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Charles E. Sieving is general counsel of NEP, a growth-oriented limited partnership formed by NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE) to own, operate and acquire contracted clean energy projects.

Mr. Sieving is also executive vice president & general counsel of NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE), a leading clean energy company. He is the head of the corporate legal department, is responsible for the legal affairs of the company, oversees the company's environmental services group, is responsible for ensuring the organization's operations are conducted in compliance with ethical business practices and company policies and is responsible for developing and monitoring compliance with rules and standards of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Public Utility Commission of Texas, and North American Electric Reliability Corporation. He joined NextEra Energy in December 2008.

Previously, Mr. Sieving served as executive vice president, general counsel and secretary of one of the largest publicly-held competitive telecommunications companies at the time, where he had responsibility for all legal, regulatory, and legislative affairs. Before that, he was a partner in the Corporate, Securities and Finance Practice Group of Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P. in Washington, D.C., where his practice focused on representation of public companies in securities and business combination transactions, on corporate governance and on securities law and stock exchange compliance matters. Mr. Sieving was a frequent contributor to that firm's publication on SEC and stock exchange developments.

Mr. Sieving received his J.D. from the University of Cincinnati College of Law, where he was Publications Editor of the Cincinnati Law Review, and received his B.A. from Denison University. He is a member of the New York, Washington, D.C. and Ohio bars.