquidity of our assets may 
make it difficult for us to sell such assets if the need or desire arises. In 
addition, if we are required to liquidate all or a portion of our Portfolio 
quickly, we may realize significantly less than the value at which we have 
previously recorded our assets. To the extent that we utilize leverage 
to finance our investments that are or become illiquid, the negative 
impact on us related to trying to sell assets in a short period of time for 
cash could be greatly exacerbated. As a result, our ability to vary our 
Portfolio in response to changes in economic and other conditions may 
be relatively limited, which could adversely affect our results of operations 
and financial condition.

Some of the assets in our Portfolio may be recorded at 
fair value and, as a result, there could be uncertainty as 
to the value of these assets. Further, we may experience 
a decline in the fair value of our assets.

Our investments are not publicly traded. The fair value of assets that are 
not publicly traded may not be readily determinable. In accordance 
with GAAP, we record certain of our assets at fair value, which may 
include unobservable inputs. Because such valuations are subjective, 
the fair value of these assets may fluctuate over short periods of time and 
our determinations of fair value may differ materially from the values that 
would have been used if a ready market for these assets existed. The value 
of our common stock could be adversely affected if our determinations 
regarding the fair value of these assets were materially higher than the 
values that we ultimately realize upon their disposal. Additionally, our 
results of operations for a given period could be adversely affected if our 
determinations regarding the fair value of these assets were materially 
higher than the values that we ultimately realize upon their disposal. 
The valuation process can be particularly challenging during periods 
when market events make valuations of certain assets more difficult, 
unpredictable and volatile.

A decline in the fair market value of any asset we carry at fair value, may 
require us to reduce the value of such assets under GAAP. In addition, 
our other financial assets are subject to an impairment assessment that 
could result in adjustments to their carrying values. Upon the subsequent 
disposition or sale of such assets, we could incur future losses or gains 
based on the difference between the sale price received and adjusted 
value of such assets as reflected on our balance sheet at the time of sale.

The preparation of our financial statements, including 
provision for loan losses, involves use of estimates, 
judgments and assumptions, and our financial statements 
may be materially affected if our estimates prove to be 
incorrect.

Financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP require the use 
of estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the reported amounts. 
Different estimates, judgments and assumptions reasonably could be used 
that would have a material effect on the financial statements, and changes 
in these estimates, judgments and assumptions are likely to occur from 
period to period in the future. Significant areas of accounting requiring 
the application of management’s judgment include but are not limited to 
determining the fair value of our assets.

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These estimates, judgments and assumptions are inherently uncertain, and, 
if they prove to be wrong, then we face the risk that charges to income 
will be required. Any charges could significantly harm our business, 
financial condition, results of operations and the price of our securities. 
See Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and 
Results of Operations—Critical Accounting Policies and Use of Estimates 
for a discussion of the accounting estimates, judgments and assumptions 
that we believe are the most critical to an understanding of our business, 
financial condition and results of operations. 

Further, our provision for loan losses is evaluated on a quarterly basis. 
The determination of our provision for loan losses requires us to make 
certain estimates and judgments, which may be difficult to determine. 
Our estimates and judgments are based on a number of factors and 
may not be correct. If our estimates or judgments are incorrect, our results 
of operations and financial condition could be severely impacted. See 
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results 
of Operations—Critical Accounting Policies and Use of Estimates for a 
discussion of the accounting estimates, judgments and assumptions that 
we believe are the most critical to our provision of loan losses. 

We rely on our project sponsors for financial reporting 
related to our project companies, and our financial 
statements may be materially affected if the financial 
reporting related to our project companies proves to be 
incorrect.

We have equity investments in climate solutions project companies that we 
account for under the equity method of accounting, which requires us to 
rely on the project sponsor for the reporting of the financial results of those 
project companies, including in some instances the allocation of earnings 
under the hypothetical liquidation at book value (“HLBV”) method. The 
HLBV method involves complex judgments around the interpretation 
of legal provisions governing liquidation of the entity in which we are 
invested. To the extent the reporting inclusive of these HLBV allocations 
we are provided is incorrect, our financial results reported using that 
information may be incorrect.

The majority of our investments are not rated by a rating 
agency, which may result in an amount of risk, volatility 
or potential loss of principal that is greater than that of 
alternative asset opportunities.

The majority of our investments are not rated by any rating agency and 
we expect that most of the assets we originate and acquire in the future 
will not be rated by any rating agency. Although we focus on climate 
solutions project companies with high credit quality obligors, we believe 
that some of the projects or obligors in which we invest, if rated, would 
be rated below investment grade, due to speculative characteristics of 
the project or the obligor’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal 
or pay dividends. Some of our assets may result in an amount of risk, 
volatility or potential loss of principal that is greater than that of alternative 
asset opportunities.

Any credit ratings assigned to our assets, debt or 
obligors are subject to ongoing evaluations and revisions 
and we cannot assure you that those ratings will not be 
downgraded.

To the extent our assets, their underlying obligors, or our debt are 
rated by credit rating agencies or by our internal rating process, such 
assets, obligors or our debt will be subject to ongoing evaluation by 
credit rating agencies and our internal rating process, and those ratings 
may be changed or withdrawn in the future. If rating agencies assign a 
lower-than-expected rating or if a rating is further reduced or withdrawn 
by a rating agency or us, or if there are indications of a potential reduction 
or withdrawal of the ratings of our assets, the underlying obligors or our 
debt in the future, the value of these assets could significantly decline, the 
level of borrowings based on such asset could be reduced or we could 
incur higher borrowing costs or incur losses upon disposition or the failure 
of obligors to satisfy their obligations to us.

Our investments are subject to delinquency, foreclosure 
and loss, any or all of which could result in losses to us.

Our investments are subject to risks of delinquency, foreclosure and loss. 
In many cases, the ability of a borrower to return our invested capital 
and our expected return is dependent primarily upon the successful 
development, construction and operation of the underlying project. If 
the cash flow of the project is reduced, the borrower’s ability to return 
our capital and our expected return may be impaired. We make certain 
estimates regarding project cash flows or savings during the underwriting 
of our investment. These estimates may not prove accurate, as actual 
results may vary from estimates. The cash flows or cost savings of a project 
can be affected by, among other things: the terms of the power purchase 
or other use agreements used in such project; the creditworthiness of the 
off-taker or project user; price of power or services now and in the future; 
the technology deployed; unanticipated expenses in the development or 
operation of the project and changes in national, regional, state or local 
economic conditions, laws and regulations; and acts of God, terrorism, 
social unrest and civil disturbances.

In the event of any default or shortfall of an investment, we will bear a risk 
of loss of principal or equity to the extent of any deficiency between the 
value of the collateral, if any, and the amount of our investment, which 
could have a material adverse effect on our cash flow from operations 
and may impact the cash available for distribution to our stockholders. 
Many of the projects are structured as special purpose limited liability 
companies, which limits our ability to realize any recovery to the collateral 
or value of the project itself. In the event of the bankruptcy of a project 
owner, obligor, or other borrower, our investment or the project will be 
deemed to be subject to the avoidance powers of the bankruptcy trustee 
or debtor-in-possession and our or the project’s contractual rights may 
be unenforceable under federal bankruptcy or state law. Foreclosure 
proceedings against a project can be an expensive and lengthy process, 
which could have a substantial negative effect on our anticipated return 
on the foreclosed investment.

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Our climate solutions project companies may incur 
liabilities that rank equally with, or senior to, our 
investments in such projects.

We provide a range of investment structures, including various types 
of debt and equity securities, senior and subordinated loans, real 
property leases, mezzanine debt, preferred equity and common equity. 
Our projects may have, or may be permitted to incur, other liabilities or 
equity preferences that rank equally with, or senior to, our positions or 
investments in such projects or businesses, as the case may be, including 
with respect to grants of collateral. By their terms, such instruments may 
entitle the holders to receive payment of interest, principal payments 
or other distributions on or before the dates on which we are entitled 
to receive payments with respect to the instruments in which we invest. 
Also, in the event of insolvency, liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or 
bankruptcy of an entity in which we have invested, holders of instruments 
ranking senior to our investment in that project or business would typically 
be entitled to receive payment in full before we receive any distribution. 
After repaying such senior stakeholders, such project may not have any 
remaining assets to use for repaying its obligation to us. In the case of 
securities ranking equally with instruments we hold, we would have to 
share on an equal basis any distributions with other stakeholders holding 
such instruments in the event of an insolvency, liquidation, dissolution, 
reorganization or bankruptcy of the relevant project.

Our subordinated and mezzanine debt and equity 
investments, many of which are illiquid with no readily 
available market, involve a substantial degree of risk.

Subordinated and mezzanine debt and equity investments involve a 
number of significant risks, including:

•  such investments could be subject to further dilution as a result of the 
issuance of additional debt or equity interests and to additional risks 
because subordinated and mezzanine debt are subordinate to other 
indebtedness and in some cases, project tax equity, and equity interests 
are subordinate to all indebtedness (including trade creditors) and 
any senior securities in the event that the issuer is unable to meet its 
obligations or becomes subject to a bankruptcy process;

•  to the extent that a project company in which we invest requires 
additional capital and is unable to obtain it, we may not recover our 
investment; and

•  in some cases, subordinated and mezzanine debt may not pay current 
interest or principal or equity investments may not pay current dividends, 
and our ability to realize a return on our investment, as well as to 
recover our investment, will be dependent on the success of the project 
company in which we invest. The project may face unanticipated costs 
or delays or may not generate projected cash flows, which could lead 
to the project generating lower than expected rates of return.

We generally do not control the projects in which we 
invest.

Although the covenants in our financing or investment documentation 
generally restrict certain actions that may be taken by project owners, we 
generally do not control the projects in which we invest. As a result, we 
are subject to the risk that the project owner may make certain business 
decisions or take risks with which we disagree or otherwise act in ways 
that do not serve our interests.

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We invest in joint ventures and other similar 
arrangements that subject us to additional risks.

Some  of  our  project  companies  are  structured  as  joint  ventures, 
partnerships, securitizations, syndications and consortium arrangements. 
Part of our strategy is to participate with other institutional investors or 
the project’s sponsor on various climate solutions transactions. These 
arrangements are driven by the magnitude of capital required to complete 
acquisitions and the development of climate solutions projects and other 
industry-wide trends that we believe will continue. Such arrangements 
involve risks not present where a third party is not involved, including 
the possibility that partners or co-venturers might become bankrupt 
or otherwise fail to fund their share of required capital contributions. 
Additionally, partners or co-venturers might at any time have economic 
or other business interests or goals different from ours. These investments 
generally provide for a reduced level of control over an acquired project 
because governance rights are shared with others. Accordingly, project 
decisions relating to the management, operation and the timing and 
nature of any exit, are often made by a majority vote of the investors 
or by separate agreements that are reached with respect to individual 
decisions. In addition, project operations may be subject to the risk that the 
project owners may make business, financial or management choices with 
which we do not agree or the management of the project may take risks 
or otherwise act in a manner that does not serve our interests. Because 
we may not have the ability to exercise control, we may not be able to 
realize some or all of the benefits expected from our investment. If any of 
the foregoing were to occur, our business, financial condition and results 
of operations could suffer as a result.

In addition, some of our joint ventures, partnerships, and equity investments 
subject the sale or transfer of our interests in these project companies 
to rights of first refusal or first offer, tag along or drag along rights and 
buy-sell, call-put or other restrictions. Such rights may be triggered at a 
time when we may not want them to be exercised and such rights may 
inhibit our ability to sell our interest in an entity within our desired time 
frame or on any other desired terms.

Many of our assets depend on revenues from third-party 
contractual arrangements, including PPAs, that expose 
the projects to various risks.

Many of the projects in which we invest rely on revenue or repayment 
from contractual commitments of end-customers, including federal, state, 
or local governments for energy efficiency projects or utilities or other 
customers under PPAs. There is a risk that these customers may default 
under their contracts. In addition, many of these end-customers are large 
entities with wide ranging activities. An event in a non-related part of the 
business could have a material adverse impact on the financial strength of 
such end-customer, such as the effect of wildfires on the California utilities. 
Furthermore, the bankruptcy, insolvency, or other liquidity constraints of 
one or more customers may result in a renegotiation or rejection of the 
third-party contract, delay the receipt of any obligations or reduce the 
likelihood of collecting defaulted obligations. Some projects rely on one 
customer for their revenue and thus the project could be materially and 
adversely affected by any material change in the financial condition of 
that customer. While there may be alternative customers for such a project, 
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Certain  of  our  projects  with  contractually  committed  revenues  or 
other sources of repayment under long term contracts will be subject 
to re-contracting risk in the future. These projects may be unable to 
renegotiate these contracts once their terms expire on equally favorable 
terms or at all. If it is not possible to renegotiate these contracts on 
favorable terms, our business, financial condition, results of operations, 
and prospects could be materially and adversely affected.

Revenues at some of the projects in which we invest depend on reliable 
and efficient metering, or other revenue collection systems, which are 
often specified in the contract. If one or more of these projects are not able 
to operate and maintain the metering or other revenue collection systems 
in the manner expected, if the operation and maintenance costs, are 
greater than expected, or if the customer disputes the output of the revenue 
collection system, the ability of the project to repay our investments or 
provide a return to us on our asset could be materially and adversely 
affected.

In most instances, projects which sell power under PPAs commit to sell 
minimum levels of generation. If the project generates less than the 
committed volumes, it may be required to buy the shortfall of electricity 
on the open market or make payments of liquidated damages or be in 
default under a PPA, which could result in its termination. In the event that 
any of these events were to occur, our business, financial condition, and 
results of operations could suffer as a result.

We are exposed to the credit risk of various project 
sponsors, ESCOs, and others.

We are exposed to credit risks in the commercial projects in which we 
invest. We are also subject to varying degrees of credit risk related to 
ESCOs in government energy efficiency projects in which guarantees 
provided by ESCOs under energy savings performance contracts are 
required in the event that certain energy savings are not realized by the 
customer. 

Where we make loans to or own equity interests in special purposes entities 
such as those that lease solar energy systems to residential customers, those 
special purpose entities often enter into various contractual arrangements 
with, or receive performance guarantees from the affiliate project sponsor 
to ensure satisfactory equipment or other project performance over the 
term of the lease or power purchase agreement. To the extent those parties 
are unable to perform on their contractual obligations or performance 
guarantees we may see diminished equity returns or the special purpose 
entity may be unable to repay their loan timely or at all.

We seek to mitigate these credit risks by employing a comprehensive 
review and asset selection process and careful ongoing monitoring of 
acquired assets. Nevertheless, unanticipated credit losses could occur 
which could adversely impact our operating results. During periods of 
economic downturn in the global economy, the solvency and financial 
wherewithal of counterparties with whom we do business could be 
impacted and our exposure to credit risks from obligors increases, and 
our efforts to monitor and mitigate the associated risks may not be effective 
in reducing our credit risks. In the event a counterparty to us or one of our 
climate solutions projects becomes insolvent or unable to make payments, 
we may fail to recover the full value of our investment or realize the value 
from the counterparty’s contract, thus reducing our earnings and liquidity. 

In addition, the insolvency of one or more of our, or one of our climate 
solutions projects’, counterparties could reduce the amount of financing 
available to us, which would make it more difficult for us to leverage the 
value of our assets and obtain substitute financing on attractive terms or 
at all. A material reduction in our financing sources or an adverse change 
in the terms of our financings could have a material adverse effect on our 
financial condition and results of operations. Certain participants in the 
sustainable energy industry have experienced significant declines in the 
value of their equity and difficulty in raising or refinancing debt, which 
increases the credit risk to these companies and they may not be able to 
fulfill their obligations which could adversely impact our operating results.

Some of the projects in which we invest have sold their 
output under PPAs that expose the projects to various risks.

Some of our projects enter into PPAs when they contract to sell all or a fixed 
proportion of the electricity generated by the project, sometimes bundled 
with renewable energy credits and capacity or other environmental 
attributes,  to  a  power  purchaser,  often  a  utility,  or  increasingly,  a 
corporation. PPAs are used to stabilize our revenues from that project. 
We are exposed to the risk that the power purchaser, who we consider 
an obligor, will fail to perform under a PPA or the PPA will be terminated 
or expire, which will lead to that project needing to sell its electricity at 
the then market price, which could be substantially lower than the price 
provided in the applicable PPA. In most instances, the project also commits 
to sell minimum levels of generation. If the project generates less than the 
committed volumes, it may be required to buy the shortfall of electricity 
on the open market or make payments of liquidated damages or be in 
default under a PPA, which could result in its termination. In the event that 
any of these events were to occur, our business, financial condition, and 
results of operations could suffer as a result.

Portions of the electricity and environmental attributes 
our assets generate are sold on the open market at 
spot-market prices. A prolonged environment of low 
prices for natural gas, or other conventional fuel sources 
such as we are experiencing may, and could continue to, 
have a material adverse effect on our long-term business 
prospects, financial condition and results of operations.

Low prices for traditional fossil fuels, particularly natural gas, could cause 
demand for renewable energy to decrease and prices have, and may 
continue to, adversely affect both the future sale price of energy under 
new PPAs and the current sale price of energy sold on a spot-market basis. 
Low PPA and spot market power prices, if combined with other factors, 
can have a material adverse effect on our projects and their respective 
values and our expected returns, results of operations and cash available 
for distribution. 

Some of the projects we invest in, or may plan to invest in, sell environmental 
attributes such as renewable energy credits or other similar credits on an 
uncontracted basis. To the extent merchant prices for these attributes are 
lower than expected, our projects revenues could be adversely impacted, 
and our business, financial condition, and results of operations could 
suffer as a result.

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The ability of our assets to generate revenue from 
certain projects depends on having interconnection 
arrangements and services.

The future success of our assets will depend, in part, on their ability to 
maintain satisfactory interconnection agreements. If the interconnection 
or transmission agreement of a project is terminated for any reason, they 
may not be able to replace it with an interconnection and transmission 
arrangement on terms as favorable as the existing arrangement, or at 
all, or they may experience significant delays or costs in connection with 
securing a replacement. If a network to which one or more of the projects 
is connected experiences equipment or operational problems or other 
forms of “down time,” the affected project may lose revenue and be 
exposed to non-performance penalties and claims from its customers. 
These may include claims for damages incurred by customers, such as the 
additional cost of acquiring alternative electricity supply at then-current 
spot market rates. The owners of the network will not usually compensate 
electricity generators for lost income due to down time. In addition, our 
projects may be exposed to a locational basis risk resulting from a 
difference between where the power is generated and the contracted 
delivery point. These factors could materially affect these projects, which 
could negatively affect our business, results of operations, financial 
condition, and cash flow.

Our projects and their obligors are exposed to 
an increase in climate change or other change in 
meteorological conditions, which could have an impact 
on electric generation, revenue, insurance costs or the 
ability of the projects or their obligors to honor their 
contract obligations, all of which could adversely affect 
our business, financial condition and results of operations 
and cash flows.

The electricity produced and revenues generated by a renewable electric 
generation facility are highly dependent on suitable weather conditions, 
which  are  beyond  our  control.  Components  of  renewable  energy 
systems, such as turbines, solar panels and inverters, could be damaged 
by natural disasters or severe weather, including extreme temperatures, 
wildfires, hurricanes, hailstorms or tornadoes. Furthermore, the potential 
physical impacts of climate change may impact our projects, including 
the result of changes in weather patterns (including floods, tsunamis, 
drought, mudslides, and rainfall levels), wind speeds, water availability, 
storm patterns and intensities, and temperature levels. The projects in 
which we invest will be obligated to bear the expense of repairing the 
damaged renewable energy systems and replacing spare parts for key 
components and insurance may not cover the costs or the lost revenue. 
Natural disasters or unfavorable weather and atmospheric conditions, 
such as extreme cold temperatures or extreme events of rain, flooding, 
and mudslides, could impair the effectiveness of the renewable energy 
assets, reduce their output beneath their rated capacity, require shutdown 
of key equipment or impede operation of the renewable energy assets, 
which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results 
of operations and cash flows. Sustained unfavorable weather could also 
unexpectedly delay the installation of renewable energy systems, which 
could result in a delay in our investing in new projects or increase the cost 
of such projects. The resulting effects of climate change can also have 

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an impact on the cost of, and the ability of a project to obtain, adequate 
insurance coverage to protect against related losses. 

We  typically  base  our  investment  decisions  with  respect  to  each 
renewable energy facility on the findings of studies conducted on-site 
prior to construction or based on historical conditions at existing facilities. 
However, actual climatic conditions at a facility site may not conform 
to the findings of these studies. Even if an operating project’s historical 
renewable energy resources are consistent with the long-term estimates, 
the unpredictable nature of weather conditions often results in daily, 
monthly and yearly material deviations from the average renewable 
resources anticipated during a particular period. Therefore, renewable 
energy facilities in which we invest may not meet anticipated production 
levels  or  the  rated  capacity  of  the  generation  assets,  which  could 
adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations 
and cash flows.

In addition, many of the project’s end-customers are large entities with 
wide ranging activities. A climate related event in a non-related part 
of the business could have a material adverse impact on the financial 
strength of such end-customer and their ability to honor their contractual 
obligations which could negatively impact on revenue and the cash flow 
of the project and our business. 

Operation of the projects in which we invest involves 
significant risks and hazards that could have a material 
adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results 
of operations and cash flows.

Climate projects are subject to various construction and operating delays 
and risks that have in the past caused them to, and may in the future 
cause them to, incur higher than expected costs or generate less than 
expected amounts of savings or outputs, such as electricity in the case of 
a renewable energy project. 

The ongoing operation of the projects in which we invest involves risks 
that include construction delays, the breakdown or failure of equipment or 
processes or performance below expected levels of output or efficiency 
due to wear and tear, latent defect, design error or operator error or 
force majeure events, among other things. In addition to natural risks 
such as earthquake, flood, drought, lightning, wildfire, hurricane, ice, 
wind, and temperature extremes, other hazards, such as fire, explosion, 
structural collapse and machinery failure, acts of terrorism or related acts 
of war, hostile cyber intrusions, pandemics, or other catastrophic events 
are inherent risks in the construction and operation of a project. These 
and other hazards can cause significant personal injury or loss of life, 
severe damage to and destruction of property, plant and equipment 
and contamination of, or damage to, the environment and suspension of 
operations. Operation of a project also involves risks that the operator 
will be unable to transport its product to its customers in an efficient 
manner due to a lack of transmission capacity. Unplanned outages of 
projects, including extensions of scheduled outages due to mechanical 
failures or other problems, occur from time to time and are an inherent 
risk of the business. Unplanned outages typically increase operation and 
maintenance expenses and may reduce revenues as a result of selling 
less electricity or require the project to incur significant costs as a result 
of obtaining replacement power from third parties in the open market to 
satisfy forward power sales obligations. Any extended interruption in a 
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efficiently, manage capital expenditures and costs and generate earnings 
and cash flow could have a material adverse effect on the repayment of 
and return on our investment and our business, financial condition, results 
of operations and cash flows. While the projects maintain insurance, 
obtain warranties from vendors and obligate contractors to meet certain 
performance levels, the proceeds of such insurance, warranties or 
performance guarantees may not cover the lost revenues, increased 
expenses or liquidated damages payments should the project experience 
any equipment breakdowns, insurance claims or non-performance by 
contractors or vendors.

Some of the projects in which we invest may require 
substantial operating or capital expenditures in the future.

Many of the projects in which we invest are capital intensive and require 
substantial ongoing expenditures for, among other things, additions and 
improvements, and maintenance and repair of plant and equipment 
related to project operations. In addition, there may be cash needs to 
settle certain contractual obligations of the projects, such as settlements 
or margining requirements related to hedging activities. While we do 
not typically bear the responsibility for these expenditures, any failure by 
the equity owner to make necessary operating or capital expenditures 
could adversely impact project performance. In addition, some of these 
expenditures may not be recoverable from current or future contractual 
arrangements.

The use of real property rights that we acquire or are 
used for our climate solutions projects may be adversely 
affected by the rights of lienholders and leaseholders 
that are superior to those of the grantors of those real 
property rights to us. 

The projects in which we invest often require large areas of land for 
construction and operation or other easements or access to the underlying 
land. In addition, we may acquire rights to land or other real property. 
Although we believe that we, or the projects in which we invest, have valid 
rights to all material easements, licenses and rights of way, not all of such 
easements, licenses and rights of way are registered against the lands 
to which they relate and may not bind subsequent owners. Some of our 
real property rights and projects generally are, and are likely to continue 
to be, located on land occupied pursuant to long-term easements and 
leases. The ownership interests in the land subject to these easements and 
leases may be subject to mortgages securing loans or other liens (such 
as tax liens) and other easement and lease rights of third parties (such as 
leases of water, oil or mineral rights) that were created prior to, or are 
superior to, our or our projects’ easements and leases. As a result, our 
rights may be subject, and subordinate, to the rights of those third parties. 
We typically obtain representations or perform title searches or obtain title 
insurance to protect our real property interest and our investments in our 
projects against these risks. Such measures may, however, be inadequate 
to protect against all risk of loss of rights to use the land rights we have 
acquired or the land on which these projects are located, which could 
have a material and adverse effect on our land rights, our projects and 
their financial condition and operating results.

We own land or leasehold interests that are used by 
renewable energy projects. Negative market conditions 
or adverse events affecting tenants, or the industries in 
which they operate, could have an adverse impact on 
our underwritten returns. Moreover, many of our real 
estate assets are concentrated in similar geographic 
locations, which subjects us to an increased risk of 
significant loss if any property declines in value, incurs a 
natural disaster or if we are unable to lease a property.

We own land or leasehold interests used by renewable energy projects 
that are concentrated in a limited number of geographic locations. One 
consequence of this is that the aggregate returns we realize may be 
substantially adversely affected by the unfavorable performance of a 
small number of leases, a significant decline in the market value of any 
single property or a natural disaster in a concentrated area. Our cash 
flow depends in part on the ability to lease the real estate to projects or 
other tenants on economically favorable terms. We could be adversely 
affected by various facts and events over which we have limited or no 
control, such as:

•  lack of demand in areas where our properties are located;
•  inability to retain existing tenants and attract new tenants;
•  oversupply of space and changes in market rental rates;
•  our tenants’ creditworthiness and ability to pay rent, which may be 
affected  by  their  operations,  the  current  economic  situation  and 
competition within their industries from other operators;

•  defaults by and bankruptcies of tenants, failure of tenants to pay rent 
on a timely basis, or failure of tenants to comply with their contractual 
obligations;

•  economic or physical decline of the areas where the properties are 

located; and

•  destruction from natural disasters.
At any time, any tenant may experience a downturn in its business, 
including  increased  operating  costs,  termination  of  a  PPA  or  low 
spot-market prices of products, that may weaken its operating results or 
overall financial condition, a tenant may delay lease commencement, 
fail to make rental payments when due, decline to extend a lease upon 
its expiration, become insolvent or declare bankruptcy. Any tenant 
bankruptcy or insolvency, leasing delay or failure to make rental payments 
when due could result in the termination of the tenant’s lease and material 
losses to us.

If a tenant elects to terminate its lease prior to or upon its expiration or 
does not renew its lease as it expires, we may not be able to rent or sell 
the properties or realize our expected value. Furthermore, leases that 
are renewed and some new leases for properties that are re-leased, 
may have terms that are less economically favorable than expiring lease 
terms, or may require us to incur significant costs, such as lease transaction 
costs. In addition, negative market conditions or adverse events affecting 
tenants, or the industries in which they operate, may force us to sell 
vacant properties for less than their carrying value, which could result in 
impairments. Any of these events could adversely affect the value of our 
asset, the cash flow from operations and our ability to make distributions 
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of owning property, such as real estate taxes, insurance and maintenance, 
are not necessarily reduced when circumstances cause a decrease in 
rental revenue from the properties. In a weakened financial condition, 
tenants may not be able to pay these costs of ownership and we may be 
unable to recover these operating expenses from them.

Further, the occurrence of a tenant bankruptcy or insolvency could diminish 
the income we receive from the tenant’s lease or leases. For instance, a 
bankruptcy court might authorize the tenant to terminate its leases with us. 
If that happens, our claim against the bankrupt tenant for unpaid future 
rent would be subject to statutory limitations that most likely would be 
substantially less than the remaining rent we are owed under the leases. 
In addition, any claim we have for unpaid past rent, if any, may not be 
paid in full. As a result, tenant bankruptcies may have a material adverse 
effect on our results of operations.

In addition, since renewable energy projects are often concentrated in 
certain states, we would also be subject to any adverse change in the 
political or regulatory climate in those states or specific counties where 
such properties are located that could adversely affect our properties 
and our ability to lease such properties.

Performance of projects where we invest may be 
harmed by future labor disruptions and economically 
unfavorable collective bargaining agreements.

A number of the projects where we invest could have workforces that are 
unionized or in the future may become unionized and, as a result, are 
required to negotiate the wages, benefits and other terms with many of 
their employees collectively. If these projects were unable to negotiate 
acceptable contracts with any of their unions as existing agreements 
expire, they could experience a significant disruption of their operations, 
higher ongoing labor costs and restrictions on their ability to maximize the 
efficiency of their operations, which could have a material and adverse 
effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. In 
addition, in some jurisdictions where our projects have operations, labor 
forces have a legal right to strike, which may have a negative impact on 
our business, financial condition and results of operations, either directly or 
indirectly, for example if a critical upstream or downstream counterparty 
was itself subject to a labor disruption that impacted the ability of our 
projects to operate.

We invest in projects that rely on third parties to 
manufacture quality products or provide reliable services 
in a timely manner and the failure of these third parties 
could cause project performance to be adversely 
affected.

We invest in projects that typically rely on third parties to select, manage 
or provide equipment or services. Third parties may be responsible for 
choosing vendors, including equipment suppliers and subcontractors. 
Project success often depends on third parties who are capable of 
installing and managing projects and structuring contracts that provide 
appropriate protection against construction and operational risks. In many 
cases, in addition to contractual protections and remedies, project owners 
may seek guaranties, warranties and construction bonding to provide 
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The warranties provided by the third parties and, in some cases, their 
subcontractors, typically limit any direct harm that results from relying on 
their products and services. However, there can be no assurance that a 
supplier or subcontractor will be willing or able to fulfill its contractual 
obligations  and  make  necessary  repairs  or  replace  equipment.  In 
addition, these warranties generally expire within one to five years or may 
be of limited scope or provide limited remedies. If projects are unable to 
avail themselves of warranty protection or receive the expected protection 
under the terms of the guaranties or bonding, we may need to incur 
additional costs, including replacement and installation costs, which could 
adversely impact our investment.

In addition, renewable energy projects rely on electric and other types 
of transmission lines and facilities owned and operated by third parties 
to receive and distribute their energy. Any substantial access barriers to 
these lines and facilities could adversely impact the demand or financial 
performance for such projects and our investments. 

Liability relating to environmental matters may impact the 
value of properties that we may acquire or the properties 
underlying our assets.

Under various U.S. federal, state and local laws, an owner or operator 
of real estate or a project may become liable for the costs of removal of 
certain hazardous substances released from the project or any underlying 
real property. These laws often impose liability without regard to whether 
the owner or operator knew of, or was responsible for, the release of 
such hazardous substances.

The presence of hazardous substances may adversely affect our, or 
another owner’s, ability to sell a contaminated project or borrow using 
the project as collateral. To the extent that we, or another project owner, 
become liable for removal costs, our investment, or the ability of the owner 
to make payments to us, may be negatively impacted.

We acquire real property rights, make investments in projects that own 
real property, have collateral consisting of real property and in the course 
of our business, we may take title to a project or its underlying real estate 
assets relating to one of our debt financings. In these cases, we could be 
subject to environmental liabilities with respect to these assets. To the extent 
that we become liable for the removal costs, our results of operation and 
financial condition may be adversely affected. The presence of hazardous 
substances, if any, may adversely affect our ability to sell the affected real 
property or the project and we may incur substantial remediation costs, 
thus harming our financial condition.

Our insurance and contractual protections may not 
always cover lost revenue, increased expenses or 
liquidated damages payments.

Although our assets or projects generally have insurance, supplier 
warranties, subcontractors performance assurances such as bonding 
and other risk mitigation measures, the proceeds of such insurance, 
warranties, bonding or other measures may not be adequate to cover 
lost revenue, increased expenses or liquidated damages payments that 
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The repayment of certain of our assets is dependent upon 
collection of payments from residential customers and 
we may be indirectly subject to consumer protection laws 
and regulations. 

Certain obligors to which we have credit exposure are, or may be, subject 
to consumer protection laws, such as federal truth-in-lending, consumer 

leasing, and equal credit opportunity laws and regulations, as well as 
state and local sales and finance laws and regulations. Claims arising 
out of actual or alleged violations of law may be asserted against those 
obligors by individuals or governmental entities and may expose them to 
significant damages or other penalties, including fines, or could reduce the 
likelihood the residential customer may pay their obligation, which could 
limit their ability to repay borrowings or make equity distributions to us.

Risks related to our company 

We may change our operational policies (including our 
investment guidelines and strategies) with the approval 
of our Board but without stockholder consent at any 
time, which may adversely affect the market value of our 
common stock and our ability to make distributions to our 
stockholders.

Our Board determines our operational policies and may amend or revise 
our policies, including our policies with respect to investments, acquisitions, 
dispositions, growth, operations, compensation, indebtedness, capitalization 
and dividends, or approve transactions that deviate from these policies, 
without a vote of, or notice to, our stockholders at any time. We may change 
our investment guidelines, underwriting process and our strategy at any time 
with the approval of our Board, but without the consent of our stockholders, 
which could result in originating assets that are different in type from, and 
possibly riskier than, the assets initially contemplated. In addition, our charter 
provides that our Board may authorize us to revoke or otherwise terminate 
our REIT election, without the approval of our stockholders, if it determines 
that it is no longer in our best interests to qualify as a REIT. These changes 
could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations 
and our ability to make distributions to our stockholders.

Our management and employees depend on information 
systems and system failures could significantly disrupt our 
business, which may, in turn, negatively affect the market 
price of our common stock and our ability to make 
distributions to our stockholders.

Our underwriting process and our asset and financial management and 
reporting are dependent on our present and future communications and 
information systems. Any failure or interruption of these systems could 
cause delays or other problems in our originating, financing, investing, 
asset and financial management and reporting activities, which could 
have a material adverse effect on our operating results.

We contract with information technology service 
providers where, in part, we rely upon their systems 
and controls for the quality of the data provided. The 
inappropriate establishment and maintenance of these 
systems and controls could cause information that we use 
to operate our business to be unavailable or inaccurate 
and could negatively impact our financial results.

Our information technology architecture is partially outsourced. These 
systems and processes may be either internet based or through traditional 

outsourced functions and certain of these arrangements are new or 
emerging. When we contract with these service providers we attempt 
to evaluate the quality of their systems and controls before we execute 
the arrangement and may rely on third party reviews and audits of these 
service providers and attempt to implement certain processes to ensure 
the quality of the data received from these service providers. Because of 
the nature and maturity of the technology such efforts may be unsuccessful 
or incomplete and the unavailability of these systems or the inaccurate 
data provided from these service providers could negatively impact our 
financial results.

Cybersecurity risks and cyber incidents may adversely 
affect our business by causing a disruption to our 
operations, a compromise or corruption of our 
confidential information, a misappropriation of funds, 
and/or damage to our business relationships, all of 
which could negatively impact our financial results.

A cyber incident is considered to be any adverse event that threatens the 
confidentiality, integrity or availability of our information resources. These 
incidents may be an intentional attack or an unintentional event and could 
involve gaining unauthorized access to our information systems for purposes 
of misappropriating assets, stealing confidential information, corrupting 
data or causing operational disruption. The risk of a security breach or 
disruption, particularly through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusions, including 
by computer hackers, nation-state affiliated actors, and cyber terrorists, 
has generally increased as the number, intensity and sophistication of 
attempted attacks and intrusions from around the world have increased, 
and will likely continue to increase in the future. The result of these incidents 
could include disrupted operations, misstated or unreliable financial data, 
disrupted market price of our common stock, misappropriation of assets, 
liability for stolen assets or information, increased cybersecurity protection 
and insurance cost, regulatory enforcement, litigation and damage to our 
relationships. These risks require continuous and likely increasing attention 
and other resources from us to, among other actions, identify and quantify 
these risks, upgrade and expand our technologies, systems and processes to 
adequately address them and provide periodic training for our employees 
to assist them in detecting phishing, malware and other schemes. Such 
attention diverts time and other resources from other activities and there 
is no assurance that our efforts will be effective. Additionally, the cost of 
maintaining such systems and processes, procedures and internal controls 
may increase from its current level. Potential sources for disruption, damage 
or failure of our information technology systems include, without limitation, 
computer viruses, security breaches, human error, cyber- attacks, natural 
disasters and defects in design. Additionally, due to the size and nature of 
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our business. The networks and systems that our third-party vendors have 
established or use may not be effective. As our reliance on technology 
has increased, so have the risks posed to both our information systems and 
those provided by third-party service providers. Our processes, procedures 
and internal controls that are designed to mitigate cybersecurity risks and 
cyber intrusions do not guarantee that a cyber incident will not occur or 
that our financial results, operations or confidential information will not be 
negatively impacted by such an incident. 

Even if we are not targeted directly, cyberattacks on the U.S. and foreign 
governments, financial markets, financial institutions, or other businesses, 
including borrowers, vendors, software creators, cybersecurity service 
providers, and other third parties with whom we do business, may occur, 
and such events could disrupt our normal business operations and 
networks in the future. 

Major public health issues and related disruptions in the 
U.S. and global economy and financial markets could 
adversely impact or disrupt our financial condition and 
results of operations.

In  recent  years,  the  outbreaks  of  a  number  of  diseases,  including 
COVID-19, avian influenza, H1N1, and other viruses have resulted in 
and increased the risk of a pandemic or major public health issues. We 
believe that our ability to operate, our level of business activity and the 
profitability of our business, as well as the values of, and the cash flows 
from, the assets we own could in the future be impacted by another 
pandemic or other major public health issue. While we have implemented 

Risks Relating to Regulation 

We cannot predict the unintended consequences and 
market distortions that may stem from far-ranging 
governmental intervention in the economic and financial 
system or from regulatory reform of the oversight of 
financial markets.

The U.S. federal government, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, 
the U.S. Treasury, the SEC, U.S. Congress and other governmental and 
regulatory bodies have taken, are taking or may in the future take, various 
actions to address inflation, financial crises, or other areas of regulatory 
concern. Such actions could have a dramatic impact on our business, 
results of operations and financial condition, and the cost of complying 
with any additional laws and regulations or the elimination or reduction 
in scope of various existing laws and regulations could have a material 
adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations. The 
far-ranging government intervention in the economic and financial system 
may carry unintended consequences and cause market distortions. We 
are unable to predict at this time the extent and nature of such unintended 
consequences and market distortions, if any. The inability to evaluate the 
potential impacts could have a material adverse effect on the operations 
of our business.

risk management and contingency plans and taken preventive measures 
and other precautions, no predictions of specific scenarios can be made 
with certainty and such measures may not adequately predict the impact 
on our business from such events.

We may seek to expand our business internationally, 
which would expose us to additional risks that we do 
not face in the United States. A failure to manage these 
additional risks could have an adverse effect on our 
business, financial condition and operating results.

We generate substantially all of our revenue from operations in the United 
States. We may seek to expand our projects outside of the United States in 
the future. These operations will be subject to a variety of risks that we do 
not face in the United States, including risk from changes in foreign country 
regulations, infrastructure, legal systems and markets. Other risks include 
possible difficulty in repatriating overseas earnings and fluctuations in 
foreign currencies.

Our overall success in international markets will depend, in part, on 
our ability to succeed in different legal, regulatory, economic, social 
and political conditions. We may not be successful in developing and 
implementing policies and strategies that will be effective in managing 
these risks in each country where we decide to do business. Our failure 
to manage these risks successfully could harm our international projects, 
reduce our international income or increase our costs, thus adversely 
affecting our business, financial condition and operating results.

Loss of our 1940 Act exemptions would adversely affect 
us, the market price of shares of our common stock and 
our ability to distribute dividends.

We conduct our operations so that we are not required to register as an 
investment company under the 1940 Act. Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the 1940 
Act defines an investment company as any issuer that is or holds itself 
out as being engaged primarily in the business of investing, reinvesting 
or trading in securities. Section 3(a)(1)(C) of the 1940 Act defines an 
investment company as any issuer that is engaged or proposes to engage 
in the business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in 
securities and owns or proposes to acquire investment securities having a 
value exceeding 40% of the value of the issuer’s total assets (exclusive of 
U.S. Government securities and cash items) on a non-consolidated basis, 
which we refer to as the 40% test. Excluded from the term “investment 
securities,” among other things, are U.S. Government securities and 
securities issued by majority-owned subsidiaries that are not themselves 
investment companies and are not relying on the exemption from the 
definition of investment company set forth in Section 3(c)(1) or Section 
3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act.

We conduct our businesses primarily through our subsidiaries and our 
operations so that we comply with the 40% test. The securities issued by 
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form in the future that are exempted from the definition of “investment 
company” based on Section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act, together 
with any other investment securities we may own, may not have a value 
in excess of 40% of the value of our total assets on a non-consolidated 
basis. Certain of our subsidiaries rely on or will rely on an exemption 
from registration as an investment company under the 1940 Act pursuant 
to Section 3(c)(5)(C) of the 1940 Act, which is available for entities 
which are not primarily engaged in issuing redeemable securities, 
face-amount certificates of the installment type or periodic payment plan 
certificates and which are primarily engaged in the business of purchasing 
or otherwise acquiring mortgages and other liens on and interests in 
real estate. This exemption generally requires that at least 55% of such 
subsidiaries’ portfolios must be comprised of qualifying assets and at least 
80% of each of their portfolios must be comprised of qualifying assets and 
real estate-related assets under the 1940 Act. Consistent with guidance 
published by the SEC staff, we intend to treat as qualifying assets for this 
purpose loans secured by projects for which the original principal amount 
of the loan did not exceed 100% of the value of the underlying real 
property portion of the collateral when the loan was made. We intend 
to treat as real estate-related assets non-controlling equity interests in 
joint ventures that own projects whose assets are primarily real property. 
In general, with regard to our subsidiaries relying on Section 3(c)(5)(C), 
we rely on other guidance published by the SEC or its staff or on our 
analyses of guidance published with respect to other types of assets to 
determine which assets are qualifying real estate assets and real estate-
related assets.

In addition, one or more of our subsidiaries qualifies for an exemption 
from registration as an investment company under the 1940 Act pursuant 
to either Section 3(c)(5)(A) of the 1940 Act, which is available for entities 
which are not engaged in the business of issuing redeemable securities, 
face-amount certificates of the installment type or periodic payment 
plan certificates, and which are primarily engaged in the business of 
purchasing or otherwise acquiring notes, drafts, acceptances, open 
accounts receivable, and other obligations representing part or all of the 
sales price of merchandise, insurance, and services, or Section 3(c)(5)(B) 
of the 1940 Act, which is available for entities primarily engaged in the 
business of making loans to manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers 
of, and to prospective purchasers of, specified merchandise, insurance, 
and services. These exemptions generally require that at least 55% of 
such subsidiaries’ portfolios must be comprised of qualifying assets 
that meet the requirements of the exemption. We intend to treat energy 
efficiency loans where the loan proceeds are specifically provided to 
finance equipment, services and structural improvements to properties 
and other facilities and renewable energy and other climate solutions 
projects or improvements as qualifying assets for purposes of these 
exemptions. In general, we also expect, with regard to our subsidiaries 
relying on Section 3(c)(5)(A) or (B), to rely on guidance published by 
the SEC or its staff, including reliance on a no-action letter obtained in 
connection with Sections 3(c)(5)(A) and 3(c)(5)(B) of the 1940 Act, 
or on our analyses of guidance published with respect to other types 
of assets to determine which assets are qualifying assets under the 
exemptions.

Although we monitor the portfolios of our subsidiaries relying on the 
Section 3(c)(5)(A), (B) or (C) exemptions periodically and prior to 
each acquisition, there can be no assurance that such subsidiaries will 
be able to maintain their exemptions. Qualification for exemptions from 
registration under the 1940 Act will limit our ability to make certain 
investments. For example, these restrictions will limit the ability of these 
subsidiaries to make loans that are not secured by real property or that 
do not represent part or all of the sales price of merchandise, insurance, 
and services.

There can be no assurance that the laws and regulations governing 
the 1940 Act, including the Division of Investment Management of 
the SEC providing more specific or different guidance regarding 
these exemptions, will not change in a manner that adversely affects 
our operations. For example, on August 31, 2011, the SEC issued a 
concept release (No. IC-29778; File No. SW7-34-11, Companies 
Engaged in the Business of Acquiring Mortgages and Mortgage-
Related Instruments) pursuant to which it is reviewing the scope of the 
exemption from registration under Section 3(c)(5)(C) of the 1940 
Act. While the SEC has yet to provide additional information on its 
position relating to these exemptions and timing of any future changes 
to the exemptions remain unknown, any additional guidance from 
the SEC or its staff from this process or in other circumstances could 
provide additional flexibility to us, or it could further inhibit our ability 
to pursue the strategies we have chosen. If we or our subsidiaries 
fail to maintain an exemption from the 1940 Act, we could, among 
other things, be required either to (1) change the manner in which 
we conduct our operations to avoid being required to register as an 
investment company, (2) effect sales of our assets in a manner that, or 
at a time when, we would not otherwise choose to do so or (3) register 
as an investment company, any of which could negatively affect our 
business, our ability to make distributions, our financing strategy and 
the market price for our shares of common stock.

We have not requested the SEC or its staff to approve our treatment of 
any company as a majority-owned subsidiary and neither the SEC nor its 
staff has done so. If the SEC or its staff were to disagree with our treatment 
of one or more companies as majority-owned subsidiaries, we would 
need to adjust our strategy and our assets in order to continue to pass 
the 40% test. Any such adjustment in our strategy could have a material 
adverse effect on us.

Rapid changes in the values of our assets may make it 
more difficult for us to maintain our qualification as a 
REIT or our exemption from the 1940 Act.

If the market value or income potential of our assets changes as a result of 
changes in interest rates, general market conditions, government actions 
or other factors, we may need to adjust the portfolio mix of our real estate 
assets and income or liquidate our non-qualifying assets to maintain our 
REIT qualification or our exemption from the 1940 Act. If changes in 
asset values or income occur quickly, this may be especially difficult to 
accomplish. This difficulty may be exacerbated by the illiquid nature of the 
assets we may own. We may have to make decisions that we otherwise 
would not make absent the REIT and 1940 Act considerations.

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Risks related to our borrowings and hedging 

We use financial leverage in executing our business 
strategy, which may adversely affect the returns on our 
assets and may reduce cash available for distribution 
to our stockholders, as well as increase losses when 
economic conditions are unfavorable.

We use debt to finance our assets, including credit facilities, recourse 
and non-recourse debt, securitizations, and syndications. Changes in the 
financial markets and the economy generally could adversely affect one 
or more of our lenders or potential lenders and could cause one or more 
of our lenders, potential lenders or institutional investors to be unwilling 
or unable to provide us with financing or participate in securitizations or 
could increase the costs of that financing or securitization. Some of our 
borrowings will have a remaining balance when they come due. If we 
are unable to repay or refinance the remaining balance of this debt, or 
if the terms of any available refinancing are not favorable, we may be 
forced to liquidate assets or incur higher costs which may significantly 
harm our business, financial condition, results of operations, and our 
ability to make distributions, which could in turn cause the value of our 
common stock to decline. The return on our assets and cash available for 
distribution to our stockholders may be reduced to the extent that market 
conditions prevent us from leveraging our assets or increase the cost of 
our financing relative to the income that can be derived from the assets 
acquired. Increases in our financing costs will reduce cash available for 
distributions to stockholders. We may not be able to meet our financing 
obligations and, to the extent that we cannot, we risk the loss of some or 
all of our assets to liquidation or sale to satisfy the obligations.

An increase in our borrowing costs relative to the interest 
we receive on our assets may adversely affect our 
profitability and our cash available for distribution to 
our stockholders. Our borrowings may have a shorter 
duration than our assets.

As some of our borrowings will have a remaining balance at maturity, we 
may be required to enter into new borrowings at higher rates or to sell 
certain of our assets to repay the loan. Our credit facilities have rates that 
adjust on a frequent basis based on prevailing short-term interest rates. 
Increases in interest rates, or a flattening or inversion of the yield curve, 
reduce the spread between the returns on our assets which are typically 
priced using longer-term interest rates and the cost of any new borrowings 
or borrowings where the interest rate adjusts to market rates or is based on 
shorter-term rates. This change in interest rates would adversely affect our 
earnings and, in turn, cash available for distribution to our stockholders. In 
addition, as we may use short-term borrowings that are generally short-
term commitments of capital, lenders may respond to market conditions 
making it more difficult for us to obtain continued financing. If we are not 
able to renew our then existing facilities or arrange for new financing on 
terms acceptable to us, or if we default on our covenants or are otherwise 
unable to access funds under any of these facilities, we may have to curtail 
entering into new transactions and/or dispose of assets. We will face 
these risks given that a number of our borrowings have a shorter duration 
than the assets they finance.

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While we have an established Board-approved leverage 
limit, our Board may change our leverage limits without 
stockholder approval.

We are not restricted by any regulatory requirements to maintain our 
leverage ratio at or below any particular level. The amount of leverage 
we may deploy for particular assets will depend upon the availability of 
particular types of financing and our assessment of the credit, liquidity, 
price volatility and other risks of those assets and the credit quality of our 
financing counterparties. We have established leverage limits which are 
discussed in Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial 
Conditions and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources. 
However, our charter and bylaws do not limit the amount or type of 
indebtedness we can incur, and our Board has changed, and has the 
discretion to deviate from or change at any time in the future, our leverage 
policy, which could result in an investment portfolio with a different risk 
profile. We utilize non-recourse facilities on certain types of assets that 
have significantly higher leverage. On these facilities, the lenders’ primary 
recourse is to the pledged assets. If the value of the pledged assets is 
below the value of the debt or if we default on a facility, the lender would 
be able to foreclose on all the pledged assets, which would result in 
losses and reduce our assets and the cash available for distributions to 
stockholders. We may apply too much leverage to our assets or may 
employ an inefficient financing strategy to our assets.

The use of securitizations and special purpose entities 
exposes us to additional risks.

We hold securitized loans and often hold the most junior certificates or the 
residual value associated with a securitization. We have also established 
funds and special purpose entities through which we hold only a partial 
or subordinate interest or a residual value after taking into account our 
non-recourse debt facilities or a right to participate in the profits of such entity 
once it achieves a predefined threshold. As a holder of the residual value 
or other such interests, we are more exposed to losses on the underlying 
collateral because the interest we retain in the securitization vehicle or other 
entity would be subordinate to the more senior notes or interests issued to 
investors and we would, therefore, absorb all of the losses, up to the value 
of our interests, sustained with respect to the underlying assets before the 
owners of the notes or other interests experience any losses. In addition, 
the inability to securitize our Portfolio or assets within our Portfolio could 
hurt our performance and our ability to grow our business.

We also use various special purpose entities to own and finance our 
assets. These subsidiaries incur various types of debt, that can be used 
to finance one or more of our assets. This debt is typically structured as 
non-recourse debt, which means it is repayable solely from the revenue 
from the investment financed by the debt and is secured by the related 
physical assets, major contracts, cash accounts and in some cases, 
a pledge of our ownership interests in the subsidiaries involved in the 
projects. Although this subsidiary debt is typically non-recourse to us, 
we make certain representations and warranties or enter into certain 
guaranties of our subsidiary’s obligations or covenants to the non-recourse 
debt holder, the breach of which may require us to make payments to 
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support to the subsidiary in order to maintain rights to the project or 
otherwise avoid the adverse consequences of a default. In the event a 
subsidiary defaults on its indebtedness, its creditors may foreclose on the 
collateral securing the indebtedness, which may result in us losing our 
ownership interest in some or all of the subsidiary’s assets. The loss of our 
ownership interest in a subsidiary or some or all of a subsidiary’s assets 
could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition 
and operating results.

Our existing credit facilities and debt contain, and any 
future financing facilities may contain, covenants that 
restrict our operations and may inhibit our ability to grow 
our business and increase revenues.

Our existing credit facilities and debt contain, and any future financing 
facilities may contain, various affirmative and negative covenants, 
including maintenance of an interest coverage ratio and limitations 
on the incurrence of liens and indebtedness, investments, fundamental 
organizational changes, dispositions, changes in the nature of business, 
transactions with affiliates, use of proceeds and stock repurchases. In 
addition, the terms of our non-recourse debt include restrictions and 
covenants, including limitations on our ability to transfer or incur liens 
on the assets that secure the debt. For further information see Item 7. 
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results 
of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources.

The covenants and restrictions included in our existing financings do, and 
the covenants and restrictions to be included in any future financings may, 
restrict our ability to, among other things:

•  incur or guarantee additional debt;
•  make certain investments, originations or acquisitions;
•  make distributions on or repurchase or redeem capital stock;
•  engage in mergers or consolidations;
•  reduce liquidity below certain levels;
•  grant liens;
•  have a tangible net worth below a defined threshold;
•  incur operating losses for more than a specified period; and
•  enter into transactions with affiliates.
Our non-recourse debt limits our ability to take action with regard to the 
assets pledged as security for the debt. These restrictions, as well as any 
other covenants contained in any future financings, may interfere with 
our ability to obtain financing, or to engage in other business activities, 
which may significantly limit or harm our business, financial condition, 
liquidity and results of operations. Certain financing agreements also 
contain cross-default provisions, so that if a default occurs under any 
one agreement, the lenders under our other agreements could also 
declare a default. A default and resulting repayment acceleration could 
significantly reduce our liquidity, which could require us to sell our assets 
to repay amounts due and outstanding. This could also significantly harm 
our business, financial condition, results of operations, and our ability to 
make distributions, which could cause the value of our common stock to 
decline and adversely affect our ability to qualify, or remain qualified, 
as a REIT. A default will also significantly limit our financing alternatives 
such that we will be unable to pursue our leverage strategy, which could 
curtail the returns on our assets.

In addition, certain of our financing arrangements contain provisions 
that provide for a preference in cash flow allocations to the lender 
from our assets or an acceleration of principal payments owed when 
certain conditions are present related to the underlying assets that serve 
as collateral for the financing. These provisions may limit our ability to 
obtain distributions from the underlying assets and could impact our cash 
flow and expected returns.

We have issued senior unsecured notes that require us to maintain a 
certain amount of unencumbered assets as a part of our Portfolio, as 
well as to maintain certain debt coverage service ratios in order to issue 
additional notes. These provisions may limit our ability to leverage certain 
assets and limit our overall debt levels. 

We will have to pay off the remaining balance or 
refinance our borrowings when they become due. The 
failure to be able to pay off the remaining balance or 
refinance such borrowings or an increase in interest rates 
of such refinancing could have a material impact on our 
business.

Some of our borrowings will have a remaining balance when they 
become due. If our subsidiary is unable to repay or refinance the 
remaining balance of this debt, or if the terms of any available refinancing 
are not favorable, we may be forced to liquidate assets or incur higher 
costs which may significantly harm our business, financial condition, results 
of operations, and our ability to make distributions, which could cause 
the value of our common stock to decline.

The discontinuation of U.S. dollar London Interbank 
Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) may adversely affect our 
borrowing costs and the costs of any related hedging 
transactions.

The terms of our secured credit facilities refer to U.S. dollar LIBOR. As 
announced on March 5, 2021 by the ICE Benchmark Administration 
Limited (“IBA”) and the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority, the IBA will cease 
publishing the overnight, 1-month, 3-month, 6-month and 12-month settings 
of U.S. dollar LIBOR rates immediately after June 30, 2023. The Alternative 
Reference Rates Committee (“ARCC”), which was convened by the Federal 
Reserve Board and the New York Federal Reserve Bank, has identified the 
Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) as the recommended risk-free 
alternative rate for U.S. dollar LIBOR. The ARRC has also recommended 
the use of the CME Group’s computation of forward-looking SOFR term 
rates (“Term SOFR”), subject to certain recommended limitations on the 
scope of its use. In March 2022, the Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act 
was enacted at the federal level in the United States, pursuant to which 
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System has designated 
benchmark replacement rates based on SOFR for U.S. law governed 
legacy contracts that have no or insufficient fallback provisions. Some of 
our financing arrangements may not include robust fallback language 
that would facilitate replacing U.S. dollar LIBOR with a clearly defined 
alternative reference rate. We may not able to amend or refinance 
these credit facilities and interest rate hedge agreements prior to the 
discontinuation of U.S. dollar LIBOR, or applicable legislation or regulations 
may provide a benchmark replacement rate based on SOFR, a spread 
adjustment and conforming changes. Even when robust fallback language is 
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interest on our variable rate debt, including any version of SOFR or Term 
SOFR, plus any spread adjustment may not be economically equivalent 
to U.S. dollar LIBOR. In addition, market practices related to calculation 
conventions for replacement benchmark rates continue to develop and may 
vary, and inconsistent conventions may develop among financial products. 
Inconsistent use of replacement rates or calculation conventions among 
financial products could expose us to additional financial risks and increase 
the cost of any related hedging transactions. Furthermore, the transition away 
from U.S. dollar LIBOR may adversely impact our ability to hedge exposures 
to fluctuations in interest rates using derivative instruments. It is not possible to 
predict all consequences of the IBA’s plans to cease publishing U.S. dollar 
LIBOR, any related regulatory actions and the expected discontinuance of 
the use of U.S. dollar LIBOR as a reference rate for financial contracts. Any 
transition from LIBOR to alternative reference rates could result in financial 
market disruptions, hedging mismatches, or significant increases in our 
borrowing costs or the costs of any related hedging, any of which could 
have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial 
condition, and the market price of our common stock. 

We have borrowings which bear interest at a variable 
rate that is based on the SOFR, which may have 
consequences for us that cannot be reasonably predicted 
and may adversely affect our liquidity, financial 
condition, and results of operations.

We have borrowings which bear interest at a rate per annum that is based 
upon SOFR. Although SOFR has been endorsed by the Alternative Reference 
Rates Committee as its preferred replacement for LIBOR, it remains uncertain 
whether or when SOFR or other alternative reference rates will be widely 
accepted by lenders as the replacement for LIBOR. This may, in turn, impact 
the liquidity of the SOFR loan market, and SOFR itself. Since the initial 
publication of SOFR, daily changes in the rate have, on occasion, been 
more volatile than daily changes in comparable benchmark or market rates, 
and SOFR over time may bear little or no relation to the historical actual or 
historical indicative data and use of SOFR may result in interest rates and/
or payments that are higher or lower than the rates and payments that we 
might have experienced using LIBOR. Also, the use of SOFR based rates is 
relatively new, and there could be unanticipated difficulties or disruptions 
with the calculation and publication of SOFR based rates. In particular, 
if the agent under the CarbonCount®-Based Revolving Credit Facility 
determines that SOFR based rates cannot be determined or the agent or 
the lenders determine that SOFR based rates do not adequately reflect the 
cost of funding the SOFR loans, outstanding SOFR loans will be converted 
into ABR Loans (as defined in the CarbonCount®-Based Revolving Credit 
Facility). The possible volatility of and uncertainty around SOFR as a LIBOR 
replacement rate and the potential conversion to ABR Loans could result in 
higher borrowing costs for us, which would adversely affect our liquidity, 
financial condition, and results of operations.

We, or the projects in which we invest, enter into hedging 
transactions that could expose us to contingent liabilities 
or additional credit risk in the future and adversely 
impact our financial condition.

Subject to maintaining our qualification as a REIT, part of our strategy, 
or the strategy of the projects in which we invest, involves entering into 
hedging transactions that could require us to fund cash payments in certain 
circumstances (e.g., the early termination of the hedging instrument caused 

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by an event of default or other early termination event, or the decision by a 
counterparty to request margin it is contractually owed under the terms of 
the hedging instrument). The amount due would be equal to the unrealized 
loss of the open swap positions with the respective counterparty and 
could also include other fees and charges. These economic losses will 
be reflected in our, or the project’s, financial statements, and our, or the 
project’s, ability to fund these obligations will depend on the liquidity of 
our, or the project’s, assets and access to capital at the time, and the need 
to fund these obligations could adversely impact our financial condition.

Even though most swaps are cleared through a central counterparty 
clearinghouse, certain transactions could be executed bilaterally with 
a counterparty. We would remain exposed to our counterparty’s ability 
to perform on its obligations under each hedge and cannot look to the 
creditworthiness of a central counterparty for performance. As a result, 
if a hedging counterparty cannot perform under the terms of the hedge, 
we would not receive payments due under that hedge, we may lose 
any unrealized gain associated with the hedge and the hedged liability 
would cease to be hedged. While we would seek to terminate the 
relevant hedge transaction and may have a claim against the defaulting 
counterparty for any losses, including unrealized gains, there is no 
assurance that we would be able to recover such amounts or to replace 
the relevant hedge on economically viable terms or at all. In such case, 
we could be forced to cover our unhedged liabilities at the then current 
market price. We may also be at risk for any collateral we have pledged 
to secure our obligations under the hedge if the counterparty becomes 
insolvent or files for bankruptcy.

Furthermore, our interest rate swaps and other hedge transactions are 
subject to increasing statutory and other regulatory requirements and, 
depending on the identity of the counterparty, applicable international 
requirements. Recently, new regulations have been promulgated by U.S. 
and foreign regulators to strengthen the oversight of swaps, and any 
further actions taken by such regulators could constrain our strategy or 
increase our costs, either of which could materially and adversely impact 
our results of operations.

Additionally, applicable regulations require certain derivatives, including 
certain interest rate swaps, to be executed on a regulated market and 
cleared through a central counterparty. Unlike over-the-counter swaps, the 
counterparty for the cleared swaps is the clearing house, which reduces 
counterparty risk. However, cleared swaps require us to appoint clearing 
brokers and to post margin in accordance with the clearing house’s rules, 
which has resulted in increased costs for cleared swaps compared to 
over-the-counter swaps. Our over-the-counter hedges with swap dealers 
are subject to margin regulations which prescribe the required margin, 
limit eligible margin to cash and specified types of securities. These margin 
regulations have the effect, therefore, of increasing the costs of hedging 
and could induce us to limit our use of certain hedging transactions. 

Also, any mortgage real estate investment trust that trades in swaps may 
be considered a “commodity pool,” which would cause its operator to 
be regulated as a “commodity pool operator” (a “CPO”). Operators of 
mortgage REITs are currently exempt from CPO registration requirements, 
subject to certain qualification parameters. The need to operate within 
these parameters could limit the use of swaps and other commodity 
interests by us below the level that we would otherwise consider optimal 
or may lead to the registration of our company, our management team 
or our directors as commodity pool operators, which will subject us to 
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Moreover, the projects in which we invest, may enter into various forms 
of hedging including interest rate and power price hedging. To the extent 
they enter into such hedges, the financial results of the project will be 
exposed to similar risks as described above which could adversely impact 
our results of operations. Further, the hedges entered into by us or the 
projects in which we invest may not be effective which could adversely 
impact our economics. 

If we, or our projects, choose not to pursue, or fail to 
qualify for, hedge accounting treatment, our operating 
results under GAAP may be impacted because losses on 
the derivatives that we enter into may not be offset by a 
change in the fair value of the related hedged transaction. 

We, or our projects, may choose not to pursue, or fail to qualify for, hedge 
accounting treatment relating to derivative and hedging transactions. 

Risks related to our common stock 

An active trading market for our common stock may 
not continue, which could cause our common stock to 
trade at a discount and make it difficult for holders of our 
common stock to sell their shares.

Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). 
However, an active trading market for our common stock may not 
continue, which could cause our common stock to trade at a discount 
to historical prices. Some of the factors that have or in the future could 
negatively affect the market price of our common stock include:

•  our actual or projected operating results, financial condition, cash flows 

and liquidity or changes in business strategy or prospects;

•  changes in the mix of our investment products and services, including 

the level of securitizations or fee income in any quarter;

•  actual or perceived conflicts of interest with individuals, including our 

executives;

•  our ability to arrange financing for projects;
•  equity issuances by us, or share resales by our stockholders, or the 

perception that such issuances or resales may occur;

•  seasonality in construction and demand for our investments;
•  actual or anticipated accounting problems;
•  publication of research reports about us or the climate solutions industry;
•  changes in market valuations of similar companies;
•  adverse market reaction to any increased indebtedness we may incur 

in the future;

•  commodity price changes;
•  interest rate changes;
•  additions to or departures of our key personnel;
•  speculation or negative publicity in the press or investment community;
•  our failure to meet, or the lowering of, our earnings estimates or those 

of any securities analysts;

We, or our projects, may fail to qualify for hedge accounting treatment for 
a number of reasons, including if we, or our projects, use instruments that 
do not meet the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 815 
definition of a derivative, we, or our projects, fail to satisfy ASC Topic 815 
hedge documentation and hedge effectiveness assessment requirements 
or the hedge relationship is not highly effective. If we, or our projects, fail 
to qualify for, or choose not to pursue, hedge accounting treatment, our, 
or our projects, operating results may be impacted because losses on 
the derivatives that we, or our projects, enter into may not be offset by a 
change in the fair value of the related hedged transaction in our statement 
of operations presented under GAAP.

•  increases in market interest rates, which may lead investors to demand 
a higher distribution yield for our common stock, and would result in 
increased interest expenses on certain of our debt;
•  changes in governmental policies, regulations or laws;
•  failure to qualify, or maintain our qualification, as a REIT or failure to 
maintain our exemption from registration as an investment company 
under the 1940 Act;

•  price and volume fluctuations in the stock market generally; and
•  general market and economic conditions, including the current state of 

the credit and capital markets.

Market factors unrelated to our performance also have, and could in the 
future, negatively impact the market price of our common stock. One of 
the factors that investors may consider in deciding whether to buy or sell 
our common stock is our distribution rate as a percentage of our stock 
price relative to market interest rates. If market interest rates increase, 
prospective investors may demand a higher distribution rate or seek 
alternative investments paying higher dividends or interest. As a result, 
interest rate fluctuations and conditions in capital markets have, or in the 
future could, affect the market value of our common stock.

Common stock and preferred stock eligible for future sale 
may have adverse effects on our share price.

Subject to applicable law, our Board, without stockholder approval, 
may authorize us to issue additional authorized and unissued shares of 
common stock and preferred stock on the terms and for the consideration 
it deems appropriate.

We cannot predict the effect, if any, of future sales of our common stock 
or the availability of shares for future sales, on the market price of our 
common stock. Sales of substantial amounts of common stock or the 
perception that such sales could occur may adversely affect the prevailing 
market price for our common stock.

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We cannot assure you of our ability to make distributions 
in the future. If our portfolio of assets fails to generate 
sufficient income and cash flow, we could be required to 
sell assets, borrow funds, raise additional equity or make 
a portion of our distributions in the form of a taxable 
stock distribution or distribution of debt securities.

We are generally required to distribute to our stockholders at least 90% 
of our REIT taxable income (without regard to the deduction for dividends 
paid and excluding net capital gains) each year for us to qualify, and 
maintain our qualification, as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”). Our current policy is 
to pay quarterly distributions, which on an annual basis is expected to 
equal or substantially exceed 90% or more of our REIT taxable income. 
In the event that our Board authorizes distributions in excess of the income 
or cash flow generated from our assets, we may make such distributions 
from the proceeds of future offerings of equity or debt securities or other 
forms of debt financing or the sale of assets.

Our ability to make distributions may be adversely affected by a number of 
factors. Therefore, although we anticipate making quarterly distributions to 
our stockholders, our Board has the sole discretion to determine the timing, 
form and amount of any distributions to our stockholders. If our portfolio 
of assets fails to generate sufficient income and cash flow, we could be 
required to sell assets, borrow funds, raise additional equity or make a 
portion of our distributions in the form of a taxable stock distribution or 
distribution of debt securities. To the extent that we are required to sell 
assets in adverse market conditions or borrow funds at unfavorable rates, 
our results of operations could be materially and adversely affected. If we 
raise additional equity, our stock price could be materially and adversely 
affected. Our Board will make determinations regarding distributions 
based upon various factors, including our earnings, our financial condition, 
our liquidity, our debt covenants, maintenance of our REIT qualification, 
applicable provisions of the MGCL and other factors as our Board may 
deem relevant from time to time. We believe that a change in any one of 
the following factors could adversely affect our results of operations and 
impair our ability to make distributions to our stockholders:

•  our ability to make profitable investments;
•  margin calls or other expenses that reduce our cash flow;
•  defaults in our asset portfolio or decreases in the value of our portfolio;

Risks Related to Our Organization and Structure

Our business could be harmed if key personnel terminate 
their employment with us.

Our success depends, to a significant extent, on the continued services 
of our senior management team. We have entered into employment 
agreements with certain members of our senior management team. 
Notwithstanding these agreements, there can be no assurance that any 
or all members of our senior management team will remain employed by 
us. We do not maintain key person life insurance on any of our officers 
other than two policies we maintain for Mr. Eckel under which we are a 
beneficiary in the amount of approximately $500 thousand. The loss of 
services of one or more members of our senior management team could 
harm our business and our prospects.

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•  the cash flow we receive from our assets, including those subject to 

non-recourse debt; and

•  the fact that anticipated operating expense levels may not prove 

accurate, as actual results may vary from estimates.

As a result, no assurance can be given that we will be able to make 
distributions to our stockholders at any time in the future or that the level 
of any distributions we do make to our stockholders will achieve a market 
yield or increase or even be maintained over time, any of which could 
materially and adversely affect us.

In addition, all or a portion of the distributions that we make to our 
stockholders will be taxable as ordinary income, subject to a potential 
deduction equal to 20% of the amount of such dividends for taxable 
years beginning in 2018 and ending in 2025, which generally reduces 
the effective U.S. federal income tax rate applicable to such dividends. 
However, a portion of our distributions may be designated by us as long-
term capital gains to the extent that they are attributable to capital gain 
income recognized by us or may constitute a return of capital to the extent 
that they exceed our earnings and profits as determined for tax purposes. 
A return of capital is not taxable income but has the effect of reducing 
the basis of a stockholder’s investment in shares of our common stock.

Future offerings of debt or equity securities, which may 
rank senior to our common stock, may adversely affect 
the market price of our common stock.

Our present debt ranks, and any future debt would rank, senior to our 
common stock. Such debt is, and likely will be, governed by a loan 
agreement, an indenture, or other instrument containing covenants 
restricting our operating flexibility. Additionally, our convertible securities, 
and any equity securities or convertible or exchangeable securities that 
we issue in the future may have rights, preferences and privileges more 
favorable than those of our common stock and may result in dilution to 
owners of our common stock. We and, indirectly, our stockholders will 
bear the cost of issuing and servicing such debt or securities. Because our 
decision to issue debt or equity securities in any future offering will depend 
on market conditions and other factors beyond our control, we cannot 
predict or estimate the amount, timing, or nature of our future offerings. 
Thus, holders of our common stock will bear the risk of our future offerings 
reducing the market price of our common stock and diluting the value of 
their stock holdings in us.

Conflicts of interest could arise as a result of our structure.

Conflicts of interest could arise in the future as a result of the relationships 
between us and our affiliates, on the one hand, and our Operating 
Partnership or any partner thereof, on the other. Our directors and 
officers have duties to our company under applicable Maryland law in 
connection with our management. Our duties, as the general partner, to 
our Operating Partnership and our partners may come into conflict with 
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Under Delaware law, a general partner of a Delaware limited partnership 
owes its limited partners the duties of good faith and fair dealing. Other duties, 
including fiduciary duties, may be modified or eliminated in the partnership’s 
partnership agreement, except that conflict of interest transactions may still run 
afoul of implied contractual standards under Delaware law. The partnership 
agreement of our Operating Partnership provides that, for so long as we 
own a controlling interest in our Operating Partnership, any conflict that 
cannot be resolved in a manner not adverse to either our stockholders or 
the limited partners will be resolved in favor of our stockholders. We have 
not obtained an opinion of counsel covering the provisions set forth in the 
partnership agreement of our Operating Partnership that purport to waive or 
restrict our fiduciary duties that would be in effect under common law were 
it not for the partnership agreement of our Operating Partnership.

Additionally, the partnership agreement of our Operating Partnership 
expressly limits our liability by providing that neither we, as the general 
partner of the Operating Partnership, nor any of our directors or officers, 
will be liable or accountable in damages to our Operating Partnership, 
its limited partners or their assignees for errors in judgment, mistakes of 
fact or law or for any act or omission if the general partner, director or 
officer, acted in good faith. In addition, our Operating Partnership is 
required to indemnify us, our affiliates and each of our and their respective 
officers, directors, employees and agents to the fullest extent permitted 
by applicable law against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities 
(whether joint or several), expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ 
fees and other legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, settlements and 
other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or 
proceedings, civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, that relate to 
the operations of the Operating Partnership, provided that our Operating 
Partnership will not indemnify any such person for (1) willful misconduct 
or a knowing violation of the law, (2) any transaction for which such 
person received an improper personal benefit in violation or breach of 
any provision of the partnership agreement of our Operating Partnership, 
or (3) in the case of a criminal proceeding, the person had reasonable 
cause to believe the act or omission was unlawful.

Certain provisions of Maryland law could inhibit 
changes in control.

Certain provisions of the MGCL may have the effect of deterring a third 
party from making a proposal to acquire us or of impeding a change 
in control under circumstances that otherwise could provide the holders 
of our common stock with the opportunity to realize a premium over the 
then-prevailing market price of our common stock. We are subject to the 
“business combination” provisions of the MGCL that, subject to limitations, 
prohibit certain business combinations between us and an “interested 
stockholder” (defined generally as any person who beneficially owns 
10% or more of our then outstanding voting stock or an affiliate or 
associate of ours who, at any time within the two-year period prior to 
the date in question, was the beneficial owner of 10% or more of our then 
outstanding voting stock) or an affiliate thereof for five years after the most 
recent date on which the stockholder becomes an interested stockholder 
and, thereafter, impose fair price and/or supermajority stockholder voting 
requirements on these combinations. 

The “control share” provisions of the MGCL provide that, subject to certain 
exemptions, a holder of “control shares” of a Maryland corporation 
(defined  as  shares  which,  when  aggregated  with  all  other  shares 
controlled by the stockholder (except solely by virtue of a revocable 
proxy), entitle the stockholder to exercise one of three increasing ranges 
of voting power in electing directors) acquired in a “control share 
acquisition” (defined as the direct or indirect acquisition of ownership or 
control of issued and outstanding “control shares”) has no voting rights with 
respect to such shares except to the extent approved by our stockholders 
by the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of all the votes entitled to be 
cast on the matter, excluding votes entitled to be cast by the acquirer of 
control shares, our officers and our directors who are also our employees. 

The “unsolicited takeover” provisions of Title 3, Subtitle 8 of the MGCL 
permit our Board, without stockholder approval and regardless of what is 
currently provided in our charter or bylaws, to implement certain takeover 
defenses, some of which (for example, a classified board) we do not 
yet have.

As permitted by the MGCL, our Board has by resolution exempted from 
the “business combination” provision of the MGC business combinations 
(1) between us and any other person, provided, that such business 
combination is first approved by our Board (including a majority of our 
directors who are not affiliates or associates of such person), (2) the 
Predecessor and its affiliates and associates as part of our formation 
transactions and (3) persons acting in concert with any of the foregoing. 
Our  bylaws  contain  a  provision  exempting  from  the  control  share 
acquisition statute any and all acquisitions by any person of shares of 
our stock. There can be no assurance that our Board will not amend or 
revoke the exemption at any time.

Our authorized but unissued shares of common and 
preferred stock may prevent a change in our control.

Our charter permits our Board to authorize us to issue additional shares of 
our authorized but unissued common or preferred stock. In addition, our 
Board may, without common stockholder approval, amend our charter 
to increase the aggregate number of our shares of stock or the number 
of shares of stock of any class or series that we have the authority to issue 
and classify or reclassify any unissued shares of common or preferred 
stock and set the terms of the classified or reclassified shares. As a result, 
our Board may establish a series of common or preferred stock that could 
delay or prevent a transaction or a change in control that might involve 
a premium price for shares of our common stock or otherwise be in the 
best interest of our stockholders.

Our rights and the rights of our stockholders to take 
action against our directors and officers are limited, 
which could limit stockholder recourse in the event of 
actions not in our stockholders’ best interests.

Our charter eliminates the liability of our present and former directors and 
officers to us and our stockholders for money damages to the maximum 
extent permitted under Maryland law. 

Our  charter  authorizes  us,  and  our  bylaws  and  indemnification 
agreements entered into with each of our directors and executive 
officers require us, to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law, 
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ultimate entitlement to indemnification, to pay or reimburse defense costs 
and other expenses of each of our directors and officers in the defense of 
any proceeding to which he or she is made, or threatened to be made, 
a party or witness by reason of his or her service to us. As a result, we 
and our stockholders have rights against our directors and officers that 
are more limited than might otherwise exist and, in the event that actions 
taken by any of our directors or officers impede the performance of our 
company, your and our ability to recover damages from such director 
or officer will be limited. 

Our charter contains provisions that make removal of 
our directors difficult, which could make it difficult for our 
stockholders to effect changes to our management.

Our charter provides that, subject to the rights of holders of any series 
of preferred stock, a director may be removed with or without cause 
upon the affirmative vote of holders of at least two thirds of the votes 
entitled to be cast generally in the election of directors. Vacancies may 
be filled only by a majority of the remaining directors in office, even if 
less than a quorum. These requirements make it more difficult to change 
our management by removing and replacing directors and may prevent 
a change in control of our company that is in the best interests of our 
stockholders.

Risks related to our taxation as a REIT 

Qualifying as a REIT involves highly technical and 
complex provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, and 
our failure to qualify or remain qualified as a REIT would 
subject us to U.S. federal income tax and applicable 
state and local tax, which would negatively impact the 
results of our operations and reduce the amount of cash 
available for distribution to our stockholders.

We have elected to be treated, and qualify, as a REIT for U.S. federal 
income tax purposes. The U.S. federal income tax laws governing REITs 
are complex, and judicial and administrative interpretations of the U.S. 
federal income tax laws governing REIT qualification are limited. To 
qualify as a REIT and remain so qualified, we must meet, on an ongoing 
basis through actual operating results, various tests regarding the nature 
and diversification of our assets and our income, the ownership of our 
outstanding shares, and the amount of our distributions. Even a technical or 
inadvertent violation could jeopardize our REIT qualification. Our ability 
to satisfy the asset tests depends upon our analysis of the characterization 
and fair market values of our assets, some of which are not susceptible to 
a precise determination, and for which we will not obtain independent 
appraisals.

We received a private letter ruling from the Internal Revenue Service 
(“IRS”), which we refer to as the Ruling, relating to our ability to treat 
certain of our assets as qualifying REIT assets. We are entitled to rely on 
this Ruling for those assets which fit within the scope of the Ruling only to 
the extent that we have the legal and contractual rights described therein, 
we continue to operate in accordance with the relevant facts described in 
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Ownership limitations may restrict change of control 
or business combination opportunities in which our 
stockholders might receive a premium for their shares.

In order for us to qualify as a REIT for each taxable year after 2013, no 
more than 50% in value of our outstanding capital stock may be owned, 
directly or constructively, by five or fewer individuals during the last half 
of any calendar year, and at least 100 persons must beneficially own 
our stock during at least 335 days of a taxable year of 12 months, or 
during a proportionate portion of a shorter taxable year. “Individuals” 
for this purpose include natural persons, private foundations, some 
employee benefit plans and trusts, and some charitable trusts. To assist 
us in preserving our REIT qualification, among other purposes, our charter 
generally prohibits any person from directly or indirectly owning more 
than 9.8% in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive, 
of the aggregate outstanding shares of our capital stock, the outstanding 
shares of any class or series of our preferred stock or the outstanding 
shares of our common stock. These ownership limits could have the effect 
of discouraging a takeover or other transaction in which holders of our 
common stock might receive a premium for their shares over the then 
prevailing market price or which holders might believe to be otherwise 
in their best interests. Our Board has established exemptions from these 
ownership limits that permit certain institutional investors and their clients 
to hold shares of our common stock in excess of these ownership limits.

and to the extent such ruling is not inconsistent with the Real Property 
Regulations (as discussed in more detail below). As a result, no assurance 
can be given that we will always be able to rely on this Ruling.

In August of 2016, the Treasury Department and the IRS published 
regulations which we refer to as the Real Property Regulations relating 
to the definition of “real property” for purposes of the REIT income 
and  asset  tests  with  respect  to  our  taxable  years  beginning  after 
December 31, 2016. Among other things, the Real Property Regulations 
provide that an obligation secured by a structural component of a building 
or other inherently permanent structure qualifies as a real estate asset for 
REIT qualification purposes only if such obligation is also secured by a 
real property interest in the inherently permanent structure served by such 
structural component. This aspect of the Real Property Regulations has 
important implications for our qualification as a REIT since a significant 
portion of our REIT qualifying assets consists of receivables that are 
secured by liens on installed structural improvements designed to improve 
the energy efficiency of buildings and a significant portion of our REIT 
qualifying gross income is interest income earned with respect to such 
receivables.

The structural improvements securing our receivables generally qualify 
as “fixtures” under local real property law, as well as under the Uniform 
Commercial Code, or the UCC, which governs rights and obligations 
of parties in secured transactions. Although not controlling for REIT 
purposes, the general rule in the United States is that once improvements 
are permanently installed in real properties, such improvements become 
fixtures and thus take on the character of and are considered to be real 
property for certain state and local law purposes. In general, in the United 
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afford lenders who have secured their financings with security interests 
in fixtures with rights that extend not just to the fixtures that secure their 
financings, but also to the real properties in which such fixtures have been 
installed. By way of example only, Section 9-604(b) of the UCC, which 
has been adopted in all but two states in the United States, permits a 
lender secured by fixtures, upon a default, to enforce its rights under the 
UCC or under applicable real property laws. Although there is limited 
authority directly on point, given the nature of, and the extent to which, the 
structural improvements securing our receivables are integrated into and 
serve the related buildings, we believe that the better view is that the nature 
and scope of our rights in such buildings that inure to us as a result of our 
receivables are sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Real Property 
Regulations described above. In addition to the limited authority directly 
on point, two other important caveats apply in this regard. First, the Real 
Property Regulations do not define what is required for an obligation 
secured by a lien on a structural component to also be secured by a 
real property interest in the building served by such structural component. 
However, the initial proposed version of the Real Property Regulations, 
which never became effective, included a requirement that the interest 
in the real property held by a REIT be “equivalent” to the interest in a 
structural component held by the REIT in order for the structural component 
to be treated as a real estate asset. This requirement was ultimately not 
included in the final Real Property Regulations, in part in response to 
comments that such requirement may negatively affect investment in 
energy efficiency and renewable energy assets. We believe the deletion 
of this requirement implies that under the final Real Property Regulations, 
our rights in the building need not be equivalent to our rights in the 
structural components serving the building. Second, real property law is 
typically relegated to the states and the specific rights available to any lien 
or mortgage holder, including our rights as a fixture lien holder described 
above, may vary between jurisdictions as a result of a range of factors, 
including the specific local real property law requirements and judicial 
and regulatory interpretations of such laws, and the competing rights of 
mortgage and other lenders. We have applied the analysis described 
above in a number of states that have adopted Section 9-604(b) of the 
UCC. In addition, in states where Section 9-604(b) of the UCC has not 
been adopted, we apply the analysis described above based on the 
application of the local real property laws of that state to the extent that 
we have received advice from counsel in those jurisdictions that local 
real property law provides us with appropriate rights to the buildings in 
which the structural improvements securing our receivables have been 
installed. Furthermore, we have applied the analysis described above to 
certain receivables secured by liens on structural improvements installed in 
buildings located in certain U.S. installations outside of the United States, 
based on our view that such installations are subject to U.S. sovereignty 
and as a result the UCC applies in such installations. While a number of 
cases have addressed the rights of fixture lien holders generally, there 
are limited judicial interpretations in only a few jurisdictions that directly 
address the rights and remedies available to a fixture lien holder in the 
real property in which the fixtures have been installed. Such rights have 
been addressed in some cases that support our position and, in factual 
circumstances distinguishable from our own, in some cases where the 
courts have found these rights to be more limited. The resolution of these 
issues in many jurisdictions therefore remains uncertain. As a result of the 
foregoing, no assurance can be given that the IRS will not challenge our 
position that our receivables meet the requirements of the Real Property 
Regulations or that, if challenged, such position would be sustained.

The preamble to the Real Property Regulations provides that, to the extent 
a private letter ruling issued prior to the issuance of the Real Property 
Regulations is inconsistent with the Real Property Regulations, the private 
letter ruling is revoked prospectively from the applicability date of the Real 
Property Regulations. We do not believe that the Ruling is inconsistent 
with the Real Property Regulations because we believe the analysis in the 
Ruling was based on similar principles as the relevant portions of the Real 
Property Regulations, and accordingly we do not believe that the Real 
Property Regulations impact our ability to rely on the Ruling. However, 
no assurance can be given that the IRS would not successfully assert that 
we are not permitted to rely on the Ruling because the Ruling has been 
revoked by the Real Property Regulations.

If the IRS were to assert that a significant portion of our receivables do 
not qualify as real estate assets and do not generate income treated as 
interest income from mortgages on real property, we would fail to satisfy 
both the gross income requirements and asset requirements applicable 
to REITs. If this were to occur, we would be required to restructure the 
manner in which we receive such income and we may realize significant 
income that does not qualify for the REIT 75% gross income test, which 
could cause us to fail to qualify as a REIT.

In addition, our compliance with the REIT income and quarterly asset 
requirements also depends upon our ability to successfully manage the 
composition of our income and assets on an ongoing basis in accordance 
with existing REIT regulations and rules and interpretations thereof. 
Moreover, the IRS, new legislation, court decisions or other administrative 
guidance, in each case possibly with retroactive effect, may make it more 
difficult or impossible for us to qualify as a REIT. Our ability to satisfy the 
requirements to qualify as a REIT also depends in part on the actions of 
third parties over which we have no control or only limited influence, 
including in cases where we own an equity interest in an entity that is 
classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Thus, 
given the highly complex nature of the rules governing REITs, the ongoing 
importance of factual determinations, and the possibility of future changes 
in our circumstances, no assurance can be given that we will so qualify for 
any particular year. Further, differences in timing between the recognition 
of taxable income, our GAAP income and the actual receipt of cash may 
occur. For example, we may be required to accrue interest and discount 
income on debt securities or interests in debt securities before we receive 
any payments of interest or principal on such assets, and there may be 
timing differences in the accrual of such interest and discount income for 
tax purposes and for GAAP purposes.

If we fail to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year, and we do not qualify 
for certain statutory relief provisions, we would be required to pay U.S. 
federal income tax on our net taxable income, and distributions to our 
stockholders would not be deductible by us in determining our taxable 
income. In such a case, we might need to borrow money or sell assets 
in order to pay our taxes. Our payment of income tax would negatively 
impact the results of our operations and decrease the amount of our 
income available for distribution to our stockholders. Furthermore, if we fail 
to maintain our qualification as a REIT, we no longer would be required to 
distribute substantially all of our taxable income to our stockholders, which 
would leave our Board with more discretion over our future distribution 
levels. In addition, unless we were eligible for certain statutory relief 
provisions, we could not re-elect to qualify as a REIT for the subsequent 
four taxable years following the year in which we failed to qualify.

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Complying with REIT requirements may force us to 
liquidate or forego otherwise attractive investments, incur 
debt, or sell assets at inopportune times.

To qualify as a REIT, we must ensure that we meet the REIT gross income 
tests annually and that, at the end of each calendar quarter, at least 75% 
of the value of our total assets consists of cash, cash items, government 
securities, shares in REITs and other qualifying real estate assets. In addition, 
certain other limitations apply to the asset we may hold, which generally 
limit the concentration we may hold in assets that are not qualifying real 
estate assets. If we fail to comply with these requirements at the end of any 
calendar quarter, we must correct the failure within 30 days after the end of 
the calendar quarter or qualify for certain statutory relief provisions to avoid 
losing our REIT qualification and suffering adverse tax consequences. 

In addition, in order to qualify as a REIT, we must distribute to our 
stockholders, each calendar year, at least 90% of our REIT taxable income 
(including certain items of non-cash income), determined without regard 
to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gain. To the 
extent that we satisfy the 90% distribution requirement, but distribute less 
than 100% of our REIT taxable income, we will be subject to U.S. federal 
corporate income tax on our undistributed income. In addition, we will 
incur a 4% non-deductible excise tax on the amount, if any, by which our 
distributions in any calendar year are less than a minimum amount specified 
under U.S. federal income tax laws. We intend to distribute our taxable 
income to our stockholders in a manner intended to satisfy the REIT 90% 
distribution requirement and to avoid the 4% non-deductible excise tax.

These requirements may require us to liquidate from our portfolio, or 
contribute to a taxable REIT subsidiary (a “TRS”), otherwise attractive 
investments, and we may be unable to pursue investments that would be 
otherwise advantageous to us in order to satisfy the source of income or 
asset diversification requirements for qualifying as a REIT. These actions 
could have the effect of reducing our income and amounts available 
for distribution to our stockholders. In addition, if we are compelled to 
liquidate our assets, such as to repay obligations to our lenders, this 
could impact our qualification with the REIT requirements, and we may 
be required to take actions to satisfy the REIT income, asset, or distribution 
tests, or else fail to qualify as a REIT. No assurance can be provided that 
we will satisfy these requirements under all circumstances. Furthermore, 
in order to meet the REIT distribution requirements, we may be required 
to: (i) sell assets in adverse market conditions, (ii) raise debt or equity on 
unfavorable terms, (iii) distribute amounts that would otherwise be invested 
in future acquisitions, capital expenditures or repayment of debt, (iv) make 
a taxable distribution of our shares as part of a distribution in which 
stockholders may elect to receive shares or (subject to a limit measured 
as a percentage of the total distribution) cash or (v) use cash reserves, in 
order to comply with the REIT distribution requirements and to avoid U.S. 
federal corporate income tax and the 4% non-deductible excise tax. Thus, 
compliance with the REIT distribution requirements may hinder our ability 
to grow, which could adversely affect the value of our common stock.

Even though we qualify as a REIT, we may face tax 
liabilities that reduce our cash flow.

Even though we qualify for taxation as a REIT, we may be subject to 
certain U.S. federal, state and local taxes on our income and assets, 
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activities conducted as a result of a foreclosure, and state or local income, 
franchise, property and transfer taxes, including mortgage recording 
taxes. In addition, any TRSs we own are subject to U.S. federal, state 
and local corporate income or franchise taxes. In order to meet the REIT 
qualification requirements, or to avoid the imposition of a 100% tax that 
applies to certain gains derived by a REIT from sales of inventory or 
property held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of 
business, we may hold some of our assets through TRSs. Any taxes paid 
by such TRSs would decrease the cash available for distribution to our 
stockholders.

The failure of assets including mezzanine loans to qualify 
as real estate assets may adversely affect our ability to 
qualify as a REIT.

We may acquire mezzanine loans, which are loans secured by equity 
interests in a partnership or limited liability company that directly or 
indirectly owns real property. In IRS Revenue Procedure 2003-65, the 
IRS provided a safe harbor pursuant to which a mezzanine loan, if it 
meets each of the requirements contained in the Revenue Procedure, will 
be treated by the IRS as a real estate asset for purposes of the REIT asset 
tests, and interest derived from the mezzanine loan will be treated as 
qualifying mortgage interest for purposes of the REIT 75% gross income 
test. Although IRS Revenue Procedure 2003-65 provides a safe harbor 
on which taxpayers may rely, it does not prescribe rules of substantive 
tax law. We may acquire mezzanine loans that may not meet all of 
the requirements for reliance on this safe harbor. In the event we own 
a mezzanine loan that does not meet the safe harbor, the IRS could 
challenge such loan’s treatment as a real estate asset for purposes of 
the REIT asset and income tests, and if such a challenge were sustained, 
we could fail to qualify as a REIT. Further, we invest in assets such as 
C-PACE bonds and assessments, that we believe are secured by real 
property for purposes of the REIT income and asset tests but with respect 
to which no authority is directly on point. If the IRS were to successfully 
assert that such C-PACE assets are not qualifying assets for purposes 
of the REIT gross asset tests or do not generate qualifying income for 
purposes of the 75% gross income test, our REIT qualification could be 
adversely affected.

Further, under certain circumstances, interest from debt instruments that 
are secured by real property and other property is required to be 
apportioned between qualifying real estate interest and nonqualifying 
interest based on the principal amount of the debt instrument and the fair 
market value of the underlying real property. If debt instruments that we 
hold were to generate a greater amount of nonqualifying interest than 
we anticipate, we could fail to satisfy the REIT gross income test, and 
could lose our REIT qualification or be required to pay a penalty tax to 
preserve our REIT compliance.

We may be required to report taxable income for 
certain investments in excess of the economic income we 
ultimately realize from them.

To the extent we acquire debt investments in the secondary market for 
less than their face amount, the amount of such discount will generally be 
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discount is generally accrued on the basis of a constant yield to maturity of 
a debt investment. Accrued market discount is reported as income when, 
and to the extent that, any payment of principal of the debt instrument 
is made, unless we elect to include accrued market discount in income 
as it accrues. Principal payments on certain loans are made monthly, 
and consequently accrued market discount may have to be included in 
income each month as if the debt investment was assured of ultimately 
being collected in full. If we collect less on the debt investment than our 
purchase price plus the market discount we had previously reported as 
income, we may not be able to benefit from any offsetting loss deductions.

Similarly, some of the debt investments that we acquire may have been 
issued with an original issue discount. We will generally be required to 
report such original issue discount based on a constant yield method and 
will be taxed based on the assumption that all future projected payments 
due on such debt investments will be made. If such debt investments turn 
out not to be fully collectible, an offsetting loss deduction will become 
available only in the later year that uncollectability is provable. In addition, 
in the event that any debt investments acquired by us are delinquent as to 
mandatory principal and interest payments, or in the event payments with 
respect to a particular debt investment are not made when due, we may 
nonetheless be required to continue to recognize the unpaid interest as 
taxable income as it accrues, despite doubt as to its ultimate collectability. 
While we would in general ultimately have an offsetting loss deduction 
available to us when such interest was determined to be uncollectible, 
the utility of that deduction could depend on our having taxable income 
in that later year or thereafter. Although we do not presently intend to, 
we may, in the future, acquire debt investments that are subsequently 
modified by agreement with the borrower. If such amendments are 
“significant modifications” under the applicable Treasury Regulations, 
we may be required to recognize taxable income as a result of such 
amendments. In addition, we may be required to accelerate our accrual 
for U.S. federal income tax purposes of certain items of income to the 
extent that we would otherwise recognize such items of income for U.S. 
federal income tax purposes later than we would report such items on 
our financial statements. Finally, we may be required under the terms of 
indebtedness that we incur with private lenders to use cash received from 
interest payments to make principal payments on that indebtedness, with 
the effect of recognizing income but not having a corresponding amount 
of cash available for distribution to our stockholders. These circumstances 
could affect our ability to satisfy the REIT distribution requirements.

The “taxable mortgage pool” rules may increase the 
taxes that we or our stockholders may incur and may 
limit the way we effect future securitizations.

Securitizations by us or our subsidiaries could result in the creation of 
taxable mortgage pools for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As a 
result, we could have “excess inclusion income.” Certain categories of 
stockholders, such as non-U.S. stockholders eligible for treaty or other 
benefits, U.S. stockholders with net operating losses, and certain U.S. 
tax-exempt stockholders that are subject to unrelated business income tax, 
could be subject to increased taxes on a portion of their dividend income 
from us that is attributable to any such excess inclusion income. In the case 
of a stockholder that is a REIT, a regulated investment company (a “RIC”), 
common trust fund or other pass-through entity, our allocable share of our 
excess inclusion income could be considered excess inclusion income of 

such entity. In addition, to the extent that our common stock is owned by 
U.S. tax-exempt “disqualified organizations,” such as certain government-
related entities and charitable remainder trusts that are not subject to tax 
on unrelated business income, we may incur a corporate level tax on a 
portion of any excess inclusion income. Because this tax generally would 
be imposed on us, all of our stockholders, including stockholders that 
are not disqualified organizations, generally will bear a portion of the 
tax cost associated with the classification of us or a portion of our assets 
as a taxable mortgage pool. A RIC, or other pass-through entity owning 
our common stock in record name will be subject to tax at the highest 
U.S. federal corporate income tax rate on any excess inclusion income 
allocated to their owners that are disqualified organizations. Moreover, 
we could face limitations in selling equity interests in these securitizations 
to outside investors, or selling any debt securities issued in connection with 
these securitizations that might be considered to be equity interests for 
tax purposes. Finally, if we were to fail to qualify as a REIT, any taxable 
mortgage pool securitizations would be treated as separate taxable 
corporations for U.S. federal income tax purposes that could not be 
included in any consolidated U.S. federal corporate income tax return. 
These limitations may prevent us from using certain techniques to maximize 
our returns from securitization transactions.

Our ownership of and relationship with our TRSs is 
limited and a failure to comply with the limits would 
jeopardize our REIT qualification and may result in the 
application of a 100% excise tax.

Overall, no more than 20% of the value of a REIT’s total assets may consist 
of stock or securities of one or more TRSs. In order to satisfy the TRS 
limitation, we may make loans to our TRSs that meet the requirements to 
be treated as qualifying investments of new capital, which are generally 
treated as real estate assets under the Internal Revenue Code. Because 
such loans are treated as real estate assets for purposes of the REIT 
requirements, we do not treat these loans as TRS securities for purposes 
of the TRS asset limitation. However, no assurance can be provided that 
the IRS may not successfully assert that such loans should be treated as 
securities of our TRSs, which could adversely impact our qualification as 
a REIT. In addition, our TRSs have obtained financing in transactions in 
which we and our other subsidiaries have provided guaranties and similar 
credit support. Although we believe that these financings are properly 
treated as financings of our TRSs for U.S. federal income tax purposes, 
no assurance can be provided that the IRS would not assert that such 
financings should be treated as issued by other entities in our structure, 
which could impact our compliance with the TRS limitation and the other 
REIT requirements. While we will be monitoring the aggregate value of 
the securities of our TRSs and intend to conduct our affairs so that such 
securities will represent less than 20% of the value of our total assets, 
there can be no assurance that we will be able to comply with the TRS 
limitation in all market conditions. 

Further, the TRS rules limit the deductibility of interest paid or accrued by 
a TRS to its parent REIT to assure that the TRS is subject to an appropriate 
level of corporate taxation. The rules also impose a 100% excise tax 
on certain transactions between a TRS and its parent REIT that are not 
conducted on an arm’s-length basis. 

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The tax on prohibited transactions limits our ability to 
engage in certain types of transactions, including certain 
methods of securitizing loans, which would be treated as 
sales for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

A REIT’s net income from prohibited transactions is subject to a 100% 
tax. In general, prohibited transactions are sales or other dispositions 
of property, other than foreclosure property, but including loans, held 
as inventory or primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of 
business. We might be subject to this tax if we were to sell or securitize 
loans in a manner that was treated as a sale of the loans as inventory 
for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Therefore, in order to avoid the 
prohibited transactions tax, we may choose not to engage in certain 
sales of loans, other than through a TRS, and we may be required to limit 
the structures we use for our securitization transactions, even though such 
sales or structures might otherwise be beneficial for us.

Complying with REIT requirements may limit our ability to 
hedge effectively.

The REIT provisions of the Internal Revenue Code may limit our ability to 
hedge our assets and operations. Under these provisions, any income 
that we generate from transactions intended to hedge our interest rate 
exposure will be excluded from gross income for purposes of the REIT 
75% and 95% gross income tests if (i) the instrument (A) hedges interest 
rate risk on liabilities used to carry or acquire real estate assets or certain 
other specified types of risk, or (B) hedges an instrument described in 
clause (A) for a period following the extinguishment of the liability or 
the disposition of the asset that was previously hedged by the hedged 
instrument, and (ii) such instrument is properly identified under applicable 

Treasury Regulations. Income from hedging transactions that do not meet 
these requirements will generally constitute non-qualifying income for 
purposes of both the REIT 75% and 95% gross income tests. As a result 
of these rules, we may have to limit our use of hedging techniques that 
might otherwise be advantageous or implement those hedges through a 
TRS. This could increase the cost of our hedging activities because our 
TRS would be subject to tax on gains or the limits on our use of hedging 
techniques could expose us to greater risks associated with changes in 
interest rates than we would otherwise want to bear. In addition, losses in 
our TRS will generally not provide any tax benefit to us, although subject 
to limitation, such losses may be carried forward to offset future taxable 
income of the TRS.

Legislative, regulatory, or administrative changes could 
adversely affect us.

The U.S. federal income tax laws and regulations governing REITs and 
their stockholders, as well as the administrative interpretations of those 
laws and regulations, are constantly under review and may be changed 
at any time, possibly with retroactive effect. No assurance can be given 
as to whether, when, or in what form, the U.S. federal income tax laws 
applicable to us and our stockholders may be enacted. Changes to the 
U.S. federal income tax laws and interpretations of U.S. federal tax laws 
could adversely affect an investment in our common stock.

Your investment has various U.S. federal income tax risks.

We urge you to consult your tax advisor concerning the effects of U.S. 
federal, state, local and foreign tax laws to you regarding an investment 
in shares of our common stock.

ITEM 1B.  UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

None.

ITEM 2.  PROPERTIES 

Our principal executive offices are located at One Park Place, Suite 200, Annapolis, Maryland 21401. Our telephone number is (410) 571-9860. 

ITEM 3.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS 

From time to time, we may be involved in various claims and legal actions in the ordinary course of business. As of December 31, 2022, we are not 
currently subject to any legal proceedings that are likely to have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows. 

ITEM 4.  MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

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PART II

ITEM 5.  MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER 

MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Market information
Our common stock is traded on the NYSE under the symbol “HASI.”

Holders
As of February 16, 2023, we had 165 registered holders of our common stock. The 165 holders of record do not include the beneficial owners of our 
common stock whose shares are held by a broker or bank. Such information was obtained from The Depository Trust Company.

Dividends
We intend to make regular quarterly distributions to holders of our 
common stock. Any distributions we make will be at the discretion of 
our Board and will depend upon, among other things, our actual results 
of operations. These results and our ability to pay distributions will be 
affected by various factors, including the net interest and other income 
from our Portfolio, our operating expenses and any other expenditures. 
See Item 1A. Risk Factors, and Item 7. Management’s Discussion and 
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, of this Form 
10-K, for information regarding the sources of funds used for dividends 
and for a discussion of factors, if any, which may adversely affect our 
ability to pay dividends. See Note 11 to our audited financial statements 
in this Form 10-K for details of our dividends declared in 2022 and 2021.

Stockholder return performance
The stock performance graph and table below shall not be deemed, 
under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, to be (i) “soliciting material” 
or “filed” or (ii) incorporated by reference by any general statement 
into any filing made by us with the SEC, except to the extent that we 
specifically incorporate such stock performance graph and table by 
reference.

The following graph is a comparison of the cumulative total stockholder 
return from December 31, 2017 to December 31, 2022 on our shares of 
common stock, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (the “S&P 500 Index”), 

Additionally, as we are subject to the REIT requirements to distribute at 
least 90% of our REIT taxable income, there is a minimum amount of 
distributions that we are required to make. The taxable income of the REIT 
can vary from our GAAP earnings due to a number of different factors, 
including, the book to tax timing differences of income and expense 
recognition from our transactions as well as the amount of taxable income 
of our TRSs distributed to the REIT. See Note 10 to our audited financial 
statements in this Form 10-K regarding the amount of our distributions that 
are taxed as ordinary income to our stockholders.

and peer group indices, including the FTSE NAREIT All Equity REIT Index, 
and Global X Renewable Energy Producers ETF. The graph assumes that 
$100 was invested at closing on December 31, 2017, in our shares of 
common stock, the S&P 500 Index, and the peer group indices and that 
all dividends were reinvested without the payment of any commissions. 
There can be no assurance that the performance of our common stock will 
continue in line with the same or similar trends depicted in the graph below. 

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Comparison of Cumulative Total Return
(HASI, S&P 500 Index, FTSE NAREIT All Equity REIT Index, and Global X
Renewable Energy Producers ETF)

$360

$320

$280

$240

$200

$160

$120

$80

2017
2017

2018
2018

2019
2019

2020
2020

2021
2021

2022
2022

HASI
FTSE NAREIT All Equity REIT Index

S&P 500
Global X Renewable Energy Producers ETF

Company or Index

12/31/2017

12/31/2018

12/31/2019

12/31/2020

12/31/2021

12/31/2022

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable 
Infrastructure Capital, Inc.

S&P 500 Index

FTSE NAREIT All Equity REIT Index

Global X Renewable Energy Producers ETF

Sources: Bloomberg L.P. 

$

100.00 $

84.63 $

149.85 $

308.62 $

265.19 $

150.97

100.00

100.00

100.00

95.61

95.94

93.75

125.70

123.42

128.49

148.81

117.15

162.72

191.48

165.51

141.90

156.77

124.27

120.18

Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers 
 The table below summarizes all of our repurchases of common stock during 2022.

Period

March 1 - March 31, 2022

May 1 - May 31, 2022

June 1 - June 30, 2022

August 1 - August 30, 2022

Total number
of shares
purchased(1)

Average price
per share

45,045 $

25,295

20

1,152

49.09

37.53

39.20

43.11

Total number of
shares purchased
as part of publicly
announced plans
or programs

Maximum number
of shares that may
yet be purchased
under the plans or
programs

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

(1)  During the year ended December 31, 2022, certain of our employees surrendered common stock owned by them to satisfy their tax and other compensation related withholdings associated with the 
vesting of restricted stock and restricted stock units. Non-controlling interest holders exchanged 2,777 OP units for the same number of shares of common stock during the year ended December 31, 
2022. The price paid per share is based on the closing price of our common stock as of the date of the exchange and withholding.

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ITEM 6. 

[RESERVED]

None. 

ITEM 7.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL 

CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and accompanying notes included in Item 8. Financial Statements 
and Supplementary Data, of this Form 10-K. Refer to ‘Item 7 -- Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations’ 
on our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 for a discussion of our results for the year ended December 31, 2020 and a comparison 
of our results of operations for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020. 

Overview
We invest in climate solutions developed or sponsored by leading 
companies  in  the  energy  efficiency,  renewable  energy  and  other 
sustainable infrastructure markets. We believe we are one of the first 
U.S. public companies solely dedicated to climate solutions. Our goal 
is to generate attractive returns from a diversified portfolio of project 
company investments with long-term, predictable cash flows from proven 
technologies that reduce carbon emissions or increase resilience to 
climate change.

We are internally managed, and our management team has extensive 
relevant industry knowledge and experience. We have long-standing 
relationships with the leading energy service companies (“ESCOs”), 
manufacturers,  project  developers,  utilities,  owners  and  operators 
that provide recurring, programmatic investment and fee-generating 
opportunities. Additionally, we have relationships with leading commercial 
and investment banks and institutional investors from which we are referred 
additional investment and fee generating opportunities.

We completed approximately $1.8 billion of transactions during 2022, 
compared to approximately $1.7 billion during 2021. As of December 31, 
2022, we held approximately $4.3 billion of transactions on our balance 

Market Conditions 
As a result of increasing global awareness of and aversion to climate 
change impacts, we believe the climate solutions markets in which we 
invest, and investment in climate solutions more broadly, will continue 
to grow as the impact of climate change increases. In January 2023, 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (“NOAA”) reported 
that globally, 2022 was the sixth warmest year on record, with ten of the 
warmest years on record having occurred since 2010.

In light of this trend, we expect the federal government to continue to 
build upon its recent efforts to support the industry for climate solutions. 
On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act (“IRA”) was signed into 
law, representing an unprecedented level of government support for the 
climate solutions industry as a whole. The IRA includes approximately 
$400 billion in federal funding for tax credits, consumer rebates, and 
other incentives that put the U.S. on a path to achieve the U.S.’s goal 
of reducing emissions 50 percent below 2005 levels by the end of the 
decade. Specifically, production tax credits (“PTCs”) and investment tax 
credits (“ITCs”) for certain wind and solar investments have been extended 

sheet, which we refer to as our “Portfolio.” For those transactions that we 
choose not to hold on our balance sheet, we transfer all or a portion of 
the economics of the transaction, typically using securitization trusts, to 
institutional investors in exchange for cash and/or residual interests in the 
assets and in some cases, ongoing fees. As of December 31, 2022, we 
managed approximately $5.5 billion in these trusts or vehicles that are 
not consolidated on our balance sheet. When we combine these assets 
with our Portfolio, as of December 31, 2022, we manage approximately 
$9.8 billion of assets, which we refer to as our “Managed Assets”.

Our investments take many forms, including equity, joint ventures, land 
ownership, lending, or other financing transactions. We also generate 
ongoing fees through off-balance sheet securitization transactions, 
advisory services, and asset management. We use borrowings as part of 
our strategy to increase potential returns to our stockholders and we have 
available a broad range of financing sources including non-recourse 
or recourse debt, equity and off-balance sheet securitization structures.

See Item 1. Business for a further discussion of our business, investing 
strategy, and financing strategy.

for at least ten years, which we believe will provide developers, operators, 
and investors significant runway for capital deployment. Importantly, these 
new tax credits transition to technology-neutral credits for projects that 
generate electricity with zero greenhouse gas emissions placed into 
service after 2024 and phase down upon the later of 2032 or when 
annual greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. electric sector fall 75 percent 
from 2022 levels. The PTCs and ITCs under the IRA are transferable, 
and also include energy community and low-income community adders 
incentivizing the installation of projects in markets traditionally underserved 
by the renewables industry. Further, the IRA provides incentives for 
domestic content production, energy storage, clean fuel production, 
clean transportation, and other climate solutions markets that support the 
expansion of our total addressable market. 

The IRA builds on the climate and clean energy investments provided 
in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (“IIJA”), signed into law by 
President Biden in November 2021. The IIJA provides billions of dollars 
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invest in new emissions reduction technologies, build out a domestic 
network of electric vehicle chargers, and strengthen the battery supply 
chain. Critically, the IIJA includes approximately $65 billion for energy 
and electric grid development, which will prove critical to integrating the 
next generation of renewable energy projects.

Relatedly, President Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act into law 
in August 2022, which provides more than $280 billion to bolster U.S. 
semiconductor capacity and research and development efforts for key 
emerging technologies over the next ten years. As McKinsey & Company 
noted in “The CHIPS and Science Act: Here’s what’s in it” published 
October 4, 2022, semiconductor shortages have been a key aspect of 
global supply chain pressures over the past 18 months, with the global 
supply chain approximately 2.5 standard deviations away from normal 
operations. This new law is expected to help to alleviate such supply chain 
issues within our markets over time, as high-powered semiconductors play 
a key role in both renewable power generation and transmission of this 
power to the grid. 

In addition to these laws, President Biden has taken several executive 
actions aimed at accelerating the clean energy economy. In June 2022, 
President Biden issued an executive order authorizing use of the Defense 
Production Act to accelerate domestic production of clean energy 
technologies,  including  solar  panel  parts.  In  December  2022,  the 
President Biden announced the first-ever Federal Building Performance 
Standard, setting a goal of reducing energy usage and electrifying 
equipment and appliances in 30 percent of the building space owned by 
the federal government by 2030. This action represents another important 
step in meeting President Biden’s goal of achieving net-zero emissions in 
all federal buildings by 2045. The Federal Building Performance Standard 
follows a December 2021 executive order, signed by President Biden, 
that commits the federal government to achieving 100 percent carbon 
pollution-free electricity and a net-zero emissions building portfolio 
by 2045, including a 50 percent emissions reduction from buildings, 
campuses, and installations by 2032 from 2008 levels.

Each of these actions by the federal government represent unprecedented 
support for the climate solutions markets that we serve. While we are 
not dependent on the support of the federal government to achieve 
our financial results, we welcome these actions to further combat the 
impact of climate change. Corporates are also responding to climate 
change risks. The American Clear Power Association (“ACP”) noted in its 
“Clean Energy Powers American Business” report for 2022 that corporate 
sustainability targets as well as economic and environmental benefits 
have led to a 100-fold increase in corporate clean power procurement 
over the past decade. In 2022, despite rising PPA prices, ACP estimates 
that corporations purchased nearly 20 gigawatts of clean energy and 
contracted for more than 77 gigawatts of clean energy during the year. 

Factors Impacting our Operating Results
We expect that our results of operations will be affected by a number of 
factors and will primarily depend on the size of our Portfolio, including the 
mix of transactions which we hold in our Portfolio, the income we receive 
from securitizations, syndications and other services, our Portfolio’s credit 
risk profile, changes in market interest rates, commodity prices, federal, 

Corporations remain an integral component in removing carbon from 
energy markets through their own energy transition plans as well as the 
carbon within their supply chains. 

These positive industry trends coupled with the increasing environmental 
and economic imperative to reduce carbon emissions are expected 
to further broaden our investment opportunities. Investments in energy 
efficiency as a service allow organizations to avoid the upfront costs 
of efficiency investments by paying for efficiency-enabled cost savings 
as operating rather than capital expenses. In its Annual Energy Outlook 
2022, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (“EIA”) estimates that 
decreasing energy intensity resulting from energy efficiency improvements 
will continue until at least 2050 with declines in each end-use sector.

While we believe that the long-term growth prospects for our business 
remain positive, volatility in financial markets and higher inflation along 
with interest rate movements could impact the markets we serve. The 
Federal Reserve Board of Governors began increasing the federal funds 
rate (the rate at which banks lend to one another) on March 17, 2022 
for the first time since December 20, 2018. In total, the Federal Reserve 
increased the federal funds rate by 4.25 percent in 2022, as well as 
0.25 percent in 2023, and has signaled future increases and balance 
sheet reductions as necessary to reduce inflation to its 2 percent target. 
These actions, in additional to general market conditions, have increased 
the cost of financing available to the markets that we serve. See “Item 
7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk-Interest 
Rate and Borrowing Risks” for an analysis of the impact of rates on our 
business. To date, inflationary pressures have not had a material impact 
on our business. 

According to the EIA, the average annual Henry Hub natural gas price 
for 2022 was $6.45/MMBtu, an increase of 53 percent over 2021 
and a 14-year high. The EIA cites COVID-related issues as well as 
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as key contributors to the sharp increase in 
price during 2022. The EIA’s outlook for 2023 is for an average price 
of $4.90/MMBtu with an expectation that prices remain at nearly the 
same level in 2024. As wholesale electricity prices are closely tied to 
wholesale natural gas prices in many parts of the United States, higher 
natural gas prices have positively impacted, and are expected to continue 
to positively impact, renewable energy projects that sell wholesale power 
on a “merchant” basis at spot market prices. For more detail on commodity 
price impacts, see “Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures 
about Market Risk-Commodity Price Risk”. 

Notwithstanding any concerns that current market conditions have raised 
for our business, we believe significant opportunities exist for us to grow 
our business. As a long-term participant committed to providing capital 
for climate solutions, we plan to continue to fund projects that meet our 
underwriting standards and look for opportunities to expand our business.

state and/or municipal governmental policies, general market conditions 
in local, regional and national economies, our ability to qualify as a REIT 
and maintain our exemption from registration as an investment company 
under the 1940 Act and the impact of climate change.

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Portfolio Size

Credit Risks

The size of our Portfolio will be a key driver of revenue. Generally, as the 
size of our Portfolio on our balance sheet grows the amount of our revenue 
will increase. Our Portfolio may grow at an uneven pace as opportunities 
to originate new assets may be irregularly timed, and the timing and extent 
of our success in such originations cannot be predicted. To the extent the 
size of our Portfolio changes due to equity method investment activity, 
the income or loss from such investments will not be included in revenue 
but are reflected as income (loss) from equity method investments in our 
income statement and will vary over time. In addition, we may decide for 
any particular asset that we should securitize or otherwise sell a portion, 
or all, of the asset, which would result in gain on sale of receivables and 
investments or fee income as described below. The level of portfolio activity 
will fluctuate from period to period based upon the market demand for 
the capital we provide, our view of economic fundamentals including 
interest rates, the present mix of our Portfolio, our ability to identify new 
opportunities that meet our investment criteria, the volume of projects that 
have advanced to stages where we believe a transaction is appropriate, 
seasonality in our activities and in the various projects where we may 
provide debt or equity and our ability to consummate the identified 
opportunities, including as a result of our available capital. The level of our 
new origination activity, the percentage of the originations that we choose 
to retain on our balance sheet and the related income, will directly impact 
our interest and rental revenue and income from equity method investments.

Income from Securitization, Syndication and Other 
Services

We earn gain on sale of financial assets or fee income by securitizing 
or selling all or a portion of certain transactions. For transactions that 
we securitize via a non-consolidated trust, we recognize a gain on the 
securitization. The gain may be comprised of either or both cash received 
and a residual interest in securitized assets. We may also recognize 
additional income from servicing fees from these securitized assets over 
the life of the asset. We view the revenue from such activities as a valuable 
component of our earnings and an important source of franchise value.

In many cases, we arrange the securitization of the loan or other asset prior 
to originating the transaction and thus avoid exposure to credit spread and 
interest rate risks. In these cases, we avoid funding risks for these financings 
or other assets given that our securitization partners contractually agree to 
fund such assets before the origination transaction is completed.

We also generate fee income for syndications where we arrange 
financings that are held by other investors or if we sell existing transactions 
to other investors. In these transactions, unless we decide to hold a portion 
of the economic interest of the transaction on our balance sheet, we 
have no exposure to risks related to ownership of those financings. We 
may charge advisory, retainer or other fees, including through our broker 
dealer subsidiary. 

We source and identify quality opportunities within our broad areas 
of expertise and apply our rigorous underwriting processes to our 
transactions, which, we believe, will generally enable us to minimize our 
credit losses and maintain our current level of financing costs. In the case 
of various renewable energy and other sustainable infrastructure projects, 
we will be exposed to the credit risk of the obligor of the project’s PPA 
or other long-term contractual revenue commitments, as well as to the 
credit risk of certain suppliers and project operators. While we do not 
anticipate facing significant credit risk in our assets related to government 
energy efficiency projects, we are subject to varying degrees of credit 
risk in these projects in relation to payment guarantees provided by 
ESCOs that are required in the event that certain energy savings are not 
realized by the customer. We are also exposed to credit risk in our other 
projects that do not benefit from governments as the obligor such as on 
balance sheet financing of projects undertaken by universities, schools 
and hospitals, as well as privately owned commercial projects. We have 
extended mezzanine loans to various special purpose entities which own 
residential or community solar projects, and the ultimate repayment of 
those loans is dependent on the creditworthiness of the related residential 
obligors. As a result of investing in these and other mezzanine loans, 
we are exposed to additional credit risk. In certain instances interest is 
paid on our mezzanine loans in-kind, which increases our outstanding 
loan balances and causes the ultimate repayment of cash to occur later. 
We seek to manage credit risk through thorough due diligence and 
underwriting processes, strong structural protections in our transaction 
agreements with customers and continual, active asset management and 
portfolio monitoring. Nevertheless, unanticipated credit losses could occur 
and during periods of economic downturn in the global economy, our 
exposure to credit risks from obligors increases, and our efforts to monitor 
and mitigate the associated risks may not be effective in reducing our 
credit losses. See Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about 
Credit Risks for further information on our credit risks and see Note 6 to 
our audited financial statements in this Form 10-K for additional detail of 
the credit risks surrounding our Portfolio.

Changes in Market Interest Rates and Liquidity

Interest rate risk is highly sensitive to many factors, including governmental 
monetary and tax policies, domestic and international economic and 
political considerations and other factors beyond our control. We are 
subject to interest rate risk in connection with new asset originations 
and our borrowings, including our revolving credit facilities, and in the 
future, to the extent we choose to enter into any new floating rate assets, 
revolving credit facilities or other borrowings. See Item 7A. Quantitative 
and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk for further information on 
interest rates risks and liquidity. 

Commodity Prices

The total amount of income from securitizations, syndications, and other 
services will vary from quarter to quarter depending on various factors, 
including the level of our originations, the duration, credit quality and types of 
assets we originate, current and anticipated future interest rates, the impact 
on our leverage, the mix of our Portfolio and our need to tailor our mix of 
assets in order to allow us to qualify as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax 
purposes and maintain our exemption from registration under the 1940 Act.

When we make investments in a project that act as a substitute for an 
underlying commodity, we may be exposed to volatility in prices for 
that commodity. For example, the performance of renewable energy 
projects that produce electricity can be impacted by volatility in the 
market prices of various forms of energy, including electricity, coal and 
natural gas. This is especially true for utility scale projects that sell power 
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opposed to Behind-the-Meter projects which compete against the retail 
or delivered costs of electricity which includes the cost of transmitting and 
distributing the electricity to the end user. See Item 7A. Quantitative and 
Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk for further information on the 
impact of commodity prices.

Government Policies

We make investments in renewable energy projects that typically depend 
in part on various federal, state or local governmental policies that support 
or enhance the project’s economic feasibility. Such policies may include 
governmental initiatives, laws and regulations designed to reduce energy 
usage and impact the use of renewable energy or the investment in, 
and the use of, climate solutions. Policies and incentives provided by the 
U.S. federal government may include tax credits (with some of these tax 
credits that are related to renewable energy scheduled to be reduced 
or eliminated in the future), tax deductions, bonus depreciation, federal 
grants and loan guarantees, and energy market regulations. The value of 
tax credits, deductions and incentives and how they can be realized may 
be impacted by changes in tax laws, rates, or regulations.

Incentives provided by state and local governments may include an 
RPS or similar clean energy standard, which specify the portion of the 
power utilized by local utilities that must be derived from renewable or 
clean energy sources as well as the state or local government sponsored 
programs where the financing of energy efficiency or renewable energy 
projects is repaid through an assessment in the property tax bill in a 
program commonly referred to as PACE. Additionally, certain states have 
implemented feed-in or net metering tariffs, pursuant to which electricity 
generated from renewable energy sources is purchased at a higher 
rate than prevailing wholesale rates. Other incentives include tariffs, tax 
incentives and other cash and non-cash payments.

Governmental agencies, commercial entities and developers of climate 
solutions projects frequently depend on these policies and incentives 
to help defray the costs of various projects. Government regulations 
also impact the terms of third party financing provided to support these 
projects. If any of these government policies, incentives or regulations 
are adversely amended, delayed, eliminated, reduced, retroactively 
changed or not extended beyond their current expiration dates or there 
is a negative impact from the recent federal law changes or proposals, 
the operating results of the projects we finance and the demand for, and 
the returns available from our investments may decline, which could harm 
our business.

Impacts of Climate Change on our Future Operations 

As our business is focused on reducing carbon emissions and increasing 
resiliency to climate change, we are impacted by the effects of climate 
change and various related regulatory responses. In managing our 
business, we consider the potential impacts to our operations that may 
result in certain climate-related scenarios. We have implemented the 
recommendations of the TCFD, which provides a framework to consider 
and disclose our processes for managing the risks and opportunities 
associated with climate change. We have disclosed the components 
of the TCFD framework throughout this document. The following tables 
highlight our evaluation of potential impacts to our business in two climate 
related scenarios as well as our resilience to and strategy for handling 
the potential impacts. 

Transition Risks and Opportunities - We believe our Portfolio will be 
impacted by the transition risks and opportunities contemplated by the 
Paris Accords and the achievement of its objectives. 

Scenario 1 - Global action is taken to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels 

Considerations of and impact  
on our management strategy
We may identify more investment 
opportunities resulting from the 
increased REC value. In addition, to 
the extent that our investments become 
more valuable we would consider 
whether it would be more economical 
to our stockholders to either monetize 
the investment given the increase 
in value or continue to hold in our 
Portfolio and maximize our returns from 
adding additional leverage to our 
financing.

Assumption

Qualitative impacts

Quantitative impacts

If the overall price level of RECs 
increased by 5% we would not expect 
a material impact to the overall cash 
flows from our existing investments. 
This is largely due to the lower value 
of RECs in comparison to power 
prices in most of the markets where our 
investments are located. 

The price of Renewable 
Energy Credits (“RECs”) or 
similar structures increase as 
more aggressive renewable 
portfolio standards and 
corporate renewable energy 
targets are implemented

Increased expected cash flows and 
financial returns for certain of our 
investments to the extent the RECs are sold 
at higher market prices.

Increased debt/lease service coverage 
ratio for the obligors of our renewable 
energy debt investments and solar real 
estate leases that sell RECs at higher market 
pricing.

The resulting increase in cash flows may 
also allow us to apply greater financial 
leverage to these investments and enhance 
our profitability.

If there was a material increase in value 
associated with RECs, it is likely that more 
renewable energy projects would be 
developed in geographic areas where the 
RECs were more valuable, leading to more 
potential investment opportunities for us.

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Assumption

Qualitative impacts

Quantitative impacts

A carbon tax or similar 
carbon pricing mechanism is 
implemented by governmental 
authorities which may cause 
an increase to (i) power 
prices, (ii) operating costs for 
certain entities, and (iii) the 
competitiveness of renewable 
energy, energy efficiency and 
storage projects

Increased cash flows and financial returns 
from certain investments to the extent power 
is sold at higher market prices due to the 
increase in cost imposed on fossil fueled 
energy projects.

Increases in the debt/lease service 
coverage ratio for the obligors of our 
renewable energy debt investments and 
solar real estate leases that sell power at 
higher market pricing.

The resulting increase in cash flows may 
also allow us to apply greater financial 
leverage to these investments and enhance 
our profitability.

Increased energy cost savings from energy 
efficiency solutions.

Increased competitiveness of renewable 
energy projects with fossil fueled power 
plants, due to an increase in power prices.

An increase in the items mentioned above 
may increase the volume of assets available 
in which we can invest.

However, the implementation of a carbon 
tax may also have a negative impact 
on the financial health of utilities and 
corporate entities who also purchase 
power from renewable energy projects in 
which we have invested. The credit ratings 
of these entities may be downgraded 
due to additional operating expenses 
resulting from a carbon tax. A credit rating 
downgrade may reduce the amount of 
financial leverage we are able to utilize. 
If this were to occur, our overall profitability 
could decline.
Continued decreases in cost could make 
renewable energy, energy storage, and 
energy efficiency technologies more cost 
competitive. As a result, we may experience 
an increase in investment opportunities 
available to us.

A significant increase in 
research and re-development 
investment in renewable 
energy, energy storage, and 
energy efficiency technologies 
by public and private entities

Significant growth in positive 
public sentiment for climate 
solutions investment

Increased demand for investment in climate 
solutions may increase the volume of 
transactions in which we may invest, reduce 
our overall cost of capital and increase our 
profitability.

A portion of our Portfolio is exposed to 
changes in the market price of power. 
Whether it is due to sales of energy at 
the then current market price or through 
a re-contracting of fixed price power 
purchase agreements. 

Under a scenario where a carbon tax 
drives the price of power up by 10%, 
our existing GC equity investments 
may hit their preferred return targets 
earlier, resulting in a modest increase 
in our overall investment yield, 
compared to the current baseline 
scenario. Our existing BTM equity 
investments would experience a 2% 
increase in expected cash flows. 

We would not expect a material 
impact to our, renewable energy debt, 
solar real estate, or energy efficiency 
investments.

Considerations of and impact  
on our management strategy

In relation to new business, there is the 
potential that more competitors enter 
our markets and put pressure on our 
asset pricing strategies as renewable 
energy and energy efficiency projects 
become more cost competitive 
with fossil fuel electricity generation 
assets. We are constantly reviewing 
our pricing strategies and would 
continue to do so in this scenario to 
understand how we can continue to 
make investments with acceptable risk 
adjusted returns. 

In addition, to the extent that our 
investments become more valuable 
we would consider whether it 
would be more economical to our 
stockholders to either monetize the 
investment given the increase in value 
or continue to hold in our Portfolio 
and maximize our returns from adding 
additional leverage to our financing.

Given the nature of our business 
activities and focus on structuring 
transactions to meet the capital needs 
of our clients, it is difficult to reliably 
quantify the positive impact on our 
investment opportunities. However, 
we would expect to achieve accretive 
economics from this assumption. 

Given the nature of our business 
activities and focus on structuring 
transactions to meet the capital needs 
of our clients, it is difficult to reliably 
quantify the positive impact on our 
investment opportunities. However, 
we would expect to achieve accretive 
economics from this assumption. 

In the development of our investment 
strategies we would consider 
investment in different technologies 
that we may not have historically 
invested based upon the additional 
development and maturation gained 
through the prospective increase 
in research and development. 
Additionally, the lower cost of 
projects may influence the amount of 
investment we would make in each 
opportunity. 
An increased demand for climate 
solutions may increase competition 
and influence our pricing strategy. 
We would continue to review 
our pricing strategies with these 
opportunities.

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Assumption

Qualitative impacts

Quantitative impacts

Customer preference shifting 
to match electricity demand 
with carbon-free energy 
generation from resources on 
the same regional grids

Increased demand for climate solutions 
investment in particular regions increase the 
volume of transactions in which we may 
invest, reduce our overall cost of capital 
and increase our profitability.

Given the nature of our business 
activities and focus on structuring 
transactions to meet the capital needs 
of our clients, it is difficult to reliably 
quantify the positive impact on our 
investment opportunities. However, 
we would expect to achieve accretive 
economics from this assumption.

Scenario 2 - Global temperatures increase more than 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels 

Assumption

Qualitative impacts

Quantitative impacts

Given the nature of our business 
activities and focus on structuring 
transactions to meet the capital 
needs of our clients, it is difficult to 
reliably quantify the impact on our 
investment opportunities. However, 
we would expect to achieve 
accretive economics from this 
assumption.

Given the nature of our business 
activities and focus on structuring 
transactions to meet the capital 
needs of our clients, it is difficult to 
reliably quantify the positive impact 
on our investment opportunities. 
However, we would expect to 
achieve accretive economics from 
this assumption. 

We believe any mentioned impacts 
that are realized, are short-term in 
nature and we would not expect a 
material impact on our investments.

No meaningful government 
policy to shift the trajectory 
of global climate change

An increase in demand for 
climate change resiliency 
solutions

Greater variability and 
instability in the commodity 
markets

Given current trends, even without an 
increase in government support, we might 
expect increased demand for climate 
solutions due to the improving economics 
and cost competitiveness of these 
technologies.

Such growth in demand may increase 
the volume of investment opportunities 
available to us.

Flooding and storm surges may 
become more frequent, resulting in an 
increase in demand for storm water 
management assets.

Greater instability in the power grid may 
increase the demand for on-site and 
distributed power generation systems and 
battery storage.

If the above events occur, we may 
experience an increase in the volume of 
investment opportunities available to us.

Potential increases in the price of 
commodities (e.g., natural gas) due to 
climate change induced supply chain 
and transport disruptions, such as a major 
hurricane striking a series of gulf coast 
pipelines, may drive power prices higher, 
thus increasing financial returns from certain 
of our investments to the extent the power 
is sold at market prices rather than under 
fixed price contracts.

However, climate change-related 
impacts to the amount of potable water 
supplies, such as irregular rainfall and salt 
water intrusion, may drive increases in 
the price of water. These increases in cost 
may increase the demand for assets that 
increase water use efficiency, resulting in 
an increase in the volume of investment 
opportunities available to us.

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Considerations of and impact  
on our management strategy

Changing consumer preference 
can drive investments in renewable 
deployments in new areas to improve 
the localization of clean energy 
supplies and can drive development of 
multi-technology portfolios of intelligent 
generation and storage, both of which 
may increase the total investment 
opportunities available to us.

Considerations of and impact  
to our management strategy

The increased demand in climate 
solutions may increase competition 
and influence our pricing strategy.

The increased demand in climate 
solutions may increase competition 
and influence our pricing strategy.

We currently have risk management 
processes which include a recurring 
review of our investments through 
our portfolio management function 
to assess any increasing operational 
costs of our investments. For our 
Portfolio, we will actively manage 
the risk to make appropriate 
adjustments to budget approvals, 
operational approvals, and other 
asset management tasks. For 
any new investments, we make 
conservative assumptions to protect 
our investments from such types of 
pricing volatility and will continue to 
do so, including new assumptions 
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Physical Risks and Opportunities - Given the assessments of the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and other leading 
climate research organizations regarding the probability of a 1.5 Celsius increase in global temperature and serious climatic impacts even with the 
most aggressive emissions reduction initiatives, we believe our Portfolio will be impacted by physical risks regardless of the actions taken as discussed 
above. We assume the types of risks to which our Portfolio is exposed are similar under either Scenario 1 or 2 (albeit at varying degrees of severity). 

Scenario 1 - Global action is taken to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and 
Scenario 2 - Global temperatures increase more than 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

Assumption

Qualitative impacts

Quantitative impacts

Increased (i) flooding events 
due to heavier rainfalls and 
increased storm surge due 
to rising sea levels, (ii) the 
probability and severity of 
wildfires and (iii) increased 
frequency and severity of 
storms and other weather-
related events

Our existing investments in low lying areas 
are exposed to potential flooding events 
and other storm damage and such events 
may cause construction delays, operational 
shutdowns, and more significant site 
damage.

We would not expect a material risk 
to the cash flows from our investments 
as we typically require insurance 
coverage for these events where the 
project owner bears this cost. Refer to 
later discussion on the impacts of the 
increase in insurance costs.

A portion of our investments are located 
in high wildfire risk regions and are 
exposed to catastrophic damage from 
wildfire events. 

We would not expect a material risk 
to the cash flows from our investments 
as we typically require insurance 
coverage for these events where the 
project owner bears this cost. Refer to 
later discussion on the impacts of the 
increase in insurance costs.

Considerations of and impact  
to our management strategy

When underwriting our investments 
we negotiate structural protections to 
mitigate any loss we may incur from 
operations or inability of the projects 
to operate (this includes project 
insurance). For any new investment 
opportunities we would evaluate 
the exposure to rising sea levels and 
structure our investment terms such that 
we protect our invested capital. 

When underwriting our investments 
we negotiate structural protections to 
mitigate any loss we may incur from 
operations or inability of the projects 
to operate (this includes project 
insurance). For any new investment 
opportunities we would evaluate the 
exposure to wildfires and structure our 
investment terms such that we protect 
our invested capital. 

The potential impact of additional 
soiling of panels or ash clouds was 
assessed and is not expected to have 
a material impact on the cashflows 
and value of our portfolio.

To the extent this became a material 
issue we would seek out protections 
to mitigate any impact of this, such as 
adding panel washing requirements 
to contracts.

Solar energy assets that are not in the 
direct path of wildfires but are within 
the proximity thereof may have reduced 
power production due to ash soiling on the 
panels or reduced solar insolation due to 
ash clouds.

If the events above were to occur, we 
may experience reduced cash flows and 
financial returns from these investments, 
which may cause us to reduce the amount 
of financial leverage we utilize and cause a 
decline in our overall profitability. 

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Assumption

Qualitative impacts

Quantitative impacts

Considerations of and impact  
to our management strategy

When underwriting our investment 
opportunities we make conservative 
assumptions regarding performance 
and operational expenses that 
protect our returns from some level of 
unexpected performance or operation 
issues in the future. We will continue to 
adjust our assumptions as additional 
risks and severity of climate risk are 
assessed. We actively manage 
our Portfolio to preemptively and 
proactively address any operational 
or maintenance issues. 

Solar portfolio production can be 
affected by an increase in global 
temperature depending on the 
geography. High temperatures have 
a significant efficiency impact on 
wind turbines as high temperature 
faults create more wear and tear 
on equipment. If production of these 
GC assets decreases by 5% the 
cash flows from those investments 
would be expected to decrease by 
approximately 8%.

We would not expect a material 
impact on our renewable energy debt, 
solar real estate and energy efficiency 
investments. 

An increase in operating expenses 
would result and if there was 5% 
higher operating expenses the cash 
flows from our wind equity investments 
would be expected to decrease 
by 5%.

If there were both a decrease in 
production of 5% and higher operating 
expenses of 5% our cash flows from 
our wind equity and solar equity 
investments would be expected to 
decline by 15% and 6%, respectively. 
We would not expect a material 
impact on our renewable energy debt, 
solar real estate and energy efficiency 
investments.

The impact of water scarcity and 
increased prices to our Portfolio is not 
expected to have a material impact on 
the cash flows of our investments. 

To the extent this becomes a material 
matter we would seek out protections 
to mitigate any impact of additional 
water related costs. 

The increased demand in these 
projects may increase competition and 
influence our pricing strategy.

Operational performance of 
the projects in which we invest 
are impacted by the global 
temperature increase

A decrease in performance and power 
generation of the solar and wind energy 
assets related to our investments, as the 
performance of these assets vary based 
upon the ambient temperatures (in the case 
of solar) and air density (in the case of 
wind). Both conditions may be caused by 
increases in global temperatures. 

Increased wind variability and increased 
wear on wind turbine components, which 
may increase operating costs.

Increased operating costs and lower 
generation from the increase in 
temperatures may reduce our expected 
cash flows and financial returns from our 
investments, which may cause us to reduce 
the amount of financial leverage we 
utilize and cause a decline in our overall 
profitability. 

Water is used to clean the panels on solar 
energy assets to maintain their efficiency. 
An increase in water prices may reduce the 
cash flows and financial returns from our 
related investments, which may cause us to 
reduce the amount of financial leverage we 
utilize and cause a decline in our overall 
profitability.

Climate change related impacts to the 
amount of potable water supplies, such as 
irregular rainfall and salt water intrusion, 
may drive increases in the price of water. 
These increases in cost may increase the 
demand for assets that increase water use 
efficiency resulting in an increase in the 
volume of investment opportunities available 
to us. 

An increase in water scarcity 
potentially resulting in an 
increase in the price of water

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Assumption

Qualitative impacts

Quantitative impacts

An increase in the cost, or a 
change in the availability of 
insurance

In anticipation of climate change related 
physical risks, projects related to our 
investments in particularly vulnerable 
regions, such as low-lying coastal areas, 
may face increases in insurance costs. 
An increase in insurance costs may reduce 
the cash flows and financial returns from 
these investments and may cause us to 
reduce the amount of financial leverage 
we utilize and cause a decline in our 
overall profitability.

Insurance policies are executed on 
an annual basis and in some regions 
the price of insurance could increase 
such that the cashflow and value of 
our projects in high risk geographic 
regions are affected. This increase in 
insurance cost would drive an increase 
in total operating expenses. We have 
estimated that an increase in operating 
expenses of 5% would be expected 
to reduce our cash flows from solar 
equity projects by 1%. 

We would not expect a material 
impact on our wind equity, renewable 
energy debt, solar real estate and 
energy efficiency investments. 

Considerations of and impact  
to our management strategy

We require that the projects in which 
we invest are insured against casualty 
events that could impact our cash 
distributions. We continually evaluate 
whether there are superior asset 
or portfolio level policies that are 
available that optimize our insurance 
coverage and premium costs.

Critical Accounting Policies and Use of Estimates
Our financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP, which 
requires the use of estimates and assumptions that involve the exercise of 
judgment and use of assumptions as to future uncertainties. The following 
discussion addresses the accounting policies that we use including areas 
that involve the use of significant estimates. Our most critical accounting 
policies involve decisions and assessments that could affect our reported 
assets and liabilities, as well as our reported revenues and expenses. 
We believe that all of the decisions and assessments upon which our 
financial statements are based are reasonable at the time made and based 
upon information available to us at that time. Our critical accounting policies 
and accounting estimates may be expanded over time. Those material 
accounting policies and estimates that we expect to be most critical to an 
investor’s understanding of our financial results and condition and require 
complex management judgment are discussed below. See Note 2 to 
our audited financial statements in this Form 10-K for further details on our 
accounting policies. We evaluate our critical accounting estimates and 
judgments on an ongoing basis and update them, as necessary, based 
on changing conditions.

We have identified the following accounting policies as critical because 
they require significant judgments and assumptions about highly complex 
and inherently uncertain matters and the use of reasonably different 
estimates and assumptions could have a material impact on our reported 
results of operations or financial condition. 

Consolidation 

We account for our investment in entities that are considered voting or 
variable interest entities under ASC 810, Consolidation. We perform 
an ongoing assessment and make judgments to determine the primary 
beneficiary of each entity as required by ASC 810, which includes an 
assessment of the type and degree of control we have over the entity. 
If we would conclude that certain of these entities should be consolidated, 
we would include the entities’ assets, liabilities and related activity in our 
financial statements, along with non-controlling interests related to the 

ownership of the other equity holders. Refer to discussion below relating 
to additional consolidation considerations related to the securitization of 
receivables. We further discuss our process for evaluating these judgments 
in Note 2 to our audited financial statements in this Form 10-K.

Equity Method Investments

For our non-consolidated equity investments, we generally determine 
our income allocations under the equity method of accounting based 
on  the  change  in  our  claim  on  net  assets  of  the  investee  entity  as 
reported by the investee using a method commonly referred to as the 
hypothetical liquidation at book value method or (“HLBV”). This method 
uses a hypothetical liquidation scenario that may require judgment in its 
application and could have a material impact on our reported financial 
results. Any changes in this method of application or in certain assumptions 
could either increase or decrease our net income and the carrying value 
of the assets accounted for under this method. We further discuss our 
process for applying this method of income allocations in Note 2 to our 
audited financial statements in this Form 10-K.

Impairment of our Portfolio

We evaluate the various assets in our Portfolio on at least a quarterly 
basis, and more frequently when economic or other conditions warrant 
such an evaluation, for delinquencies or other events that may indicate 
a potential impairment or specific consideration in the development of 
the allowance for credit losses. For our equity method investments and 
real estate, if an impairment charge is deemed appropriate it would be 
recorded in our income statement and reduce our net income. In addition, 
for our receivables, we make judgments about our expected losses 
related to the receivables in our Portfolio and record an allowance for 
credit losses on such receivables with a provision for loss on receivables in 
our income statement. We further discuss our process for evaluating these 
judgments in Note 2 to our audited financial statements in this Form 10-K. 

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Securitization of Financial Assets

We have established various special purpose entities or securitization 
trusts for the purpose of securitizing certain receivables or other debt 
investments. We make judgments, based in part, on supporting legal 
opinions, on whether these entities should be consolidated as a variable 
interest entity, as defined in ASC 810, Consolidation, and whether the 
transfers to these entities are accounted for as a sale of a financial 
asset or a secured borrowing under ASC 860, Transfers and Servicing. 
If we would conclude that certain of these special purpose entities or 
securitization trusts should be consolidated, we would include the assets 
and liabilities of the entity and their related activity in our financial 
statements. If sale accounting is not met in these transactions it would 

Results of Operations
For a comparison of our results of operations for the fiscal years ended 
December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, see “Part II, Item 7. 
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results 
of Operations” of our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year 
ended December 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on February 22, 2022. 

We completed approximately $1.8 billion of transactions during 2022, 
compared to approximately $1.7 billion during 2021. Our strategy 
includes holding a large portion of these transactions on our balance 
sheet. We refer to the transactions we hold on our balance sheet as of a 
given date as our “Portfolio”. Our Portfolio was approximately $4.3 billion 
as of December 31, 2022 and $3.6 billion December 31, 2021.

be treated as a secured borrowing rather than a sale in our financial 
statements, which would result in reduced revenue in the period in which 
an asset contributed to the trust and an increase in assets and non-recourse 
debt. We further discuss our process for evaluating these judgments in 
Note 2 to our audited financial statements in this Form 10-K. We also 
make assumptions regarding the fair value of our securitization assets in 
these transferred assets. If our determination of fair value is determined 
to be incorrect, our gain on sale of receivables and investments in our 
income statement and securitization assets on our balance sheet will be 
inaccurate. See Note 3 to our audited financial statements in this Form 
10-K for a discussion around fair value measurements. 

Portfolio

Our Portfolio totaled approximately $4.3 billion as of December 31, 
2022, and included approximately $2.4 billion of BTM assets and 
approximately $1.7 billion of GC assets. Approximately 43% of our 
Portfolio consisted of unconsolidated equity investments in renewable 
energy related projects. Approximately 48% consisted of fixed-rate 
government and commercial receivables and debt securities, which are 
classified as investments, on our balance sheet and approximately 9% 
of our Portfolio was real estate leased to renewable energy projects 
under long-term operating lease agreements. Our Portfolio consisted 
of over 340 transactions with an average size of $12 million and the 
weighted average remaining life of our Portfolio (excluding match-funded 
transactions) of approximately 17 years as of December 31, 2022.

The table below provides details on the interest rate and maturity of our receivables and debt securities as of December 31, 2022: 

(in millions)

Fixed-rate receivables, interest rates less than 5.00% per annum

Fixed-rate receivables, interest rates from 5.00% to 6.50% per annum

Fixed-rate receivables, interest rates from 6.50% to 8.00% per annum

Fixed-rate receivables, interest rates from 8.00% to 9.50% per annum

Fixed-rate receivables, interest rates greater than 9.50% per annum

Receivables(1)

Less: Allowance for loss on receivables

Receivables, net of allowance

Fixed-rate investments, interest rates less than 5.00% per annum

Fixed-rate investments, interest rates from 5.00% to 6.50% per annum

TOTAL RECEIVABLES AND INVESTMENTS

(1)  Excludes receivables held-for-sale of $85 million.

$

Balance

Maturity

122

348

728

313

520

2,031

 (41)

1,990

4

6

2023 to 2047

2024 to 2057

2024 to 2069

2025 to 2032

2024 to 2061

2035 to 2047

2047 to 2051

$

2,000

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The table below presents, for the debt investments and real estate related holdings of our Portfolio and our interest-bearing liabilities inclusive of our 
short-term commercial paper issuances and revolving credit facilities, the average outstanding balances, income earned, the interest expense incurred, 
and average yield or cost. Our earnings from our equity method investments are not included in this table. 

(dollars in millions)

Portfolio, excluding equity method investments

Interest income, receivables

Average balance of receivables

Average interest rate of receivables

Interest income, investments

Average balance of investments

Average interest rate of investments

Rental income

Average balance of real estate

Average yield on real estate

Average balance of receivables, investments, and real estate

Average yield from receivables, investments, and real estate

Debt

Interest expense(1)

Average balance of debt

Average cost of debt

Years Ended December 31,

2022

2021

2020

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

132

1,650

8.0%

1

13

4.4%

26

357

7.3%

2,021

7.9%

116

2,688

4.3%

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

106

1,301

8.1%

1

26

4.0%

26

358

7.2%

1,685

7.9%

106

2,300

4.6%

92

1,165

7.9%

2

58

4.2%

26

361

7.2%

1,584

7.6%

92

1,797

5.1%

(1)  Excludes loss on debt modification or extinguishment included in interest expense in our income statement.

The following table provides a summary of our anticipated principal repayments for our receivables and investments as of December 31, 2022: 

(in millions)

Payment due by Period

Total

Less than
1 year

1-5 years

5-10 years

More than
10 years

Receivables (excluding allowance)

$

2,031 $

Investments

10

26 $

—

263 $

1,146 $

1

—

596

9

See Note 6 to our audited financial statements in this Form 10-K for 
information on:

•  the Performance Ratings of our Portfolio, and

•  the receivables on non-accrual status.

•  the anticipated maturity dates of our receivables and investments 
and the weighted average yield for each range of maturities as of 
December 31, 2022,

•  the term of our leases and a schedule of our future minimum rental 
income under our land lease agreements as of December 31, 2022,

For information on our securitization assets relating to our securitization 
trusts, see Note 5 to our audited financial statements in this Form 10-K. 
The securitization assets do not have a contractual maturity date and the 
underlying securitized assets have contractual maturity dates until 2058.

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Comparison of the Year Ended December 31, 2022 to the Year Ended December 31, 2021 

(dollars in thousands)

Revenue

Interest income

Rental income

Gain on sale of receivables and investments

Fee income

Total revenue

Expenses

Interest expense

Provision for loss on receivables

Compensation and benefits

General and administrative

Total expenses

Income before equity method investments

Income (loss) from equity method investments

Income (loss) before income taxes

Income tax benefit (expense)

NET INCOME (LOSS)

Years ended December 31,

2022

2021

$ Change

% Change

$

134,656 $

106,889 $

26,245

57,187

21,649

239,737

115,559

12,798

63,445

29,934

221,736

18,001

31,291

49,292

(7,381)

25,905

68,333

12,039

213,166

121,705

496

52,975

19,907

195,083

18,083

126,421

144,504

(17,158)

27,767

340

(11,146)

9,610

26,571

(6,146)

12,302

10,470

10,027

26,653

(82)

(95,130)

(95,212)

9,777

$

41,911 $

127,346 $

(85,435)

26%

1%

(16)%

80%

12%

(5)%

2,480%

20%

50%

14%

—%

(75)%

(66)%

(57)%

(67)%

•  Net income decreased by approximately $85 million as a result of a 
$95 million decrease in income from equity method investments and a 
$27 million increase in total expenses, partially offset by a $27 million 
increase in  total  revenue and a $10  million decrease in income 
tax expense. These results do not include the Non-GAAP earnings 
adjustment related to equity method investments, which is discussed in 
the Non-GAAP Financial Measures section.

•  Interest and rental income increased by $28 million due to a larger 
portfolio. Gain on sale of receivables and investments and fee income 
decreased by $2 million primarily from a change in mix of assets being 
securitized, partially offset by increased fee income. 

•  Interest expense for the year decreased by approximately $6 million 
due to a one time $15 million loss on the redemption of the 2024 senior 
unsecured notes in the prior year which did not recur, offset partially by 
additional expense from a larger average outstanding debt balance. 
Provision for loss on receivables increased by $12 million compared 
to the prior period as the result of new loans and loan commitments 
made in the current year. 

•  Compensation and benefits increased by $10 million as a result of 
an increase in our employee headcount and compensation and 
the acceleration of share based compensation associated with the 
adoption of a new retirement policy. General and administrative 
increased by $10 million due to additional investment in corporate 
infrastructure and corporate governance expenses. 

•  Income from equity method investments decreased by $95 million, 
due to allocations of income in the prior period related to tax credits 
allocated to our investors which did not recur, as well as our current 
period allocation of unrealized mark to market losses on economic 
hedges used by some of our projects. Renewable energy projects 
often enter into contracts to minimize the impact of increasing power 

prices. These contracts serve as economic hedges where rising power 
prices cause the value of these contracts to decrease, which in our 
case is recognized through the project’s income statement under mark-
to-market accounting. As these economic hedges are settled over the 
life of the contracts, the projects will sell power at the higher market 
price, offsetting the loss recognized on the hedge. 

•  Income tax expense decreased by $10 million primarily due to lower 

pre-tax income.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

We  consider  the  following  non-GAAP  financial  measures  useful 
to  investors  as  key  supplemental  measures  of  our  performance: 
(1) distributable earnings, (2) distributable net investment income, and 
(3) managed assets. These non-GAAP financial measures should be 
considered along with, but not as alternatives to, net income or loss 
as measures of our operating performance. These non-GAAP financial 
measures, as calculated by us, may not be comparable to similarly named 
financial measures as reported by other companies that do not define 
such terms exactly as we define such terms. 

Distributable Earnings 

We calculate distributable earnings as GAAP net income (loss) excluding 
non-cash equity compensation expense, provisions for loss on receivables, 
amortization of intangibles, non-cash provision (benefit) for taxes, losses or 
(gains) from modification or extinguishment of debt facilities, any one-time 
acquisition related costs or non-cash tax charges and the earnings 
attributable to our non-controlling interest of our Operating Partnership. We 
also make an adjustment to our equity method investments in the renewable 
energy projects as described below. We will use judgment in determining 
when we will reflect the losses on receivables in our distributable earnings, 

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and will consider certain circumstances such as the time period in default, 
sufficiency of collateral as well as the outcomes of any related litigation. 
In the future, distributable earnings may also exclude one-time events 
pursuant to changes in GAAP and certain other adjustments as approved 
by a majority of our independent directors.

We believe a non-GAAP measure, such as distributable earnings, that 
adjusts for the items discussed above is and has been a meaningful 
indicator of our economic performance in any one period and is useful to 
our investors as well as management in evaluating our performance as it 
relates to expected dividend payments over time. As a REIT, we are required 
to distribute substantially all of our taxable income to investors in the form 
of dividends, which is a principal focus of our investors. Additionally, we 
believe that our investors also use distributable earnings, or a comparable 
supplemental  performance  measure,  to  evaluate  and  compare  our 
performance to that of our peers, and as such, we believe that the disclosure 
of distributable earnings is useful to our investors.

Certain of our equity method investments in renewable energy and 
energy efficiency projects are structured using typical partnership “flip” 
structures where the investors with cash distribution preferences receive a 
pre-negotiated return consisting of priority distributions from the project cash 
flows, in many cases, along with tax attributes. Once this preferred return 
is achieved, the partnership “flips” and the common equity investor, often 
the operator or sponsor of the project, receives more of the cash flows 
through its equity interests while the previously preferred investors retain an 
ongoing residual interest. We have made investments in both the preferred 
and common equity of these structures. Regardless of the nature of our 
equity interest, we typically negotiate the purchase prices of our equity 
investments, which have a finite expected life, based on our underwritten 
project cash flows discounted back to the net present value, based on 
a target investment rate, with the cash flows to be received in the future 
reflecting both a return on the capital (at the investment rate) and a return 
of the capital we have committed to the project. We use a similar approach 
in the underwriting of our receivables.

Under GAAP, we account for these equity method investments utilizing the 
HLBV method. Under this method, we recognize income or loss based on 
the change in the amount each partner would receive, typically based on 

the negotiated profit and loss allocation, if the assets were liquidated at 
book value, after adjusting for any distributions or contributions made during 
such quarter. The HLBV allocations of income or loss may be impacted by 
the receipt of tax attributes, as tax equity investors are allocated losses in 
proportion to the tax benefits received, while the sponsors of the project 
are allocated gains of a similar amount. The investment tax credit available 
for election in solar projects is a one-time credit realized in the quarter 
when the project is considered operational for tax purposes and is fully 
allocated under HLBV in that quarter (subject to an impairment test), while 
the production tax credit required for wind projects and electable for solar 
projects is a ten-year credit and thus is allocated under HLBV over a ten 
year period. In addition, the agreed upon allocations of the project’s cash 
flows may differ materially from the profit and loss allocation used for the 
HLBV calculations in a given period. We also consider the impact of any 
OTTI in determining our income from equity method investments.

The cash distributions for those equity method investments where we apply 
HLBV are segregated into a return on and return of capital on our cash flow 
statement based on the cumulative income (loss) that has been allocated 
using the HLBV method. However, as a result of the application of the 
HLBV method, including the impact of tax allocations, the high levels of 
depreciation and other non-cash expenses that are common to renewable 
energy projects and the differences between the agreed upon profit and 
loss and the cash flow allocations, the distributions and thus the economic 
returns (i.e. return on capital) achieved from the investment are often 
significantly different from the income or loss that is allocated to us under the 
HLBV method in any one period. Thus, in calculating distributable earnings, 
for certain of these investments where there are characteristics as described 
above, we further adjust GAAP net income (loss) to take into account our 
calculation of the return on capital (based upon the underwritten investment 
rate) from our renewable energy equity method investments, as adjusted to 
reflect the performance of the project and the cash distributed. We believe 
this equity method investment adjustment to our GAAP net income (loss) in 
calculating our distributable earnings measure is an important supplement 
to the HLBV income allocations determined under GAAP for an investor to 
understand the economic performance of these investments where HLBV 
income can differ substantially from the economic returns in any one period.

We have acquired equity investments in portfolios of renewable energy projects which have the majority of the distributions payable to more senior 
investors in the first few years of the project. The following table provides results related to our equity method investments for the last three years: 

(dollars in millions)

Income (loss) under GAAP

Distributable earnings

Return of capital/(deferred cash collections)

CASH COLLECTED(1)

Years ended December 31,

2022

2021

2020

$

$

$

31

132

26

158

$

$

$

126

104

(51)

53

$

$

$

48

55

102

157

(1)  Cash collected during 2022 includes $64 million of debt issuance proceeds from three of our equity method investees, the repayment of which we have guaranteed.

Distributable earnings does not represent cash generated from operating 
activities in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered as 
an alternative to net income (determined in accordance with GAAP), or 
an indication of our cash flow from operating activities (determined in 
accordance with GAAP), or a measure of our liquidity, or an indication 
of funds available to fund our cash needs, including our ability to make 

cash distributions. In addition, our methodology for calculating distributable 
earnings may differ from the methodologies employed by other companies 
to calculate the same or similar supplemental performance measures, and 
accordingly, our reported distributable earnings may not be comparable 
to similar metrics reported by other companies.

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We have calculated our distributable earnings for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020. The table below provides a reconciliation 
of our GAAP net income to distributable earnings:

(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

$

Per Share

$

Per Share

$

Per Share

Years Ended December 31,

2022

2021

2020

Net income attributable to controlling 
stockholders(1)

Distributable earnings adjustments

Reverse GAAP income from equity method 
investments

Add equity method investments earnings 
adjustment

Non-cash equity-based compensation charges

Non-cash provision for loss on receivables(2)

Loss (gain) on debt modification or 
extinguishment 

Amortization of intangibles

Non-cash provision (benefit) for taxes

Current year earnings attributable to non-
controlling interest

$

41,502

$

0.47 $

126,579 $

1.51 $

82,416

$

1.10

(31,291)

131,762

20,101

12,798

—

3,129

7,381

409

(126,421)

103,707

17,047

496

16,083

3,307

17,158

767

(47,963)

55,305

16,791

10,096

—

3,291

(2,779)

343

DISTRIBUTABLE EARNINGS(3)

$

185,791

$

2.08 $

158,723 $

1.88 $

117,500 $

1.55

(1)  The per share data reflects the GAAP diluted earnings per share and is the most comparable GAAP measure to our distributable earnings per share. 
(2) 

In  addition  to  these  provisions,  in  the  second  quarter  of  2022  we  wrote-off  two  commercial  receivables  with  a  combined  total  carrying  value  of  approximately  $8  million  which  represented 
assignments of land lease payments from two wind projects that we had originated in 2014 as a part of an acquisition of a large land portfolio. In 2017, the operator of the projects terminated the 
lease, at which time we filed a legal claim and placed these assets on non-accrual status. In 2019, we received a court decision indicating that the owners of the projects were within their rights under 
the contract terms to terminate the lease which impacts the land lease assignments to us, at which time we reserved the receivables for their full carrying amount. In the second quarter of 2022, we 
received a court decision indicating that our appeal was not successful, and accordingly wrote off the full amount of the receivable. We have excluded the write off from Distributable earnings due to 
the infrequent occurrence of credit losses as well as the unique nature of the receivables, as the assignment of land lease payments from wind projects represent a small portion of our total portfolio.
(3)  Distributable earnings per share are based on 89,355,907 shares, 84,268,341 shares and 75,588,286 shares for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively, which 
represents the weighted average number of fully-diluted shares outstanding including our restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, long-term incentive plan units and the non-controlling interest 
in our Operating Partnership. We include any potential common stock issuances related to share based compensation units in the amount we believe is reasonably certain to vest. As it relates to 
Convertible Notes, we will assess the market characteristics around the instrument to determine if it is more akin to debt or equity based on an expectation of the likelihood of conversion based on 
current conditions. If the instrument is more debt-like then we will include any related interest expense and exclude the underlying shares issuable upon conversion of the instrument. If the instrument is 
more equity-like and is more dilutive when treated as equity then we will exclude any related interest expense and include the weighted average shares underlying the instrument.

Distributable Net Investment Income 

We have a portfolio of investments in climate solutions that we finance using a combination of debt and equity. We calculate distributable net investment 
income as shown in the table below by adjusting GAAP-based net investment income for those distributable earnings adjustments that are applicable to 
distributable net investment income. We believe that this measure is useful to investors as it shows the recurring income generated by our Portfolio after 
the associated interest cost of debt financing. Our management also uses distributable net investment income in this way. Our non-GAAP distributable 
net investment income measure may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies. For further information, see the discussion 
above related to Distributable Earnings.

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The following is a reconciliation of our GAAP-based net investment income to our distributable net investment income for the years ended December 31, 
2022, 2021 and 2020: 

(in thousands)

Interest income

Rental income

GAAP-based investment revenue

Interest expense

GAAP-based net investment income

Equity method earnings adjustment

Loss (gain) on debt modification or extinguishment

Amortization of real estate intangibles

Distributable net investment income

Years Ended December 31,

2022

2021

2020

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

134,656

26,245

160,901

115,559

45,342

131,762

—

3,061

$

$

$

106,889

25,905

132,794

121,705

11,089

103,707

16,083

3,089

180,165

$

133,968

$

95,559

25,878

121,437

92,182

29,255

55,305

—

3,089

87,649

Managed Assets

As we both consolidate assets on our balance sheet and securitize 
assets off-balance sheet, certain of our receivables and other assets 
are not reflected on our balance sheet where we may have a residual 
interest in the performance of the investment, such as servicing rights or 
a retained interest in cash flows. Thus, we present our investments on 
a non-GAAP “Managed Assets” basis, which assumes that securitized 

receivables are not sold. We believe that our Managed Asset information 
is useful to investors because it portrays the amount of both on- and off-
balance sheet receivables that we manage, which enables investors to 
understand and evaluate the credit performance associated with our 
portfolio of receivables, investments and residual assets in off-balance 
sheet securitized receivables. Our management also uses Managed 
Assets in this way. Our non-GAAP Managed Assets measure may not 
be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies. 

The following is a reconciliation of our GAAP-based Portfolio to our Managed Assets as of December 31, 2022 and 2021:

(dollars in millions)

Equity method investments

Commercial receivables, net of allowance

Government receivables

Receivables held-for-sale

Real estate

Investments

GAAP-based Portfolio

Assets held in securitization trusts

Managed assets

As of December 31,

2022

2021

$

1,870

$

1,887

103

85

353

10

4,308

5,486

$

9,794

$

1,760

1,299

125

22

356

18

3,580

5,199

8,779

Other Measures and Metrics

Portfolio Yield 
We calculate portfolio yield as the weighted average underwritten yield 
of the investments in our Portfolio as of the end of the period. Underwritten 
yield is the rate at which we discount the expected cash flows from the 
assets in our Portfolio to determine our purchase price. In calculating 
underwritten yield, we make certain assumptions, including the timing and 
amounts of cash flows generated by our investments, which may differ 
from actual results, and may update this yield to reflect our most current 
estimates of project performance. We believe that portfolio yield provides 
an additional metric to understand certain characteristics of our Portfolio 

as of a point in time. Our management uses portfolio yield this way and 
we believe that our investors use it in a similar fashion to evaluate certain 
characteristics of our Portfolio compared to our peers, and as such, we 
believe that the disclosure of portfolio yield is useful to our investors.

Our Portfolio totaled approximately $4.3 billion as of December 31, 
2022. Unlevered portfolio yield was 7.5% as of December 31, 2022 and 
7.5% as of December 31, 2021. See Note 6 to our financial statements 
and MD&A - Our Business in this Form 10-K for additional discussion of 
the characteristics of our Portfolio as of December 31, 2022.

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Environmental Metrics 
As discussed in Item 1. Business, as part of our investment process, we 
calculate the estimated metric tons of CO2 equivalent emissions, or carbon 
emissions avoided by our investments by applying emissions factor data 
from the U.S. Government or the International Energy Administration to 
an estimate of a project’s energy production or savings to compute an 
estimate of metric tons of carbon emissions avoided. We then determine 
the metric tons of carbon emissions avoided per thousand dollars of 
investments, in a calculation we refer to as CarbonCount, which enables 
us to measure the impact our investments have on reducing carbon 
emissions. We estimate that our investments originated in 2022 will reduce 
annual carbon emissions by approximately 600 thousand metric tons, 
equating to a CarbonCount of 0.35.

In assessing our performance and results of operations, we also consider 
the impact of our operations on the environment. We utilize the carbon 
emissions categorizations established by the World Resources Institute 
Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Standards (“Standards”) to set 
goals and calculate our estimated emissions. The categorizations are 
as follows:

•  Scope 1 GHG emissions - Direct emissions - Emissions from operations 
that are owned or controlled by the reporting company. Due to the 
nature of our operations, we do not have Scope 1 GHG emissions.

•  Scope 2 GHG emissions - Indirect emissions - Emissions from the 
generation  of  purchased  or  acquired  energy  such  as  electricity, 
steam, heating or cooling, consumed by the reporting company. As we 
purchase power for our offices from renewable, zero-carbon energy 
sources, we do not have market-based Scope 2 emissions. 

•  Scope 3 GHG emissions - Indirect emissions - All other indirect 
emissions that occur in the value chain of the reporting company, 
including both upstream and downstream emissions. This includes 
the estimated emissions associated with employee commuting and 
business travel. 

The table below illustrates our goals and performance for 2022 in metric tons (“MT”). 

Category

Scope 1 GHG emissions

Scope 2 GHG emissions

Scope 3 GHG emissions

Goal 

0 MT

0 MT

0 MT2

Performance

0 MT

0 MT1

< 500 MT2

(1)  Performance stated is market-based. 
(2)  Our stated actual performance and goal for Scope 3 GHG emissions does not include the carbon emissions or the emissions reductions as a result of our investments. The first year estimated carbon 

emissions avoided as a result of our investments originated in 2022 are 600 thousand MT.

Human Capital Metrics 
As part of our broader human capital strategy, we monitor and disclose 
certain  metrics  which  help  us  understand  our  workforce  and  our 
progress in fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. As of 
December 31, 2022, we employed 112 people full-time, 2 person part-
time, and 10 people as independent contractors. The average tenure 
of our employees as of December 31, 2022, was approximately 4.18 
years, and more than 34% of our employees had been employed by us 
for more than 4 years. For the year ended December 31, 2022, we had 
a voluntary employee turnover rate of 7%. There were no retirements or 
resignations related to ill health. 

As discussed in Item 1. Business - Human Capital and Social Strategy, 
we are undertaking studies and are focused on continuing to increase 
the diversity of our workforce at all levels of our organization and are 
in the process of developing goals to enhance diversity and inclusion. 
These metrics are and will continue to be actively managed and will be 
reported along with the results of the studies to our executive leadership 
as well as our Board. 

Metrics surrounding the diversity and inclusion of our workforce are 
shown below: 

Percentage of various levels of the workforce who identify as male or female as of December 31, 2022

WORKFORCE

36%
Female-
Identifying

64%
Male-
Identifying

MANAGERIAL
ROLES

40%
Female-
Identifying

60%
Male-
Identifying

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29%
Female-
Identifying

LEADERSHIP
TEAM

33%
Female-
Identifying

BOARD OF
DIRECTORS

71%
Male-
Identifying

67%
Male-
Identifying

Percentage of various levels of the workforce who identify as racial- or ethnic-minorities as of December 31, 2022

15%
Black or African
American

WORKFORCE

67%
White

8%
Hispanic or
Latino
9%
Asian
1%
Two or
More Races

7%
Black or African
American 7%

Hispanic
or Latino

LEADERSHIP
TEAM

86%
White

11%
Black or African
American

8%
Hispanic or Latino

MANAGERIAL
ROLES

11%
Asian

70%
White

11%
Black or African
American

11%
Hispanic or
Latino

BOARD OF
DIRECTORS

78%
White

Demographic data of promoted employees during the year ended December 31, 2022

36%
Female-
Identifying

GENDER
OF 2022
PROMOTEES

64%
Male-
Identifying

8%
Hispanic or
Latino

20%
Asian

2022
PROMOTEES
BY ETHNIC OR
RACIAL SELF-
IDENTIFICATION

72%
White

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Of both our workforce and our managerial roles, 3% represent as LGBTQ. In addition to diversity of gender and ethnic background, we also value 
diversity of thought, with 64% of our leadership team and 78% of our Board possessing degrees outside the fields of business or economics, including 
in science and engineering, liberal and fine arts, and law. 

Liquidity and Capital Resources
Liquidity is a measure of our ability to meet potential short term (within 
one year) and long term cash requirements. We carefully manage and 
forecast our liquidity sources and uses on a frequent basis. Our sources 
of liquidity typically include collections from our Portfolio, proceeds 
from sales and securitizations (including gains-on-sale), fee revenue, 
proceeds from debt transactions, and proceeds from equity transactions. 
Our uses of liquidity typically include operating expenses (including cash 
compensation), interest and principal payments on our debt, shareholder 
dividends, and funding investments. We maintain sufficiently available 
liquidity in the form of unrestricted cash and immediately available 
capacity on our credit facilities to manage our net cash flow.

We typically pay our operating expenses, including interest on our debt, 
and dividends from collections on our Portfolio and proceeds from sales of 
Portfolio investments. We use borrowings as part of our financing strategy 
to increase potential returns to our stockholders and have available to 
us a broad range of financing sources. We finance our investments 
primarily with non-recourse or recourse debt, equity and off-balance 
sheet securitization structures.

We have adequate liquidity as of December 31, 2022, with unrestricted 
cash balances of $156 million, an unsecured revolving credit facility 
with an unused capacity of $600 million, $16 million of available 
capacity in our secured revolving credit facilities, and $100 million of 
availability under our CarbonCount Green Commercial Paper Notes 
Program. During 2022 we issued $189 million in equity. In March 2022, 
$8 million of our 2022 Senior Convertible Notes were converted into 
282,678 shares of common stock, with the remaining notes redeemed 
for $0.5 million of cash. In April 2022, we issued $200 million principal 
amount of Senior Exchangeable Notes which mature in 2025, have a 
0.00% coupon and accrete to a premium at maturity at an effective rate 
of 3.25% annually. In November 2022, we entered into a $383 million 
term loan facility. As of December 31, 2022, we had $442 million of 
non-recourse borrowings, $1.8 billion of senior unsecured notes, and 
$344 million of convertible notes outstanding. 

We also continue to utilize off-balance sheet securitization transactions, 
where we transfer the loans or other assets we originate to securitization 
trusts or other bankruptcy remote special purpose funding vehicles that are 
not consolidated on our balance sheet. We have continued to complete 
off-balance sheet securitization transactions with large institutional 
investors such as life insurance companies. As of December 31, 2022, 
the outstanding principal balance of our assets financed through the use 
of these off-balance sheet transactions was approximately $5.5 billion.

In addition to general operational obligations, which are typically paid 
as incurred, and dividends, which are declared by our Board quarterly, 
we will have future cash needs related to the payments due at maturity on 
our Senior Unsecured Notes and loans under our Term Loan Facility and 
the balances of our short-term commercial paper issuances and revolving 
credit facilities. We also have maturities related to our non-recourse 
debt and Convertible Notes. However, as it relates to the non-recourse 
debt, to the extent there are not sufficient cash flows received from those 

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investments pledged as collateral, the investor has no recourse against 
other corporate assets to recover any shortfalls and corporate cash 
contributions would not be required. As it relates to the Convertible Notes, 
those obligations may be settled at maturity with the issuance of shares 
or with cash. For further information on our long-term debt, see Note 8 
to our financial statements of this Form 10-K. 

The maturity profile of these obligations (excluding non-recourse debt) 
are shown below:

Cash Maturities of Outstanding Debt

$1,100

$1,000

$900

$800

$700

$600

$500

$400

$300

$200

$100

$0

2023

2024

2025

2026

2027

2028

2029

2030

 Senior Unsecured Notes

Credit Facilities

Convertible Notes

Term Loans

We plan to raise additional equity capital and continue to use fixed 
and floating rate borrowings, which may be in the form of short-term 
commercial paper issuances, revolving credit facilities, recourse or 
non-recourse debt, convertible securities, repurchase agreements, and 
public and private debt issuances as a means of financing our business. 
We also expect to use both on-balance sheet and off-balance sheet 
securitizations. We may also consider the use of separately funded 
special purpose entities or funds to allow us to expand the investments 
that we make or to manage Portfolio diversification.

The decision on how we finance specific assets or groups of assets 
is  largely  driven  by  risk  and  portfolio  and  financial  management 
considerations, including the potential for gain on sale or fee income, as 
well as the overall interest rate environment, prevailing credit spreads and 
the terms of available financing and market conditions. During periods 
of market disruptions, certain sources of financing may be more readily 
accessible than others which may impact our financing decisions. Over 
time, as market conditions change, we may use other forms of debt and 
equity in addition to these financing arrangements.

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The amount of financial leverage we may deploy for particular assets 
will depend upon the availability of particular types of financing and our 
assessment of the credit, liquidity, price volatility and other risks of those 
assets, and the interest rate environment. As shown in the table below, 
our debt to equity ratio was approximately 1.8 to 1 as of December 31, 

2022, which is below our current board-approved leverage limit of up 
to 2.5 to 1. Our percentage of fixed rate debt was approximately 86% 
as of December 31, 2022, which is within our board-approved targeted 
fixed rate debt percentage range of 75% to 100%. 

The calculation of our fixed-rate debt and financial leverage as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 is shown in the chart below:

(dollars in millions)

Floating-rate borrowings(1)

Fixed-rate debt

TOTAL DEBT(2)

Equity

Leverage

December 31, 2022

% of Total

December 31, 
2021

% of Total

$

$

$

431

2,545

2,976

1,665

1.8 to 1

$

14%

86%

100% $

$

151

2,342

2,493

1,567

1.6 to 1

6%

94%

100%

(1)  Floating-rate borrowings include borrowings under our floating-rate credit facilities, commercial paper notes with less than six months original maturity, and loans under our term loan facility.
(2)  Debt excludes securitizations that are not consolidated on our balance sheet. 

We intend to use financial leverage for the primary purpose of financing 
our Portfolio and business activities and not for the purpose of speculating 
on changes in interest rates. While we may temporarily exceed the 
leverage limit, if our Board approves a material change to this limit, we 
anticipate advising our stockholders of this change through disclosure in 
our periodic reports and other filings under the Exchange Act.

While we generally intend to hold our target assets that we do not 
securitize upon acquisition as long term investments, certain of our 
investments may be sold in order to manage our interest rate risk and 
liquidity needs, to meet other operating objectives and to adapt to 
market conditions. The timing and impact of future sales of receivables 
and investments, if any, cannot be predicted with any certainty. 

We believe our identified sources of liquidity will be adequate for 
purposes of meeting our short-term and long-term liquidity needs, which 
include funding future investments, debt service, operating costs and 
distributions to our stockholders. To qualify as a REIT, we must distribute 
annually at least 90% of our REIT’s taxable income without regard to 
the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gains. These 
dividend requirements limit our ability to retain earnings and thereby 
increase the need to replenish capital for growth and our operations.

Sources and Uses of Cash

We had approximately $176 million and $251 million in unrestricted 
cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash as of December 31, 2022 
and 2021, respectively.

Cash Flows Relating to Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities was less than $1 million for 
the year ended December 31, 2022, driven primarily by net income 
of $42 million, offset by adjustments for non-cash and other items of 
$42 million. The non-cash and other adjustments consisted of decreases 
of $63 million related to changes in receivables held-for sale, $29 million 
related to non-cash gain on securitization, and $33 million in change in 
accrued interest on receivables and investments and other. These were 
partially offset by increases of $16 million related to equity method 
investments, $13 million related to provision for loss on receivables, 

$20 million for equity based compensation, $12 million in amortization 
of financing costs, $4 million of depreciation and amortization, and 
$18  million  related  to  changes  in  accounts  payable  and  accrued 
expenses.

Net cash provided by operating activities was approximately $13 million 
for the year ended December 31, 2021, driven primarily by net income of 
$127 million, less adjustments for non-cash and other items of $114 million. 
The non-cash and other adjustments consisted of decreases of $94 million 
related to equity method investments, $48 million related to non-cash 
gain on securitization, $22 million related to changes in receivables 
held for sale, and $7 million in accrued interest and other. These were 
partially offset by increases of $17 million for equity based compensation, 
$14 million of non-cash loss on debt extinguishment, $11 million of changes 
in accounts payable and accrued expenses, $11 million in amortization of 
financing costs, and $4 million of depreciation and amortization.

Cash Flows Relating to Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities was approximately $592 million for 
the year ended December 31, 2022. We made equity method investments 
of $128 million, investments in receivables and fixed rate debt securities 
of $729 million, purchases of real estate of $5 million, funded escrow 
accounts of $5 million, and had other investing outflows of approximately 
$2 million. These were offset by collected payments of $126 million from 
receivables and fixed rate debt securities and the receipt of $12 million 
from the sale of financial assets. We also collected $112 million from 
equity method investments in excess of income recognized to date 
under GAAP, withdrew $23 million from escrow accounts, and received 
$5 million related to the sale of real estate. 

Net cash used in investing activities was approximately $703 million for 
the year ended December 31, 2021. We made equity method investments 
of $402 million, investments in receivables and fixed rate debt securities 
of $558 million, and funded escrow accounts of $12 million. These were 
offset by collected payments of $149 million from receivables and fixed 
rate debt securities and the receipt of $91 million from the sale of financial 
assets. We also collected $21 million from equity method investments in 
excess of income recognized to date under GAAP, withdrew $2 million 
from escrow accounts, and had other cash inflows of $6 million.

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Cash Flows Relating to Financing Activities

Net cash provided by financing activities was approximately $516 million 
for the year ended December 31, 2022. We received proceeds from 
the issuance of a term loan of $383 million, proceeds from the issuances 
of  convertible  debt  of  $200  million,  net  proceeds  from  common 
stock issuances of $188 million, and proceeds from credit facilities 
of $100 million, and issuance of non-recourse debt of $33 million. 
These were partially offset by principal payments on credit facilities 
and commercial paper notes of $200 million, principal payments on 
non-recourse debt of $31 million, payments of $3 million for withholding 
requirements as a result of the vesting of employee shares, payment of 
debt issuance costs of $12 million and payments of dividends, distributions, 
and other financing activities of $142 million.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements 
We  have  relationships  with  non-consolidated  entities  or  financial 
partnerships, such as entities often referred to as structured investment 
vehicles, or special purpose or variable interest entities, established 
to facilitate the sale of securitized assets. Other than our securitization 
assets (including any outstanding servicer advances) of approximately 
$188 million as of December 31, 2022, that may be at risk in the event 
of defaults or prepayments in our securitization trusts and as discussed 
below, and except as disclosed in Note 9 to our audited financial 
statements in this Form 10-K, we have not guaranteed any obligations 
of non-consolidated entities or entered into any commitment or intent 
to provide additional funding to any such entities. A more detailed 
description of our relations with non-consolidated entities can be found 
in Note 2 of our audited financial statements in this Form 10-K. 

Dividends
U.S. federal income tax law generally requires that a REIT distribute annually 
at least 90% of its REIT taxable income, without regard to the deduction 
for dividends paid and excluding net capital gains, and that it pays tax at 
regular corporate rates to the extent that it annually distributes less than 
100% of its REIT taxable income. Our current policy is to pay quarterly 
distributions, which on an annual basis will equal or exceed substantially 
all of our REIT taxable income. The taxable income of the REIT can vary 
from our GAAP earnings due to a number of different factors including 
the book to tax timing differences of income and expense recognition 
from our transactions as well as the amount of taxable income of our TRS 
distributed to the REIT. See Note 10 to our financial statements in this Form 
10-K regarding the amount of our distributions that are treated as ordinary 
taxable income to our stockholders.

 Any distributions we make will be at the discretion of our board of directors 
and will depend upon, among other things, our actual results of operations. 
These results and our ability to pay distributions will be affected by various 
factors, including the net interest and other income from our assets, our 
operating expenses and any other expenditures. In the event that our 
Board determines to make distributions in excess of the income or cash 
flow generated from our assets, we may make such distributions from the 
proceeds of future offerings of equity or debt securities or other forms of debt 
financing or the sale of assets. To the extent, that in respect of any calendar 
year, cash available for distribution is less than our taxable income, or our 
declared distribution we could be required to sell assets, borrow funds or 

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Net cash provided by financing activities was approximately $631 million 
for the year ended December 31, 2021. We received proceeds from the 
issuance of senior unsecured debt of $1 billion, net proceeds from common 
stock issuances of $201 million, and proceeds from credit facilities and 
commercial paper notes of $150 million. These were partially offset by the 
redemption of senior unsecured notes of $514 million, principal payments 
on credit facilities of $22 million, principal payments on non-recourse 
debt of $38 million, payments of $14 million for withholding requirements 
as a result of the vesting of employee shares, payment of debt issuance 
costs of $18 million and payments of dividends, distributions, and other 
financing activities of $114 million.

In connection with some of our transactions, we have provided certain 
limited guarantees to other transaction participants covering the accuracy 
of certain limited representations, warranties or covenants and provided 
an indemnity against certain losses from “bad acts” including fraud, failure 
to disclose a material fact, theft, misappropriation, voluntary bankruptcy 
or unauthorized transfers. In some transactions, we have also guaranteed 
our compliance with certain tax matters, such as negatively impacting the 
investment tax credit and certain other obligations in the event of a change 
in ownership or our exercising certain protective rights. 

raise additional capital to make cash distributions or make a portion of the 
required distribution in the form of a taxable stock distribution or distribution 
of debt securities. We will generally not be required to make distributions 
with respect to activities conducted through our domestic TRS.

To  the  extent  that  we  generate  taxable  income,  distributions  to  our 
stockholders generally will be taxable as ordinary income, although all 
or a portion of such distributions may be designated by us as a qualified 
dividend or capital gain. Beginning in 2018 (and through taxable years 
ending in 2025), a deduction is permitted for certain pass-through business 
income, including “qualified REIT dividends” (generally, dividends received 
by a REIT shareholder that are not designated as capital gain dividends 
or qualified dividend income), which will allow U.S. individuals, trusts and 
estates to deduct up to 20% of such amounts, subject to certain limitations, 
resulting in an effective maximum U.S. federal income tax rate of 29.6% 
on such qualified REIT dividends. In the event we make distributions to our 
stockholders in excess of our taxable income, the excess will constitute a 
return of capital. In addition, a portion of such distributions may be taxable 
stock dividends payable in our shares. We will furnish annually to each 
of our stockholders a statement setting forth distributions paid during the 
preceding year and their characterization as ordinary income, return of 
capital, qualified dividend income or capital gain.

The dividends declared in 2022 and 2021 are described in Note 11 to 
our audited financial statements in this Form 10-K.

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Book Value Considerations
As of December 31, 2022, we carried only our investments and residual 
assets in securitized financial assets at fair value on our balance sheet. 
As a result, in reviewing our book value, there are a number of important 
factors and limitations to consider. Other than our investments and the 
residual assets in securitized financial assets that are carried on our 
balance sheet at fair value as of December 31, 2022, the carrying value of 
our remaining assets and liabilities are calculated as of a particular point 
in time, which is largely determined at the time such assets and liabilities 
were added to our balance sheet using a cost basis in accordance 
with GAAP, adjusted for income or loss recognized on such assets. 

Other than the allowance for current expected credit losses applied to 
our commercial and government receivables, our remaining assets and 
liabilities do not incorporate other factors that may have a significant 
impact on their value, most notably any impact of business activities, 
changes in estimates, or changes in general economic conditions, interest 
rates or commodity prices since the dates the assets or liabilities were 
initially recorded. Accordingly, our book value does not necessarily 
represent an estimate of our net realizable value, liquidation value or 
our fair market value.

ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

We anticipate that our primary market risks will be related to the credit 
quality of our counterparties and project companies, market interest rates, 
the liquidity of our assets, commodity prices and environmental factors. 
We will seek to manage these risks while, at the same time, seeking to 
provide an opportunity to stockholders to realize attractive returns through 

ownership of our common stock. Many of these risks have been magnified 
due to the continuing economic disruptions caused by the COVID-19 
pandemic; however, while we continue to monitor the pandemic its impact 
on such risks remains uncertain and difficult to predict.

Credit Risks
We source and identify quality opportunities within our broad areas 
of expertise and apply our rigorous underwriting processes to our 
transactions, which, we believe, will generally enable us to minimize our 
credit losses and maintain access to attractive financing. In the case of 
various renewable energy and other sustainable infrastructure projects, we 
will be exposed to the credit risk of the obligor of the project’s PPA or other 
long-term contractual revenue commitments, as well as to the credit risk of 
certain suppliers and project operators. While we do not anticipate facing 
significant credit risk in our assets related to government energy efficiency 
projects, we are subject to varying degrees of credit risk in these projects 
in relation to guarantees provided by ESCOs where payments under 
energy savings performance contracts are contingent upon achieving 
pre-determined levels of energy savings. We are exposed to credit risk 
in our other projects that do not benefit from governments as the obligor 
such as on balance sheet financing of projects undertaken by universities, 
schools and hospitals, as well as privately owned commercial projects. 
We have invested in mezzanine loans and, as a result, we are exposed 
to additional credit risk. We seek to manage credit risk through thorough 
due diligence and underwriting processes, strong structural protections 
in our transaction agreements with customers and continual, active asset 
management and portfolio monitoring. Nevertheless, unanticipated 

Interest Rate and Borrowing Risks
Interest rate risk is highly sensitive to many factors, including governmental 
monetary and tax policies, domestic and international economic and 
political considerations and other factors beyond our control.

We are subject to interest rate risk in connection with new asset originations 
and our floating-rate borrowings, and in the future, any new floating rate 
assets, credit facilities or other borrowings. Because short-term borrowings 
are generally short-term commitments of capital, lenders may respond 
to market conditions, making it more difficult for us to secure continued 

credit losses could occur and during periods of economic downturn in 
the global economy, our exposure to credit risks from obligors increases, 
and our efforts to monitor and mitigate the associated risks may not be 
effective in reducing our credit risks.

We utilize a risk rating system to evaluate projects that we target. We 
first evaluate the credit rating of the obligors involved in the project using 
an average of the external credit ratings for an obligor, if available, or 
an estimated internal rating based on a third-party credit scoring system. 
We then estimate the probability of default and estimated recovery rate 
based on the obligors’ credit ratings and the terms of the contract. We 
also review the performance of each investment, including through, as 
appropriate, a review of project performance, monthly payment activity 
and active compliance monitoring, regular communications with project 
management and, as applicable, its obligors, sponsors and owners, 
monitoring the financial performance of the collateral, periodic property 
visits and monitoring cash management and reserve accounts. The results 
of our reviews are used to update the project’s risk rating as necessary. 
Additional detail of the credit risks surrounding our Portfolio can be found 
in Note 6 to our financial statements in this Form 10-K.

financing. If we are not able to renew our then existing borrowings or 
arrange for new financing on terms acceptable to us, or if we default 
on our covenants or are otherwise unable to access funds under any of 
these borrowings, we may have to curtail our origination of new assets 
and/or dispose of assets. We face particular risk in this regard given that 
we expect many of our borrowings will have a shorter duration than the 
assets they finance. Increasing interest rates may reduce the demand for 
our investments while declining interest rates may increase the demand. 

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Both our current and future revolving credit facilities and other borrowings 
may be of limited duration and are periodically refinanced at then current 
market rates. We attempt to reduce interest rate risks and to minimize 
exposure to interest rate fluctuations through the use of fixed rate financing 
structures, when appropriate, whereby we seek to (1) match the maturities 
of our debt obligations with the maturities of our assets, (2) borrow at fixed 
rates for a period of time or (3) match the interest rates on our assets with 
like-kind debt (i.e., we may finance floating rate assets with floating rate 
debt and fixed-rate assets with fixed-rate debt), directly or through the use 
of interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements or other 
financial instruments, or through a combination of these strategies. We 
expect these instruments will allow us to minimize, but not eliminate, the risk 
that we must refinance our liabilities before the maturities of our assets and 
to reduce the impact of changing interest rates on our earnings. In addition 
to the use of traditional derivative instruments, we also seek to mitigate 
interest rate risk by using securitizations, syndications and other techniques 
to construct a portfolio with a staggered maturity profile. We monitor the 
impact of interest rate changes on the market for new originations and 
often have the flexibility to negotiate the term of our investments to offset 
interest rate increases.

Typically, our long-term debt, or that of the projects in which we invest if 
applicable, is at fixed rates or may at times be fixed using interest rate 
hedges that convert most of the floating rate debt to fixed rate debt. If 
interest rates rise, and our fixed rate debt balance remains constant, we 
expect the fair value of our fixed rate debt to decrease and the value of 
any hedges on floating rate debt to increase. See Note 3 to our audited 

Liquidity and Concentration Risk
The assets that comprise our Portfolio are not and are not expected to be 
publicly traded. A portion of these assets may be subject to legal and other 
restrictions on resale or will otherwise be less liquid than publicly-traded 
securities. The illiquidity of our assets may make it difficult for us to sell 
such assets if the need or desire arises, including in response to changes 
in economic and other conditions. Certain of the projects in which we 
invest have one obligor and thus we are subject to concentration risk for 

financial statements in this Form 10-K for the estimated fair value of our 
fixed rate long-term debt, which is based on having the same debt service 
requirements that could have been borrowed at the date presented, at 
prevailing current market interest rates. 

Our senior term loan is a variable rate loan with an outstanding balance 
of $383 million, and our revolving credit facilities are variable rate lines 
of credit with approximately $50 million outstanding as of December 31, 
2022. Increases in interest rates would result in higher interest expense 
while decreases in interest rates would result in lower interest expense. 
As described above, we may use various financing techniques including 
interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements or other 
financial instruments, or a combination of these strategies to mitigate the 
variable interest nature of these facilities. A 50 basis point increase in 
benchmark interest rates would increase the quarterly interest expense 
related to the $431 million in variable rate borrowings by $538 thousand. 
Such hypothetical impact of interest rates on our variable rate borrowings 
does not consider the effect of any change in overall economic activity 
that could occur in a rising interest rate environment. Further, in the event 
of such a change in interest rates, we may take actions to further mitigate 
our exposure to such a change. However, due to the uncertainty of the 
specific actions that would be taken and their possible effects, the analysis 
assumes no changes in our financial structure.

We record certain of our assets at fair value in our financial statements 
and any changes in the discount rate would impact the value of these 
assets. See Note 3 to our audited financial statements in this Form 10-K.

these investments and could incur significant losses if any of these projects 
perform poorly or if we are required to write down the value of any of 
these projects. Many of our assets, or the collateral supporting those 
assets, are concentrated in certain geographic areas, which may make 
those assets or the related collateral more susceptible to natural disasters 
or other regional events. See also “Credit Risks” discussed above.

Commodity and Environmental Attribute Price Risk
When we make equity or debt investments for a renewable energy project 
that acts as a substitute for an underlying commodity, we may be exposed 
to volatility in prices for that commodity. The performance of renewable 
energy projects that produce electricity can be impacted by volatility in 
the market prices of various forms of energy, including electricity, coal 
and natural gas. This is especially true for GC utility scale projects that sell 
power on a wholesale basis as opposed to BTM projects which compete 
against the retail or delivered costs of electricity which includes the cost 
of transmitting and distributing the electricity to the end user. Projects in 
which we invest, or in which we may plan to invest, may also be exposed 
to volatility in the prices of environmental attributes, such as renewable 
energy credits or other similar credits which the project may produce.

Although we generally focus on renewable energy projects that have 
the majority of their operating cash flow supported by long-term PPAs 
or leases, many of our projects have shorter term contracts (which may 
have the potential of producing higher current returns) or sell their power 
or environmental attributes in the open market on a merchant basis. The 

cash flows of certain projects, and thus the repayment of, or the returns 
available for, our assets, are subject to risk if energy or environmental 
attribute prices change. We also attempt to mitigate our exposure through 
structural protections. These structural protections, which are typically in 
the form of a preferred return mechanism, are designed to allow recovery 
of our capital and an acceptable return over time. When structuring and 
underwriting these transactions, we evaluate these transactions using a 
variety of scenarios, including natural gas prices remaining low for an 
extended period of time. Despite these protections, as natural gas price 
volatility continues or PPAs expire, the cash flows from certain of our 
projects are exposed to these market conditions and we work with the 
projects sponsors to minimize any impact as part of our on-going active 
asset management and portfolio monitoring. We often invest in utility 
scale solar projects by owning the land under the project where our 
rent is paid out of project operational costs before the debt or equity in 
the project receives any payments. Certain of the projects in which we 
invest may also be obligated to physically deliver energy under PPAs or 

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related agreements, and to the extent they are unable to do so may be 
negatively impacted. Certain PPAs or related agreements may also price 
power at a different location than the location where power is delivered 
to the grid, and the projects may be negatively impacted to the extent to 
which these prices differ.

We believe high prices in natural gas may increase the demand for other 
projects such as renewable energy that may be a substitute for natural 

gas, and that low prices in natural gas may increase demand for some 
types of our projects, such as combined heat and power. We seek to 
structure our energy efficiency investments so that we typically avoid 
exposure to commodity price risk. However, volatility in energy prices 
may cause building owners and other parties to be reluctant to commit 
to projects for which repayment is based upon a fixed monetary value 
for energy savings that would not decline if the price of energy declines.

Environmental Risks
Our business is impacted by the effects of climate change and various 
related regulatory responses. We discuss the risks and opportunities 
associated with the impacts of climate change in Item 7. Management’s 
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - 

Risk Management
Our ongoing active asset management and portfolio monitoring processes 
provide investment oversight and valuable insight into our origination, 
underwriting and structuring processes. These processes create value 
through active monitoring of the state of our markets, enforcement of 
existing contracts and asset management. As described above, we 
engage in a variety of interest rate management techniques that seek 
to mitigate the economic effect of interest rate changes on the values of, 
and returns on, some of our assets. While we have written off only two 
transactions, amounting to approximately $19 million (net of recoveries) 
on the approximately $10 billion of debt and real estate transactions 
we have originated since 2012, which represents an aggregate loss 
of approximately 0.2% on cumulative transactions originated over this 
time period, there can be no assurance that we will continue to be as 
successful, particularly as we invest in more credit sensitive assets or more 
equity investments and engage in increasing numbers of transactions 
with obligors other than U.S. federal government agencies. We seek 
to manage credit risk using thorough due diligence and underwriting 
processes, strong structural protections in our agreements with customers 

Impact of climate change on our future operations. This discussion outlines 
potential qualitative impacts to our business, quantitative illustrations 
of sensitivity as well as our strategy and resilience to these risks and 
opportunities. 

and continual, active asset management and portfolio monitoring. 
Additionally, we have a Finance and Risk Committee of our Board 
which discusses and reviews policies and guidelines with respect to our 
risk assessment and risk management for various risks, including, but not 
limited to, our interest rate, counter party, credit, capital availability, and 
refinancing risks. As it relates to environmental risks, when we underwrite 
and structure our investments the environmental risks and opportunities are 
an integral consideration to our investment parameters. While we cannot 
fully protect our investments, we seek to mitigate these risks by using third 
party experts to conduct engineering and weather analysis and insurance 
reviews as appropriate. Weather related risks are at times managed in 
cooperation with our clients where they buy offsetting power positions 
to mitigate power market disruptions or operational impacts. Once a 
transaction has closed we continue to monitor the environmental risks to 
the Portfolio. We further discuss our strategy to managing these risks in 
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and 
Results of Operations - Impact of climate change on our future operations. 

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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

ITEM 8.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

Hannon Armstrong  
Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., Consolidated Financial Statements, For the Years Ended 
December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM (PCAOB ID: 42) 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM (PCAOB ID: 42) 

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS 

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Stockholders and the Board of Directors of  
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.

Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of 
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. (the Company) 
as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the related consolidated statements 
of operations, comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows 
for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2022, and 
the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial 
statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present 
fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company at 
December 31, 2022 and 2021, and the results of its operations and its 

Basis for Opinion
These  financial  statements  are  the  responsibility  of  the  Company’s 
management.  Our  responsibility  is  to  express  an  opinion  on  the 
Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public 
accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be 
independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. 
federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the 
Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB. 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the 
PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit 
to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements 

Critical Audit Matter
The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the 
current period audit of the financial statements that was communicated or 
required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relates 
to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements 
and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective or complex 

cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 
2022, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. 

We  also  have  audited,  in  accordance  with  the  standards  of  the 
Public  Company  Accounting  Oversight  Board  (United  States) 
(PCAOB),  the  Company’s  internal  control  over  financial  reporting 
as of December 31, 2022, based on criteria established in Internal 
Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring 
Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework), and our 
report dated February 21, 2023 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our 
audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material 
misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, 
and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures 
included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts 
and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included 
evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made 
by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the 
financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable 
basis for our opinion.

judgments. The communication of the critical audit matter does not alter 
in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken 
as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter 
below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the 
account or disclosure to which it relates.

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Accounting for Equity Investments in Climate Solutions Projects

Description of the Matter As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company makes equity investments in climate solutions 
projects that are accounted for under the equity method of accounting. During the year ended December 31, 2022, the 
Company made new equity investments in climate solutions projects amounting to $128 million and held $1.9 billion 
of equity investments in climate solutions projects as of December 31, 2022. The Company’s determination that it does 
not have the power to direct the significant activities impacting each of the investees’ economic performance (“power”) 
is critical to its determination that it is not the primary beneficiary of the investee. Also, as described in Note 2 to the 
consolidated financial statements, for equity method investments that contain preferences with regard to cash flows from 
operations, capital events and liquidation in their respective limited liability company agreements (“LLC Agreements”), the 
Company applies the Hypothetical Liquidation at Book Value (“HLBV”) method to record its share of profits and losses 
on these investments, which is done one quarter in arrears to allow for receipt of financial information from its investees. 
Also as described in Note 2, the Company evaluates their equity method investments quarterly for other than temporary 
impairment (“OTTI”). This requires evaluating both qualitative and quantitative evidence to determine whether there may 
be indicators of a loss in investment value below carrying value. 

How We Addressed the 
Matter in our Audit

Auditing the Company’s determination of whether it has power over an investee was complex and required significant 
judgment to determine both the activities of the investee that most significantly impact the investee’s economics, and 
the distribution of power among the members of the investee that ultimately determine the outcome of such activities. In 
addition, auditing the Company’s application of the HLBV method was challenging and inherently complex, because the 
application is based on its interpretations of the liquidation provisions outlined within investees’ LLC Agreements. Lastly, 
evaluating available qualitative and quantitative evidence was subjective and required judgment as to whether there 
were indicators of a loss in investment value below carrying value.

We tested controls that address the risks of material misstatement relating to: i) the determination of whether the Company 
has the power to direct the significant activities of the investees, ii) the recognition of its share of investees’ profits and 
losses through use of the HLBV method based on financial information reported to the Company from its investees, and 
iii) the review of available qualitative and quantitative evidence in determining whether there may be indicators of a loss 
in investment value below carrying value. For example, we tested controls over management’s review of the variable 
interest model and determination of whether the Company has power. We also tested controls over management’s review 
of the HLBV method, including the application of the liquidation provisions and the financial information reported from 
their investees. Lastly, we tested controls over management’s review of quantitative and qualitative evidence and whether 
there were indicators of a loss in investment value below carrying value.

To evaluate whether the Company has power over each investee, our audit procedures included, among others, inspecting 
LLC Agreements and evaluating management’s analysis of the significant activities of the investee and which parties can 
direct those significant activities. For example, as part of our evaluation, we considered the purpose and design of the 
investee and the legal rights of each of the involved parties, including the significance of the decisions that each party makes. 
We also tested the rights of each party included in management’s analysis by comparing such rights to the LLC Agreements.

We tested the Company’s application of the HLBV method for a sample of both new and existing investments. Our audit 
procedures included, among others, involving tax professionals to assist in evaluating the Company’s application of the 
liquidation provisions within the LLC Agreements. Specifically, we assessed the Company’s HLBV calculations by agreeing 
provisions of the calculations, such as the application of stated preferred returns and allocation of tax attributes, to the terms 
of the LLC Agreements for each of these investments. We also performed additional procedures on the Company’s HLBV 
calculations that included, but were not limited to, recalculating the stated preferred returns, recalculating allocations of 
tax attributes, comparing inputs included within the calculations to the information reported to the Company by its investee, 
and recalculating the Company’s share of profits and losses of the investee. 

We reviewed the Company’s evaluation of qualitative and quantitative evidence and whether there may be indicators 
of a loss in investment value below carrying value for a sample of investments. This included, among others, evaluating 
management’s identification of indicators that the Company’s investments may have experienced a loss of value below 
carrying value, agreeing certain qualitative and quantitative information used in the assessment to source documents, testing 
clerical accuracy of the analysis as applicable, and assessing any contradictory evidence that arose during our audit.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 1983.

Tysons, Virginia

February 21, 2023

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Stockholders and the Board of Directors of 
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.

Opinion on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
We have audited Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, 
Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022, 
based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework 
issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway 
Commission (2013 framework) (the COSO criteria). In our opinion, 
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. (the Company) 
maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial 
reporting as of December 31, 2022, based on the COSO criteria. 

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public 
Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the 
consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 
2022 and 2021, the related consolidated statements of operations, 
comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of 
the three years in the period ended December 31, 2022, and the related 
notes and our report dated February 21, 2023 expressed an unqualified 
opinion thereon.

Basis for Opinion
The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective 
internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the 
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the 
accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial 
Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s 
internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a 
public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to 
be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the 
U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of 
the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB. 

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. 
Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain 
reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over 
financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. 

Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over 
financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, 
testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal 
control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures 
as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our 
audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. 

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
A  company’s  internal  control  over  financial  reporting  is  a  process 
designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability 
of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for 
external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting 
principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes 
those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of 
records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the 
transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide 
reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to 
permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally 
accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of 

the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of 
management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable 
assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized 
acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a 
material effect on the financial statements. 

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting 
may  not  prevent  or  detect  misstatements.  Also,  projections  of  any 
evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that 
controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, 
or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may 
deteriorate. 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Tysons, Virginia

February 21, 2023

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Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

Assets

Cash and cash equivalents

Equity method investments

Commercial receivables, net of allowance of $41 million and $36 million, respectively

Government receivables

Receivables held-for-sale

Real estate

Investments

Securitization assets

Other assets

Total Assets

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

Liabilities:

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other

Credit facilities

Commercial paper notes

Term loan facility

Non-recourse debt (secured by assets of $632 million and $573 million, respectively)

Senior unsecured notes

Convertible notes

Total Liabilities

Stockholders’ Equity:

Preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, 50,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued 
and outstanding

Common stock, par value $0.01 per share, 450,000,000 shares authorized, 90,837,008 
and 85,326,781 shares issued and outstanding, respectively

Additional paid in capital

Accumulated deficit

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

Non-controlling interest

Total Stockholders’ Equity

December 31, 2022 December 31, 2021

$

155,714 $

1,869,712

1,887,483

102,511

85,254

353,000

10,200

177,032

119,242

226,204

1,759,651

1,298,529

125,409

22,214

356,088

17,697

210,354

132,165

4,760,148 $

4,148,311

$

$

120,114 $

50,698

192

379,742

432,756

1,767,647

344,253

3,095,402

—

908

1,924,200

(285,474)

(10,397)

35,509

1,664,746

88,866

100,473

50,094

—

429,869

1,762,763

149,731

2,581,796

—

853

1,727,667

(193,706)

9,904

21,797

1,566,515

4,148,311

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

$

4,760,148 $

See accompanying notes.

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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

Revenue

Interest income

Rental income

Gain on sale of receivables and investments

Fee income

TOTAL REVENUE

Expenses

Interest expense

Provision for loss on receivables

Compensation and benefits

General and administrative

TOTAL EXPENSES

Income before equity method investments

Income (loss) from equity method investments

Income (loss) before income taxes

Income tax benefit (expense) 

Net income (loss)

Net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interest holders

NET INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO CONTROLLING STOCKHOLDERS

Basic earnings (loss) per common share

Diluted earnings (loss) per common share

Weighted average common shares outstanding—basic

Weighted average common shares outstanding—diluted

See accompanying notes.

Years Ended December 31,

2022

2021

2020

$

134,656 $

106,889 $

26,245

57,187

21,649

239,737

115,559

12,798

63,445

29,934

221,736

18,001

31,291

49,292

(7,381)

41,911

409

25,905

68,333

12,039

213,166

121,705

496

52,975

19,907

195,083

18,083

126,421

144,504

(17,158)

127,346

767

95,559

25,878

49,887

15,583

186,907

92,182

10,096

37,766

14,846

154,890

32,017

47,963

79,980

2,779

82,759

343

$

$

$

41,502 $

126,579 $

82,416

0.47 $

0.47 $

1.57 $

1.51 $

1.13

1.10

87,500,799

79,992,922

90,609,329

87,671,641

72,387,581

74,373,169

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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(Dollars in thousands)

Net income (loss)

Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities, net of tax (provision) benefit of  
$2.2 million, $0.4 million and $(1.1) million in 2022, 2021, and 2020 respectively

Unrealized gain (loss) on interest rate swaps, net of tax (provision) benefit of $(13.2) million, 
$(0.8) million, and $1.0 million  in 2022, 2021, and 2020 respectively

Comprehensive income (loss)

Less: Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interest holders

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE  
TO CONTROLLING STOCKHOLDERS

Years Ended December 31,

2022

2021

2020

$

41,911 $

127,346 $

82,759

(63,935)

(5,434)

12,437

43,401

21,377

176

2,687

124,599

751

(3,063)

92,133

383

$

21,201 $

123,848 $

91,750

See accompanying notes.

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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(Amounts in thousands)

Balance at December 31, 2019

Net income (loss)

Adoption of ASU 2016-13, net of tax effect

Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities

Unrealized gain (loss) on interest rate swaps

Issued shares of common stock

Equity-based compensation

Issuance (repurchase) of vested equity-based compensation shares

Other

Dividends and distributions

Balance at December 31, 2020

Net income (loss)

Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities

Unrealized gain (loss) on interest rate swaps

Issued shares of common stock

Equity-based compensation

Issuance (repurchase) of vested equity-based compensation shares

Other

Dividends and distributions

Balance at December 31, 2021

Net income (loss)

Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities

Unrealized gain (loss) on interest rate swaps

Issued shares of common stock

Equity-based compensation

Issuance (repurchase) of vested equity-based compensation shares

Redemption of OP Units

Conversion of convertible notes

Dividends and distributions

Common Stock

Shares

Amount

Additional 
Paid-in  
Capital

Accumulated 
Deficit

Accumulated 
Other 
Comprehensive 
Income (Loss)

Non-
controlling 
Interest

Total

66,338 $

663 $

1,102,303 $

(169,786) $

3,300 $

3,432 $

939,912

—

—

—

9,523

—

537

59

—

—

—

—

96

—

6

—

—

—

—

—

298,375

9,711

(17,293)

913

—

82,416

(14,031)

—

—

—

—

—

—

(102,711)

—

12,380

(3,046)

—

—

—

—

—

343

(74)

57

(17)

—

4,812

—

(859)

(841)

82,759

(14,105)

12,437

(3,063)

298,471

14,523

(17,287)

54

(103,552)

76,457 $

765 $ 1,394,009 $

(204,112) $

12,634 $

6,853 $

1,210,149

—

—

—

3,326

—

324

5,220

—

—

—

—

33

—

3

52

—

—

—

—

200,808

6,039

(14,020)

140,831

126,579

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

(116,173)

—

(5,401)

2,671

—

—

—

—

—

767

(33)

16

—

15,471

—

127,346

(5,434)

2,687

200,841

21,510

(14,017)

140,883

(1,277)

(117,450)

85,327 $

853 $

1,727,667 $

(193,706) $

9,904 $

21,797 $

1,566,515

—

—

—

5,121

—

103

3

283

—

—

—

—

51

—

1

—

3

—

—

—

—

188,831

3,159

(3,213)

85

7,671

41,502

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

(133,270)

—

(63,211)

42,910

—

—

—

—

—

—

409

(724)

491

—

16,942

—

(85)

—

41,911

(63,935)

43,401

188,882

20,101

(3,212)

—

7,674

(3,321)

(136,591)

BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2022

90,837 $

908 $

1,924,200 $

(285,474) $

(10,397) $ 35,509 $

1,664,746

See accompanying notes.

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Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Dollars in thousands)

Cash flows from operating activities

Net income (loss)

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

Years Ended December 31,

2022

2021

2020

$

41,911 $

127,346 $

82,759

Provision for loss on receivables

Depreciation and amortization

Amortization of financing costs

Equity-based compensation

Equity method investments

Non-cash gain on securitization

(Gain) loss on sale of receivables and investments

Changes in receivables held-for-sale

Loss on debt extinguishment

Changes in accounts payable and accrued expenses

Change in accrued interest on receivables and investments

Other

Net cash provided by operating activities

Cash flows from investing activities

Equity method investments

Equity method investment distributions received

Proceeds from sales of equity method investments

Purchases of and investments in receivables

Principal collections from receivables

Proceeds from sales of receivables

Purchases of real estate

Sales of real estate

Purchases of investments

Principal collections from investments

Proceeds from sales of investments and securitization assets

Funding of escrow accounts

Withdrawal from escrow accounts

Other

12,798

3,993

11,685

20,101

16,403

(28,614)

(218)

(62,953)

—

18,176

(15,414)

(17,638)

230

(127,867)

110,064

1,700

496

3,801

11,316

17,047

(94,773)

(48,332)

(720)

(22,035)

14,584

11,313

(859)

(5,875)

13,309

10,096

3,580

7,789

16,791

13,099

(55,413)

13,811

—

—

8,023

(24,282)

(2,971)

73,282

(401,856)

(885,862)

21,777

300

98,571

—

(726,931)

(553,366)

(256,323)

125,976

5,047

(4,550)

4,550

(2,329)

—

7,020

(5,476)

22,757

(2,071)

148,769

75,582

—

—

(4,830)

414

15,197

(12,069)

1,756

4,924

132,958

59,398

—

—

(40,185)

2,424

68,520

(23,178)

8,094

3,931

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

(592,110)

(703,402)

(831,652)

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(Dollars in thousands)

Cash flows from financing activities

Proceeds from credit facilities

Principal payments on credit facilities

Proceeds from issuance of commercial paper notes

Principal payments on commercial paper notes

Proceeds from issuance of non-recourse debt

Principal payments on non-recourse debt

Proceeds from issuance of term loan

Proceeds from issuance of senior unsecured notes

Redemption of senior unsecured notes

Proceeds from issuance of convertible notes

Principal payments on convertible notes

Net proceeds of common stock issuances

Payments of dividends and distributions

Withholdings on employee share vesting

Redemption premium paid

Payment of debt issuance costs

Other

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

Increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of period

CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS, AND RESTRICTED CASH AT END OF PERIOD

Interest paid

Supplemental disclosure of non-cash activity

Residual assets retained from securitization transactions

Right-of-use asset obtained in exchange for lease liability

Issuance of common stock from conversion of convertible notes

Deconsolidation of non-recourse debt and other liabilities

Deconsolidation of assets pledged for non-recourse debt

See accompanying notes.

$

$

$

Years Ended December 31,

2022

2021

2020

100,000

(150,000)

—

(50,000)

32,923

(30,581)

383,000

—

—

200,000

(461)

188,881

(132,198)

(3,211)

—

(11,754)

(9,820)

516,779

(75,101)

251,073

100,000

(22,441)

50,000

—

—

126,000

(134,594)

—

—

15,938

(37,974)

(125,969)

—

1,000,000

(500,000)

—

—

200,641

(113,510)

(14,018)

(14,101)

(17,750)

(12)

630,835

(59,258)

310,331

—

771,250

—

143,750

—

298,070

(99,867)

(17,287)

—

—

(15,176)

962,115

203,745

106,586

310,331

75,934

175,972 $

251,073 $

98,704 $

108,267 $

28,614 $

56,432 $

56,697

—

7,674

—

—

4,628

141,810

126,139

130,513

—

—

—

—

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Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2022 

The Company

1. 
Hannon  Armstrong  Sustainable  Infrastructure  Capital,  Inc.  (the 
“Company”) invests in climate solutions by providing capital to leading 
companies  in  the  energy  efficiency,  renewable  energy  and  other 
sustainable infrastructure markets. Our goal is to generate attractive returns 
from a diversified portfolio of projects with long-term and predictable cash 
flows from proven technologies that reduce carbon emissions or increase 
resilience to climate change.

The Company and its subsidiaries are hereafter referred to as “we,” 
“us” or “our.” Our investments take various forms, including equity, joint 
ventures, real estate ownership, or lending or other financing transactions, 
and typically benefit from contractually committed high credit quality 
obligors. We also generate on-going fees through off-balance sheet 
securitization transactions, advisory services and asset management. We 
refer to the income producing assets that we hold on our balance sheet 
as our “Portfolio.” Our Portfolio includes:

•  equity  investments  in  either  preferred  or  common  structures  in 
unconsolidated entities which own renewable energy or energy 
efficiency projects; 

•  commercial and government receivables, such as loans for renewable 

energy and energy efficiency projects; 

•  real estate, such as land or other assets leased for use by climate 

solutions projects typically under long-term leases; and

•  investments in debt securities of renewable energy or energy efficiency 

projects.

We finance our business through cash on hand, short-term commercial 
paper issuances, revolving credit facilities, issuances of unsecured debt, 
asset-backed securitization transactions, convertible securities, and 
equity issuances. We also generate fee income through securitizations 
and syndications, by providing broker/dealer services and by managing 
and servicing assets owned by third parties.

Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) 
under the symbol “HASI.” We have qualified as a real estate investment 
trust (“REIT”) and also intend to continue to operate our business in a 
manner that will maintain our exemption from registration as an investment 
company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), 
as amended. We operate our business through, and serve as the sole 
general  partner  of,  our  operating  partnership  subsidiary,  Hannon 
Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure, L.P., (the “Operating Partnership”), 
which was formed to acquire and directly or indirectly own our assets.

2.  Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

Consolidation 

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally 
accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) requires management to make 
estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and 
liabilities and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during 
the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates and 
such differences could be material. In the opinion of management, all 
adjustments necessary to present fairly our financial position, results of 
operations and cash flows have been included. Certain amounts in 
the prior years have been reclassified to conform to the current year 
presentation.

The consolidated financial statements include our accounts and controlled 
subsidiaries, including the Operating Partnership. All material intercompany 
transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

Following  the  guidance  for  non-controlling  interests  in  Financial 
Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 
810, Consolidation (“ASC 810:), references in this report to our earnings 
per share and our net income and stockholders’ equity attributable 
to common stockholders do not include amounts attributable to non-
controlling interests. 

We account for our investments in entities that are considered voting 
interest entities or variable interest entities (“VIEs”) under ASC 810 and 
assess on an ongoing basis whether we should consolidate these entities. 
We have established various special purpose entities or securitization 
trusts for the purpose of securitizing certain assets that are not consolidated 
in our financial statements as described below in Securitization of 
Financial Assets. 

Since we have assessed that we have power over and receive the benefits 
from those special purpose entities that are formed for the purpose of 
holding our assets on our balance sheet, we have concluded we are 
the primary beneficiary and should consolidate these entities under the 
provisions of ASC 810. We also have certain subsidiaries we deem to 
be voting interest entities that we control through our ownership of voting 
interests and accordingly consolidate.  

Certain of our equity method investments were determined to be interests 
in VIEs in which we are not the primary beneficiary, as we do not direct 
the significant activities of these entities, and thus we account for those 
investments as Equity Method Investments as discussed below. Our 
maximum exposure to loss through these investments is typically limited 
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to these VIEs or guarantees of certain of their obligations. Certain other 
entities in which we have equity investments have been assessed to be 
voting interest entities and are not consolidated as we exert significant 
influence rather than control through our ownership of voting interests, 
and accordingly we account for them as equity method investments 
described below.

Equity Method Investments

We have made equity investments in various climate solutions projects, 
typically in structures where we have a preferred return position. These 
investments are typically owned in holding companies (using limited 
liability companies (“LLCs”) taxed as partnerships) where we partner 
with either the operator of the project or other institutional investors. 
We share in the cash flows, income, and tax attributes according to 
a negotiated schedule which typically does not correspond with our 
ownership percentages. Investors, if any, in a preferred return position 
typically receive a priority distribution of all or a portion of the project’s 
cash flows, and in some cases, tax attributes. Once the preferred return, 
if applicable, is achieved, the partnership “flips” and common equity 
investors, often the operator of the project, receive a larger portion of the 
cash flows, with the previously preferred investors retaining an on-going 
residual interest. 

Our equity investments in climate solutions projects are accounted 
for under the equity method of accounting. Under the equity method 
of accounting, the carrying value of these equity method investments 
is determined based on amounts we invested, adjusted for the equity 
in  earnings  or  losses  of  the  investee  allocated  based  on  the  LLC 
agreement, less distributions received. For the LLC agreements that 
contain preferences with regard to cash flows from operations, capital 
events and liquidation, we reflect our share of profits and losses by 
determining the difference between our claim on the investee’s reported 
book value at the beginning and the end of the period, which is adjusted 
for distributions received and contributions made. This claim is calculated 
as the amount we would receive if the investee were to liquidate all of its 
assets at the recorded amounts determined in accordance with GAAP 
and distribute the resulting cash to creditors and investors in accordance 
with their respective priorities. This method is referred to as the hypothetical 
liquidation at book value method (“HLBV”). Our exposure to loss in these 
investments is limited to the amount of our equity investment, as well as 
receivables from or guarantees made to the same investee. 

Any difference between the amount of our investment and the amount of 
underlying equity in net assets at the time of our investment is generally 
amortized over the life of the assets and liabilities to which the difference 
relates. Cash distributions received from each equity method investment 
are classified as operating activities to the extent of cumulative earnings 
for each investment in our consolidated statements of cash flows. Our 
initial investment and additional cash distributions beyond that which are 
classified as operating activities are classified as investing activities in our 
consolidated statements of cash flows. We typically recognize earnings 
one quarter in arrears for certain of these investments to allow for the 
receipt of financial information. 

We evaluate on a quarterly basis whether the current carrying value of 
our investments accounted for using the equity method have an other than 
temporary impairment (“OTTI”). An OTTI occurs when the estimated fair 
value of an investment is below the carrying value and the difference is 

determined to not be recoverable in the near term. First, we consider both 
qualitative and quantitative evidence whether there may be indicators of a 
loss in investment value below carrying value. After considering the weight 
of available evidence, if it is determined that there is a indication of loss in 
investment value, we will perform a fair value analysis. If the resulting fair 
value is less than the carrying value, we will determine if this loss in value 
is OTTI, and we will recognize any OTTI in the income statement as an 
impairment. This evaluation requires significant judgment regarding, but 
not limited to, the severity and duration of the impairment; the ability and 
intent to hold the securities until recovery; financial condition, liquidity, 
and near-term prospects of the issuer; specific events; and other factors. 

Commercial and Government Receivables

Commercial and government receivables (“receivables”) include project 
loans and receivables. These receivables are separately presented in our 
balance sheet to illustrate the differing nature of the credit risk related to 
these assets. Unless otherwise noted, we generally have the ability and 
intent to hold our receivables for the foreseeable future and thus they are 
classified as held for investment. Our ability and intent to hold certain 
receivables may change from time to time depending on a number of 
factors including economic, liquidity and capital market conditions. At 
inception of the arrangement, the carrying value of receivables held 
for investment represents the present value of the note, lease or other 
payments, net of any unearned fee income, which is recognized as 
income over the term of the note or lease using the effective interest 
method. Receivables that are held for investment are carried at amortized 
cost, net of any unamortized acquisition premiums or discounts and include 
origination and acquisition costs, as applicable. Our initial investment 
and principal repayments of these receivables are classified as investing 
activities and the interest collected is classified as operating activities in 
our consolidated statements of cash flows. Receivables that we intend 
to sell in the short-term are classified as held-for-sale and are carried at 
the lower of amortized cost or fair value on our balance sheet, which is 
assessed on an individual asset basis. The purchases and proceeds from 
receivables that we intend to sell at origination are classified as operating 
activities in our consolidated statements of cash flows. Interest collected is 
classified as an operating activity in our consolidated statements of cash 
flows. Receivables from certain projects are subordinate to preferred 
investors in a project who are allocated the majority of such projects’ 
cash in the early years of the investment. Accordingly, such receivables 
may include the ability to defer scheduled interest payments in exchange 
for increasing our receivable balance. We generally accrue this paid-in-
kind (“PIK”) interest when collection is expected and cease accruing PIK 
interest if there is insufficient value to support the accrual or we expect that 
any portion of the principal or interest due is not collectible. The change in 
PIK in any period is included in Change in accrued interest on receivables 
and investments in the operating section of our statement of cash flows. 

We evaluate our receivables for an allowance as determined under 
ASC Topic 326 Financial Instruments- Credit Losses (“Topic 326”) and 
for our internally derived asset performance categories included in 
Note 6 to our financial statements on at least a quarterly basis and 
more frequently when economic or other conditions warrant such an 
evaluation. When a receivable becomes 90 days or more past due, 
and if we otherwise do not expect the debtor to be able to service all of 
its debt or other obligations, we will generally consider the receivable 
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and cease recognizing income from that receivable until the borrower 
has demonstrated the ability and intent to pay contractual amounts due. 
If a receivable’s status significantly improves regarding the debtor’s 
ability to service the debt or other obligations, we will remove it from 
non-accrual status. 

We determine our allowance based on the current expectation of 
credit losses over the contractual life of our receivables as required by 
Topic 326, which we adopted in the year ended December 31, 2020. 
We use a variety of methods in developing our allowance including 
discounted cash flow analysis and probability-of-default/loss given 
default (“PD/LGD”) methods. In developing our estimates, we consider 
our historical experience with our and similar assets in addition to our 
view of both current conditions and what we expect to occur within a 
period of time for which we can develop reasonable and supportable 
forecasts, typically two years. For periods following the reasonable 
and supportable forecast period, we revert to historical information 
when developing assumptions used in our estimates. In developing our 
forecasts, we consider a number of qualitative and quantitative factors 
in our assessment, which may include a project’s operating results, loan-
to-value ratio, any cash reserves, the ability of expected cash from 
operations to cover the cash flow requirements currently and into the 
future, key terms of the transaction, the ability of the borrower to refinance 
the transaction, other credit support from the sponsor or guarantor and the 
project’s collateral value. In addition, we consider the overall economic 
environment, the climate solutions sector, the effect of local, industry, and 
broader economic factors such as unemployment rates and power prices, 
the impact of any variation in weather and the historical and anticipated 
trends in interest rates, defaults and loss severities for similar transactions. 
For those assets where we record our allowance using a discounted cash 
flow method, we have elected to record the change in allowance due 
solely to the passage of time through the provision for loss on receivables 
in our income statement. For assets where the obligor is a publicly rated 
entity, we consider the published historical performance of entities with 
similar ratings in developing our estimate of an allowance, making 
adjustments determined by management to be appropriate during the 
reasonable and supportable forecast period. We have made certain loan 
commitments that are within the scope of Topic 326. When estimating 
an allowance for these loan commitments we consider the probability of 
certain amounts to be funded and apply either a discounted cash flow or 
PD/LGD methodology as described above. We charge off receivables 
against the allowance, if any, when we determine the unpaid principal 
balance is uncollectible, net of recovered amounts. Any provision we 
record for an allowance is a non-cash reconciling item to cash from 
operating activities in our consolidated statements of cash flows. 

Real Estate

Real estate consists of land or other real property and its related lease 
intangibles, net of any amortization. Our real estate is generally leased to 
tenants on a triple net lease basis, whereby the tenant is responsible for all 
operating expenses relating to the property, generally including property 
taxes, insurance, maintenance, repairs and capital expenditures. Certain 
real estate transactions may be characterized as “failed sale-leaseback” 
transactions as defined under ASC Topic 842, Leases, and thus are 
accounted for similarly to our commercial receivables as described 
above in Government and Commercial Receivables.

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For our real estate lease transactions that are classified as operating 
leases, the scheduled rental revenue typically varies during the lease term 
and thus rental income is recognized on a straight-line basis, unless there is 
considerable risk as to collectability, so as to produce a constant periodic 
rent over the term of the lease. Accrued rental income is the aggregate 
difference between the scheduled rents that vary during the lease term 
and the income recognized on a straight-line basis and is recorded in 
other assets. Expenses, if any, related to the ongoing operation of leases 
where we are the lessor are charged to operations as incurred. Our 
initial investment is classified as investing activities and income collected 
for rental income is classified as operating activities in our consolidated 
statements of cash flows.

When our real estate transactions are treated as an asset acquisition 
with an operating lease, we typically record our real estate purchases at 
cost, including acquisition and closing costs, which is allocated to each 
tangible and intangible asset acquired on a relative fair value basis.

The fair value of the tangible assets of an acquired leased property is 
determined by valuing the property as if it were vacant, and the “as-if-
vacant” value is then allocated to land, building and tenant improvements, 
if any, based on the determination of the fair values of these assets. The as-
if-vacant fair value of a property is typically determined by management 
based on appraisals by a qualified appraiser. In determining the fair value 
of the identified intangibles of an acquired property, above-market and 
below-market in-place lease values are valued based on the present 
value (using an interest rate that reflects the risks associated with the leases 
acquired) of the difference between (i) the contractual amounts to be 
paid pursuant to the in-place leases, and (ii) management’s estimate of 
fair market lease rates for the corresponding in-place leases, measured 
over a period equal to the remaining term of the lease, including renewal 
periods reasonably certain of being exercised by the lessee.

The capitalized off-market lease values are amortized as an adjustment 
of rental income over the term used to value the intangible. We also 
record, as appropriate, an intangible asset for in-place leases. The 
value of the leases in place at the time of the transaction is equal to the 
potential income lost if the leases were not in place. The amortization of 
this intangible occurs over the initial term unless management believes that 
it is reasonably certain that the tenant would exercise the renewal option, 
in which case the amortization would extend through the renewal period. 
If a lease were to be terminated, all unamortized amounts relating to that 
lease would be written off.

Investments

Investments  are  debt  securities  that  meet  the  criteria  of  ASC  320, 
Investments-Debt and Equity Securities. We have designated our debt 
securities as available-for-sale and carry these securities at fair value 
on our balance sheet. Unrealized gains and losses, to the extent not 
considered to be credit related, on available-for-sale debt securities are 
recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income 
(“AOCI”) in equity on our balance sheet. When a security is sold, we 
reclassify the AOCI to earnings based on specific identification. Our initial 
investment and principal repayments of these investments are classified 
as investing activities and the interest collected is classified as operating 
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We evaluate our investments for impairment on at least a quarterly basis, 
and more frequently when economic or market conditions warrant such an 
evaluation. Our impairment assessment is a subjective process requiring 
the use of judgments and assumptions. Accordingly, we regularly evaluate 
the extent and impact of any credit deterioration associated with the 
financial and operating performance and value of the underlying project. 
We consider several qualitative and quantitative factors in our assessment. 
The primary factor in our assessment is the current fair value of the security, 
while other factors include changes in the credit rating, performance of the 
underlying project, key terms of the transaction, the value of any collateral 
and any support provided by the sponsor or guarantor. 

To the extent that we have identified an impairment for a security, intend to 
hold the investment to maturity, and do not expect that we will be required 
to sell the security prior to recovery of the amortized cost basis, we will 
recognize only the credit component of the unrealized loss in earnings 
by recording an allowance against the amortized cost of the asset as 
required by Topic 326. We determine the credit component using the 
difference between the security’s amortized cost basis and the present 
value of its expected future cash flows, discounted using the effective 
interest method or its estimated collateral value. Any remaining unrealized 
loss due to factors other than credit is recorded in AOCI. 

To the extent we hold investments with a fair value less than the amortized 
cost and we have made the decision to sell the security or it is more likely 
than not that we will be required to sell the security prior to recovery of its 
amortized cost basis, we recognize the entire portion of the impairment 
in earnings. 

Premiums or discounts on investment securities are amortized or accreted 
into interest income using the effective interest method. 

Securitization of Financial Assets

We have established various special purpose entities or securitization trusts 
for the purpose of securitizing certain financial assets. We determined that 
the trusts used in securitizations are VIEs, as defined in ASC 810. When we 
conclude that we are not the primary beneficiary of certain trusts because 
we do not have power over those trusts’ significant activities, we do not 
consolidate the trust. We typically serve as primary or master servicer of 
these trusts; however, as the servicer, we do not have the power to make 
significant decisions impacting the performance of the trusts. 

We account for transfers of financial assets to these securitization trusts 
as sales pursuant to ASC 860, Transfers and Servicing (“ASC 860”), 
when we have concluded the transferred assets have been isolated from 
the transferor (i.e., put presumptively beyond the reach of the transferor 
and its creditors, even in bankruptcy or other receivership) and we have 
surrendered control over the transferred assets. When we are unable 
to conclude that we have been sufficiently isolated from the securitized 
financial assets, we treat such trusts as secured borrowings, retaining the 
assets on our balance sheet and recording the amounts due to the trust 
investor as non-recourse debt. 

For transfers treated as sales under ASC 860, we have received true-sale-
at-law and non-consolidation legal opinions for all of our securitization 
trust structures to support our conclusion regarding the transferred financial 
assets. When we sell financial assets in securitizations, we generally retain 
interests in the form of servicing rights and residual assets, which we refer 
to as securitization assets.

Gain or loss on the sale of financial assets is calculated based on 
the excess of the proceeds received from the securitization (less any 
transaction costs) plus any retained interests obtained over the cost basis 
of the assets sold. For retained interests, we generally estimate fair value 
based on the present value of future expected cash flows using our best 
estimates of the key assumptions of anticipated losses, prepayment rates, 
and current market discount rates commensurate with the risks involved. 
Cash flows related to our securitizations at origination are classified as 
operating activities in our consolidated statements of cash flows. 

We initially account for all separately recognized servicing assets and 
servicing liabilities at fair value and subsequently measure such servicing 
assets and liabilities using the amortization method. Servicing assets and 
liabilities are amortized in proportion to, and over the period of, estimated 
net servicing income with servicing income recognized as earned. We 
assess servicing assets for impairment at each reporting date. If the 
amortized cost of servicing assets is greater than the estimated fair value, 
we will recognize an impairment in net income. 

Our other retained interest in securitized assets, the residual assets, are 
accounted for similar to available-for-sale debt securities and carried at 
fair value with changes in fair value recorded in AOCI. Income related 
to the residual assets is recognized using the effective interest rate method 
and included in fee income in our income statement. Our residual assets 
are evaluated for impairment on a quarterly basis under Topic 326. 
A residual asset is impaired if its fair value is less than its carrying value. 
The credit component of impairments, if any, are recognized by recording 
an allowance against the amortized cost of the asset. For changes in 
expected cash flows, we will calculate a new yield based on the current 
amortized cost of the residual assets and the revised expected cash 
flows. This yield is used prospectively to recognize our income related 
to these assets. 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include short-term government securities, 
certificates of deposit and money market funds, all of which had an 
original maturity of three months or less at the date of purchase. These 
securities  are  carried  at  their  purchase  price,  which  approximates 
fair value.

Restricted Cash

Restricted cash includes cash and cash equivalents set aside with certain 
lenders primarily to support obligations outstanding as of the balance 
sheet dates. Restricted cash is reported as part of other assets in our 
consolidated balance sheets. Refer to Note 3 to our financial statements 
in this Form 10-K for disclosure of the balances of restricted cash included 
in other assets.

Convertible Notes

We have issued convertible and exchangeable senior notes (together, 
“Convertible Notes”) that are accounted for in accordance with ASC 
470-20, Debt with Conversion and Other Options, and ASC 815, 
Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). Under ASC 815, issuers of 
certain convertible or exchangeable debt instruments are generally 
required to separately account for the conversion or exchange option 
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scope exemption for contracts indexed to, and settled in, an issuer’s own 
equity. Since our conversion or exchange options are both indexed to 
our equity and can only be settled in our common stock, we have met 
the scope exemption, and therefore, we are not separately accounting 
for the embedded conversion or exchange options. The initial issuance 
and any principal repayments are classified as financing activities and 
interest payments are classified as operating activities in our consolidated 
statements of cash flows. If converted or exchanged, the carrying value 
of each Convertible Note is reclassified into stockholders’ equity. 

Income Taxes

We elected and qualified to be taxed as a REIT for U.S. federal income 
tax purposes, commencing with our taxable year ended December 31, 
2013. We also have taxable REIT subsidiaries (“TRS”) that are taxed 
separately, and that will generally be subject to U.S. federal, state, and 
local income taxes as well as taxes of foreign jurisdictions, if any. To qualify 
as a REIT, we must meet on an ongoing basis several organizational 
and operational requirements, including a requirement that we currently 
distribute at least 90% of our REIT’s net taxable income before dividends 
paid, excluding capital gains, to our stockholders. As a REIT, we are not 
subject to U.S. federal corporate income tax on that portion of net income 
that is currently distributed to our owners. 

We account for income taxes under ASC 740, Income Taxes (“ASC 740”) 
for our TRS using the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and 
liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax consequences 
attributable  to  the  differences  between  the  consolidated  financial 
statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their 
respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured 
using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which those temporary 
differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on 
deferred tax assets and liabilities from a change in tax rates is recognized 
in earnings in the period when the new rate is enacted. We evaluate any 
deferred tax assets for valuation allowances based on an assessment 
of available evidence including sources of taxable income, prior years 
taxable income, any existing taxable temporary differences and our future 
investment and business plans that may give rise to taxable income. We 
treat any tax credits we receive from our equity investments in renewable 
energy projects as reductions of federal income taxes of the year in which 
the credit arises. Any deferred tax impacts resulting from transfers of assets 
to or from our TRS are recorded as an adjustment to additional paid-in 
capital, as it is a transfer amongst entities under common control.

We apply ASC 740 with respect to how uncertain tax positions should 
be recognized, measured, presented, and disclosed in the financial 
statements. This guidance requires the accounting and disclosure of tax 
positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing our 
tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more likely than 
not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. We are required to 
analyze all open tax years, as defined by the statute of limitations, for all 
major jurisdictions, which includes U.S. federal and certain states.

Equity-Based Compensation

In  2013,  we  adopted  the  2013  Hannon  Armstrong  Sustainable 
Infrastructure Capital, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan (as amended, the “2013 
Plan”), which provides for grants of stock options, stock appreciation 
rights, restricted stock units, shares of restricted common stock, phantom 

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shares, dividend equivalent rights, long-term incentive-plan units (“LTIP 
Units”)  and  other  restricted  limited  partnership  units  issued  by  our 
Operating Partnership and other equity-based awards. In 2022, our 
board of directors approved the 2022 Hannon Armstrong Sustainable 
Infrastructure Capital, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan (“the 2022 Plan”), which 
was subsequently approved by shareholders at our 2022 annual meeting 
of stockholders, for the purpose of continuing to provide equity-based 
incentive compensation to members of our senior management team, 
our independent directors, employees, advisers, consultants and other 
personnel. From time to time, we may grant equity or equity-based awards 
as compensation to our independent directors, employees, advisors, 
consultants and other personnel under the 2022 Plan. Certain awards 
earned under each plan are based on achieving various performance 
targets, which are generally earned between 0% and 200% of the initial 
target, depending on the extent to which the performance target is met. 
In addition to performance targets, income or gain must be allocated by 
our Operating Partnership to certain LTIP Units issued by our Operating 
Partnership so that the capital accounts of such units are equalized with 
the capital accounts of other holders of OP units before parity is reached 
and LTIP Units can be converted to limited partnership units.

We record compensation expense for grants made in accordance 
with  ASC  718,  Compensation—Stock  Compensation.  We  record 
compensation expense for unvested grants that vest solely based on 
service conditions on a straight-line basis over the vesting period of the 
entire award based upon the fair market value of the grant on the date of 
grant. Fair market value for restricted common stock is based on our share 
price on the date of grant. For awards where the vesting is contingent 
upon  achievement  of  certain  performance  targets,  compensation 
expense is measured based on the fair market value on the grant date 
and is recorded over the requisite service period (which includes the 
performance period). Actual performance results at the end of the 
performance period determines the number of shares that will ultimately 
be awarded. We have also issued awards where the vesting is contingent 
upon service being provided for a defined period and certain market 
conditions being met. The fair value of these awards, as measured at the 
grant date, is recognized over the requisite service period, even if the 
market conditions are not met. The grant date fair value of these awards 
was developed by an independent appraiser using a Monte Carlo 
simulation. Forfeitures of unvested awards are recognized as they occur. 

In the second quarter of 2022, our Board approved a retirement policy 
that provides for full vesting at retirement of any time-based awards 
that were granted prior to the date of retirement and permits the vesting 
of performance-based awards that were granted prior to the date of 
retirement according to the original vesting schedule of the award, subject 
to the achievement of the applicable performance measures and without 
the requirement for continued employment. Employees are eligible for 
the retirement policy upon meeting age and years of service criteria. 
We record compensation expense for unvested grants through the date 
in which an employee meets the retirement criteria. At implementation of 
this policy, we recorded compensation expense of $9 million to reflect 
unvested grants of employees who meet the retirement eligibility criteria.

Earnings Per Share

We compute earnings per share of common stock in accordance with 
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by dividing net income attributable to controlling stockholders (after 
consideration of the earnings allocated to unvested grants, if applicable) 
by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding 
during the period excluding the weighted average number of unvested 
grants, if applicable (“participating securities” as defined in Note 12 to 
our financial statements in this Form 10-K). Diluted earnings per share is 
calculated by dividing net income attributable to controlling stockholders 
(after consideration of the earnings allocated to unvested grants, if 
applicable) by the weighted-average number of shares of common 
stock outstanding during the period plus other potential common stock 
instruments if they are dilutive. Other potentially dilutive common stock 
instruments include our unvested restricted stock, other equity-based 
awards, and Convertible Notes. The restricted stock and other equity-
based awards are included if they are dilutive using the treasury stock 
method. The treasury stock method assumes that theoretical proceeds 
received for future service provided is used to purchase shares of treasury 
stock at the average market price per share of common stock, which is 
deducted from the total shares of potential common stock included in the 
calculation. When unvested grants are dilutive, the earnings allocated 
to these dilutive unvested grants are not deducted from the net income 
attributable to controlling stockholders when calculating diluted earnings 
per share. The Convertible Notes are included if they are dilutive using 

Fair Value Measurements

3. 
Fair value is defined as the price that would be received for an asset 
or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market 
participants on the measurement date. The fair value accounting guidance 
provides a three-level hierarchy for classifying financial instruments. The 
levels of inputs used to determine the fair value of our financial assets 
and liabilities carried on the balance sheet at fair value and for those 
which only disclosure of fair value is required are characterized in 
accordance with the fair value hierarchy established by ASC 820, Fair 
Value Measurements. Where inputs for a financial asset or liability fall 
in more than one level in the fair value hierarchy, the financial asset or 
liability is classified in its entirety based on the lowest level input that is 
significant to the fair value measurement of that financial asset or liability. 
We use our judgment and consider factors specific to the financial assets 
and liabilities in determining the significance of an input to the fair value 
measurements. As of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, only 
our residual assets related to our securitization trusts and investments were 
carried at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets on a recurring 
basis. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

the if-converted method, which removes interest expense related to 
the Convertible Notes from the net income attributable to controlling 
stockholders and includes the weighted average shares of potential 
common stock over the period issuable upon conversion or exchange 
of the note. No adjustment is made for shares of potential common stock 
that are anti-dilutive during a period. 

Segment Reporting

We make equity and debt investments in the climate solutions markets. We 
manage our business as a single portfolio and report all of our activities 
as one business segment.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

There  were  no  accounting  standards  that  became  effective  in  the 
year ended December 31, 2022 that had a material effect on our 
consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. Accounting 
standards updates issued before February 21, 2023 and effective after 
December 31, 2022, are not expected to have a material effect on our 
consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

•  Level  1—Quoted  prices  (unadjusted)  in  active  markets  that  are 

accessible at the measurement date.

•  Level 2—Observable prices that are based on inputs not quoted on 

active markets, but corroborated by market data.

•  Level 3—Unobservable inputs are used when little or no market data 

is available.

The tables below illustrate the estimated fair value of our financial 
instruments on our balance sheet. Unless otherwise discussed below, 
fair value for our Level 2 and Level 3 measurements is measured using a 
discounted cash flow model, contractual terms and inputs which consist 
of base interest rates and spreads over base rates which are based upon 
market observation and recent comparable transactions. An increase 
in these inputs would result in a lower fair value and a decline would 
result in a higher fair value. Our senior unsecured notes and Convertible 
Notes are valued using a market based approach and observable prices. 
The receivables held-for-sale, if any, are carried at the lower of cost or 
fair value.

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(in millions)

Assets

Commercial receivables

Government receivables

Receivables held-for-sale

Investments(1)

Securitization residual assets(2)

Liabilities(3)

Credit facilities

Commercial paper notes

Term loan facility

Non-recourse debt 

Senior unsecured notes 

Convertible notes

2023 Convertible Senior Notes

2025 Exchangeable Senior Notes

Total Convertible Notes

As of December 31, 2022

Fair Value

Carrying Value

Level

$

1,859 $

1,887

96

92

10

177

$

51 $

—

384

402

1,546

137

185

322

103

85

10

177

51

—

384

442

1,784

143

206

349

Level 3

Level 3

Level 3

Level 3

Level 3

Level 3

Level 3

Level 3

Level 3

Level 2

Level 2

Level 2

Level 2

(1)  The amortized cost of our investments as of December 31, 2022, was $12 million.
(2) 
(3)  Fair value and carrying value exclude unamortized financing costs.

Included in securitization assets on the consolidated balance sheet. The amortized cost of our securitization residual assets as of December 31, 2022, was $224 million. 

(in millions)

Assets

Commercial receivables

Government receivables

Receivables held-for-sale

Investments(1)

Securitization residual assets(2)

Liabilities(3)

Credit facilities

Commercial paper notes

Non-recourse debt 

Senior unsecured notes

Convertible notes:

2023 Convertible Senior Notes

2025 Convertible Senior Notes

Total Convertible Notes

As of December 31, 2021

Fair Value

Carrying Value

Level

$

1,433 $

1,299

137

32

18

210

$

100 $

50

476

1,823

16

170

186

125

22

18

210

100

50

440

1,784

8

144

152

Level 3

Level 3

Level 3

Level 3

Level 3

Level 3

Level 3

Level 3

Level 2

Level 2

Level 2

Level 2

(1)  The amortized cost of our investments as of December 31, 2021, was $17 million.
(2) 
(3)  Fair value and carrying value exclude unamortized financing costs.

Included in securitization assets on the consolidated balance sheet. The amortized cost of our securitization residual assets as of December 31, 2021, was $194 million.

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Investments

The following table reconciles the beginning and ending balances for our Level 3 investments that are carried at fair value on a recurring basis:

(in millions)

Balance, beginning of period

Purchases of investments

Sale of investments

Unrealized gains (losses) on investments recorded in OCI

BALANCE, END OF PERIOD

The following table illustrates our investments in an unrealized loss position: 

For the year ended December 31,

2022

2021

$

$

18 $

2

(7)

(3)

10 $

55

5

(38)

(4)

18

(in millions)

December 31, 2022

December 31, 2021

Estimated Fair Value

Unrealized Losses(1)

Count of Securities

Securities with a 
loss shorter than 
12 months

Securities with a 
loss longer than 
12 months

Securities with a 
loss shorter than 
12 months

Securities with a 
loss longer than 
12 months

Securities with a 
loss shorter than 
12 months

Securities with a 
loss longer than 
12 months

$

4 $

7

$

6

—

0.7 $

0.1

1.2

—

4

1

1

—

(1) 

Loss position is due to interest rates movements and is not indicative of credit deterioration. We have the intent and ability to hold these investments until a recovery of fair value.

In determining the fair value of our investments, as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, we used a risk-free rate and added a range of interest rate 
spreads of approximately 1% to 4%, determined based upon recent transactions involving similar assets. The weighted average discount rates used to 
determine the fair value of our investments as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 were 6.5% and 3.6%, respectively.

Securitization Residual Assets

The following table reconciles the beginning and ending balances for our Level 3 securitization residual assets that are carried at fair value on a recurring 
basis, with changes in fair value recorded through AOCI:

(in millions)

Balance, beginning of period

Accretion of securitization residual assets

Additions to securitization residual assets

Collections of securitization residual assets

Unrealized gains (losses) on securitization residual assets recorded in OCI

Balance, end of period

The following table illustrates our securitization residual assets in an unrealized loss position: 

For the year ended December 31,

2022

2021

$

$

210 $

17

29

(16)

(63)

177 $

159

9

61

(17)

(2)

210

(in millions)

December 31, 2022

December 31, 2021

Estimated Fair Value

Unrealized Losses(1)

Count of Assets

Assets with a 
loss shorter than 
12 months

Assets with a 
loss longer than 
12 months

Assets with a 
loss shorter than 
12 months

Assets with a 
loss longer than 
12 months

Assets with a 
loss shorter than 
12 months

Assets with a 
loss longer than 
12 months

$

118 $

51

$

51

17

27 $

1

22

1

66

12

12

3

(1) 

Loss position is due to interest rates movements and is not indicative of credit deterioration. We have the intent and ability to hold these investments until a recovery of fair value.

In determining the fair value of our securitization residual assets, as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, we used a market-based risk-free rate and added 
a range of interest rate spreads of approximately 1% to 6%, determined based upon recent transactions involving similar assets. The weighted average 
discount rate used to determine the fair value of our securitization residual assets as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 was 6.8% and 3.8%, respectively.

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Non-recurring Fair Value Measurements

Our financial statements may include non-recurring fair value measurements related to acquisitions and non-monetary transactions, if any. Assets 
acquired in a business combination, if any, are recorded at their fair value. We may use third party valuation firms to assist us with developing our 
estimates of fair value.

Concentration of Credit Risk

Commercial and government receivables, real estate leases, and debt investments consist primarily of receivables from various projects, U.S. federal 
government-backed receivables, and investment grade state and local government receivables and do not, in our view, represent a significant 
concentration of credit risk given the large number of diverse offtakers and other obligors of the projects. Additionally, certain of our investments are 
collateralized by projects concentrated in certain geographic regions throughout the United States. These investments typically have structural credit 
protections to mitigate our risk exposure and, in most cases, the projects are insured for estimated physical loss which helps to mitigate the possible 
risk from these concentrations.

We had cash deposits that are subject to credit risk as shown below:

(in millions)

Cash deposits

Restricted cash deposits (included in other assets)

TOTAL CASH DEPOSITS

Amount of cash deposits in excess of amounts federally insured

December 31,

2022

2021

$

$

$

156 $

20

176 $

174 $

226

25

251

249

4.  Non-Controlling Interest
Units  of  limited  partnership  interests  in  the  Operating  Partnership 
(“OP units”) that are owned by limited partners other than us are included 
in non-controlling interest on our consolidated balance sheets. The 
non-controlling interest holders are generally allocated their pro rata 
share of income, other comprehensive income and equity transactions.

 The outstanding OP units not held by us represent approximately 1% of 
our outstanding OP units and are redeemable by the limited partners for 
cash, or at our option, for a like number of shares of our common stock. 
Non-controlling interest holders redeemed 2,777 OP units during the 
year ended December 31, 2022 for the same number of shares of our 
common stock. No OP units were exchanged by non-controlling interest 
holders during the year ended December 31, 2021. 

We have also granted to members of our leadership team and directors 
LTIP Units pursuant to our equity incentive plans. The LTIP Units issued to 
employees are held by HASI Management HoldCo LLC. The LTIP Units 
are designed to qualify as profits interests in the Operating Partnership 

and initially will have a capital account balance of zero and, therefore, 
will not have full parity with OP units with respect to liquidating distributions 
or other rights. However, the amended and restated agreement of limited 
partnership of the Operating Partnership (the “OP Agreement”) provides 
that “book gains,” or economic appreciation, in the Operating Partnership 
will be allocated first to the LTIP Units until the capital account per LTIP 
Units is equal to the capital account per-unit of the OP units. Under the 
terms of the OP Agreement, the Operating Partnership will revalue its 
assets upon the occurrence of certain specified events, and any increase 
in valuation from the time of grant until such event will be allocated first to 
the holders of LTIP Units to equalize the capital accounts of such holders 
with the capital accounts of OP unit holders. Once this has occurred, 
the LTIP Units will achieve full parity with the OP units for all purposes, 
including with respect to liquidating distributions and redemption rights. 
In addition to these attributes, there are vesting and settlement conditions 
similar to our other equity-based awards as discussed in Notes 2 and 11 
to our financial statements in this Form 10-K.

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5.  Securitization of Financial Assets
The following summarizes certain transactions with securitization trusts:

(in millions)

Gains on securitizations

Cost of financial assets securitized

Proceeds from securitizations

Residual and servicing assets

Cash received from residual and servicing assets

As of and for the year ended December 31,

2022

2021

2020

$

57 $

68 $

500

557

177

20

810

878

210

18

50

292

342

164

12

In connection with securitization transactions, we typically retain servicing 
responsibilities and residual assets. We generally receive annual servicing 
fees that are typically up to 0.25% of the outstanding balance. We may 
periodically make servicer advances, that are subject to credit risk. Included 
in securitization assets in our consolidated balance sheets are our servicing 
assets at amortized cost and our residual assets at fair value. Our residual 
assets are subordinate to investors’ interests, and their values are subject to 
credit, prepayment and interest rate risks on the transferred financial assets. 
Other than our securitization assets representing these residual interests in 
the trusts’ assets, the investors and the securitization trusts have no recourse 
to our other assets for failure of debtors to pay when due. In computing 
gains and losses on securitizations, we use discount rates based on a review 
of comparable market transactions including Level 3 unobservable inputs 
which consist of base interest rates and spreads over these base rates. 
Depending on the nature of the transaction risks, the discount rate ranged 
from 3.7% to 6.9% during the year ended December 31, 2022.

As of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, our managed assets 
totaled $9.8 billion and $8.8 billion, respectively, of which $5.5 billion and 
$5.2 billion, respectively, were securitized assets held in unconsolidated 
securitization trusts. There were no securitization credit losses in the years 
ended December 31, 2022, 2021, or 2020. As of December 31, 2022, 
there were no material payments from debtors to the securitization trusts that 
were greater than 90 days past due. 

Receivables from contracts for the installation of energy efficiency and other 
technologies are the source of cash flows for $93 million of our securitization 
residual assets. These technologies are installed in facilities owned by, or 
operated for or by, federal, state or local government entities where the 
ultimate obligor for the receivable is a governmental entity. The contracts 
may have guarantees of energy savings from third-party service providers, 
which typically are entities rated investment grade by an independent rating 
agency. The remainder of our securitization residual assets are related to 
contracts where the underlying cash flows are secured by an interest in real 
estate which are typically senior in terms of repayment to other financings.

6.  Our Portfolio
As  of  December  31,  2022,  our  Portfolio  included  approximately 
$4.3 billion of equity method investments, receivables, real estate 
and investments on our balance sheet. The equity method investments 
represent our non-controlling equity investments in renewable energy and 
energy efficiency projects and land. The receivables and investments are 
typically collateralized by contractually committed debt obligations of 
government entities or private high credit quality obligors and are often 
supported by additional forms of credit enhancement, including security 
interests and supplier guaranties. The real estate is typically land and 
related lease intangibles for long-term leases to wind and solar projects. 

In developing and evaluating performance against our credit criteria, 
we consider a number of qualitative and quantitative criteria which 
may include a project’s operating results, loan-to-value ratio, any cash 
reserves, the ability of expected cash from operations to cover the cash 
flow requirements currently and into the future, key terms of the transaction, 
the ability of the borrower to refinance the transaction, the financial and 
operating capability of the borrower, its sponsors or the obligor as well as 
any guarantors and the project’s collateral value. In addition, we consider 
the overall economic environment, the climate solutions sector, the effect 
of local, industry and broader economic factors, the impact of any 
variation in weather and the historical and anticipated trends in interest 
rates, defaults and loss severities for similar transactions.

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The following is an analysis of the Performance Ratings of our Portfolio as of December 31, 2022, which is assessed quarterly:

(dollars in millions)

Receivable vintage (4)

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

Prior to 2018

Total receivables held-for-investment(5)

Less: Allowance for loss on receivables

Net receivables held-for-investment 

Receivables held-for-sale

Investments

Real estate

Equity method investments(6)

TOTAL

Percent of Portfolio

Portfolio Performance

Government

Commercial

1(1)

1(1)

2(2)

3(3)

Total

$

— $

639 $

— $

— $

—

—

—

—

103

103

—

103

—

2

—

—

288

165

457

268

100

1,917

(36)

1,881

85

8

353

1,847

$

105 $

4,174 $

2%

97%

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

23

23 $

1%

—

—

2

—

9

11

(5)

6

—

—

—

—

6 $

—%

639

288

165

459

268

212

2,031

(41)

1,990

85

10

353

1,870

4,308

100%

(1)  This category includes our assets where based on our credit criteria and performance to date we believe that our risk of not receiving our invested capital remains low.
(2)  This category includes our assets where based on our credit criteria and performance to date we believe there is a moderate level of risk to not receiving some or all of our invested capital. 
(3)  This category includes our assets where based on our credit criteria and performance to date, we believe there is substantial doubt regarding our ability to recover some or all of our invested capital. 
Loans in this category are placed on non-accrual status. In the second quarter of 2022, we moved $11 million of loans we had made in a new market venture where the performance has not met 
expectations to this category from Category 2.
Previously included in this category were two commercial receivables with a combined total carrying value of approximately $8 million which were assignments of land lease payments from two 
wind projects that we had originated in 2014. In 2017, the operator of the projects terminated the lease, at which time we filed a legal claim and placed these assets on non-accrual status. In 2019, 
we received a court decision indicating that the owners of the projects were within their rights under the contract terms to terminate the lease which impacts the land lease assignments to us, at which 
time we reserved the receivables for their full carrying amount. In the second quarter of 2022, we received a court decision indicating that our appeal was not successful, and accordingly we wrote 
off the full amount of the receivable.

(4)  Receivable vintage refers to the period in which the relevant loan agreement is signed, and a given vintage may contain loan advances made in periods subsequent to the period in which the loan 

agreement was signed. 

(5)  Total reconciles to the total of the government receivables and commercial receivables lines of the consolidated balance sheets
(6)  Some of the individual projects included in portfolios that make up our equity method investments have government off-takers. As they are part of large portfolios, they are not classified separately.

Receivables 

As of December 31, 2022 our allowance for loan losses was $41 million based on our expectation for credit losses over the lives of the receivables in 
our Portfolio. During 2022, we recorded a provision for loss on receivables of $13 million primarily due to new loans and loan commitments.

Below is a summary of the carrying value, expected loan funding commitments, and allowance by type of receivable or “Portfolio Segment,” as defined 
by Topic 326, as of December 31, 2022 and 2021:

December 31, 2022

December 31, 2021

Gross Carrying
Value

Loan Funding
Commitments

Allowance

Gross Carrying
Value

Loan Funding
Commitments

Allowance

$

$

1,928 $

256 $

103

—

2,031 $

256 $

41

—

41

$

$

1,335 $

184 $

125

—

1,460 $

184 $

36

—

36

(in millions)

Commercial(1)

Government(2)

TOTAL

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(1)  As of December 31, 2022, this category of assets include $1,212 million of mezzanine loans made on a non-recourse basis to special purpose subsidiaries of residential solar companies which 
are secured by residential solar assets where we rely on certain limited indemnities, warranties, and other obligations of the residential solar companies or their other subsidiaries.  This total also 
includes $47 million of lease agreements where we hold legal title to the underlying real estate which are treated under GAAP as receivables since they were deemed to be failed sale/leaseback 
transactions as described in Note 2. 
Risk characteristics of our commercial receivables include a project’s operating risks, which include the impact of the overall economic environment, the climate solutions sector, the effect of local, 
industry, and broader economic factors, the impact of any variation in weather and trends in interest rates. We use assumptions related to these risks to estimate an allowance using a discounted 
cash flow analysis or the PD/LGD method as discussed in Note 2. All of our commercial receivables are included in Performance Rating 1 in the Portfolio Performance table above, except for the 
$11 million of receivables we have placed on non-accrual status which are included in Performance Rating 3. For those assets in Performance Rating 1, the credit worthiness of the obligor combined 
with the various structural protections of our assets cause us to believe we have a low risk we will not receive our invested capital, however we recorded a $36 million allowance on these $1.9 billion 
in assets as a result of lower probability assumptions utilized in our allowance methodology.

(2)  As of December 31, 2022, our government receivables include $13 million of U.S. federal government transactions and $90 million of transactions where the ultimate obligors are state or local 

governments. 
Risk characteristics of our government receivables include the energy savings or the power output of the projects and the ability of the government obligor to generate revenue for debt service, via 
taxation or other means. Transactions may have guarantees of energy savings or other performance support from third-party service providers, which typically are entities, directly or whose ultimate 
parent entity is, rated investment grade by an independent rating agency. All of our government receivables are included in Performance Rating 1 in the Portfolio Performance table above. Our 
allowance for government receivables is primarily calculated by using PD/LGD methods as discussed in Note 2. Our expectation of credit losses for these receivables is immaterial given the high 
credit-quality of the obligors. 

The following table reconciles our beginning and ending allowance for loss on receivables by Portfolio Segment for the year ended December 31, 2022:

(in millions)

Beginning balance - December 31, 2020 

Provision for loss on receivables

Ending balance - December 31, 2021

Provision for loss on receivables

Write-off of allowance

Ending balance - December 31, 2022

Commercial

Government

$

$

36 $

—

36

13

(8)

41 $

—

—

—

—

—

Other than the $11 million of receivables discussed above with a Performance Rating of 3, we have no receivables which are on non-accrual status. 

The following table provides a summary of our anticipated maturity dates of our receivables and the weighted average yield for each range of maturities 
as of December 31, 2022: 

(dollars in millions)

Maturities by period (excluding allowance)

Weighted average yield by period

Total

$

2,031 $

8.1%

Less than 
1 year

1-5 years

5-10 years

More than 
10 years

4 $

1.9%

59 $

5.2%

1,098 $

8.4%

870

7.9%

Investments
The following table provides a summary of our anticipated maturity dates of our investments and the weighted average yield for each range of maturities 
as of December 31, 2022: 

(dollars in millions)

Maturities by period

Weighted average yield by period

Total

$

Less than 
1 year

1-5 years

5-10 years

More than 
10 years

10 $

4.6%

— $

—%

— $

—%

— $

—%

10

4.6%

We had no investments that were impaired or on non-accrual status as of December 31, 2022 or 2021, and no allowances associated with our 
investments. 

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Real Estate
Our real estate is leased to renewable energy projects, typically under long-term triple net leases with expiration dates that range between the 
years 2033 and 2057 under the initial terms and 2047 and 2080 if all renewals are exercised. The components of our real estate portfolio as of 
December 31, 2022 and 2021, were as follows:

(in millions)

Real estate

Land

Lease intangibles

Accumulated amortization of lease intangibles

REAL ESTATE

December 31,

2022

2021

$

$

269 $

104

(20)

353 $

269

104

(17)

356

As of December 31, 2022, the future amortization expense of the intangible assets and the future minimum rental income payments under our land 
lease agreements are as follows:

(in millions)

Year Ending December 31,

2023

2024

2025

2026

2027

Thereafter

TOTAL

Future 
Amortization 
Expense

Minimum Rental 
Payments

$

$

3 $

3

3

3

3

69

84 $

24

24

24

25

25

698

820

Equity Method Investments
We have made non-controlling equity investments in a number of climate solutions projects as well as in a joint venture that owns land with long-term 
triple net lease agreements to several solar projects that we account for as equity method investments. As of December 31, 2022, we held the following 
equity method investments: 

Investee

Carrying Value

(in millions)
Investment Date

Various

Various

Various

Jupiter Equity Holdings, LLC

Lighthouse Partnerships(1)

Phase V Class A LLC

March 2020

University of Iowa Energy Collaborative Holdings LLC

Various

Various

Vivint Solar Asset 3 HoldCo Parent LLC

Other investees

TOTAL EQUITY METHOD INVESTMENTS

(1)  Represents the total of three equity investments in a portfolio of a renewable energy projects discussed below.

$

540

389

165

130

116

530

$

1,870

Jupiter Equity Holdings, LLC

We have a preferred equity interest in Jupiter Equity Holdings, LLC (“Jupiter”) 
that owns nine operating onshore wind projects and four operating utility-
scale solar projects with an aggregate capacity of approximately 2.3 
gigawatts. We have made capital contributions to Jupiter of approximately 
$536 million related to these projects, reflecting final funding true-ups 
after all projects reached substantial completion. The projects feature cash 

flows from fixed-price power purchase agreements and financial hedges 
with a weighted average contract life of 13 years, contracted with highly 
creditworthy off-takers and counterparties.

Jupiter is governed by an amended and restated limited liability 
company agreement, dated July 1, 2020, by and among Jupiter, 
one of our subsidiaries and a subsidiary of the project sponsor, and 
contains  customary  terms  and  conditions.  We  own  100%  of  the 

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Class A Units in Jupiter corresponding to 49% of the distributions 
from Jupiter subject to the preferences discussed below. Most major 
decisions that may impact Jupiter, its subsidiaries or its assets, require 
the majority vote of a four person committee in which we and the 
project sponsor each have two representatives. Through Jupiter, we 
will be entitled to preferred distributions until certain return targets are 
achieved. Once these return targets are achieved, distributions will 
be allocated approximately 33% to us and approximately 67% to the 
sponsor. We and the sponsor each have a right of first offer if the other 
party desires to transfer any of its equity ownership to a third party 
on or after July 1, 2023. We use the equity method of accounting to 
account for our preferred equity interest in Jupiter, and have elected 
to recognize earnings from this investment one quarter in arrears to 
allow for the receipt of financial information.

present at a meeting of a review committee in which a quorum is present. 
The review committee is a four person committee, which includes two 
Company representatives and two sponsor representatives. Through 
each Lighthouse Partnership, commencing on a certain date following 
the effective date of the applicable limited liability company agreement, 
we will be entitled to preferred distributions until certain return targets of 
the Renewables Portfolio are achieved. Subject to customary exceptions, 
no member of a Lighthouse Partnership can transfer any of its equity 
ownership in any Lighthouse Partnership to a third party without approval 
of the review committee of that Lighthouse Partnership. We use the equity 
method of accounting to account for our preferred equity interest in each 
Lighthouse Partnership, and have elected to recognize earnings from this 
investment one quarter in arrears to allow for the receipt of financial 
information. 

Lighthouse Renewables Portfolio 

Related party transactions

In December 2020, we entered into certain agreements relating to the 
acquisition, ownership and management of approximately $663 million in 
preferred cash equity investments in three partnerships that expect to own cash 
equity interests in an approximately 1.6 gigawatt portfolio of onshore wind, 
utility-scale solar and solar-plus-storage projects (the “Renewables Portfolio”) 
developed and managed by the project sponsor. In 2021, we modified this 
structure to include an additional project in the renewables portfolio and to be 
held through the four partnerships (“Lighthouse Partnerships”), bringing our total 
expected investment to $870 million. We have made initial investments in the 
preferred cash equity interests of the Lighthouse Partnerships of approximately 
$433 million through December 31, 2022, and additional investments are 
expected to be made as the projects become commercially operational. The 
Renewables Portfolio currently has contracted cash flows with a combined 
weighted average contract life of greater than 15 years with a diversified 
group of predominately investment grade corporate, utility, university, and 
municipal offtakers. 

Each of the Lighthouse Partnerships are or will be governed by a limited 
liability company agreement between us and the sponsor serving as 
managing member and contain customary terms and conditions. Most 
major decisions that may impact each of the Lighthouse Partnerships, its 
subsidiaries or its assets, require a unanimous vote of the representatives 

Of  our  commercial  receivables,  approximately  $713  million  are 
loans made to entities in which we also have non-controlling equity 
investments of approximately $338 million. These equity method 
investments are LLCs taxed as partnerships that we have entered into 
with various renewable energy project sponsors, such as SunPower 
Corporation. We negotiate the commercial terms of these loans with 
the other partner, and the assets against which the project sponsors 
are borrowing are contributed into the LLCs upon the execution of the 
loans. Our equity investments allow us to participate in the residual 
economics of those contributed assets alongside the other partner, 
and our rights under the project operating agreements do not allow us 
to make any significant unilateral decisions regarding the terms of the 
arrangement. Because the loans made to these entities are typically 
subordinate to senior debt and tax equity investors in the projects, 
these loans, which have maturities of over ten years, may accrue 
PIK interest in the early years of the project until sufficient cash flow 
is available for our interest payments. Any change in PIK interest is 
included in Change in accrued interest on receivables and investments 
in the operating section of our statement of cash flows. On a quarterly 
basis, we assess these loans for any impairment inclusive of any PIK 
interest accrued under CECL as discussed above under Receivables. 

The following table provides additional detail on these related party transactions: 

(in millions)

Interest income from related party loans

Investments in related party loans

Principal collected from related party loans

Interest collected from related party loans

For the year ended December 31, 

2022

2021

2020

$

60 $

54 $

164

87

64

324

71

53

38

101

61

27

In addition to the above, in the second quarter of 2022, as part of a 
purchase and sale agreement with an equity investee, we exchanged 
three performing loans for equity interests in the same project companies. 
The GAAP carrying value of the loans was $55 million, which were 

exchanged in a non-cash transaction for equity method investments with 
no gain or loss recognized at the time of exchange as calculated using 
discounted cash flows at a market interest rate.

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7.  Credit facilities and commercial paper notes

Secured credit facilities

We have two secured revolving credit facilities (our “Secured Credit Facilities”), a representation-based loan agreement (the “Rep-Based Facility”) 
and an approval-based loan agreement (the “Approval-Based Facility”) with various lenders, which mature in July 2023. The Rep-Based Facility is a 
secured revolving limited-recourse credit facility, which has a maximum outstanding principal amount of $100 million, and the Approval-Based Facility 
is a secured revolving recourse credit facility with a maximum outstanding principal amount of $200 million. 

The following table provides additional detail on our Secured Credit Facilities as of December 31, 2022: 

(dollars in millions)

Outstanding balance

Value of collateral pledged to credit facility

Available capacity based on pledged assets

Weighted average short-term borrowing rate

Loans under the Rep-Based Facility bear interest at a rate equal to 
one-month LIBOR plus 1.40% or 1.85% (depending on the type of 
collateral) or, in certain circumstances, the Federal Funds Rate plus 
0.40% or 0.85% (depending on the type of collateral). Loans under 
the Approval-Based Facility bear interest at a rate equal to one-month 
LIBOR plus 1.50% or 2.00% (depending on the type of collateral) or, 
under certain circumstances, the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50% or 1.00% 
(depending on the type of collateral). 

Inclusion of any financings of the Company in the borrowing base as 
collateral under the Rep-Based Facility will be subject to the Company 
making certain agreed upon representations and warranties. We have 
provided a limited guarantee covering the accuracy of the representations 
and warranties, and the repayment by the borrowers of certain amounts 
relating to any such financing is the exclusive remedy with respect to 
any breach of such representations and warranties under the Rep-Based 
Facility. Inclusion of any financings of the Company in the borrowing 
base as collateral under the Approval-Based Facility will be subject to 
the approval of a super-majority of the lenders, and we have provided 
a guarantee of the Approval-Based Facility.

The amount eligible to be drawn under the Secured Credit Facilities 
is based on a discount to the value of each included investment 
based  upon  the  type  of  collateral  or  an  applicable  valuation 
percentage. The sum of included financings after taking into account 
the  applicable  valuation  percentages  and  any  changes  in  the 
valuation of the financings in accordance with the Secured Credit 
Facilities determines the borrowing capacity, subject to the overall 
facility limits described above. Under the Rep-Based Facility, the 
applicable valuation percentage is 85% in the case of a land-lease 
obligor or a U.S. Federal Government obligor, 80% in the case of 
an institutional obligor or state and local obligor, and with respect to 
other obligors or in certain circumstances, such other percentage as 
the administrative agent may prescribe. Under the Approval-Based 
Facility, the applicable valuation percentage is 85% in the case of 
certain approved financings and 67% or such other percentage as 
the administrative agent may prescribe. 

We have approximately $1 million of remaining unamortized financing 
costs  associated  with  the  Secured  Credit  Facilities  that  have  been 
capitalized and included in other assets on our balance sheet and are 

86

Rep-Based  
Facility

Approval-Based 
Facility

$

— $

10

7

N/A

51

103

9

6.2%

being amortized on a straight-line basis over the term of the Secured Credit 
Facilities. Administrative fees are payable annually to the administrative 
agent under each of the Secured Credit Facilities and letter agreements 
with the administrative agent. Under the Rep-Based Facility, we pay to 
the administrative agent on each monthly payment date, for the benefit 
of the lenders, certain availability fees for the Rep-Based Facility equal to 
0.60%, divided by 365 or 366, as applicable, multiplied by the excess 
of the available total commitments under the Rep-Based Facility over the 
actual amount borrowed under the Rep-Based Facility.

The Secured Credit Facilities contain terms, conditions, covenants, and 
representations and warranties that are customary and typical for a 
transaction of this nature, including various affirmative and negative 
covenants, and limitations on the incurrence of liens and indebtedness, 
investments, fundamental organizational changes, dispositions, changes 
in the nature of business, transactions with affiliates, use of proceeds and 
stock repurchases. We were in compliance with our covenants as of 
December 31, 2022.

The Secured Credit Facilities also include customary events of default, 
including the existence of a default in more than 50% of the value of 
underlying financings. The occurrence of an event of default may result 
in termination of the credit facilities, acceleration of amounts due under 
the Secured Credit Facilities, and accrual of default interest at a rate of 
LIBOR plus 2.00% in the case of both the Rep-Based Facility and the 
Approval-Based Facility.

Unsecured revolving credit facilities

In February 2022, we entered into a $600 million unsecured revolving 
credit facility pursuant to a revolving credit agreement with a syndicate 
of lenders which matures in February 2025, replacing our then-existing 
$400  million  unsecured  revolving  credit  facility  entered  into  in 
February 2021. As of December 31, 2022, there were no outstanding 
balances on the unsecured revolving credit facility. As of December 31, 
2022, we had less than $3 million of remaining unamortized financing 
costs associated with the unsecured revolving credit facility that have 
been capitalized and included in other assets on our balance sheet 
and are being amortized on a straight-line basis over the term of the 
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The unsecured revolving credit facility has a committee fee based on our 
current credit rating and bears interest at a rate of the SOFR or prime rate 
plus applicable margins based on our current credit rating, which may 
be adjusted downward up to 0.10% to the extent our Portfolio achieves 
certain targeted levels of carbon emissions avoidance as measured by 
our CarbonCount metric. The current applicable margins are 1.875% for 
Term SOFR Rate-based loans and 0.875% for prime rate-based loans. The 
unsecured revolving credit facility contains terms, conditions, covenants, 
and representations and warranties that are customary and typical for 
transactions of this nature, including various affirmative and negative 
covenants, and limitations on the incurrence of liens and indebtedness, 
investments, fundamental organizational changes, dispositions, changes 
in the nature of business, transactions with affiliates, use of proceeds, stock 
repurchases, and dividends we can declare. The unsecured revolving 
credit facility also includes customary events of default and remedies. 
At our option, upon maturity of the unsecured revolving credit facility, we 
have the ability to convert amounts borrowed into term loans for a fee 
equal to 1.875% of the term loan amounts.

CarbonCount Green Commercial Paper Note Program 

In December 2022, we renewed an agreement allowing us to issue 
commercial paper notes, in amounts up to $100 million outstanding at any 
time. We obtained an irrevocable direct-pay letter of credit in an amount 
not to exceed $100 million from Bank of America, N.A, to support these 

obligations which expires in June 2024. Commercial paper notes will not 
be redeemable, will not be subject to voluntary prepayment and are not 
to exceed 397 days. The proceeds of our commercial paper notes are 
used to acquire or refinance, in whole or in part, eligible green projects, 
including assets that are neutral to negative on incremental carbon 
emissions. As of December 31, 2022, we have no green commercial 
paper notes outstanding.  

Green commercial paper notes will be issued at a discount based on 
market pricing, subject to broker fees of 0.10%. For issuance of the letter of 
credit, we will pay 0.95% on any drawn letter of credit amounts to Bank 
of America, N.A., and 0.40% on any unused letter of credit capacity. 
Fees paid on the drawn letters of credit may be reduced by up to 0.05% 
to the extent our Portfolio achieves certain targeted levels of carbon 
emissions avoidance as measured by our CarbonCount metric. As of 
December 31, 2022, we have no remaining unamortized financing costs 
associated with the commercial paper program and associated letter of 
credit. The associated letter of credit contains terms, conditions, covenants, 
and representations and warranties that are customary and typical for 
a transaction of this nature, including various affirmative and negative 
covenants, and limitations on the incurrence of liens and indebtedness, 
investments, fundamental organizational changes, dispositions, changes 
in the nature of business, transactions with affiliates, use of proceeds, stock 
repurchases and dividends we declare. The letter of credit also includes 
customary events of default and remedies.

8. 

Long-term Debt

Non-recourse debt

We have outstanding the following asset-backed non-recourse debt and bank loans:

(dollars in millions)

2022

2021

Interest Rate

Maturity Date

Outstanding Balance 
as of December 31,

Anticipated 
Balance at 
Maturity

Carrying Value of Assets 
Pledged  
as of December 31,

2022

2021

Description of Assets Pledged

HASI Sustainable Yield Bond  
2015-1A

HASI SYB Trust 2016-2

HASI SYB Trust 2017-1

Lannie Mae Series 2019-1

Other non-recourse debt(1)

Unamortized financing costs

$

73 $

77

4.28% October 2034

$

— $

136 $

56

141

90

82

(9)

62

146

93

62

(10)

4.35% April 2037

3.86% March 2042

3.68% January 2047

3.15% - 7.45% 2022 to 2032

—

—

—

18

63

231

120

82

139 Receivables, real estate, real estate 
intangibles, and restricted cash

70 Receivables and restricted cash

208 Receivables, real estate, real estate 
intangibles, and restricted cash

110 Receivables, real estate,  real estate 
intangibles, and restricted cash

65 Receivables

NON-RECOURSE DEBT(2)

$ 433 $ 430

(1)  Other non-recourse debt consists of various debt agreements used to finance certain of our receivables. Scheduled debt service payment requirements are equal to or less than the cash flows 

received from the underlying receivables.

(2)  The total collateral pledged against our non-recourse debt was $632 million and $592 million as of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively, which includes $20 million and 

$19 million of restricted cash balance was pledged for debt service as of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.

We have pledged the financed assets, and typically our interests in 
one or more parents or subsidiaries of the borrower that are legally 
separate bankruptcy remote special purpose entities as security for the 
non-recourse debt. There is no recourse for repayment of these obligations 
other than to the applicable borrower and any collateral pledged as 
security for the obligations. Generally, the assets and credit of these 

entities are not available to satisfy any of our other debts and obligations. 
The creditors can only look to the borrower, the cash flows of the pledged 
assets and any other collateral pledged, to satisfy the debt and we are not 
otherwise liable for nonpayment of such cash flows. The debt agreements 
contain terms, conditions, covenants, and representations and warranties 
that are customary and typical for transactions of this nature, including 

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limitations on the incurrence of liens and indebtedness, investments, 
fundamental  organizational  changes,  dispositions,  changes  in  the 
nature of business, transactions with affiliates, use of proceeds and stock 
repurchases. The agreements also include customary events of default, 
the occurrence of which may result in termination of the agreements, 
acceleration of amounts due, and accrual of default interest. We typically 
act as servicer for the debt transactions. We were in compliance with all 
covenants as of December 31, 2022 and 2021.

We have guaranteed the accuracy of certain of the representations and 
warranties and other obligations of certain of our subsidiaries under 
certain of the debt agreements and provided an indemnity against certain 
losses from “bad acts” of such subsidiaries including fraud, failure to 
disclose a material fact, theft, misappropriation, voluntary bankruptcy or 
unauthorized transfers. 

The stated minimum maturities of non-recourse debt as of December 31, 2022, were as follows:

(in millions)

Year Ending December 31,

2023

2024

2025

2026

2027

Thereafter

Total minimum maturities

Unamortized financing costs

TOTAL NON-RECOURSE DEBT

Future minimum 
maturities

$

$

28

29

27

26

34

298

442

(9)

433

The stated minimum maturities of non-recourse debt above include only 
the mandatory minimum principal payments. To the extent there are 
additional cash flows received from our investments in climate solutions 
projects  serving  as  collateral  for  certain  of  our  non-recourse  debt 
facilities, these additional cash flows may be required to be used to 
make additional principal payments against the respective debt. Any 
additional principal payments made due to these provisions may impact 
the anticipated balance at maturity of these financings. To the extent there 
are not sufficient cash flows received from those investments pledged as 
collateral, the investor has no recourse against other corporate assets to 
recover any shortfalls. 

Senior Unsecured Notes

We have outstanding senior unsecured notes issued jointly by certain 
of our TRS and are guaranteed by the Company and certain other 

The following are summarized terms of the Senior Unsecured Notes:

subsidiaries (the “Senior Unsecured Notes”). The Senior Unsecured 
Notes are subject to covenants that limit our ability to incur additional 
indebtedness and require us to maintain unencumbered assets of not less 
than 120% of our unsecured debt. These covenants will terminate on any 
date at which the Senior Unsecured Notes have been rated investment 
grade by two of the three major credit rating agencies and no event of 
default has occurred. We are in compliance with all of our covenants as 
of December 31, 2022 and 2021. The Senior Unsecured Notes impose 
certain requirements in the event that we merge with or sell substantially 
all of our assets to another entity. We allocate an amount equal to the net 
proceeds of our Senior Unsecured Notes to the acquisition or refinance 
of, in whole or in part, eligible green projects, including assets that are 
neutral to negative on incremental carbon emissions.

(in millions)

2025 Notes

2026 Notes

2030 Notes

Outstanding 
Principal Amount

Maturity Date

Stated  
Interest Rate

Interest Payment Dates

Redemption Terms 
Modification Date

400

April 15, 2025

1,000

June 15, 2026

375(2)

September 15, 2030

6.00%

3.38%

3.75%

April 15 and October 15th

April 15, 2022(1)

June 15 and December 15

March 15, 2026(1)

February 15th and August 15th September 15, 2022(3)

(1)  Prior to this date, we may redeem, at our option, some or all of the 2025 Notes or 2026 Notes for the outstanding principal amount plus the applicable “make-whole” premium as defined in the 
indenture governing the 2025 Notes or 2026 Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest through the redemption date. In addition, prior to this date, we may redeem up to 40% of the Senior Unsecured 
Notes using the proceeds of certain equity offerings at a price equal to par plus the coupon percentage of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued but unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the 
applicable redemption date. On, or subsequent to, this date we may redeem the 2025 or 2026 Notes in whole or in part at redemption prices defined in the indenture governing the 2025 Notes 
or 2026 Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest though the redemption date. 

(2)  We issued the $375 million aggregate principal amount of the 2030 Notes for total proceeds of $371 million ($367 million net of issuance costs) at an effective interest rate of 3.87%.
(3)  Prior to this date, we may, at our option on one or more occasions redeem up to 40% of the 2030 Notes using the proceeds of certain equity offerings at a price equal to 103.75% of the principal 
amount thereof; plus accrued but unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding the applicable redemption date. At any point prior to maturity, we may redeem, at our option, some or all of the 2030 Notes 
plus the applicable “make-whole” premium as defined in the indenture governing the 2030 Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest through the redemption date.

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The following table presents a summary of the components of the Senior Unsecured Notes: 

(in millions)

Principal

Accrued interest

Unamortized premium (discount)

Less: Unamortized financing costs

CARRYING VALUE OF SENIOR UNSECURED NOTES

Interest expense

Convertible Senior Notes

As of and for the year ended December 31,

2022

2021

$

$

$

1,775 $

12

(3)

(16)

1,768 $

77 $

1,775

12

(3)

(21)

1,763

72

We have outstanding $144 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes and $200 million aggregate principal amount of exchangeable 
senior notes, together “Convertible Notes”. Holders may convert or exchange any of their Convertible Notes into shares of our common stock at the 
applicable conversion or exchange ratio at any time prior to the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the 
maturity date, unless the Convertible Notes have been previously redeemed or repurchased by us.

The following are summarized terms of the Convertible Notes as of December 31, 2022: 

(in millions)

Outstanding 
Principal 
Amount

Maturity Date

Stated Interest 
Rate

Interest 
Payment 
Dates

Conversion/
Exchange 
Ratio

Conversion/ 
Exchange 
Price

Issuable  
Shares

Dividend 
Threshold 
Amount(1)

2022 Convertible Senior Notes

$

—(2) September 1, 2022

4.125% March 1 and 
September 1

36.8366 $

27.15

— $ 0.330

2023 Convertible Senior Notes

2025 Exchangeable Senior Notes

144

200(3)

August 15, 2023

May 1, 2025

0.000%

0.000%

N/A 20.7767 $

N/A 17.6873 $

48.13

56.54

3.0 $ 0.340

3.5 $

0.375

(1)  The conversion ratio is subject to adjustment for dividends declared above these amounts per share per quarter and certain other events that may be dilutive to the holder. 
(2) 

In March 2022, we exercised a redemption option to call the remaining $8.1 million of 2022 Convertible Senior Notes. $7.6 million principal of the notes was converted prior to the effectiveness of 
the redemption option, with the remaining notes being redeemed for cash of $0.5 million.

(3)  The 2025 Exchangeable Senior Notes accrete to a premium at maturity equal to 3.25% per annum. The current balance including accreted premium is $205 million.

For the 2023 Convertible Senior Notes, following the occurrence of 
a make-whole fundamental change, we will, in certain circumstances, 
increase the conversion rate for a holder that converts its convertible notes 
in connection with such make-whole fundamental change. There are no 
cash settlement provisions in the convertible notes and the conversion 
option can only be settled through physical delivery of our common 
stock. Additionally, upon the occurrence of certain fundamental changes 
involving us, holders of the 2023 Convertible Notes may require us to 
redeem all or a portion of their notes for cash at a price of 100% of the 
principal amount outstanding, plus accrued and unpaid interest. We may 
redeem the 2023 Convertible Senior Notes at any time only if such a 
redemption is deemed reasonably necessary to preserve our qualification 
as a REIT.

In April 2022, certain of our TRS jointly issued $200 million of 0.00% green 
exchangeable senior notes due 2025 that are guaranteed by us and certain 
other subsidiaries and may, under certain conditions, be exchangeable for 
our common stock. The notes accrete to a premium at maturity at an effective 
rate of 3.25% annually. Upon any exchange, holders will receive a number 
of shares of our common stock equal to the product of (i) the aggregate 
initial principal amount of the notes to be exchanged, divided by $1,000 and 
(ii) the applicable exchange rate, which will initially be 17.6873, equivalent 
to an initial exchange price of approximately $56.54 per share, plus cash 
in lieu of fractional shares. We intend to allocate an amount equal to the net 
proceeds of this offering to the acquisition or refinancing of, in whole or in 
part, new and/or existing eligible green projects, which include assets that 
are neutral to negative on incremental carbon emissions. 

The following table presents a summary of the components of our Convertible Notes:

(in millions)

Principal

Premium

Less: Unamortized financing costs

Carrying value of Convertible Senior Notes

Interest expense

As of and for the year ended December 31,

2022

2021

$

$

$

344 $

5

(5)

344 $

7 $

152

—

(2)

150

6

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CarbonCount Term Loan Facility

On November 1, 2022, we entered into an unsecured term loan facility 
with a syndicate of banks which has an outstanding principal amount 
of $383 million. Principal amounts under the term loan facility will bear 
interest at a rate of Term SOFR plus applicable margins based on our 
current credit rating, which may be adjusted downward up to 0.10% 
to the extent our Portfolio achieves certain targeted levels of carbon 
emissions avoidance, as measured by our CarbonCount metric. As of 
December 31, 2022, the applicable margin is 2.225% and the current 
interest rate is 6.75%. The coupon on any drawn amounts will be reset 

at monthly, quarterly, or semi-annual intervals at our election. Interest is 
due and payable quarterly. Beginning six months after the effective date 
of the facility, 1.25% of the outstanding principal balance will be due 
quarterly. The term loan facility has a maturity date of October 31, 2025, 
and loans under the facility can be prepaid without penalty. We intend 
to allocate an amount equal to the net proceeds of this offering to the 
acquisition or refinancing of, in whole or in part, new and/or existing 
eligible green projects, which include assets that are neutral to negative 
on incremental carbon emissions. 

Principal and interest payments which were due under the term loan facility as of  December 31, 2022 are as follows: 

(in millions)

Year Ending December 31,

2023

2024

2025

Total

Less: Unamortized financing costs

Carrying Value

Future maturities

$

$

$

15

18

351

384

(4)

380

The  term  loan  facility  contains  terms,  conditions,  covenants,  and 
representations and warranties that are customary and typical for a 
transaction of this nature, including various affirmative and negative 
covenants, and limitations on the incurrence of liens and indebtedness, 

investments, fundamental organizational changes, dispositions, changes 
in the nature of business, transactions with affiliates, use of proceeds, 
stock repurchases and dividends we declare. The term loan facility also 
includes customary events of default and remedies.

9.  Commitments and Contingencies

Leases 

Guarantees and other commitments

We lease office space at our headquarters in Annapolis, Maryland under 
an operating lease entered into in 2021 which expires in 2033. 

We have a lease related to our previous office space entered into in 
2011 and amended in 2013 and 2017. Lease payments under this prior 
lease commenced in 2012 and incremental payments related to the 
amendments commenced in 2014 and 2017. The lease expires in 2027, 
and we expect to begin subleasing this space in 2023. 

The leases provide for operating expense reimbursements and annual 
escalations that are amortized over the respective lease terms on a 
straight-line basis. Rent expense related to both of these leases was 
less than $1 million for each of the years ended December 31, 2022, 
2021, and 2020, respectively. Future gross minimum lease payments are 
approximately $1 million per year during the remaining term of the leases.

Litigation

The nature of our operations exposes us to the risk of claims and litigation 
in the normal course of our business. We are not currently subject to any 
legal proceedings that are probable of having a material adverse effect 
on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In the third quarter of 2022, we made a guarantee related to the financing 
of three of our joint venture entities that own debt securities of energy 
efficiency projects. We received $64 million of the proceeds of this 
financing arrangement, and in turn have guaranteed the obligations 
of the entity related to this financing, which includes collateral posting 
requirements  as  well  as  repayment  of  the  financing  at  maturity  in 
February 2023. In February 2023, we extended this agreement until 
May 2023. As of December 31, 2022, our maximum obligation under 
this guarantee is approximately $80 million. We believe the likelihood 
of having to perform under the guarantee is remote, have recorded no 
liability associated with this guarantee, and presently have not been 
required to post collateral for this guarantee as the assets of the joint 
venture entities are enough to support the financing obligation. We have 
executed a separate agreement with our joint venture partner pursuant 
to which it is liable for repayment to us 15% of this guarantee obligation. 

In connection with some of our transactions, we have provided certain 
limited representations, warranties, covenants and/or provided an 
indemnity against certain losses resulting from our own actions, including 
related to certain investment tax credits. As of December 31, 2022, there 
have been no such actions resulting in claims against the Company.

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COVID-19

The COVID-19 global pandemic has brought forth uncertainty and 
disruption to the global economy. As of December 31, 2022, we have not 
recorded any contingencies on our balance sheet related to COVID-19 

with the exception of any allowances related to our receivables described 
in Note 6. To the extent COVID-19 continues to cause dislocations in the 
global economy, our financial condition, results of operations, and cash 
flows may be adversely impacted.

10.  Income Tax 
We  recorded  an  income  tax  benefit  (expense)  of  approximately 
$(7) million for the year ended December 31, 2022, a $(17) million 
tax benefit (expense) for the year ended December 31, 2021, and an 
$3 million tax benefit (expense) for the year for the year ended 2020 
related to the activities of our TRS. The federal income tax expense and 

benefits recorded were determined using a rate of 21%. Our deferred tax 
assets and liabilities were measured using a federal rate of 21%. Below 
is a reconciliation between the federal statutory rates of our TRS entities 
and our effective tax rates for the years ended December 31: 

Federal statutory income tax rate

Changes in rate resulting from:

Share-based compensation

Equity method investments

Other

Valuation allowance

Effective tax rate

2022

2021

2020

21%

(41)%

55 %

(11)%

(114)%

(90)%

21%

(4)%

(2)%

5%

—%

20%

21%

(13)%

(12)%

(4)%

—%

(8)%

Our deferred tax liability was $44 million and $25 million as of 
December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, related to the activities 
of our TRS. Our deferred tax liability is included in accounts payable, 
accrued expenses and other on our consolidated balance sheet. 

Deferred  income  taxes  represent  the  tax  effect  from  continuing 
operations of the differences between the book and tax basis of assets 
and liabilities. Deferred tax assets (liabilities) include the following as 
of December 31:

(in millions)

Net operating loss (NOL) carryforwards

Tax credit carryforwards

Share-based compensation

Other

Valuation allowance

Gross deferred tax assets

Receivables basis difference

Equity method investments

Gross deferred tax liabilities

NET DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

2022

2021

114 $

21

3

1

(10)

129

(20) $

(153)

(173)

(44) $

75

16

3

13

—

107

(15)

(117)

(132)

(25)

$

$

$

We have unused NOLs of $465 million and tax credits of approximately 
$21 million. Approximately $87 million of our NOLs will begin to expire 
in 2034. If our TRS entities were to experience a change in control as 
defined in Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code, the TRS’s ability 
to utilize NOLs in the years after the change in control would be limited. 
Similar rules and limitation may apply for state tax purposes as well. Of 
our NOLs, $378 million were added in taxable years after 2018 which 
are not subject to expiration but are limited to 80% of taxable income. 
Our tax credits begin to expire in 2034.

We have no examinations in progress, none are expected at this time, and 
years 2019 through 2022 are open. As of December 2022 and 2021, we 
had no uncertain tax positions. Our policy is to recognize interest expense 
and penalties related to income tax matters as a component of general 
and administrative expense. There were no accrued interest and penalties 
as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, and no interest and penalties were 
recognized during the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, or 2020.

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For federal income tax purposes, the cash dividends paid for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 are characterized as follows:

Common distributions

Ordinary income

Return of capital

11.  Equity

Dividends and Distributions

2022

2021

31%

69%

100%

14%

86%

100%

Our Board declared the following dividends in 2021, 2022, and 2023:

Announced Date

2/18/2021

5/4/2021

8/5/2021

11/4/2021

02/17/2022

05/3/2022

08/4/2022

11/3/2022

02/16/2023

Record Date

04/5/2021

07/2/2021

10/1/2021

12/28/2021(1)

04/4/2022

07/5/2022

10/4/2022

12/28/2022(1)

04/3/2023

Pay Date

04/12/2021

07/9/2021

10/8/2021

01/11/2022

04/11/2022

07/12/2022

10/11/2022

01/6/2023

04/10/2023

$

Amount per share

0.350

0.350

0.350

0.350

0.375

0.375

0.375

0.375

0.395

(1)  These dividends are treated as distributions in the following year for tax purposes.

Equity Offerings

We have an effective universal shelf registration statement registering the 
potential offer and sale, from time to time and in one or more offerings, 
of any combination of our common stock, preferred stock, depositary 
shares, debt securities, warrants and rights (collectively referred to as 
the “securities”). We may offer the securities directly, through agents, or 
to or through underwriters by means of ordinary brokers’ transactions on 
the NYSE or otherwise at market prices prevailing at the time of sale or 

at negotiated prices and may include “at the market” (“ATM”) offerings, 
to or through a market maker or into an existing trading market on an 
exchange or otherwise. In January 2023, we established a dividend 
reinvestment and stock purchase plan, allowing stockholders and holders 
of OP Units (including LTIP Units) to purchase shares of our common stock 
by reinvesting cash dividends or distributions received. We completed 
the following public offerings (including ATM issuances) of our common 
stock in 2021 and 2022:

Date/Period

Common Stock Offerings

Shares Issued

Price Per Share(1)

Net Proceeds(2)

(amounts in millions, except per share amounts)

Q1 2021

Q2 2021

Q3 2021

Q4 2021

Q1 2022

Q2 2022

Q3 2022

Q4 2022

ATM

None

ATM

ATM

ATM

ATM

ATM

ATM

1.639 $

63.55 $

—

0.857

0.830

1.050

0.731

1.346

1.996

—

57.56

59.82

48.14

38.91

36.85

31.41

103

—

49

49

50

28

49

62

(1)  Represents the average price per share at which investors in our ATM offerings purchased our shares.
(2)  Net proceeds from the offerings are shown after deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and other offering costs.

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Equity-based Compensation Awards

We have 7,500,000 awards authorized for issuance under our 2022 Plan. As of December 31, 2022, we have issued awards with service, performance 
and market conditions and have 7,435,731 awards remaining available for issuance. During the year ended December 31, 2022, our Board awarded 
employees and directors 396,591 shares of restricted stock, restricted stock units, and LTIP Units that vest from 2023 to 2027. Refer to Note 4 for 
background on the LTIP Units. 

A summary of equity-based compensation expense and the fair value of shares and LTIP Units vested on the vesting date for the years ended December 31, 
2022, 2021, and 2020 is shown below. In 2022, we adopted a retirement policy which provides for full vesting at retirement of any time-based awards 
that were granted prior to the date of retirement and permits the vesting of performance-based awards that were granted prior to the date of retirement 
according to the original vesting schedule of the award, subject to the achievement of the applicable performance measures. Employees are eligible 
for the retirement policy upon meeting age and years of service criteria. Upon adoption of the policy, we recognized any remaining unrecognized 
share based compensation expense for awards to employees who met the retirement criteria at the time of adoption and accelerated the recognition 
of expense for employees who will meet the criteria prior to the vesting of their existing awards. 

(in millions)

Equity-based compensation expense
Fair value of awards vested on vesting date

2022

2021

2020

$

20 $
34

17 $
44

17
39

The total unrecognized compensation expense related to awards of shares of restricted stock, restricted stock units, and LTIP Units was approximately 
$13 million as of December 31, 2022. We expect to recognize compensation expense related to these awards over a weighted-average term of 
approximately 1 year. A summary of the unvested shares of restricted common stock that have been issued is as follows: 

Ending Balance—December 31, 2020
Granted
Vested
Forfeited
Ending Balance—December 31, 2021
Granted
Vested
Forfeited

ENDING BALANCE—DECEMBER 31, 2022

Restricted Shares of 
Common Stock

Weighted Average 
Grant Date Fair Value

(per share)

Value

(in millions)

367,177 $
80,886
(250,758)
(3,757)
193,548 $
71,911
(93,646)
(3,361)

168,452 $

27.77 $
59.41
29.22
51.43
38.66 $
37.32
46.46
46.83

33.59 $

A summary of the unvested shares of restricted stock units that have market-based vesting conditions that have been issued is as follows:

Ending Balance—December 31, 2020
Granted
Incremental performance shares granted
Vested
Forfeited
Ending Balance—December 31, 2021
Granted
Incremental performance shares granted
Vested
Forfeited

ENDING BALANCE—DECEMBER 31, 2022

Restricted Stock  
Units(1)

Weighted Average 
Grant Date Fair Value

(per share)

Value

(in millions)

235,600 $
17,426
171,180
(342,360)
(3,480)
78,366 $
24,790
39,730
(79,460)
(5,022)

58,404 $

21.78 $
71.23
20.24
20.24
39.92
35.32 $
58.77
25.12
25.12
49.00

51.03 $

10.2
4.8
(7.3)
(0.2)
7.5
2.7
(4.3)
(0.2)

5.7

5.1
1.2
3.5
(6.9)
(0.1)
2.8
1.5
1.0
(2.1)
(0.2)

3.0

(1)  As discussed in Note 2, restricted stock units with market-based vesting conditions can vest between 0% and 200% subject to both the absolute performance of the Company’s common stock as well 

as relative performance compared to a group of peers. The incremental performance shares granted relate to the vesting of an award at the 200% level.

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A summary of the unvested LTIP Units that have time-based vesting conditions that have been issued is as follows:

LTIP Units(1)

Weighted Average 
Grant Date Fair Value

(per share)

Value

(in millions)

Ending Balance—December 31, 2020

285,682 $

21.62 $

Granted

Vested

Forfeited

249,573

(151,209)

—

54.73

21.58

—

Ending Balance—December 31, 2021

384,046 $

43.15 $

Granted 

Vested

Forfeited

ENDING BALANCE—DECEMBER 31, 2022

(1)  See Note 4 for information on the vesting of LTIP Units.

174,340

(279,123)

(2,497)

44.08

44.64

46.08

276,766 $

42.21 $

6.2

13.7

(3.3)

—

16.6

7.7

(12.5)

(0.1)

11.7

A summary of the unvested LTIP Units that have market-based vesting conditions that have been issued is as follows:

Ending Balance—December 31, 2020

Granted

Incremental performance shares granted

Vested

Forfeited

Ending Balance—December 31, 2021

Granted

Incremental performance shares granted

Vested

Forfeited

LTIP Units(1)

Weighted Average 
Grant Date Fair Value

(per share)

Value

(in millions)

312,704 $

20.59 $

86,274

51,500

(103,000)

—

65.28

21.09

21.09

—

347,478 $

31.61 $

125,550

149,000

(298,000)

—

54.77

26.70

26.70

—

ENDING BALANCE—DECEMBER 31, 2022

324,028 $

42.84 $

6.4

5.6

1.1

(2.1)

—

11.0

6.9

4.0

(8.0)

—

13.9

(1)  See Note 4 for information on the vesting of LTIP Units. LTIP Units with market-based vesting conditions can vest between 0% and 200% subject to both the absolute performance of the Company’s 

common stock as well as relative performance compared to a group of peers. The incremental performance shares granted relate to the vesting of an award at the 200% level.

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ITEM 8.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

PART II
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

12.  Earnings per Share of Common Stock
Both the net income or loss attributable to the non-controlling OP units 
and the non-controlling limited partners’ outstanding OP units have been 
excluded from the basic earnings per share and the diluted earnings per 
share calculations attributable to common stockholders. Unvested share-
based payment awards that contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends or 
dividend equivalents (whether paid or unpaid) are participating securities 
and are excluded from net income available to common shareholders in 
the computation of earnings per share pursuant to the two-class method. 

Certain share-based awards are included in the diluted share count to 
the extent they are dilutive as discussed in Note 2. To the extent our 
Convertible Notes are dilutive under the if-converted method, we add 
back the interest expense to the numerator and include the weighted 
average shares of potential common stock over the period issuable upon 
conversion of the note in the denominator in calculating dilutive EPS as 
described in Note 2. 

The computation of basic and diluted earnings per common share of common stock is as follows:

(dollars in millions, except share and per share data)

2022

2021

2020

Year ended December 31,

Numerator:

Net income (loss) attributable to controlling stockholders and participating 
securities

Less: Dividends and distributions to participating securities

Undistributed earnings attributable to participating securities

Net income (loss) attributable to controlling stockholders

Add: Interest expense related to convertible notes under the if-converted 
method

Net income (loss) attributable to controlling stockholders—diluted

Denominator:

Weighted-average number of common shares—basic

Weighted-average number of common shares—diluted

Basic earnings per common share

Diluted earnings per common share

Securities being allocated a portion of earnings:

Weighted-average number of OP units

Participating securities:

Unvested restricted common stock and unvested LTIP Units with time-based 
vesting conditions outstanding at period end 

Potentially dilutive securities as of period end:

Unvested restricted common stock and unvested LTIP Units with time-based 
vesting conditions

Restricted stock units

LTIP Units with market-based vesting conditions

Potential shares of common stock related to convertible notes

$

$

$

$

$

41.5 $

126.6 $

(0.7)

—  

40.8 $

1.4

(0.9)

—

125.7 $

6.3  

42.2 $

132.0 $

82.4

(0.9)

—

81.5

0.4

81.9

87,500,799

90,609,329

79,992,922

87,671,641

0.47 $

0.47 $

1.57 $

1.51 $

72,387,581

74,373,169

1.13

1.10

1,002,002

485,013

309,465

445,218

577,594

652,859

445,218

577,594

652,859

58,404

324,028

6,520,615

78,366

347,478

3,274,300

235,600

312,704

8,487,800

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13.  Equity Method Investments
We have non-controlling unconsolidated equity investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency projects as well as in a joint venture that 
owns land with long-term triple net lease agreements to several solar projects. During the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020 we 
recognized income of $31 million, $126 million, and $48 million respectively, from our equity method investments. We describe our accounting for 
the non-controlling equity investments in Note 2.

The following is a summary of the consolidated balance sheets and income statements of the entities in which we have a significant equity method 
investment. These amounts are presented on the underlying investees’ accounting basis. In certain instances, adjustment to these equity values may 
be necessary in order to reflect our basis in these investments. As described in Note 2, any difference between the amount of our investment and the 
amount of our share of underlying equity is generally amortized over the life of the assets and liabilities to which the differences relate. 

in millions

Balance Sheet

As of September 30, 2022

Current assets

Total assets

Current liabilities

Total liabilities

Members’ equity

As of December 31, 2021

Current assets

Total assets

Current liabilities

Total liabilities

Members’ equity

Income Statement

For the nine months ended September 30, 2022

Revenue

Income (loss)  from continuing operations

Net income (loss)

For the year ended December 31, 2021

Revenue

Income (loss) from continuing operations

Net income (loss)

For the year ended December 31, 2020

Revenue

Income (loss) from continuing operations

Net income (loss)

Lighthouse 
Renewable 
HoldCo II LLC

Other  
Investments(1)

Total

$

13

413

23

132

281

48

472

49

130

342

(35)(2)

(61)

(61)

1

—

—

—

—

—

$

712 $

11,703

748

5,631

6,072

818

11,124

818

4,904

6,220

326

(340)

(340)

139

(577)

(577)

343

(222)

(222)

725

12,116

771

5,763

6,353

866

11,596

867

5,034

6,562

291

(401)

(401)

140

(577)

(577)

343

(222)

(222)

(1)  Represents aggregated financial statement information for investments not separately presented.
(2)  Amount contains $34 million of mark-to-market losses on energy swaps which do not qualify for hedge accounting. 

14.  Defined Contribution Plan
We administer a 401(k) savings plan, a defined contribution plan covering substantially all of our employees. Employees in the plan may contribute 
up to the maximum annual IRS limit before taxes via payroll deduction. Under the plan, we provide a dollar for dollar match for the first 4% of the 
employee’s contributions and a $0.50 per dollar match for the next 2% of employee contributions. We contributed approximately $1 million under 
the plan for the years ended December 31, 2022, and less than $1 million during the years ended December 31 2021, and 2020.

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PART II
ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS 
ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES

(in thousands) 

Balance at beginning of period

Charged to provision(1)

Loan charge-offs

Balance at end of period

For the year ended December 31,

2022

2021

2020

$

$

36,253 $

35,757 $

12,798

(8,027)

496

—

8,027

27,730

—

41,024 $

36,253 $

35,757

(1)  Amounts in 2020 include $17 million related to the adoption of ASC 326, which we adopted as of January 1, 2020.

ITEM 9.  CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON 

ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

None.

ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

A review and evaluation was performed by our management, including 
our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, of the effectiveness 
of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures 
(as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the 
Exchange Act), as of the end of the period covered by this Form 10-K. 
Based on that review and evaluation, the chief executive officer and 
chief  financial  officer  have  concluded  that  our  current  disclosure 
controls and procedures, as designed and implemented, were effective. 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a control system, no matter how well 
designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, 
assurance that it will detect or uncover failures within our company to 
disclose material information otherwise required to be set forth in our 
periodic reports.

Management’s Report on Internal Control 
Over Financial Reporting

Our  management  is  responsible  for  establishing  and  maintaining 
adequate  internal  control  over  financial  reporting.  Internal  control 
over financial reporting is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) 
promulgated  under  the  Exchange  Act  as  a  process  designed  by, 
or  under  the  supervision  of,  our  principal  executive  and  principal 
financial officers and effected by our Board, management and other 
personnel to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of 
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external 
purposes in accordance with U.S. GAAP and includes those policies and 
procedures that:

•  pertain  to  the  maintenance  of  records  that  in  reasonable  detail 
accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the 
assets of our company;

•  provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as 
necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance 
with U.S. GAAP, and that our receipts and expenditures are being 
made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and 
directors; and

•  provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection 
of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could 
have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting 
may not prevent or detect misstatements. Projections of any evaluation 
of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risks that controls may 
become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the degree 
of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Our management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over 
financial reporting as of December 31, 2022. In making this assessment, 
our management used criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring 
Organizations of the Treadway Commission in Internal Control-Integrated 
Framework (2013 Framework).

Based  on  this  assessment,  our  management  believes  that,  as  of 
December 31, 2022, our internal control over financial reporting was 
effective based on those criteria.

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ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial 
Reporting

There  have  been  no  changes  in  our  internal  control  over  financial 
reporting that occurred during the quarter ended December 31, 2022 

that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, 
our internal control over financial reporting.

Our company’s independent registered public accounting firm, Ernst & 
Young LLP, has issued an attestation report on the effectiveness of our 
company’s internal control over financial reporting. This report appears 
on page 84 of this annual report on Form 10-K.

ITEM 9B.  OTHER INFORMATION

Leadership Succession
On February 16, 2023, as part of the planned leadership succession 
process of the Company, the Board announced three key executive 
appointments:

•  Jeffrey W. Eckel, currently Chairman of our Board, President and Chief 
Executive Officer, will assume the role of Executive Chairman and 
continue leading our Board;

•  Jeffrey A. Lipson, currently Executive Vice President, Chief Operating 
Officer and Chief Financial Officer, will become the President & Chief 
Executive Officer; and

•  Marc T. Pangburn, currently Executive Vice President and Co-Chief 

Investment Officer, will become Chief Financial Officer.

Transition of Jeffrey W. Eckel to Executive Chairman
Mr. Eckel will transition from the Companyʼs Chief Executive Officer 
and President and be designated to serve as our Executive Chairman, 
effective March 1, 2023. Mr. Eckel will serve as Executive Chairman for 
two years. On March 1, 2025, our Board will designate Mr. Eckel to 
serve as our Non-Executive Chairman.

In connection with this transition, we have entered into a new employment 
agreement with Mr. Eckel. Mr. Eckel’s two-year employment agreement 
includes an annual base salary of $412,500 and a target annual bonus 
of 237% of Mr. Eckelʼs base salary. On each of March 1, 2023 and 
March 1, 2024, we will grant to Mr. Eckel an equity compensation award 
with a target value of $3,285,750, subject to vesting and performance 
requirements. 

During the term (and, if Mr. Eckel’s employment is terminated during the 
term due to his disability or death, for the period after such termination 
of employment due to disability or death as is necessary for Mr. Eckel’s 
disability or death to be covered by the applicable policy), we will 
maintain and pay the cost of (A) a term life insurance policy with a death 
benefit in the amount of $5,000,000 on the life of Mr. Eckel and (B) a 
long-term disability insurance policy for Mr. Eckel which would provide 

disability benefits to Mr. Eckel in an annual amount not less than 300% 
of the Mr. Eckel’s annual base salary.

If Mr. Eckel is terminated due to his disability or death, Mr. Eckel or his 
estate will receive any accrued but unpaid salary and annual bonus, plus 
a pro rata target bonus for the year in which his termination of employment 
occurs. For 24 months following such a termination, we will subsidize the 
cost of Mr. Eckel’s post-employment health coverage. All outstanding 
equity awards held by Mr. Eckel will become vested and nonforfeitable.

If Mr. Eckel is terminated without cause or leaves employment for good 
reason, he will be entitled to severance equal to one year of his base 
salary, one times the greater of the average of his annual bonus for the 
previous three years or the target bonus for the year of his termination, as 
well as a pro-rata target bonus for the year of termination. For 24 months 
following such a termination, we will subsidize the cost of Mr. Eckel’s 
post-employment health coverage. All outstanding equity awards held 
by Mr. Eckel will become vested and nonforfeitable.

If Mr. Eckel is terminated for cause, leaves employment without good 
reason or his term expires, he will be entitled to any accrued but unpaid 
base salary and annual bonus. 

Appointment of Jeffrey A. Lipson as Chief Executive Officer
We have appointed Jeffrey A. Lipson, the Company’s Executive Vice 
President,  Chief Operating  Officer and Chief Financial Officer,  to 
Chief Executive Officer and President, and we have entered into a new 
employment agreement with Mr. Lipson, effective March 1, 2023. 

Mr. Lipson’s employment agreement includes an annual base salary of 
$775,000 and a target annual bonus of 175% of Mr. Lipson’s base salary. 
Mr. Lipson will be eligible to receive equity compensation awards when 
awards are made to similarly situated senior executives of the Company. 

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During the term (and, if Mr. Lipson’s employment is terminated during the 
term due to his disability or death, for the period after such termination 
of employment due to disability or death as is necessary for Mr. Lipson’s 
disability or death to be covered by the applicable policy), we will 
maintain and pay the cost of (A) a term life insurance policy with a 
death benefit in the amount of $5,000,000 on the life of Mr. Lipson and 
(B) a long-term disability insurance policy for Mr. Lipson which would 
provide disability benefits to Mr. Lipson in an annual amount not less than 
300% of his annual base salary.

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ITEM 9C. DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS

If Mr. Lipson is terminated due to his disability or death, Mr. Lipson or his 
estate will receive any accrued but unpaid salary and annual bonus, plus 
a pro rata target bonus for the year in which his termination of employment 
occurs. All outstanding equity awards held by Mr. Lipson will become 
vested and nonforfeitable.

annual bonus for the previous three years or the target bonus for the 
year of his termination, plus (C) a pro-rata target bonus for the year of 
termination. For 24 months following such a termination, we will subsidize 
the cost of Mr. Lipson’s post-employment health coverage. All outstanding 
equity awards held by Mr. Lipson will become vested and nonforfeitable.

If Mr. Lipson is terminated without cause or leaves employment for good 
reason, he will be entitled to severance equal to three times the sum of 
(A) one year of his base salary, (B) the greater of the average of his 

If Mr. Lipson is terminated for cause or leaves employment without good 
reason, he will be entitled to any accrued but unpaid base salary and 
annual bonus. 

Appointment of Marc T. Pangburn as Chief Financial Officer
We have appointed Marc T. Pangburn, the Company’s Executive Vice 
President and Co-Chief Investment Officer, to Executive Vice President 
and Chief Financial Officer, and we have entered into a new employment 
agreement with Mr. Pangburn, effective March 1, 2023. 

Mr. Pangburn’s employment agreement includes an annual base salary 
of $425,000 and a target annual bonus of 150% of Mr. Pangburnʼs 
base salary. Mr. Pangburn will be eligible to receive equity compensation 
awards when awards are made to similarly situated senior executives of 
the Company. 

If  Mr.  Pangburn  is  terminated  by  reason  of  death  or  disability,  his 
outstanding equity will become vested, and he or his estate will receive 
a pro rata target bonus for year of his death or a target bonus for the 
year in which the disability occurs. 

If Mr. Pangburn is terminated without cause or leaves employment for 
good reason, he will be entitled to severance equal to one and one-half 

times one year of his base salary and one and one-half times the 
average of his annual bonus for the previous three years. For 18 months 
following such a termination, we will subsidize the cost of Mr. Pangburn’s 
post-employment health coverage. All outstanding equity awards held 
by Mr. Pangburn will become vested and nonforfeitable.

If Mr. Pangburn is terminated for cause or leaves employment without 
good reason, he will be entitled to any accrued but unpaid base salary 
and annual bonus.

Each of the executives are subject to typical restrictive covenant provisions 
following termination of the employment.

This disclosure is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the executed 
employment agreements, each of which is filed as an exhibit to this Annual 
Report on Form 10-K.

ITEM 9C. DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT 

INSPECTIONS

None.

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PART III

ITEM 10.  DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The information regarding our directors, executive officers and certain 
other matters required by Item 401 of Regulation S-K is incorporated 
herein by reference to our definitive proxy statement relating to our annual 
meeting of stockholders (the “Proxy Statement”), to be filed with the SEC 
within 120 days after December 31, 2022.

The information regarding compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange 
Act required by Item 405 of Regulation S-K is incorporated herein by 
reference to the Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC within 120 days 
after December 31, 2022.

The information regarding our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics 
required by Item 406 of Regulation S-K is incorporated herein by 
reference to the Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC within 120 
days after December 31, 2022.

The information regarding certain matters pertaining to our corporate 
governance required by Item 407(c)(3), (d)(4) and (d)(5) of Regulation 
S-K is incorporated by reference to the Proxy Statement to be filed with 
the SEC within 120 days after December 31, 2022.

ITEM 11.  EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The information regarding executive compensation and other compensation related matters required by Items 402 and 407(e)(4) and (e)(5) of 
Regulation S-K is incorporated herein by reference to the Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after December 31, 2022.

ITEM 12.  SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS 

AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

The tables on beneficial ownership of our Company required by Item 403 of Regulation S-K are incorporated herein by reference to the Proxy Statement 
to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after December 31, 2022.

Securities Authorized For Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
In 2013, we adopted the 2013 Plan to provide equity-based incentive compensation to members of our senior management team, our independent 
directors, advisers, consultants and other personnel. The 2013 Plan authorizes our compensation committee to grant stock options, shares of restricted 
common stock, restricted stock units, phantom shares, dividend equivalent rights, LTIP Units and other restricted limited partnership units issued by our 
Operating Partnership and other equity-based awards up to an aggregate of 7.5% of the shares of common stock issued and outstanding from time to 
time on a fully diluted basis (assuming, if applicable, the exercise of all outstanding options and the conversion of all warrants and convertible securities, 
including OP units and LTIP Units, into shares of common stock).

As of December 31, 2022, we have approximately 1.2 million shares of our restricted common stock, LTIP Units, and restricted common stock units 
outstanding (assuming that the restricted stock units vest at 200%), which are subject to vesting and, in some cases, performance requirements, to our 
directors, officers and other employees.

The following table presents certain information about our equity compensation plan as of December 31, 2022:

Award

Equity compensation plans approved by stockholders

Equity compensation plans not approved by stockholders

TOTAL

Number of securities remaining 
available for future issuance under 
equity compensation plans(1)

7,435,731

—

7,435,731

(1)  The 2013 Plan provides for grants of equity awards up to, in the aggregate, the equivalent of 7.5% of the issued and outstanding shares of our common stock from time to time (on a fully diluted basis 
(assuming, if applicable, the exercise of all outstanding options and the conversion of all warrants and convertible securities into shares of common stock and assuming performance-based LTIP 
Units vest at 200%)) at the time of the award. As of December 31, 2022, we did not have outstanding under our equity compensation plan, any options, warrants or rights to purchase shares of our 
common stock.

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ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

ITEM 13.  CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS 

AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

The information regarding transactions with related persons, promoters and certain control persons and director independence required by Items 404 and 
407(a) of Regulation S-K is incorporated herein by reference to the Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after December 31, 2022.

ITEM 14.  PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

The information concerning principal accounting fees and services and the Audit Committee’s pre-approval policies and procedures required by Item 14 
is incorporated herein by reference to the Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after December 31, 2022.

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PART IV

ITEM 15.  EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

Documents filed as part of the report
The following documents are filed as part of this Form 10-K in Part II, Item 8 and are incorporated by reference:

(a)(1) 

Financial Statements:
See index in Item 8—“Financial Statements and Supplementary Data,” filed herewith for a list of financial statements.

(a)(2) 2.  Financial Statement Schedules: 

 See index in Item 8—“Financial Statements and Supplementary Data,” filed herewith for Schedule II – Valuation and Qualifying Accounts 
filed in response to this Item.
Exhibits Files: 

Exhibit description

Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. (incorporated by reference to 
Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2013 (No. 001-35877), filed on August 9, 2013)

Amended and restated bylaws of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 
to the Registrant’s Form 8-K (No. 001-35877), filed on December 10, 2021)

Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure, L.P. (incorporated by 
reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2013 (No. 001-35877), filed on August 9, 2013)

Specimen Common Stock Certificate of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. (incorporated by reference to 
Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No. 3 to the Registrant’s Form S-11 (No. 333-186711), filed on April 12, 2013)

Description of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.’s Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant’s Form 10-K (No. 001-35877), filed on February 25, 2020)

Indenture, dated as of August 22, 2017, between Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. and U.S. Bank National 
Association, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Form 8-K (No. 001-35877), filed on August 22, 2017)

First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 22, 2017, between Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. and 
U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (including the form of 4.125% Convertible Senior Note due 2022) (incorporated by 
reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant’s Form 8-K (No. 001-35877), filed on August 22, 2017)

Indenture, dated as of April 21, 2020, between HAT Holdings I LLC and HAT Holdings II LLC, as issuers, and Hannon Armstrong 
Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure, L.P., and Hannon Armstrong Capital, LLC, as 
guarantors, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (including the form of HAT Holdings I LLC and HAT Holdings II LLC’s 6.00% 
Senior Notes due 2025) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 on the Registrant’s Form 8-K (No. 001-35877), filed on April 21, 2020)

Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 21, 2020, between Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. 
and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (including the form of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.’s 0% 
Convertible Senior Note due 2023) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Form 8-K (No. 001-35877), filed on 
August 21, 2020)

Indenture, dated as of August 25, 2020, between HAT Holdings I LLC and HAT Holdings II LLC, as issuers, and Hannon Armstrong 
Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure, L.P., and Hannon Armstrong Capital, LLC, as 
guarantors, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (including the form of HAT Holdings I LLC and HAT Holdings II LLC’s 
3.750% Senior Notes due 2030) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 on the Registrant’s Form 8-K (No. 011-35877), filed on 
August 25, 2020)

 (3) 

Exhibit 
number

3.1

3.2

3.3

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.4

4.5

4.6

4.7

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Exhibit 
number

4.8

4.9

4.10

10.1

10.2

10.3

10.4

10.5

10.6

10.7

10.8

10.09

10.1

10.11

10.12

10.13

10.14

Exhibit description

Indenture, dated as of June 28, 2021, between HAT Holdings I LLC and HAT Holdings II LLC, as issuers, and Hannon Armstrong 
Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure, L.P., and Hannon Armstrong Capital, LLC, as 
guarantors, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (including the form of HAT Holdings I LLC and HAT Holdings II LLC’s 
3.375% Senior Notes due 2026) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 on the Registrant’s Form 8-K (No. 011-35877), filed on 
June 28, 2021)

Indenture, dated as of April 13, 2022 by and among HAT Holdings I LLC and HAT Holdings II LLC, as issuers, and Hannon Armstrong 
Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure, L.P., and Hannon Armstrong Capital, LLC, as 
guarantors, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 on the Registrant’s 
Form 8-K (No. 011-35877) filed on April 15, 2022)

First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 13, 2022 by and among HAT Holdings I LLC and HAT Holdings II LLC, as issuers, and 
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure, L.P., and Hannon Armstrong 
Capital, LLC, as guarantors, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (including the form of HAT Holdings I LLC’s 
and HAT Holdings II LLC’s 0.00% Green Exchangeable Senior Note due 2025) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 on the 
Registrant’s Form 8-K (No. 011-35877) filed on April 15, 2022)

Form of Indemnification Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to Amendment No. 3 to the Registrant’s Form S-11 
(No. 333-186711), filed on April 12, 2013)

Amended and Restated 2013 Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by 
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2017 (No. 001-35877), filed on May 4, 2017)

2022 Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the 
Registrant’s Form 8-K (No. 001-35877), filed on June 7, 2022) 

Restricted Stock Award Agreement dated April  23, 2013 between Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. and 
Jeffrey W. Eckel (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June  30, 2013 
(No. 001-35877), filed on August 9, 2013)

Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement (Executive Officers) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant’s Form 
10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2013 (No. 001-35877), filed on August 9, 2013)

Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement (Non-employee Directors) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant’s 
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2013 (No. 001-35877), filed on August 9, 2013)

Amended and Restated Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s 
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March, 31 2017 (No. 001-35877), filed on May 4, 2017)

Registration Rights Agreement, dated April  23, 2013, by and among Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. and 
the parties listed on Schedule I thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Registrant’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended 
June 30, 2013 (No. 001-35877), filed on August 9, 2013)

Employment Agreement, dated April  17, 2013, by and between Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. and 
Steven L. Chuslo (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Registrant’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2013 
(No. 001-35877), filed on August 9, 2013)

Employment Agreement, dated April  17, 2013, by and between Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. and 
Nathaniel J. Rose (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Registrant’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2013 
(No. 001-35877), filed on August 9, 2013)

Employment Agreement, dated April  17, 2013, by and between Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. and 
Daniel McMahon (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 
(No. 001-35877), filed on August 7, 2015)

Indemnity Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2015, by Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. in favor 
of the Bank of New York Mellon (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Registrant’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended 
September 30, 2015 (No. 001-35877), filed on November 5, 2015)

Employment Agreement, dated March 15, 2017, by and between Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. and 
Charles Melko (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2017 
(No. 001-35877), filed on May 4, 2017)

Form of Amended and Restated Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.57 to the Registrant’s Form 
10-K (No. 001-35877) for the year ended December, 31, 2017, filed on February 23, 2018)

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Exhibit description

Loan Agreement (Rep-Based), dated as of December 13, 2018 by and among certain subsidiaries of the Company, Bank of America, 
N.A., as administrative agent, and each lender from time to time party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 on the 
Registrant’s Form 10-K (No. 001-35877) for the year ended December 31, 2018, filed on February 22, 2019)

Loan Agreement (Approval-Based), data as of December 13, 2018, by and among certain subsidiaries of the Company, Bank of 
America, N.A., as administrative agent, and each lender from time to time party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 on 
the Registrant’s Form 10-K (No. 001-35877) for the year ended December 31, 2018, filed on February 22, 2019)

Limited Guaranty (Rep-Based), dated as of December 13, 2018, by the Company and Hannon Armstrong Capital, LLC (incorporated 
by reference to Exhibit 10.28 on the Registrant’s Form 10-K (No. 001-35877) for the year ended December 31, 2018, filed on 
February 22, 2019)

Guaranty (Approval-Based), dated as of December 13, 2018, by the Company and Hannon Armstrong Capital, LLC (incorporated 
by reference to Exhibit 10.29 on the Registrant’s Form 10-K (No. 001-35877) for the year ended December 31, 2018, filed on 
February 22, 2019)

Credit Agreement, dated as of April 19, 2021, by and among the Company, certain subsidiaries of the Company, JPMorgan Chase 
Bank, N.A. as administrative agent, sole bookrunner, sole lead arranger and sustainability structuring agent, Bank of America, N.A., 
Barclays Bank PLC, Credit Suisse AG, New York Branch, KeyBank National Association, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., Royal 
Bank of Canada, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as documentation agents, and 
each lender from time to time party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 on the Registrant’s Form 8-K (No. 011-35877), 
filed on April 20, 2021)

Form of LTIP Unit Vesting Agreement under the 2013 Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan 
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2019 (No. 001-35877), filed 
on May 3, 2019)

Form of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure, L.P. Time-Based LTIP Unit Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 
10.3 to the Registrant’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2019 (No. 001-35877), filed on May 3, 2019)

Form of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure, L.P. Performance-Based LTIP Unit Award Agreement (incorporated by reference 
to Exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2019 (No. 001-35877), filed on May 3, 2019)

Letter Agreement, dated as of January 6, 2021, between J. Brendan Herron, Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, 
Inc. and Hannon Armstrong Capital Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended 
March 31, 2021 (No. 001-35877), filed on May 7, 2021)

Employment Agreement, dated June 30, 2021, by and between Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. and 
Susan D. Nickey (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2021 
(No. 001-35877), filed on August 6, 2021)

At Market Issuance Sales Agreement, dated May 13, 2020, by and between Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, 
Inc., B. Riley FBR, Inc., Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated, BofA Securities, Inc., Loop Capital Markets LLC, SMBC Nikko Securities 
America, Inc. and Nomura Securities International, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to the Registrant’s Form 8-K 
(No. 001-35877), filed on May 13, 2020)

Amendment No. 1 to the At Market Issuance Sales Agreement, dated February 26, 2021, by and among Hannon Armstrong 
Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., B. Riley Securities, Inc., Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated, BofA Securities, Inc., Loop Capital 
Markets LLC, SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. and Nomura Securities International, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.2 
to the Registrant’s Form 8-K (No. 001-35877), filed on March 1, 2021)

Credit Agreement, dated as of February 7, 2022, by and among the Company, certain subsidiaries of the Company, JPMorgan Chase 
Bank, N.A. as administrative agent, sole bookrunner, sole lead arranger and sustainability structuring agent, Bank of America, N.A., 
Barclays Bank PLC, Credit Suisse AG, New York Branch, KeyBank National Association, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., Royal 
Bank of Canada, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as documentation agents, and 
each lender from time to time party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to the Registrant’s Form 8-K (No. 001-35877), 
filed on February 11, 2022.

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 13, 2022, by and among HAT Holdings I LLC, HAT Holdings II LLC, and Hannon 
Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. and the initial purchasers party thereto. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 on 
the Registrant’s Form 8-K (No. 011-35877) filed on April 15, 2022)

Exhibit 
number

10.15

10.16

10.17

10.18

10.19

10.20

10.21

10.22

10.23

10.24

10.25

10.26

10.27

10.28

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Exhibit description

Amendment No. 2 to the At Market Issuance Sales Agreement, dated March 1, 2022, by and among Hannon Armstrong Sustainable 
Infrastructure Capital, Inc., B. Riley Securities, Inc., Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated, BofA Securities, Inc., Loop Capital Markets 
LLC, SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. and Nomura Securities International, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.3 to the 
Registrant’s Form 8-K (No. 001-35877), filed on March 2, 2022)

Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated February 14, 2023, by and between Hannon Armstrong Sustainable 
Infrastructure Capital, Inc. and Jeffrey Eckel 

Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated February 14, 2023, by and between Hannon Armstrong Sustainable 
Infrastructure Capital, Inc. and Jeffrey Lipson

Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated February 14, 2023, by and between Hannon Armstrong Sustainable 
Infrastructure Capital, Inc. and Marc Pangburn

List of subsidiaries of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.

Consent of Ernst & Young LLP for Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.

Power of Attorney (included on signature page)

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes—Oxley Act of 2002

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to section 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the 
Sarbanes—Oxley Act of 2002

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to section 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the 
Sarbanes—Oxley Act of 2002

Exhibit 
number

10.29

10.30*

10.31*

10.32*

21.1*

23.1*

24.1*

31.1*

31.2*

32.1**

32.2**

101.SCH*

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema

101.CAL*

101.DEF*

101.LAB*

101 PRE*

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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase

Cover Page Interactive Data File Included as Exhibit 101 (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

Filed herewith.

* 
**  Furnished with this report.

ITEM 16.  FORM 10-K SUMMARY

None.

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ITEM 16. FORM 10-K SUMMARY

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.

HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE  
INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL, INC.  
(Registrant)

/s/ Jeffrey W. Eckel
Jeffrey W. Eckel
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President

/s/ Jeffrey A. Lipson
Jeffrey A. Lipson
Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and  
Executive Vice President

/s/ Charles W. Melko
Charles W. Melko
Chief Accounting Officer, Treasurer and Senior Vice President

Date: February 21, 2023

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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Jeffrey W. Eckel, Jeffrey A. 
Lipson and Charles W. Melko, and each of them, with full power to act without the other, such person’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, 
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this Form 10-K 
and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with exhibits and schedules thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform 
each and every act and thing necessary or desirable to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or 
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, 
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf 
of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signatures

Title

By: /s/ Jeffrey W. Eckel
Jeffrey W. Eckel

By: /s/ Jeffrey A. Lipson
Jeffrey A. Lipson

By: /s/ Charles W. Melko
Charles W. Melko

By: /s/ Lizabeth Ardisana
Lizabeth Ardisana

By: /s/ Clarence D. Armbrister
Clarence D. Armbrister

By: /s/ Teresa M. Brenner
Teresa M. Brenner

By:

Michael T. Eckhart

By: /s/ Nancy C. Floyd
Nancy C. Floyd

By: /s/ Charles M. O’Neil
Charles M. O’Neil

Chairman of the Board, President 
and Chief Executive Officer 
(Principal Executive Officer)

Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating  
Officer and Executive Vice President 
(Principal Financial Officer)

Chief Accounting Officer, Treasurer and 
Senior Vice President 
(Principal Accounting Officer)

February 21, 2023

February 21, 2023

February 21, 2023

February 21, 2023

February 21, 2023

February 21, 2023

February 21, 2023

February 21, 2023

February 21, 2023

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Signatures

Title

By: /s/ Richard J. Osborne
Richard J. Osborne

By: /s/ Steven G. Osgood
Steven G. Osgood

February 21, 2023

February 21, 2023

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