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The aggregate market value of the registrant's Class A shares outstanding, other than shares held by persons who may be deemed affiliates of the registrant at June 30, 2023, the last business day of the Registrant's most recently completed second quarter, was $393,193,278 (based on the closing sales price of the Class A shares on June 30, 2023, of $5.40).

As of March 1, 2024, there were 159,081,159 shares of the registrant's Class A common stock outstanding.

Portions of the registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement to be filed for its 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated by reference into the sections of this Form 10-K addressing the requirements of Part III of Form 10-K.

This Annual Report on Form 10-K includes market and industry data and forecasts that Altus has derived from publicly available information, reports of governmental agencies, various industry publications, other published industry sources and internal data and estimates. All market and industry data used herein involve a number of assumptions and limitations, and you are cautioned not to give undue weight to such estimates. Although we are responsible for the disclosure contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K and we believe the information from industry publications and other third-party sources included herein is reliable, such information is inherently imprecise and we have not had this information verified by any independent sources. The industry in which Altus operates is subject to a high degree of uncertainty and risk due to a variety of factors, including those described in the section of this Annual Report on Form 10-K entitled “Risk Factors.” These and other factors could cause results to differ materially from those expressed in the estimates made by the independent parties and by us.

We own systems across the United States from Hawaii to Maine. Our portfolio consists of 896 megawatts (“MW”) of solar PV. We have long-term power purchase agreements ("PPAs") with over 450 enterprise entities and contracts with over 20,000 residential customers which are serviced by over 240 MW of community solar projects currently in operation. Our community solar projects are currently serving customers in 8 states. We also participate in numerous renewable energy credit (“REC”) programs throughout the country. We have experienced significant growth in the last fiscal year as a product of organic growth and targeted acquisitions and operate in 25 states, providing clean electricity to our customers equal to the electricity consumption of over 100,000 homes, displacing over 550,000 tons of CO2 emissions per annum.

Through our strategic capital deployment, we are able to build and operate clean energy systems on commercial properties, schools and municipal buildings. The electricity we generate helps customers to reduce electricity bills, progress towards decarbonization targets and support resource management needs throughout the asset lifecycles. Our primary product offering is entering into leases or easements with building or landowners and revenue contracts to sell the power generated by the solar energy system to various commercial, utility, municipal and community solar off takers. In addition to sale of clean power, we also address our customer's needs through electric vehicle ("EV") charging and energy storage offerings.

Our offering provides multiple advantages to our customers relative to the status quo:

•Lower electricity bills. Our streamlined process allows for solar energy credits to apply directly to customers' utility bills, which allows them to realize immediate savings. In addition, our PPAs are typically priced to include a day one savings as compared to the existing utility rates.

•Increase accessibility of clean electricity. Through our use of community solar, we provide clean electricity to customers who otherwise would not have been able to construct on-site solar, such as apartment and condominium customers. This increases the total addressable market and enables energy security for all.

•Supporting clean energy ecosystem. Demand for clean sources of electricity is anticipated only to increase. We strive to support our customers in their continued transition to the clean energy ecosystem through our solar PV and storage systems, as well as our EV charging stations. We expect that our continued growth and expansion of product offerings will allow us to support even more customers in this transition.

We own all of our solar systems, which we build and install, with equipment sourced from a wide variety of suppliers. We purchase all major components of the systems we construct, including solar modules, inverters, racking systems, transformers, medium voltage equipment, monitoring equipment and balance of system equipment. All of the labor for the construction of these systems is subcontracted under our standard contracts.

We believe our robust and actionable pipeline is the result of our deep network of developers and channel partners with local expertise, which is beneficial in the many markets where we are active. Our wholly-owned in-house construction company provides expertise in asset development that aids the success of our pipeline projects. Further, we believe that our ability to source favorable development and operating solar projects, our strategic asset financing structure, combined with the demand for clean energy provide us with a competitive advantage and a unique position in the solar power industry.

On December 9, 2021 (the "Closing Date"), CBRE Acquisition Holdings, Inc. ("CBAH"), a special purpose acquisition company, consummated the business combination pursuant to the terms of the business combination agreement entered into on July 12, 2021 (the "Business Combination Agreement"), whereby, among other things, CBAH Merger Sub I, Inc. ("First Merger Sub") merged with and into Altus Power, Inc. (f/k/a Altus Power America, Inc.) ("Legacy Altus") with Legacy Altus continuing as the surviving corporation, and immediately thereafter Legacy Altus merged with and into CBAH Merger Sub II, Inc. ("Second Merger Sub") with Second Merger Sub continuing as the surviving entity and as a wholly owned subsidiary of CBAH (together with the merger with the First Merger sub, the “Merger”).

Following the closing of the Business Combination Agreement, Altus' Class A common stock and Public Warrants were listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the symbols “AMPS” and “AMPS WS”, respectively. The Public Warrants have been fully redeemed by the Company, stopped trading on the NYSE on October 14, 2022, and were delisted.

Electricity demand has been evolving for many years, but the progress has accelerated with the renewable targets and decarbonization goals established by many corporations transitioning to clean electricity generation. The demand is coming from multiple industry segments, including the public sector, the private sector and residential customers. Historically, the C&I market has been under-penetrated by traditional utility-scale solar PV providers due to the smaller scale of projects and difficulties associated with scaling nationally. We believe we are well equipped to drive the C&I growth segment of the solar PV market through our existing national partner footprint, efficient acquisition and deployment strategies and standardized approach to customer contracts and asset financing.

We believe the confluence of multiple clean energy trends creates a significant market opportunity. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (“EIA”), the U.S. spends $400 billion on electricity each year, of which $200 billion is spent on C&I. An additional $98 billion of investment will be required to meet the U.S.’s 2030 sustainability goals. Further, C&I customers are projected to spend over $6 trillion on electricity between now and 2050.

We believe it will be necessary to rapidly increase the scale and scope of renewable generation assets in the U.S. in order to meet the various targets and commitments set by corporations and governments and that through our strategic partnerships and market-leading financing, Altus is well equipped to help meet this demand and lead in the clean energy transition.

Altus Power was founded to address the urgent need to transform the way we generate and consume power. Our mission – to create a clean electrification ecosystem that can provide renewable energy to every business, home and electric vehicle – is intrinsically linked to clean, renewable power as the foundation for a sustainable future.

We believe that leadership in ESG practices is central to accomplishing our mission, so we continue to take steps to address the environmental and social risks of our operations and products. To this end, our Corporate Social Responsibility Committee is dedicated to implementing and improving upon already existing sustainability practices throughout our company. Our team is passionate about empowering communities and businesses to accelerate the global energy transition while also doing everything we can to foster a diverse, inclusive and innovative corporate culture at Altus Power.

Our sustainability efforts are organized into the three ESG pillars: Environment, Social, and Governance. We plan to report how we oversee and manage ESG factors in an annual sustainability report. In this report we plan to reference the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards. In 2023, we joined the United Nations Global Compact and are committed to adhering to its principles-based approach to responsible business.

•Our Environment Pillar focuses on providing clean, affordable energy to our customers; maintaining a robust environmental management program that ensures we protect the environment in the communities where we operate and build; and helping to make our energy infrastructure more resilient and sustainable.

•Our Social Pillar focuses on attracting and retaining a team of talented individuals, while offering opportunities for growth and development; building a diverse and inclusive work force; and ensuring a safety-first workplace for our employees through proper training, policies and protocols.

•Our Governance Pillar focuses on adhering to the highest standards of corporate governance, ethical business conduct, transparency, honesty, and integrity while developing a strong and resilient company. We strive to support ethically sourced products and materials and encourage the partners in our supply-chain to abide by our Supplier Code of Conduct.

All of our actions and each of our ESG pillars are underpinned by the goal of driving the clean energy transition of our customers across the United States.

Altus leverages best in class enterprise software solutions to manage our operations as well as a series of proprietary capture and management tools. Altus utilizes this suite of tools and interfaces to create value for customers with asset performance tracking, analytics, real time data generation and to meet our forecast objectives. Altus' analytics infrastructure provides it with internally developed systems for optimizing the terms of each renewable energy project transaction in which it engages, based on the requirements of the customer.

To assist customers with their ESG goals including decarbonization, Altus has developed a quantitative model to measure a building's greenhouse gas emissions and assess it in the context of global targets.

Altus is in the process of developing our next generation proprietary software stack to support our growth and increase our efficiency with digital tools that will enable our platforms to have full integration into our B2B and B2C lifecycles from origination through maintenance. Our systems use production data sources to ensure visibility into how projects are performing against baseline forecasts. They also provide streamlined asset registration and customer data management. We warehouse our technology and project data, contracts, and customer records and have the alert and monitoring systems developed to ensure we have maximum uptime. Our next generation proprietary software stack with artificial intelligence and machine learning will support our growth and security, and increase our efficiency.

We sell our solar energy offerings through a scalable sales organization using a national developer base with local expertise, intermediaries that connect clients directly to Altus as well as our diverse partner network. We also generate sales volume through client referrals. Client referrals increase in relation to our penetration in a market and shortly after market entry become an increasingly effective way to market our solar energy systems. We believe that a customized, relationship-focused selling process is important before, during and after the sale of our solar services to maximize our sales success and customer experience and to generate relationships with developers that lead to repeat projects. We train our sales and marketing team in house to maximize this multi-pronged client development strategy.

We purchase equipment, including solar panels, inverters and batteries from a variety of manufacturers and suppliers. If one or more of the suppliers and manufacturers that we rely upon to meet anticipated demand reduces or ceases production, it may be difficult to quickly identify and qualify alternatives on acceptable terms. In addition, equipment prices may increase in the coming years, or not decrease at the rates we historically have experienced, due to tariffs or other factors. For further information, please see the section entitled “Risk Factors” elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

We have registered trademarks for “Altus Power” and the Altus Power logo, U.S. Service Mark Registration Numbers 6,764,603 and 6,751,205, respectively. We have filed a trademark application for "Village by Altus Power," U.S. Trademark Application No. 97/748,067 and for "Altus IQ," U.S. Trademark Application No. 98130707. We have filed a patent application for the Simulation of Carbon Emissions, United States Patent Application No. 18/128,096. Altus has registered domain names, including www.altuspower.com. Information contained on or accessible through the website is not a part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and the inclusion of the website address in this Annual Report on Form 10-K is an inactive textual reference only. Altus does not currently have any issued patents. Altus has filed for a patent application on the "Simulation of Carbon Emissions" and intends to file additional patent applications as we continue to innovate through our research and development efforts.

Although we are not regulated as a public utility in the United States under applicable national, state or other local regulatory regimes where we conduct business, we compete primarily with regulated utilities. As a result, we have developed and are committed to maintaining a policy team to focus on the key regulatory and legislative issues impacting the entire industry. We believe these efforts help us better navigate local markets through relationships with key stakeholders and facilitate a deep understanding of the national and regional policy environment.

To operate our systems, we obtain interconnection permission from the applicable local primary electric utility. Depending on the size of the solar energy system and local law requirements, interconnection permission is provided by the local utility directly to us and/or our customers. In almost all cases, interconnection permissions are issued on the basis of a standard process that has been pre-approved by the local public utility commission or other regulatory body with jurisdiction over net metering policies. As such, no additional regulatory approvals are required once interconnection permission is given.

Our operations are subject to stringent and complex federal, state and local laws, including regulations governing the occupational health and safety of our employees and wage regulations. For example, we are subject to the requirements of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act, as amended (“OSH Act”), and comparable state laws that protect and regulate employee health and safety. We endeavor to maintain compliance with applicable OSH Act and other comparable government regulations.

Federal, state and local government bodies provide incentives to owners, distributors, system integrators and manufacturers of solar energy systems to promote solar energy in the form of rebates, tax credits, payments for RECs associated with renewable energy generation and exclusion of solar energy systems from property tax assessments.

These incentives enable us to lower the price we charge customers for energy from, and to lease, our solar energy systems, helping to catalyze customer acceptance of solar energy as an alternative to utility-provided power. In addition, for some investors, the acceleration of depreciation creates a valuable tax benefit that reduces the overall cost of the solar energy system and increases the return on investment.

The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IRA”), which was passed in August 2022, substantially changed and expanded existing federal tax benefits for renewable energy. The IRA extended the existing framework for investment tax credits (“ITC”) offered by the federal government under Section 48(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code") for the installation of certain solar power facilities owned for business purposes. Prior to the IRA, if construction on the facility began before January 1, 2020, the amount of the ITC available was 30%, if construction began during 2020, 2021, or 2022 the amount of the ITC available was 26%, with additional step downs in later years. Projects placed in service before January 1, 2022 are still set at 26%. However, with the enactment of the IRA, solar power facilities installed between 2022 and 2032 will receive a 30% ITC of the cost of installed equipment for ten years so long as the facilities meet wage and apprenticeship requirements or are less than 1 MWac, which will decrease to 26% for solar power facilities installed in 2033 and to 22% for solar power facilities installed in 2034; and for those solar power facilities installed in 2022, the ITC has increased from 22% to 30% if the ITC has not yet been claimed. The prevailing wage rates also must be paid for alteration and repair during the 5 years after a project is placed in service.

Pursuant to the IRA, certain ITC projects are eligible for a 10% domestic content bonus so long as the facilities meet wage and apprenticeship requirements, if all the steel and iron are produced in the United States and at least 40% of the facility is produced in the United States, which domestic content percentage requirement increases for facilities that start construction after 2024 and eventually reach 55% for projects which begin construction in 2027 or later.

Pursuant to the IRA, certain ITC projects are eligible for an additional 10% or 20% energy community bonus so long as the facilities meet wage and apprenticeship requirements, and if the facility owner applies for and receives an environmental justice allocation from the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”). Solar (and certain related storage) facilities that are less than 5 MWac that are either located in a low-income community or on Indian land, or are part of a qualified low-income residential building project or a qualified low-income economic benefit project qualify. For example, qualified low-income economic benefit projects can receive a 20% bonus if low-income households receive at least one-half of the financial benefits. The IRS provided taxpayers guidance in Notice 2023-18 for determining the requirements for allocation of the ITC bonus. The IRA also included additional incentives, including in relation to stand-alone storage and claiming interconnection costs under the ITC in certain situations.

In addition to the incentives at the federal government, more than half of the states, and many local jurisdictions, have established property tax incentives for renewable energy systems that include exemptions, exclusions, abatements and credits. Approximately thirty states and the District of Columbia have adopted a renewable portfolio standard (and approximately eight other states have some voluntary goal) that requires regulated utilities to procure a specified percentage of total electricity delivered in the state from eligible renewable energy sources, such as solar energy systems, by a specified date. To prove compliance with such mandates, utilities must surrender solar renewable energy credits (“SRECs”) to the applicable authority. Solar energy system owners such as our investment funds often are able to sell SRECs to utilities directly or in SREC markets. While there are numerous federal, state and local government incentives that benefit our business, some adverse interpretations or determinations of new and existing laws can have a negative impact on our business.

Altus Power, Inc. (f/k/a CBRE Acquisition Holdings, Inc.) is a corporation formed under the laws of the State of Delaware on October 13, 2020. Our principal executive offices are located at 2200 Atlantic Street, 6th Floor, Stamford, CT 06902, and our telephone number is (203) 698-0090.

The Altus design logo, “Altus” and our other common law trademarks, service marks or trade names appearing in this prospectus are the property of Altus. Other trademarks and trade names referred to in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are the property of their respective owners and Altus has permission to use such trade names and trademarks.

As of December 31, 2023, Altus had 93 employees, all of which were full-time employees. As of December 31, 2023, none of Altus’s employees are represented by a labor union or are subject to a collective bargaining agreement. We believe that our employee relations are good.

In shaping our culture, we aim to combine a high standard of excellence, technological innovation and agility and operational and financial discipline. We believe that our flat and transparent structure and our collaborative and collegial approach enable our employees to grow, develop and maximize their impact on our organization. To attract and retain top talent in our highly competitive industry, we have designed our compensation and benefits programs to promote the retention and growth of our employees along with their health, well-being and financial security. Our short- and long-term incentive programs are aligned with key business objectives and are intended to motivate strong performance. Our employees are eligible for medical, dental and vision insurance, a savings/retirement plan, life and disability insurance, and various wellness programs and we review the competitiveness of our compensation and benefits periodically.

As an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants receive consideration without regard to race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age or any other legally protected status.

We seek to create an inclusive, equitable, culturally competent, and supportive environment where our management and employees model behavior that enriches our workplace. We plan to form a diversity and inclusion committee to help further these goals and objectives. This committee will focus on broadening recruitment efforts, increasing awareness of diversity and inclusiveness related issues through internal trainings and communications, and mentorship.

The statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements. Our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our or our management team’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements can generally be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the terms “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “continue,” “expect,” “estimate,” “may,” “plan,” “outlook,” “target,” “future” and “project” and other similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. These statements, which involve risks and uncertainties, relate to analyses and other information that are based on forecasts of future results and estimates of amounts not yet determinable and may also relate to our future prospects, developments and business strategies. These statements are based on our management’s current expectations and beliefs, as well as a number of assumptions concerning future events.

Such forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside our control that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors include, but are not limited to:

•our ability to successfully integrate into our business and recognize the anticipated benefits of recently completed business combinations and related transactions and generate profit from their operations;

•our ability to retain customers and maintain and expand relationships with business partners, suppliers and customers;

•the risk of litigation and/or regulatory actions related to the proposed acquisition of solar assets;

•changes in applicable laws or regulations;

•the possibility that we may be adversely affected by other economic, business, regulatory and/or competitive factors; and

•other factors detailed herein under the section entitled “Risk Factors.”

These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties. Important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated or implied by forward-looking statements such as those contained in documents we have filed with the SEC. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any subsequent date, and we do not undertake any obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.

As a result of a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, our actual results or performance may be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. For a discussion of the risks involved in our business and investing in our common stock, see the section entitled “Risk Factors,” below.

Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of the underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.

Our business is subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including those highlighted in the section titled "Risk Factors," which represent challenges that we face in connection with the successful implementation of our strategy and growth of our business. The occurrence of one or more of the events or circumstances described in that section, alone or in combination with other events or circumstances, may have a material adverse effect on our business, cash flows, financial condition and results of operations. These risk factors include, but are not limited to, the following:

•Our growth strategy depends on the widespread adoption of solar power technology;

•If we cannot compete successfully against other solar and energy companies, we may not be successful in developing our operations and our business may suffer;

•With respect to providing electricity on a price-competitive basis, solar systems face competition from traditional regulated electric utilities, from less-regulated third party energy service providers and from new renewable energy companies;

•A material reduction in the retail price of traditional utility-generated electricity or electricity from other sources could harm our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects;

•Due to the limited number of suppliers in our industry, the acquisition of any of these suppliers by a competitor or any shortage, delay, quality issue, price change, or other limitations in our ability to obtain requisite components or technologies we use could result in adverse effects;

•Although our business has benefited from the declining cost of solar panels in the past, our financial results may be harmed with the recent increase in the price of solar panels, and our costs overall may continue to increase in the future due to further increases in the cost of solar panels and tariffs on imported solar panels imposed by the U.S. government;

•The operation and maintenance of our facilities is subject to many operational risks, the consequences of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects;

•Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects could suffer if we do not proceed with projects under development or are unable to complete the construction of, or capital improvements to, facilities on schedule or within budget;

•We face risks related to project siting, financing, construction, permitting, supply chain delays, governmental approvals and the negotiation of project development agreements that may impede their development and operating activities; and

•While our growth strategy includes seeking acquisitions of operating solar power generation assets and portfolios, we may not be successful in identifying or making any acquisitions in the future. We may not realize the anticipated benefits of acquisitions, and integration of these acquisitions may disrupt our business and management.

The market for solar power products is emerging and rapidly evolving, and our future success is uncertain. If solar power technology proves unsuitable for widespread commercial deployment or if demand for solar power products fails to develop sufficiently, we would be unable to generate enough revenues to achieve and sustain profitability and positive cash flow. The factors influencing the widespread adoption of solar power technology include but are not limited to:

•cost-effectiveness of solar power technologies as compared with conventional and non-solar alternative energy technologies;

•performance and reliability of solar power products as compared with conventional and non-solar alternative energy products;

•continued deregulation of the electric power industry and broader energy industry;

•fluctuations in economic and market conditions which impact the viability of conventional and non-solar alternative energy sources, such as increases or decreases in the prices of oil and other fossil fuels; and

•availability of governmental subsidies and incentives.

The solar and energy industries are characterized by intense competition and rapid technological advances, both in the U.S. and internationally. We compete with solar companies with business models that are similar to ours. In addition, we compete with solar companies in the downstream value chain of solar energy. For example, we face competition from purely finance driven organizations that acquire customers and then subcontract out the installation of solar energy systems, from installation businesses that seek financing from external parties, from large construction companies and utilities, and increasingly from sophisticated electrical and roofing companies. Some of these competitors may provide energy at lower costs than we do. Further, some competitors are integrating vertically in order to ensure supply and to control costs. Many of our competitors also have significant brand name recognition and have extensive knowledge of our target markets. If we are unable to compete in the market, there will be an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

The solar energy and renewable energy industries are both highly competitive and continually evolving as participants strive to distinguish themselves within their markets and compete with large traditional utilities. We believe that our primary competitors are the traditional utilities that supply electricity to our potential customers. Traditional utilities generally have substantially greater financial, technical, operational and other resources than we do. As a result, these competitors may be able to devote more resources to the research, development, promotion, and sale of their products or respond more quickly to evolving industry standards and changes in market conditions than we can. Traditional utilities could also offer other value-added products or services that could help them to compete with us even if the cost of electricity they offer is higher than that of ours. In addition, a majority of utilities’ sources of electricity is non-solar, which may allow utilities to sell electricity more cheaply than electricity generated by our solar energy systems.

We also compete with companies that are not regulated like traditional utilities but have access to the traditional utility electricity transmission and distribution infrastructure pursuant to state and local pro-competitive and consumer choice policies. These energy service companies are able to offer customers electricity supply-only solutions that are competitive with our solar energy system options on both price and usage of renewable energy technology while avoiding the long-term agreements and physical installations that our current fund-financed business model requires. This may limit our ability to attract new customers, particularly those who wish to avoid long-term contracts or have an aesthetic or other objection to putting solar panels on their roofs.

As the solar industry grows and evolves, we will also face new competitors who are not currently in the market. Low technological barriers to entry characterize our industry and well-capitalized companies could choose to enter the market and compete with us. Our failure to adapt to changing market conditions and to compete successfully with existing or new competitors will limit our growth and will have a material adverse effect on our business and prospects.

We believe that a significant number of our customers decide to buy solar energy because they want to pay less for electricity than what is offered by the traditional utilities. However, distributed C&I solar energy has yet to achieve broad market adoption as evidenced by the fact that distributed solar has penetrated less than 5% of its total addressable market in the U.S. C&I sector.

The customer’s decision to choose solar energy may also be affected by the cost of other renewable energy sources. Decreases in the retail prices of electricity from the traditional utilities or from other renewable energy sources would harm our ability to offer competitive pricing and could harm our business. The price of electricity from traditional utilities could decrease as a result of:

•construction of a significant number of new power generation plants, including plants utilizing natural gas, nuclear, coal, renewable energy or other generation technologies;

•relief of transmission constraints that enable local centers to generate energy less expensively;

•reductions in the price of natural gas;

•utility rate adjustment and customer class cost reallocation;

•energy conservation technologies and public initiatives to reduce electricity consumption;

•development of new or lower-cost energy storage technologies that have the ability to reduce a customer’s average cost of electricity by shifting load to off-peak times; or

•development of new energy generation technologies that provide less expensive energy.

A reduction in utility electricity prices would make the purchase or the lease of our solar energy systems less economically attractive. If the retail price of energy available from traditional utilities were to decrease due to any of these reasons, or other reasons, we would be at a competitive disadvantage, we may be unable to attract new customers and our growth would be limited.

While we purchase our products from several different suppliers, if one or more of the suppliers that we rely upon to meet anticipated demand ceases or reduces production due to its financial condition, acquisition by a competitor, delays in receipt of component parts, or otherwise is unable to increase production as industry demand increases or is otherwise unable to allocate sufficient production to us, it may be difficult to quickly identify alternate suppliers or to qualify alternative products on commercially reasonable terms, and our ability to satisfy this demand may be adversely affected. At times, suppliers may have issues with the quality of their products, which may not be realized until the product has been installed at a customer site. This may result in additional cost incurred. There are a limited number of suppliers of solar energy system components and technologies. While we believe there are other sources of supply for these products available, transitioning to a new supplier may result in additional costs and delays in acquiring our solar products and deploying our systems. These issues could harm our business or financial performance. In addition, the acquisition of a component supplier or technology provider by one of our competitors could limit our access to such components or technologies and require significant redesigns of our solar energy systems or installation procedures, slow our growth, cause our financial results and operational metrics to suffer, and have a negative impact on our business.

There have also been periods of industry-wide shortages of key components, including solar panels, in times of industry disruption. The manufacturing infrastructure for some of these components has a long lead-time, requires significant capital investment and relies on the continued availability of key commodity materials, potentially resulting in an inability to meet demand for these components. The solar industry is frequently experiencing significant disruption and, as a result, shortages of key components, including solar panels, may be more likely to occur, which in turn may result in price increases for such components. Even if industry-wide shortages do not occur, suppliers may decide to allocate key components with high demand or insufficient production capacity to more profitable customers, customers with long-term supply agreements or customers other than us and our supply of such components may be reduced as a result.

We purchase the components for our solar energy systems on both an as-needed basis as well as under long-term supply agreements. The vast majority of our purchases are denominated in U.S. dollars. Since our revenue is also generated in U.S. dollars we are mostly insulated from currency fluctuations. However, since our suppliers often incur a significant amount of their costs by purchasing raw materials and generating operating expenses in foreign currencies, if the value of the U.S. dollar depreciates significantly or for a prolonged period of time against these other currencies, this may cause our suppliers to raise the prices they charge us, which could harm our financial results.

On December 23, 2021, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act was passed, responding to human rights abuses and forced labor practices in the Xinjian Uyghur Autonomous Region of China (the “Xinjian Region”). It establishes a rebuttable presumption that the importation of any goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part in the Xinjiang Region, or produced by certain entities, is prohibited by Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 and that such goods, wares, articles, and merchandise are not entitled to entry to the United States. Approximately 50% of the global supply of polysilicon, an essential material in conventional solar modules, is from the Xinjian Region, which has caused some delays in the receipt of polysilicon, affecting the solar module supply chain. The presumption applies unless the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection determines that the importer of record has complied with specified conditions and, by clear and convincing evidence, that the goods, wares, articles, or merchandise were not produced using forced labor. We are mitigating the effects of this new legislation by procuring products only from those countries and regions that have proper documentation as reviewed and approved by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Any additional supply shortages, delays, quality issues, price changes or other limitations in our ability to obtain components we use, including as a result of our transition to more diverse solar suppliers from various countries, including from domestic providers, and hostilities in the Red Sea, could limit our growth, cause cancellations or adversely affect our profitability, result in loss of market share and damage to our brand, and cause our financial results and operational metrics to suffer.

The declining cost of solar panels and the raw materials necessary to manufacture them in the past has been a key driver in the pricing of our solar energy systems and customer adoption of this form of renewable energy. With the increase of solar panel and raw materials prices and because our costs overall may continue to increase, our growth could slow, and our financial results could suffer. Further, the cost of solar panels and raw materials could increase in the future due to tariffs, the Russia invasion of Ukraine hostilities in the Red Sea, or other factors.

On February 7, 2018, the U.S. government imposed a protective tariff on solar panel components for four years. On February 4, 2022, the U.S. government extended such safeguard measure for four years and doubled the volume of excluded panels from such safeguard measure from 2.5 gigawatts ("GW") to 5 GW, and the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) released the following terms of the extended tariff:

As indicated in the terms, the tariff will not apply to the first 5 GW of solar cells imported in each of the four years. In addition, the tariff will not apply to bi-facial panels. Panels imported from China and Taiwan previously were subject to tariffs from a 2012 solar trade case. The current tariff applies to all countries. As a result of the protective tariffs, and if additional tariffs are imposed or other disruptions to the supply chain occur, our ability to purchase these products on competitive terms or to access specialized technologies from other countries could be limited. Any of those events could harm our financial results by requiring us to account for the cost of tariffs or to purchase solar panels or other system components from alternative, higher-priced sources.

On February 8, 2022, Auxin Solar, a U.S. module manufacturer petitioned the U.S. Department of Commerce to investigate whether crystalline silicon PV ("CSPV") cells and modules assembled in Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia from eight solar companies are circumventing US anti-dumping and countervailing duty ("AD/CVD") orders on cells and modules from China, which places a 100% to 250% tariff on such modules. The U.S. Department of Commerce decided to open a country-wide circumvention inquiry investigation and on December 7, 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce made a preliminary determination that four of the eight companies being investigated are attempting to bypass U.S. duties by doing minor processing in one of the Southeast Asian countries before shipping to the United States. Because the U.S. Department of Commerce preliminarily found that circumvention was occurring through each of the four Southeast Asian countries, the U.S. Department of Commerce is making a “country-wide” circumvention finding, which simply designates the country as one through which solar cells and modules are being circumvented from the PRC. Companies in these countries will be permitted to certify that they are not circumventing the AD/CVD orders, in which case the circumvention findings will not apply. These findings were preliminary, and the U.S. Department of Commerce issued its final determination on August 18, 2023, affirming the preliminary finding that such Chinese companies were shipping their solar products through such Southeast Asian countries to avoid paying anti-dumping and countervailing duties. These AD/CVD orders have impeded our ability to import solar modules from certain suppliers and we are mitigating the effects by diversifying the suppliers from whom we procure our solar modules and entering into long-term flexible supply agreements. which transition may cause delays.

Continuing technological changes in battery and other EV technologies could adversely affect adoption of current EV charging technology and/or our products. Our future success will depend upon our ability to develop and introduce a variety of new capabilities and innovations to our existing product offerings, as well as introduce a variety of new product offerings, to address the changing needs of the EV charging market. As new products are introduced, gross margins have historically tended to decline until the products become more mature, with a more efficient manufacturing process. As EV technologies change, we may need to upgrade or adapt our charging station technology and introduce new products and services in order to serve vehicles that have the latest technology, in particular battery cell technology, which could involve substantial costs.

Even if we are able to keep pace with changes in technology and develop new products and services, our research and development expenses could increase, our gross margins could be adversely affected in some periods and our prior products could become obsolete more quickly than expected.

We may not be able to release new products in a timely manner, or at all, and such new products may not achieve market acceptance. Delays in delivering new products that meet customer requirements could damage our relationships with customers and lead them to seek alternative providers. Delays in introducing products and innovations or the failure to offer innovative products or services at competitive prices may cause existing and potential customers to purchase our competitors’ products or services. Further, significant developments in alternative technologies, such as advances in other forms of distributed solar power generation, storage solutions such as batteries, the widespread use or adoption of fuel cells for residential or commercial properties or improvements in other forms of centralized power production may materially and adversely affect our business and prospects in ways we do not currently anticipate. Any failure by us to adopt new or enhanced technologies or processes, or to react to changes in existing technologies, could materially delay deployment of our solar energy systems, which could result in product obsolescence, the loss of competitiveness of our systems, decreased revenue and a loss of market share to competitors.

If we are unable to devote adequate resources to develop products or cannot otherwise successfully develop products or services that meet customer requirements on a timely basis or that remain competitive with technological alternatives, our products and services could lose market share, our revenue will decline, we may experience higher operating losses and our business and prospects will be adversely affected.

The operation, maintenance, refurbishment, construction and expansion of our facilities involve risks, including breakdown or failure of equipment or processes, fuel interruption and performance below expected levels of output or efficiency. Some of our facilities were constructed many years ago and may require significant capital expenditures to maintain peak efficiency or to maintain operations. There can be no assurance that our maintenance program will be able to detect potential failures in our facilities before they occur or eliminate all adverse consequences in the event of failure. In addition, weather-related interference, work stoppages and other unforeseen problems may disrupt the operation and maintenance of our facilities and may materially adversely affect us.

We have entered into ongoing maintenance and service agreements with the manufacturers of certain critical equipment. If a manufacturer is unable or unwilling to provide satisfactory maintenance or warranty support, we may have to enter into alternative arrangements with other providers. These arrangements could be more expensive to us than our current arrangements and this increased expense could have a material adverse effect on our business. If we are unable to enter into satisfactory alternative arrangements, our inability to access technical expertise or parts could have a material adverse effect on us.

While we maintain an inventory of, or otherwise make arrangements to obtain, spare parts to replace critical equipment and maintain insurance for property damage to protect against certain operating risks, these protections may not be adequate to cover lost revenues or increased expenses and penalties that could result if we were unable to operate our generation facilities at a level necessary to comply with sales contracts.

Our ability to proceed with projects under development and to complete the construction of, or capital improvements to, facilities on schedule and within budget may be adversely affected by escalating costs for materials and labor and regulatory compliance, inability to obtain or renew necessary licenses, rights-of-way, permits or other approvals on acceptable terms or on schedule, disputes involving contractors, labor organizations, land owners, governmental entities, environmental groups, Native American and aboriginal groups, lessors, joint venture partners and other third parties, negative publicity, interconnection issues and other factors. If any development project or construction or capital improvement project is not completed, is delayed or is subject to cost overruns, certain associated costs may not be approved for recovery or otherwise be recoverable through regulatory mechanisms that may be available, and we could become obligated to make delay or termination payments or become obligated for other damages under contracts, could experience the loss of tax credits or tax incentives, or delayed or diminished returns, and could be required to write off all or a portion of its investment in the project. Any of these events could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

We own, develop, construct, manage and operate electric-generation facilities. A key component of our growth is our ability to construct and operate generation facilities to meet customer needs. As part of these operations, we must periodically apply for licenses and permits from various local, state, and federal regulatory authorities and abide by their respective conditions.

If we are unsuccessful in obtaining necessary licenses or permits on acceptable terms or resolving third-party challenges to such licenses or permits, if there is a delay in obtaining or renewing necessary licenses or permits or if regulatory authorities initiate any associated investigations or enforcement actions or impose related penalties or disallowances on us, our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects could be materially adversely affected. Any failure to negotiate successful project development agreements for new facilities with third parties could have similar results.

We do not typically install charging stations at customer sites. These installations are typically performed by our partners or electrical contractors with an existing relationship with the customer and/or knowledge of the site. The installation of charging stations at a particular site is generally subject to oversight and regulation in accordance with state and local laws and ordinances relating to building codes, safety, environmental protection and related matters, and typically requires various local and other governmental approvals and permits that may vary by jurisdiction. In addition, building codes, accessibility requirements or regulations may hinder EV charger installation because they end up costing the developer or installer more in order to meet the code requirements. Meaningful delays or cost overruns may impact our recognition of revenue in certain cases and/or impact customer relationships, either of which could impact our business. In addition, if any of our partners or electrical contractors are unable to provide timely, thorough and quality installation-related services, customers could fall behind their construction schedules leading to liability to us or cause customers to become dissatisfied with the solutions we offer.

Our future growth may cause a significant strain on our management and our operational, financial, and other resources. Our ability to manage our growth effectively will require us to implement and improve our operational, financial, and management systems and to expand, train, manage, and motivate our employees and develop processes to efficiently integrate our strategic acquisition of portfolio asses, which is a primary part of our future growth strategy. These demands will require the hiring of additional management personnel and the development of additional expertise by management. Any increase in resources used without a corresponding increase in our operational, financial, and management systems could have a negative impact on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Our business strategy includes growth through the acquisitions of solar power generation assets and portfolios. We may not be able to continue to identify attractive acquisition opportunities or successfully acquire those opportunities that are identified in our pipeline. There is always the possibility that even if there is success in integrating our current or future acquisitions into the existing operations, we may not derive the benefits, such as administrative or operational synergies or earnings obtained, that were expected from such acquisitions, which may result in the commitment of capital resources without the expected returns on the capital. The competition for acquisition opportunities may increase which in turn would increase our cost of making further acquisitions or causing us to curb our activities of making additional acquisitions.

In pursuing our business strategy, from time to time we evaluate targets and enter into agreements regarding possible acquisitions, divestitures, and joint ventures. To be successful, we conduct due diligence to identify valuation issues and potential loss contingencies, negotiate transaction terms, complete transactions, and manage post-closing matters such as the integration of acquired assets and businesses. Our due diligence reviews are subject to the completeness and accuracy of disclosures made by third parties. We may incur unanticipated costs or expenses following a completed acquisition, including post-closing asset impairment charges, expenses associated with eliminating duplicate facilities, litigation, and other liabilities.

We have in the past, and in the future we may, acquire companies, project pipelines, products or technologies or enter into joint ventures or other strategic initiatives. We may not realize the anticipated benefits of these acquisitions, and any acquisition has numerous risks. These risks include the following:

•difficulty in assimilating the operations and personnel of the acquired company;

•difficulty in effectively integrating the acquired technologies or products with our current technologies;

•difficulty in maintaining controls, procedures and policies during the transition and integration;

•disruption of our ongoing business and distraction of our management and employees from other opportunities and challenges due to integration issues;

•difficulty integrating the acquired company’s accounting, management information, and other administrative systems;

•inability to retain key technical and managerial personnel of the acquired business;

•inability to retain key customers, vendors, and other business partners of the acquired business;

•inability to achieve the financial and strategic goals for the acquired and combined businesses;

•incurring acquisition-related costs or amortization costs for acquired intangible assets that could impact our operating results;

•potential failure of the due diligence processes to identify significant issues with product quality, intellectual property infringement, and other legal and financial liabilities, among other things;

•misjudging the value of acquired assets to us;

•potential inability to assert that internal controls over financial reporting are effective; and

•potential inability to obtain, or obtain in a timely manner, approvals from governmental authorities, which could delay or prevent such acquisitions.

Acquisitions of companies, businesses and assets are inherently risky and, if we do not complete the integration of these acquisitions successfully and in a timely manner, we may not realize the anticipated benefits of the acquisitions to the extent anticipated, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, or results of operations. In addition, our guidance and estimates for our future operating and financial results assume the completion of certain of our acquisitions that are in our acquisition pipeline. If we are unable to execute on our actionable pipeline and integrate these acquisitions, we may miss our guidance, which could adversely affect the market price of our Class A Common Stock and our business, financial condition, or results of operations.

As of December 31, 2023, a majority of our solar facilities were in New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, and California. We have recently expanded to include North Carolina and South Carolina to our list of states we are concentrated in and expect our near-term future growth to occur in states such as Maryland, New York, and New Jersey, and to further expand our customer base and operational infrastructure. Accordingly, our business and results of operations are particularly susceptible to adverse economic, regulatory, political, weather and other conditions in such markets and in other markets that may become similarly concentrated.

We may acquire entire portfolios of solar projects and the performance of individual solar projects in such a portfolio will vary. We may not derive the benefits, such as administrative or operational synergies that were expected and our earnings from the entire portfolio may not exceed the earnings we would have received had we purchased some, but not all, of the solar projects contained in such portfolio.

A key component of our growth strategy is to develop or expand our relationships with third parties. For example, we are investing resources in establishing strategic relationships with market players across a variety of industries, including large retailers, to generate new customers. These programs may not roll out as quickly as planned or produce the results we anticipated. A significant portion of our business depends on attracting and retaining new and existing solar partners. Negotiating relationships with our solar partners, investing in due diligence efforts with potential solar partners, training such third parties and contractors, and monitoring them for compliance with our standards require significant time and resources and may present greater risks and challenges than expanding a direct sales or installation team. If we are unsuccessful in establishing or maintaining our relationships with these third parties, our ability to grow our business and address our market opportunity could be impaired. Even if we are able to establish and maintain these relationships, we may not be able to execute on our goal of leveraging these relationships to meaningfully expand our business, brand recognition and customer base. This would limit our growth potential and our opportunities to generate significant additional revenue or cash flows.

Our relationship with CBRE is continuing to develop. The Company expects some development opportunities to come from referrals from CBRE and Blackstone. Our success depends on profitable long-term contracts with any referred clients. We cannot assure you that new contracts and clients for our technologies, products and services will develop or that our existing market will grow. If a significant number of referred clients elect not to use our services or purchase our products, it could materially adversely affect our financial condition, business and results of operations.

The principal benefits expected to result from referrals from CBRE and Blackstone may not be fully achieved. Challenges we may face in this regard include, but are not limited to: (i) estimating the capital, personnel and equipment required for proper integration; (ii) minimizing potential adverse effects on existing business relationships; (iii) enhancing the technology platform; and (iv) successfully developing and marketing the Company’s products and services.

Any difficulties we may experience in connection with referrals obtained could delay or prevent us from realizing expected benefits and enhancing our business, and our business, financial condition and results of operation could be materially and adversely impacted.

To support our growth, we need to hire, train, deploy, manage and retain a substantial number of skilled employees, engineers, installers, electricians, sales and project finance specialists. Competition for qualified personnel in our industry is increasing, particularly for skilled personnel involved in the installation of solar energy systems. We have in the past been, and may in the future be, unable to attract or retain qualified and skilled installation personnel or installation companies to be our solar partners, which would have an adverse effect on our business. We and our solar partners also compete with the homebuilding and construction industries for skilled labor. As these industries grow and seek to hire additional workers, our cost of labor may increase. In addition, because we are headquartered in Connecticut, we compete for a limited pool of technical and engineering resources that requires us to pay wages that are competitive with relatively high regional standards for employees in these fields. Further, we need to continue to expand upon the training of our customer service team to provide high-end account management and service to customers before, during and following the point of installation of our solar energy systems. Identifying and recruiting qualified personnel and training them requires significant time, expense and attention. It can take several months before a new customer service team member is fully trained and productive at the standards that we have established. If we are unable to hire, develop and retain talented technical and customer service personnel, we may not be able to realize the expected benefits of this investment or grow our business.

In addition, to support the growth and success of our direct-to-consumer channel, we need to recruit, retain and motivate a large number of sales personnel on a continuing basis. We compete with many other companies for qualified sales personnel, and it could take many months before a new salesperson is fully trained on our solar service offerings. If we are unable to hire, develop and retain qualified sales personnel or if they are unable to achieve desired productivity levels, we may not be able to compete effectively.

We are highly dependent on members of our management and technical staff. Our success also depends on our ability to continue to attract, retain and motivate highly skilled junior, mid-level, and senior managers as well as junior, mid-level, and senior technical personnel. The loss of any of our executive officers, key employees, or consultants and our inability to find suitable replacements could potentially harm our business, financial condition, and prospects. We may be unable to attract and retain personnel on acceptable terms given the competition among solar and energy companies. Certain of our current officers, directors, and/or consultants hereafter appointed may from time to time serve as officers, directors, scientific advisors, and/or consultants of other solar and energy companies. We do not maintain “key man” insurance policies on any of our officers or employees. Other than certain members of our senior management team, all of our employees are employed “at will” and, therefore, each employee may leave our employment and join a competitor at any time.

We plan to grant stock options, restricted stock grants, restricted stock unit grants, or other forms of equity awards in the future as a method of attracting and retaining employees, motivating performance, and aligning the interests of employees with those of our shareholders. If we are unable to implement and maintain equity compensation arrangements that provide sufficient incentives, we may be unable to retain our existing employees and attract additional qualified candidates. If we are unable to retain our existing employees and attract additional qualified candidates, our business and results of operations could be adversely affected. Currently the exercise prices of all outstanding stock options are greater than the current stock price.

As of December 31, 2023, we had 93 employees, all of which were full-time employees. We may be unable to implement and maintain an attractive incentive compensation structure in order to attract and retain the right talent. These actions could lead to disruptions in our business, reduced employee morale and productivity, increased attrition, and problems with retaining existing and recruiting future employees.

Customers who enter into customer agreements with us sometimes are covered by production guarantees and roof penetration warranties. As the owners of the solar energy systems, we or our investment funds receive a warranty from the inverter and solar panel manufacturers, and, for those solar energy systems that we do not install directly, we receive workmanship and material warranties as well as roof penetration warranties from our solar partners. One or more of our third-party manufacturers or solar partners could cease operations and no longer honor these warranties, leaving us to fulfill these potential obligations to customers, or such warranties may be limited in scope and amount, and may be inadequate to protect us. We also provide a performance guarantee with certain solar service offerings pursuant to which we compensate customers on an annual basis if their system does not meet the electricity production guarantees set forth in their agreement with us. Customers who enter into customer agreements with us that are covered by production guarantees, typically have such guarantees equal to the length of the term of these agreements, typically 20 or 25 years.

We may suffer financial losses associated if significant performance guarantee payments are triggered.

Because of our limited operating history and the length of the term of our customer agreements, we have been required to make assumptions and apply judgments regarding a number of factors, including the durability, performance and reliability of our solar energy systems. Our assumptions could prove to be materially different from the actual performance of our systems, causing us to incur substantial expense to repair or replace defective solar energy systems in the future or to compensate customers for systems that do not meet their production guarantees. Product failures or operational deficiencies also would reduce our revenue from power purchase or lease agreements because they are dependent on system production. Any widespread product failures or operating deficiencies may damage our market reputation and adversely impact our financial results.

Weather conditions directly influence the demand for electricity and natural gas and other fuels and affect the price of energy and energy-related commodities. In addition, severe weather and natural disasters, such as hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, icing events and earthquakes, can be destructive and cause power outages and property damage, reduce revenue, affect the availability of fuel and water, and require us to incur additional costs, for example, to restore service and repair damaged facilities, to obtain replacement power and to access available financing sources. Furthermore, our physical plants could be placed at greater risk of damage should changes in the global climate produce unusual variations in temperature and weather patterns, resulting in more intense, frequent and extreme weather events, and abnormal levels of precipitation. A disruption or failure of electric generation, or storage systems in the event of a hurricane, tornado or other severe weather event, or otherwise, could prevent us from operating our business in the normal course and could result in any of the adverse consequences described above. Any of the foregoing could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Where cost recovery is available, recovery of costs to restore service and repair damaged facilities is or may be subject to regulatory approval, and any determination by the regulator not to permit timely and full recovery of the costs incurred could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. Changes in weather can also affect the production of electricity at power generation facilities.

We are subject to the potentially adverse operating and financial effects of terrorist acts and threats, as well as cyberattacks and other disruptive activities of individuals or groups. There have been cyberattacks within the energy industry on energy infrastructure such as substations, gas pipelines and related assets in the past and there may be such attacks in the future and these may increase as a result of the Russia invasion of Ukraine. Our generation and energy storage facilities, information technology systems and other infrastructure facilities and systems could be direct targets of, or otherwise be materially adversely affected by, such activities.

Terrorist acts, cyberattacks or other similar events affecting our systems and facilities, or those of third parties on which we rely, could harm our business, for example, by limiting our ability to generate, purchase or transmit power, natural gas or other energy-related commodities, by limiting our ability to bill customers and collect and process payments, and by delaying our development and construction of new generation facilities or capital improvements to existing facilities. These events, and governmental actions in response, could result in a material decrease in revenues, significant additional costs (for example, to repair assets, implement additional security requirements or maintain or acquire insurance), significant fines and penalties, and reputational damage, could materially adversely affect our operations (for example, by contributing to disruption of supplies and markets for natural gas, oil and other fuels), and could impair our ability to raise capital (for example, by contributing to financial instability and lower economic activity). In addition, the implementation of security guidelines and measures has resulted in and is expected to continue to result in increased costs. Such events or actions may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Insurance coverage may not continue to be available or may not be available at rates or on terms similar to those presently available to us. Our ability to obtain insurance and the terms of any available insurance coverage could be materially adversely affected by international, national, state or local events or company-specific events, as well as the financial condition of insurers. If insurance coverage is not available or obtainable on acceptable terms, we may be required to pay costs associated with adverse future events.

We may need to raise additional capital in the future to further scale our business and expand to additional markets. We may raise additional funds through the issuance of equity, equity-related or debt securities, through tax equity partnerships, or through obtaining credit from government or financial institutions. We cannot be certain that additional funds will be available on favorable terms when required, or at all. If we cannot raise additional funds when needed, our financial condition, results of operations, business and prospects could be materially and adversely affected. If we raise funds through the issuance of debt securities or through loan arrangements, the terms of which could require significant interest payments, contain covenants that restrict our business, or other unfavorable terms. Also, changes in tax law or market conditions could negatively impact the availability of tax equity or the terms on which investors are willing to acquire tax equity and therefore reduce our access to capital on favorable terms for new solar energy projects. In addition, to the extent we raise funds through the sale of additional equity securities, our stockholders would experience dilution.

As of December 31, 2023, we had U.S. federal and state net operating loss carryforwards (“NOLs”) of approximately $340.1 million and $225.7 million, respectively, which begin expiring in varying amounts in 2034 and 2024, respectively, if unused. Under Sections 382 and 383 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), if a corporation undergoes an “ownership change,” the corporation’s ability to use its pre-change NOLs and other pre-change tax assets, such as tax credits, to offset its post-change income and taxes may be limited. In general, an “ownership change” occurs if there is a cumulative change in our ownership by “5% shareholders” that exceeds 50 percentage points over a rolling three-year period. Similar rules may apply under state tax laws.

Additionally, states may impose other limitations on the use of NOLs and tax credit carryforwards. For example, California has recently imposed other limitations on the use of NOLs and limited the use of certain tax credits for taxable years beginning in 2020 through 2022. Our ability to use our NOLs may be limited by an applicable ownership change. Any such limitations on our ability to use our NOLs and other tax assets could adversely impact our business, financial condition, and results of operations. Any limitation may result in the expiration of all or a portion of the net operating loss carryforwards and tax credit carryforwards before utilization.

We will be subject to income taxes in the United States, and our tax liabilities will be subject to the allocation of expenses in differing jurisdictions. Our future effective tax rates could be subject to volatility or adversely affected by a number of factors, including:

•changes in the valuation of our deferred tax assets and liabilities;

•expected timing and amount of the release of any tax valuation allowances;

•tax effects of stock-based compensation;

•costs related to intercompany restructurings;

•changes in tax laws, regulations or interpretations thereof; or

•lower than anticipated future earnings in jurisdictions where we have lower statutory tax rates and higher than anticipated future earnings in jurisdictions where we have higher statutory tax rates.

In addition, we may be subject to audits of our income, sales and other transaction taxes by taxing authorities. Outcomes from these audits could have an adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

We are an "emerging growth company," within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and for as long as we continue to be an emerging growth company, we may choose to take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements that are available to “emerging growth companies,” but not to other public companies, including:

•not being required to have our independent registered public accounting firm audit our internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended the ("Sarbanes-Oxley Act");

•reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements; and

•exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.

We plan in filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), we plan to continue to utilize the modified disclosure requirements available to emerging growth companies. As a result, our stockholders may not have access to certain information they may deem important. We expect to remain an “emerging growth company” until the earliest of:

•December 31, 2025;

•the last day of the first fiscal year in which our annual gross revenue exceeds $1.235 billion;

•the date that we become a “large accelerated filer” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act, which would occur if the market value of our common stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter; and

•the date on which we have issued more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt during the preceding three-year period.

Our business has achieved rapid growth since we launched. Our net revenue was $155.2 million and $101.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. However, our results of operations, financial condition and cash flows reflected in our consolidated financial statements may not be indicative of the results that may be achieved in future periods. Consequently, there can be no assurance that we will be able to generate sufficient income to pay our operating expenses and make satisfactory distributions to our shareholders, or any distributions at all.

From time to time, we make statements with estimates of the addressable market for our solutions and the EV market in general. Market opportunity estimates and growth forecasts, whether obtained from third-party sources or developed internally, are subject to significant uncertainty and are based on assumptions and estimates that may prove to be inaccurate. The estimates and forecasts relating to the size and expected growth of the target market, market demand and adoption, capacity to address this demand and pricing may also prove to be inaccurate. In particular, estimates regarding the current and projected market opportunity are difficult to predict. The estimated addressable market may not materialize for many years, if ever, and even if the markets meet the size estimates and growth forecasts, our business could fail to grow at similar rates.

Our operations are subject to complex and comprehensive federal, state and other regulation. This extensive regulatory framework, portions of which are more specifically identified in the following risk factors, regulates, among other things and to varying degrees, our industry, businesses, rates and cost structures, operation and licensing of solar power facilities, construction and operation of electricity generation facilities and acquisition, disposal, depreciation and amortization of facilities and other assets, decommissioning costs and funding, service reliability, wholesale and retail competition, and SRECs trading. In our business planning and in the management of our operations, we must address the effects of regulation on our business and any inability or failure to do so adequately could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects could be materially adversely affected as a result of new or revised laws, regulations, interpretations or ballot or regulatory initiatives.

Our business is influenced by various legislative and regulatory initiatives, including, but not limited to, new or revised laws, including international trade laws, regulations, interpretations or ballot or regulatory initiatives regarding deregulation or restructuring of the energy industry, and regulation of environmental matters, such as environmental permitting. Changes in the nature of the regulation of our business could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. We are unable to predict future legislative or regulatory changes, initiatives or interpretations, although any such changes, initiatives or interpretations may increase costs and competitive pressures on us, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

We are subject to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") rules related to energy generation that are designed to facilitate competition on practically a nationwide basis by providing greater certainty, flexibility and more choices to power customers. We cannot predict the impact of changing FERC rules or the effect of changes in levels of wholesale supply and demand, which are typically driven by factors beyond our control. There can be no assurance that we will be able to respond adequately or sufficiently quickly to such rules and developments, or to any changes that reverse or restrict the competitive restructuring of the energy industry in those jurisdictions in which such restructuring has occurred.

Any of these events could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Most federal, state and municipal laws do not currently regulate us as an electric utility in the jurisdictions in which we operate, such as FERC rules for small power production and cogeneration facilities. As a result, we are not subject to the various regulatory requirements applicable to U.S. utilities. However, any federal, state, local or other applicable regulations could place significant restrictions on our ability to operate our business and execute our business plan by prohibiting or otherwise restricting our sale of electricity. These regulatory requirements could include restricting the structuring of our sale of electricity, as well as regulating the price of our solar service offerings. If we become subject to the same regulatory authorities as utilities in other states or if new regulatory bodies are established to oversee our business, our operating costs could materially increase.

We depend heavily on government policies that support utility scale renewable energy and enhance the economic feasibility of developing and operating solar energy projects in regions in which we operate or plan to develop and operate renewable energy facilities. The federal government and a majority of state governments in the United States provide incentives, such as tax incentives, renewable portfolio standards or feed-in-tariffs, that support or are designed to support the sale of energy from utility scale renewable energy facilities, such as wind and solar energy facilities. As a result of budgetary constraints, political factors or otherwise, governments from time to time may review their laws and policies that support renewable energy and consider actions that would make the laws and policies less conducive to the development and operation of renewable energy facilities. Any reductions or modifications to, or the elimination of, governmental incentives or policies that support renewable energy or the imposition of additional taxes or other assessments on renewable energy, could result in, among other items, the lack of a satisfactory market for the development and/or financing of new renewable energy projects, our abandoning the development of renewable energy projects, a loss of our investments in the projects and reduced project returns, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act (the “IRA”), which extends the availability of investment tax credits (“ITCs”) and production tax credits (“PTCs”). We and our tax equity partners have claimed and expect to continue to claim ITCs with respect to qualifying solar energy projects. In structuring tax equity partnerships and determining ITC eligibility, we have relied upon applicable tax law and published Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) guidance. However, the application of law and guidance regarding ITC eligibility to the facts of particular solar energy projects is subject to a number of uncertainties, in particular with respect to the new IRA provisions for which Department of Treasury regulations (“Treasury Regulations”) are forthcoming, and there can be no assurance that the IRS will agree with our approach in the event of an audit. The Department of Treasury is expected to issue Treasury Regulations and issue additional guidance with respect to the application of the newly enacted IRA provisions, and the IRS and Department of Treasury may modify existing guidance, possibly with retroactive effect. Any of the foregoing items could reduce the amount of ITCs or, if applicable, PTCs available to us and our tax equity partners. In this event, we could be required to indemnify tax equity partners for disallowed ITCs or, if applicable, PTCs, adjust the terms of future tax equity partnerships, or seek alternative sources of funding for solar energy projects, each of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Several of the states where we currently serve customers has adopted a net energy metering policy. Net energy metering typically allows our customers to interconnect their on-site solar energy systems to the utility grid and offset their utility electricity purchases by receiving a bill credit at the utility’s retail rate for energy generated by their solar energy system that is exported to the grid in excess of the electric load used by the customers. 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. Utilities operating in states without a net energy metering policy may receive solar electricity that is exported to the grid when there is no simultaneous energy demand by the customer without providing retail compensation to the customer for this generation. In addition to net metering policies, certain of our primary markets, including Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and Maryland have adopted programs specifically aimed at providing renewable energy benefits to specific customers, such as community solar and low and moderate income customers. Many of these programs are set-up with a finite capacity of MW installed. Historically, regulators in our primary markets have continuously rolled out new incentive programs as the caps on existing programs begin to fill to promote continued investment in renewables in order to meet the goals set forth in their renewable portfolio standards, however the continuous roll-out of such programs is not guaranteed.

Our ability to sell solar energy systems and the electricity they generate may be adversely impacted by the failure to expand existing limits on the amount of net energy metering in states that have implemented it, the failure to adopt a net energy metering policy where it currently is not in place, the imposition of new charges that only or disproportionately impact customers that utilize net energy metering, or reductions in the amount or value of credit that customers receive through net energy metering. If such charges are imposed, the cost savings associated with switching to solar energy may be significantly reduced and our ability to attract future customers and compete with traditional utility providers could be impacted. Our ability to sell solar energy systems and the electricity they generate also may be adversely impacted by the unavailability of expedited or simplified interconnection for grid-tied solar energy systems or any limitation on the number of customer interconnections or amount of solar energy that utilities are required to allow in their service territory or some part of the grid.

Limits on net energy metering, interconnection of solar energy systems and other operational policies in key markets could limit the number of solar energy systems installed in those markets. If the caps on net energy metering in jurisdictions are reached, and new caps are not put in place, or if the amount or value of credit that customers receive for net energy metering is significantly reduced, future customers will be unable to recognize the current cost savings associated with net energy metering. We rely substantially on net energy metering when we establish competitive pricing for our prospective customers and the absence of net energy metering for new customers would greatly limit demand for our solar energy systems.

Our power purchase agreements are third-party ownership arrangements. Sales of electricity by third parties face regulatory challenges in some states and jurisdictions. Other challenges pertain to whether third-party owned systems qualify for the same levels of rebates or other non-tax incentives available for customer-owned solar energy systems, whether third-party owned systems are eligible at all for these incentives, and whether third-party owned systems are eligible for net energy metering and the associated cost savings. Reductions in, or eliminations of, this treatment of these third-party arrangements could reduce demand for our systems, adversely impact our access to capital and could cause us to increase the price we charge our customers for energy.

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 generation products and services. These regulations and policies often relate to electricity pricing and the interconnection of customer-owned electricity generation. In the U.S., governments and utilities continuously modify these regulations and policies. These regulations and policies could deter customers from purchasing renewable energy, including solar energy systems. This could result in a significant reduction in the potential demand for our solar energy systems. For example, 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. These fees could increase our customers’ cost to use our systems and make them less desirable, thereby harming our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, depending on the region, electricity generated by solar energy systems competes most effectively with expensive peak-hour electricity from the electric grid, rather than the less expensive average price of electricity. Modifications to the utilities’ peak hour pricing policies or rate design, such as to a flat rate, would require us to lower the price of our solar energy systems to compete with the price of electricity from the electric grid.

In addition, any changes to government or internal utility regulations and policies that favor electric utilities could reduce our competitiveness and cause a significant reduction in demand for our products and services. For example, certain jurisdictions have proposed assessing fees on customers purchasing energy from solar energy systems or imposing a new charge that would disproportionately impact solar energy system customers who utilize net energy metering, either of which would increase the cost of energy to those customers and could reduce demand for our solar energy systems. It is possible charges could be imposed on not just future customers but our existing customers, causing a potentially significant consumer relations problem and harming our reputation and business.

Compliance with occupational safety and health requirements and best practices can be costly, and noncompliance with such requirements may result in potentially significant monetary penalties, operational delays and adverse publicity.

The installation of solar energy systems requires our employees to work at heights with complicated and potentially dangerous electrical systems. The evaluation and modification of buildings as part of the installation process requires our employees to work in locations that may contain potentially dangerous levels of asbestos, lead, mold or other materials known or believed to be hazardous to human health. We also maintain a fleet of trucks and other vehicles to support our installers and operations. There is substantial risk of serious injury or death if proper safety procedures are not followed. Our operations are subject to regulation under the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Act, or OSHA, and equivalent state laws. Changes to OSHA requirements, or stricter interpretation or enforcement of existing laws or regulations, could result in increased costs.

If we fail to comply with applicable OSHA regulations, even if no work-related serious injury or death occurs, we may be subject to civil or criminal enforcement and be required to pay substantial penalties, incur significant capital expenditures or suspend or limit operations. High injury rates could expose us to increased liability. In the past, we have had workplace accidents and received citations from OSHA regulators for alleged safety violations, resulting in fines. Any such accidents, citations, violations, injuries or failure to comply with industry best practices may subject us to adverse publicity, damage our reputation and competitive position and adversely affect our business.

We are involved in legal proceedings and receive inquiries from government and regulatory agencies from time to time. In the event that we are involved in significant disputes or are the subject of a formal action by a regulatory agency, we could be exposed to costly and time-consuming legal proceedings that could result in any number of outcomes. Although outcomes of such actions vary, any current or future claims or regulatory actions initiated by or against us, whether successful or not, could result in significant costs, costly damage awards or settlement amounts, injunctive relief, increased costs of business, fines or orders to change certain business practices, significant dedication of management time, diversion of significant operational resources, or otherwise harm our business, financial condition and results of operations or adversely affect the market price for our common stock. If we are not successful in our legal proceedings and litigation, we may be required to pay significant monetary damages, which could hurt our results of operations. Lawsuits are time-consuming and expensive to resolve and divert management’s time and attention. Although we carry general liability insurance, our insurance may not cover potential claims or may not be adequate to indemnify us for all liability that may be imposed. We cannot predict how the courts will rule in any potential lawsuit against us. Decisions in favor of parties that bring lawsuits against us could subject us to significant liability for damages, adversely affect our results of operations and harm our reputation.

Further, we may be subject to claims or liabilities arising from the ownership or operation of acquired solar systems for the periods prior to our acquisition of them, including environmental, employee-related, indemnification for tax equity partnerships and other liabilities and claims not covered by insurance. These claims or liabilities could be significant. Our ability to seek indemnification from the former owners of our acquired businesses for these claims or liabilities may be limited by various factors, including the specific time, monetary or other limitations contained in the respective acquisition agreements and the financial ability of the former owners to satisfy our indemnification claims. In addition, insurance companies may be unwilling to cover claims that have arisen from acquired businesses or locations, or claims may exceed the coverage limits that our acquired businesses had in effect prior to the date of acquisition. If we are unable to successfully obtain insurance coverage of third-party claims or enforce our indemnification rights against the former owners, or if the former owners are unable to satisfy their obligations for any reason, including because of their current financial position, we could be held liable for the costs or obligations associated with such claims or liabilities, which could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

If our solar service offerings, including our racking systems, PV modules, batteries, inverters, or other products, injured someone, we would be exposed to product liability claims. Because solar energy systems and many of our other current and anticipated products are electricity-producing devices, it is possible that customers or their property could be injured or damaged by our products, whether by product malfunctions, defects, improper installation or other causes. We rely on third-party manufacturing warranties, warranties provided by our solar partners and our general liability insurance to cover product liability claims and have not obtained separate product liability insurance. Our solar systems, including our PV modules, batteries, inverters, and other products, may also be subject to recalls due to product malfunctions or defects. Any product liability claim we face could be expensive to defend and divert management’s attention. The successful assertion of product liability claims against us could result in potentially significant monetary damages that could require us to make significant payments, as well as subject us to adverse publicity, damage our reputation and competitive position and adversely affect sales of our systems and other products. In addition, product liability claims, injuries, defects or other problems experienced by other companies in the residential solar industry could lead to unfavorable market conditions to the industry as a whole, and may have an adverse effect on our ability to attract customers, thus affecting our growth and financial performance.

As of December 31, 2023, over 25% of our business operates pursuant to contracts and transactions with residential customers via community solar. We must comply with federal, state, and local laws and regulations that govern matters relating to our interactions with residential consumers, including those pertaining to privacy and data security and warranties. These laws and regulations are dynamic and subject to potentially differing interpretations, and various federal, state and local legislative and regulatory bodies may expand current laws or regulations, or enact new laws and regulations, regarding these matters.

Changes in these laws or regulations, or their interpretation, could affect how we do business, acquire customers, and manage and use information we collect from and about current and prospective community solar customers and the costs associated therewith. We strive to comply with all applicable laws and regulations relating to our interactions with residential customers. It is possible, however, that these requirements may be interpreted and applied in a manner that is inconsistent from one jurisdiction to another and may conflict with other rules or our practices. Our non-compliance with any such law or regulations could also expose us to claims, proceedings, litigation and investigations by private parties and regulatory authorities, as well as fines and negative publicity, each of which may materially and adversely affect our business. We have incurred, and will continue to incur, expenses to comply with such laws and regulations, and increased regulation of matters relating to our interactions with residential consumers could require us to modify our operations and incur additional expenses, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our provision for income taxes and reporting of tax-related assets and liabilities require significant judgments and the use of estimates. Amounts of tax-related assets and liabilities involve judgments and estimates of the timing and probability of recognition of income, deductions and tax credits, including, but not limited to, estimates for potential adverse outcomes regarding tax positions that have been taken and the ability to utilize tax benefit carryforwards, such as net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Actual income taxes could vary significantly from estimated amounts due to the future impacts of, among other things, changes in tax laws, guidance or policies, including changes in our corporate income tax rates, our financial condition and results of operations, and the resolution of audit issues raised by taxing authorities. These factors, including the ultimate resolution of income tax matters, may result in material adjustments to tax-related assets and liabilities, which could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

We are subject to laws, regulations and rules enacted by national, regional and local governments and the NYSE. In particular, we are required to comply with certain SEC, NYSE and other legal or regulatory requirements. Compliance with, and monitoring of, applicable laws, regulations and rules may be difficult, time consuming and costly. Those laws, regulations or rules and their interpretation and application may also change from time to time and those changes could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations, including a potential delisting on the NYSE. In addition, a failure to comply with applicable laws, regulations or rules, as interpreted and applied, could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

Our future growth depends on our ability to continue to develop and maintain our proprietary technology that supports our solar service offerings, including our proprietary software solutions which manage our operation as well as a series of proprietary capture and management tools. In addition, we rely, and expect to continue to rely, on licensing agreements with certain third parties for aerial images that allow us to efficiently and effectively analyze a customer’s rooftop for solar energy system specifications. In the event that our current or future products require features that we have not developed or licensed, or we lose the benefit of an existing license, we will be required to develop or obtain such technology through purchase, license or other arrangements. If the required technology is not available on commercially reasonable terms, or at all, we may incur additional expenses in an effort to internally develop the required technology. If we are unable to maintain our existing proprietary technology, our ability to attract and retain solar partners could be impaired, our competitive position could be harmed and our revenue could be reduced.

We believe that the success of our business depends in part on our proprietary technology, including our software, information, processes and know-how. We rely on copyright, trade secret and other protections to secure our intellectual property rights. Although we may incur substantial costs in protecting our technology, we cannot be certain that we have adequately protected or will be able to adequately protect it, that our competitors will not be able to utilize our existing technology or develop similar technology independently or that foreign intellectual property laws will adequately protect our intellectual property rights. Despite our precautions, it may be possible for third parties to obtain and use our intellectual property without our consent. Unauthorized use of our intellectual property by third parties, and the expenses incurred in protecting our intellectual property rights, may adversely affect our business. In the future, some of our products could be alleged to infringe existing patents or other intellectual property of third parties, and we cannot be certain that we will prevail in any intellectual property dispute.

In addition, any future litigation required to enforce our patents, to protect our trade secrets or know-how or to defend us or indemnify others against claimed infringement of the rights of third parties could harm our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

We depend on information systems to process orders, manage inventory, process and bill customers and collect payments from our customers, respond to customer inquiries, contribute to our overall internal control processes, maintain records of our property, plant and equipment, and record and pay amounts due vendors and other creditors. These systems may experience damage or disruption from a number of causes, including power outages, computer and telecommunication failures, computer viruses, malware, ransomware or other destructive software, internal design, manual or usage errors, cyberattacks, terrorism, workplace violence or wrongdoing, catastrophic events, natural disasters and severe weather conditions. We may also be impacted by breaches of our third-party processors.

If we were to experience a prolonged disruption in our information systems that involve interactions with customers and suppliers, it could result in the loss of sales and customers and/or increased costs, which could adversely affect our overall business operation. Although no such incidents have had a direct, material impact on us, we are unable to predict the direct or indirect impact of any future incidents to our business.

In addition, numerous and evolving cybersecurity threats, including advanced and persistent cyberattacks, phishing and social engineering schemes, particularly on internet applications, could compromise the confidentiality, availability, and integrity of data in our systems. The security measures and procedures we and our customers have in place to protect sensitive data and other information may not be successful or sufficient to counter all data breaches, cyberattacks, or system failures. Although we devote resources to our cybersecurity programs and have implemented security measures to protect our systems and data, and to prevent, detect and respond to data security incidents, there can be no assurance that our efforts will prevent these threats.

Because the techniques used to obtain unauthorized access, or to disable or degrade systems change frequently, have become increasingly more complex and sophisticated, and may be difficult to detect for periods of time, we may not anticipate these acts or respond adequately or timely. These threats may increase as a result of the recent banking crisis. As these threats continue to evolve and increase, we may be required to devote significant additional resources in order to modify and enhance our security controls and to identify and remediate any security vulnerabilities.

We receive, store and use personal information of customers, including names, addresses, e-mail addresses, credit information and other housing and energy use information, as well as the personal information of our employees. Unauthorized disclosure of such personal information, whether through breach of our systems by an unauthorized party, employee theft or misuse, or otherwise, could harm our business. In addition, computer malware, viruses, social engineering (predominantly spear phishing attacks), and general hacking have become more prevalent, have occurred on our systems in the past, and could occur on our systems in the future. Inadvertent disclosure of such personal information, or if a third party were to gain unauthorized access to the personal information in our possession, has resulted in, and could result in future claims or litigation arising from damages suffered by such individuals. In addition, we could incur significant costs in complying with the multitude of federal, state and local laws regarding the unauthorized disclosure of personal information. Our efforts to protect such personal information may be unsuccessful due to software bugs or other technical malfunctions; employees, contractor, or vendor error or malfeasance; or other threats that evolve. In addition, third parties may attempt to fraudulently induce employees or users to disclose sensitive information. The risks of these threats may increase due to the recent banking crisis. Although we have developed systems and processes that are designed to protect the personal information we receive, store and use and to prevent or detect security breaches, we cannot assure you that such measures will provide absolute security. Any perceived or actual unauthorized disclosure of such information could harm our reputation, substantially impair our ability to attract and retain customers and have an adverse impact on our business.

The regulatory environment surrounding data privacy and protection is constantly evolving and can be subject to significant change. New data protection laws, including recent legislation in a number of states afford consumers of those states an array of new rights, including the right to be informed about what kinds of personal data companies have collected and why it was collected, pose increasingly complex compliance challenges and potentially elevate our costs. Complying with varying jurisdictional requirements could increase the costs and complexity of compliance, and violations of applicable data protection laws could result in significant penalties.

Any failure, or perceived failure, by us to comply with applicable data protection laws could result in proceedings or actions brought against us by governmental entities or others, subject us to significant fines, penalties, judgments and negative publicity, require us to change our business practices, increase the costs and complexity of compliance, and adversely affect our business.

We must maintain effective internal controls to provide reliable financial reports and to prevent and detect fraud and other improprieties. We are responsible for reviewing and assessing our internal controls and implementing additional controls when improvement is needed. The process of designing and implementing effective internal controls is a continuous effort that requires us to anticipate and react to changes in our business and the economic and regulatory environments and to expend significant resources to maintain a system of internal controls that is adequate to satisfy our reporting obligations as a public company. If we are unable to establish or maintain appropriate internal financial reporting controls and procedures, it could cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations on a timely basis, result in material misstatements in our consolidated financial statements and harm our results of operations.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requirements regarding internal control over financial reporting, and other internal controls over business practices, are costly to implement and maintain, and such costs are relatively more burdensome for smaller companies such as us than for larger companies. We are working to improve all of our controls but, if our controls are not effective, we may not be able to report our financial results accurately or prevent and detect fraud and other improprieties, which could lead to a decrease in the market price of our stock. Failure to implement any required changes to our internal controls or other changes we identify as necessary to maintain an effective system of internal controls could harm our operating results and cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information. Any such loss of confidence would have a negative effect on the market price of our common stock.

As a public company, we are required, pursuant to Section 404(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, to furnish a report by management on, among other things, the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting in our annual report for the year ended December 31, 2023. This assessment includes disclosure of any material weaknesses identified by our management in our internal control over financial reporting.

A material weakness is a deficiency or combination of deficiencies in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the financial statements would not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

We have identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting that we are currently working to remediate, which relate to: (a) insufficient qualified personnel, which caused management to be unable to appropriately define responsibilities to create an effective control environment; (b) the lack of a formalized risk assessment process; and (c) selection and development of control activities, including over information technology.

Our management has concluded that these material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting are due to the fact that prior to the Merger we were a private company with limited resources and did not have the necessary business processes and related internal controls formally designed and implemented coupled with the appropriate resources with the appropriate level of experience and technical expertise to oversee our business processes and controls.

Our management has developed a remediation plan which we have begun and will continue to implement. These remediation measures are ongoing and include: hiring additional finance department employees with appropriate expertise; progressing towards the completion of our formalized risk assessment for SOX processes, including process mapping; and proceeding with steps intended to remediate the selection and development of control activities material weakness through the documentation of processes and controls in the financial statement close, reporting and disclosure processes while working to further enable our enterprise resource planning system and implement supporting software to improve the accuracy and controls over financial reporting. The material weaknesses will be considered remediated when our management designs and implements effective controls that operate for a sufficient period of time and management has concluded, through testing, that these controls are effective. Our management will monitor the effectiveness of its remediation plans and will make changes management determines to be appropriate, however we may encounter problems or delays in completing the remediation of the material weaknesses.

In connection with the material weaknesses identified in our internal controls over financial reporting we determined that our internal controls over financial reporting are not effective and were not effective as of December 31, 2023.

If not remediated, these material weaknesses could result in material misstatements to our annual or interim consolidated financial statements that might not be prevented or detected on a timely basis, or in delayed filing of required periodic reports. If we are unable to assert that our internal control over financial reporting is effective, or when required in the future, if our independent registered public accounting firm is unable to express an unqualified opinion as to the effectiveness of the internal control over financial reporting, investors may lose confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports, the market price of our common stock could be adversely affected and our company could become subject to litigation or investigations by NYSE, the SEC, or other regulatory authorities, which could require additional financial and management resources. Each of these material weaknesses could result in a misstatement of account balances or disclosures that would result in a material misstatement in the annual or interim consolidated financial statements that would not be prevented or detected.

In order to maintain and improve the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, we have expended, and anticipate that we will continue to expend, significant resources, including accounting-related costs and significant management oversight. Our independent registered public accounting firm is not required to formally attest to the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting until after it is no longer an “emerging growth company” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, as amended (the "JOBS Act"). At such time, our independent registered public accounting firm may issue a report that is adverse in the event it is not satisfied with the level at which our internal control over financial reporting is documented, designed or operating. Any failure to maintain effective disclosure controls and internal control over financial reporting, and remediate identified material weaknesses could adversely affect our business and operating results and could cause a decline in the market price of our common stock.

The rules governing the standards that must be met for our management to assess our internal control over financial reporting are complex and require significant documentation, testing and remediation. Testing and maintaining internal controls may divert our management’s attention from other matters that are important to our business. Our testing, or the subsequent testing by our independent registered public accounting firm, may reveal additional deficiencies in our internal controls over financial reporting that are deemed to be material weaknesses. A material weakness in internal controls could result in our failure to detect a material misstatement of our annual or quarterly consolidated financial statements or disclosures. We may not be able to conclude on an ongoing basis that we have effective internal controls over financial reporting in accordance with Section 404. If we are unable to conclude that we have effective internal controls over financial reporting, investors could lose confidence in our reported financial information, which could have a material adverse effect on the market price of our common stock.

We fund a significant portion of our activities by means of tax equity partnerships. In many cases, we consolidate these tax equity partnerships as VIEs in which we hold a variable interest and of which we are deemed to be the primary beneficiary. We evaluate whether an entity is a VIE whenever reconsideration events as defined by the accounting guidance occur. We determine the value of noncontrolling interests in VIEs using the HLBV method, as described under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Critical Accounting Policies and Use of Estimates.” Accounting for VIEs and noncontrolling interests is complex, subject to a number of uncertainties, and dependent on assumptions and estimates. Any changes in U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") guidance, policies or interpretation thereof could materially impact the presentation of our financial statements.

Our directors, executive officers and their affiliates as a group beneficially own approximately 33% of the outstanding shares of our Class A common stock but without giving effect to any conversions of our Alignment Shares. As a result, these stockholders are able to exercise a significant level of influence over all matters requiring stockholder approval, including the election of directors, any amendment of the certificate of incorporation and approval of significant corporate transactions. This influence could have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control or changes in management and will make the approval of certain transactions difficult or impossible without the support of these stockholders.

The market price of our common stock will be volatile and could be subject to wide fluctuations in response to various factors, some of which are beyond our control. These factors include:

•actual or anticipated fluctuations in operating results;

•failure to meet or exceed financial estimates and projections of the investment community or that we provide to the public;

•issuance of new or updated research or reports by securities analysts or changed recommendations for the industry in general;

•announcements of significant acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures, collaborations or capital commitments;

•operating and share price performance of other companies in the industry or related markets;

•the timing and magnitude of investments in the growth of the business;

•actual or anticipated changes in laws and regulations;

•additions or departures of key management or other personnel;

•increased labor costs;

•disputes or other developments related to intellectual property or other proprietary rights, including litigation;

•the ability to market new and enhanced solutions on a timely basis;

•sales of substantial amounts of the common stock by our board of directors, executive officers or significant stockholders or the perception that such sales could occur;

•changes in capital structure, including future issuances of securities or the incurrence of debt; and

•general economic, political and market conditions.

In addition, the stock market in general, and the stock prices of technology companies in particular, have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of those companies. Broad market and industry factors may seriously affect the market price of our common stock, regardless of actual operating performance. In addition, in the past, following periods of volatility in the overall market and the market price of a particular company’s securities, securities class action litigation has often been instituted against these companies. This litigation, if instituted, could result in substantial costs and a diversion of management’s attention and resources.

Our third amended and restated certificate of incorporation and second amended and restated bylaws afford certain rights and powers to the public company board of directors that could contribute to the delay or prevention of an acquisition that it deems undesirable. We are also subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or DGCL, and other provisions of Delaware law that limit the ability of stockholders in certain situations to effect certain business combinations. Any of the foregoing provisions and terms that has the effect of delaying or deterring a change in control could limit the opportunity for stockholders to receive a premium for their shares of their common stock, and could also affect the price that some investors are willing to pay for the common stock.

We have 996,188 Alignment Shares outstanding, all of which will be held by the Sponsor, certain officers of CBAH (such officers, together with the Sponsor, the "Sponsor Parties") and existing CBAH directors. The Alignment Shares will automatically convert into shares of Class A common stock based upon the Total Return (as defined in Exhibit 4.4 to this Form) on the Class A common stock as of the relevant measurement date over each of the seven fiscal years following the Merger.

We estimate the fair value of our Alignment Share using a Monte Carlo simulation, which is based on various market inputs (e.g., measurement of our stock price after the consummation of the Merger).

As a result of the estimation processes involved in presenting these instruments at fair value, our financial statements and results of operations may fluctuate quarterly, based on various factors, many of which are outside of our control. If our stock price is volatile, we expect that we will recognize non-cash gains or losses on Alignment Shares for each reporting period and that the amount of such gains or losses could be material.

The impact of changes in fair value on earnings may have an adverse effect on the market price of our Class A common stock.

We may issue additional shares of Class A common stock or other equity securities of equal or senior rank in the future without stockholder approval in connection with, among other things, future acquisitions, repayment of outstanding indebtedness or under our equity plans and in a number of other circumstances.

Our issuance of additional shares of Class A common stock or other equity securities of equal or senior rank could have the following effects:

•your proportionate ownership interest will decrease;

•the relative voting strength of each previously outstanding share of common stock may be diminished; or

•the market price of shares of common stock may decline.

Under our charter, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the sole and exclusive forum will be the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if such court does not have jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware) for:

•any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf;

•any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by, or any wrongdoing by, any current or former director, officer or employee of the Company or the Company’s stockholders;

•any action asserting a claim against us or any current or former director or officer or other employee of ours arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or our Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws (as either may be amended, restated, modified, supplemented or waived from time to time); and

•any action asserting a claim against us or any current or former director or officer or other employee of ours governed by the internal affairs doctrine, or any action asserting an “internal corporate claim” as that term is defined in Section 115 of the DGCL.

These provisions of our charter could limit the ability of our stockholders to obtain a favorable judicial forum for certain disputes with us or with our current or former directors, officers or other employees, which may discourage such lawsuits against us and our current or former directors, officers and employees.

The trading market for our Class A common stock will be influenced by the research and reports that industry or securities analysts may publish about us, our business and operations, our market, or our competitors. If any of the analysts who may cover us change their recommendation regarding our stock adversely, or provide more favorable relative recommendations about our competitors, the price of our Class A common stock would likely decline. If any analyst who may cover us were to cease coverage of us or fail to regularly publish reports on us, we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which could cause our stock price or trading volume to decline.

Our quarterly results of operations are difficult to predict and may fluctuate significantly in the future. We have experienced seasonal and quarterly fluctuations in the past and expect these fluctuations to continue. However, given that we are operating in a rapidly changing industry and one of our primary growth strategies is to acquire strategic portfolio assets, those fluctuations may be masked by our recent growth rates. As a result, these fluctuations may not be readily apparent from our historical results of operations and our past quarterly results of operations may not be good indicators of likely future performance.

In addition to the other risks described in this “Risk factors” section, as well as the factors discussed in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the following factors, among others, could cause our results of operations and key performance indicators to fluctuate:

•the expiration, reduction or initiation of any governmental tax rebates, tax exemptions, or incentives;

•significant fluctuations in customer demand for our solar service offerings or fluctuations in the geographic concentration of installations of solar energy systems;

•changes in financial markets, which could restrict our ability to access available and cost-effective financing sources;

•seasonal, environmental or weather conditions that impact sales, energy production, and system installation;

•the acquisition of portfolio assets or other companies that we would expect to be able to integrate into our business operations and the costs associated therewith, including the costs of diligence and integration;

•the amount and timing of operating expenses related to the maintenance and expansion of our business, operations and infrastructure;

•announcements by us or our competitors of new products or services, significant acquisitions, strategic partnerships or joint ventures;

•capital-raising activities or commitments;

•changes in our pricing policies or terms or those of our competitors, including utilities;

•changes in regulatory policy related to solar energy generation;

•the loss of one or more key partners or the failure of key partners to perform as anticipated;

•our failure to successfully integrate acquired solar facilities;

•actual or anticipated developments in our competitors’ businesses or the competitive landscape;

•actual or anticipated changes in our growth rate;

•general economic, industry and market conditions; and

•changes to our cancellation rate.

In the past, we have experienced seasonal fluctuations in installations in certain states, particularly in the fourth quarter. This has been the result of weather-related installation delays. Our actual revenue or key operating metrics in one or more future quarters may fall short of the expectations of investors and financial analysts. If that occurs, the market price of our common stock could decline and stockholders could lose part or all of their investment.

Unpredictable and unstable changes in economic conditions, including recession, inflation, increased government intervention, the closure of regional banks which has recently occurred, or other changes, may adversely affect our general business strategy. We rely upon our ability to generate additional sources of liquidity and we may need to raise additional funds through public or private debt or equity financings in order to fund existing operations or to take advantage of opportunities, including acquisitions of complementary businesses or technologies. Any adverse change in economic conditions would have a negative impact on our business, results of operations and financial condition and on our ability to generate or raise additional capital on favorable terms, or at all.

Our business model is predicated on our ability to provide solar systems at a profit, and through organic growth, geographic expansion, and strategic acquisitions. We intend to continue to operate as we have previously with sourcing and marketing methods that we have used successfully in the past. However, we cannot assure that our methods will continue to attract new customers in the very competitive solar systems marketplace. In the event our customers resist paying the prices projected in our business plan to purchase solar installations, our business, financial condition, and results of operations will be materially and adversely affected.

The local and national political, regulatory and economic environment has had, and may in the future have, an adverse effect on regulatory decisions with negative consequences for us. These decisions may require, for example, us to cancel or delay planned development activities, to reduce or delay other planned capital expenditures or to pay for investments or otherwise incur costs that we may not be able to recover through rates, each of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Certain other subsidiaries of ours are subject to similar risks.

None.

Our process for assessing, identifying, and managing material risks from cybersecurity threats alongside other risks is an integral part of our overall risk management system. This process is achieved by implementing specific controls, continuous monitoring, collaborative response plans, and regular reviews. Integration ensures a comprehensive view of risk and facilitates informed decision-making and a proactive approach to risk management. We employ various cybersecurity frameworks to ensure comprehensive protection of our systems and data, such as the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and elements of the CIS Controls Framework. By aligning with these standards and leveraging industry-specific best practices, we create a cybersecurity strategy to address the challenges of the solar power sector.

Regular assessments are conducted to identify potential cybersecurity risks across our organization, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of our risk exposure. To support our capabilities, we engage assessors, consultants, auditors, and other third parties with specialized expertise in cybersecurity. Their assessments cover various aspects of our infrastructure, including penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, and compliance audits, enabling us to strengthen our defenses against current and emerging threats.

Additionally, we have established processes to oversee and identify cybersecurity risks associated with third-party service providers. Thorough evaluations of their cybersecurity practices are conducted before engagement, ensuring our standards are met. Contractual agreements include requirements that enforce compliance with our security protocols, mitigating risks associated with third-party interactions.

Cybersecurity threats have the potential to disrupt our day-to-day operations, compromise sensitive data, and damage our reputation. While we have not experienced any material cybersecurity incidents to date, we acknowledge the potential impact of such threats on our business strategy, operations, and financial status. Additionally, regulatory fines or legal liabilities resulting from data breaches or non-compliance with cybersecurity standards will have a significant financial impact.

The Board of Directors provides supervision of cybersecurity risks to ensure the security of our company's operations. The Board of Directors receives updates quarterly on cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities, and incidents from management from the Chief Digital Officer and IT Manager. These updates include information on the prevention, detection, and remediation of cybersecurity incidents, as well as monitoring key performance indicators, such as the effectiveness of security controls and overall cybersecurity posture.

Management plays a critical role in assessing and managing the company's material risks from cybersecurity threats. Cybersecurity efforts are overseen by the Chief Digital Officer, supported by a dedicated team. The Chief Digital Officer has over 20 years of experience in leadership roles in the digital domain at renowned organizations such as Nasdaq and TIAA. Their expertise encompasses a deep understanding of cyber threats, risk management strategies, and regulatory compliance requirements which positions the Chief Digital Officer to lead the company against evolving cyber-related threats.

Notwithstanding our efforts described above, the Company cannot guarantee that it will be successful in identifying and preventing all cybersecurity risks. For a discussion of how the occurrence of such risks may impact Altus’ business, see the section entitled “Risk Factors” above.

Our corporate headquarters is located in Stamford, Connecticut, where we lease and occupy 33,000 square feet of office space. The current term of our lease expires on May 1, 2032, with an option to continue thereafter for one term of five years. We believe that this facility is adequate to meet our current and near-term needs.

In addition, we own and operate solar generating facilities located in 25 states. We believe that no single solar generating facility is material to our business, results of operations or financial condition.

The following table provides an overview of our solar generating facilities by state as of December 31, 2023:

From time to time, the Company is a party to a number of claims and governmental proceedings which are ordinary, routine matters incidental to its business. In addition, in the ordinary course of business the Company periodically has disputes with vendors and customers. All current pending matters are not expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

Not applicable.

Our Class A common stock is listed on New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “AMPS."

As of March 1, 2024, there were approximately 23 holders of record of our Class A common stock. The actual number of holders of our Class A common stock is greater than this number of record holders and includes stockholders who are beneficial owners but whose shares of our Class A common stock are held in street name by banks, brokers and other nominees.

The Company has not paid any cash dividends on shares of our common stock to date. The payment of cash dividends in the future will depend upon our revenues and earnings, if any, capital requirements and general financial condition. The payment of any cash dividends will be within the discretion of our board of directors at such time.

We own systems across the United States from Hawaii to Maine. Our portfolio currently consists of 896 megawatts (“MW”) of solar PV. We have long-term power purchase agreements ("PPAs") with over 450 enterprise entities and contracts with over 20,000 residential customers which are serviced by over 240 MW of community solar projects currently in operation. Our community solar projects are currently serving customers in 8 states. We also participate in numerous renewable energy credit (“REC”) programs throughout the country. We have experienced significant growth in the last fiscal year as a product of organic growth and targeted acquisitions and operate in 25 states, providing clean electricity to our customers equal to the electricity consumption of over 100,000 homes, displacing over 550,000 tons of CO2 emissions per annum.

Our historical operations and financial position may not be comparable to our current operations and financial position for reasons that include, but are not limited to, recent acquisitions as described in Note 6, “Acquisitions,” to our audited consolidated annual financial statements included elsewhere in this Report, the adoption of new accounting standards as described in Note 2, "Significant Accounting Policies," and costs associated with becoming a public company.

Our results of operations and our ability to grow our business over time could be impacted by a number of factors and trends that affect our industry generally, as well as new offerings of services and products we may acquire or seek to acquire in the future. Additionally, our business is concentrated in certain markets, putting us at risk of region-specific disruptions such as adverse economic, regulatory, political, weather and other conditions. See “Risk Factors” elsewhere in this Report for further discussion of risks affecting our business. We believe the factors discussed below are key to our success.

We believe we are in the beginning stages of a market opportunity driven by the broad shift away from traditional energy sources to renewable energy and an increasing emphasis by the C&I sector on their public commitment to decarbonization. We intend to leverage our competitive strengths and market position to become customers’ “one-stop-shop” for the clean energy transition by (i) using our existing customer and developer networks to build out our electric vehicle ("EV") charging and energy storage offerings and establish a position comparable to that of our C&I solar market position through our existing cross-sell opportunities and (ii) partnering with Blackstone and CBRE to access their client relationships, portfolio companies, and their strong brand recognition, to increase the number of customers we can support.

We compete in the C&I scale renewable energy space with utilities, developers, independent power producers, pension funds and private equity funds for new investment opportunities. We expect to grow our market share because of the following competitive strengths:

•Development Capability: We have established an innovative approach to the development process. From site identification and customer origination through the construction phase, we’ve established a streamlined process enabling us to further create the scalability of our platform and significantly reduce the costs and time in the development process. Part of our attractiveness to our customers is our ability to ensure a high level of execution certainty. We anticipate that this ability to originate, source, develop and finance projects will ensure we can continue to grow and meet the needs of our customers.

•Long-term Revenue Contracts: Our C&I solar generation contracts have a typical length of 20 years or longer, creating long-term relationships with customers that allow us to cross-sell additional current and future products and services. The weighted-average remaining life of our current contracts is approximately 15 years. These long-term contracts are either structured at a fixed rate, often with an escalator, or floating rate pegged at a discount to the prevailing local utility rates. We refer to these latter contracts as variable rate, and as of December 31, 2023, these variable rate contracts make up approximately 53% of our current installed portfolio. During the year ended December 31, 2023, overall utility rates have been increasing in states where we have projects under variable rate contracts. The realization of solar power price increases varies depending on region, utility and terms of revenue contract, but generally, we would benefit from such increases in the future as inflationary pressures persist.

•Flexible Financing Solutions: We have a market-leading cost of capital in an investment-grade rated scalable credit facility from Blackstone, which enables us to be competitive bidders in asset acquisition and development. In addition to our Blackstone term loan, we also have financing available through a revolving credit facility which has $200 million of committed capacity with 5-year maturity and interest of SOFR plus spread between 160 - 260 bps on drawn balances, a construction facility which has $200 million of committed capacity with a 5-year maturity and interest of SOFR plus 350 bps on drawn balances, and a term loan which has $100 million of additional committed capacity with a 6-year maturity and an initial fixed interest rate of 8.50%, subject to adjustments.

•Leadership: We have a strong executive leadership team who has extensive experience in capital markets, solar development and solar construction, with over 20 years of experience each. Moreover, through the transaction structure, management and employees will continue to own a significant interest in the Company.

•CBRE Partnership: Our partnership with CBRE, the largest global real estate services company, provides us with a clear path to creating new customer relationships. 90% of the Fortune 100 are CBRE clients, providing a significant opportunity for us to expand our customer base.

Although the solar panel market has seen an increase in supply in the past few years, most recently, there has been upward pressure on prices due to lingering issues of supply chain, interconnection and permitting delays (further discussed below), recent inflationary pressures, growth in the solar industry, regulatory policy changes, tariffs and duties (including investigations of potential circumvention of antidumping and countervailing ("AD/CV") duties and bans against imports of solar panel materials tied to forced labor), and an increase in demand. As a result of these developments, we have been experiencing higher prices on imported solar modules. The prices of imported solar modules have increased as a result of these other factors. If there are substantial increases, it may become less economical for us to serve certain markets. Attachment rates for energy storage systems have trended higher while the price to acquire has trended downward making the addition of energy storage systems a potential area of growth for us.

Projects originated by our channel partners which we then develop, engineer and construct benefit from a shorter time from agreed terms to revenues, typically 6 to 9 months based on our historical experience. Projects that we are originating ourselves and self-developing, such as those with a lead from CBRE or Blackstone, would historically take 12 to 15 months from agreed terms to bring to commercial operation. Given the supply chain challenges and permitting and interconnection delays described above, as of December 31, 2023, these historical timelines are currently pushed out by approximately 3 to 6 months.

The amount of electricity our solar energy systems produce is dependent in part on the amount of sunlight, or irradiation, where the assets are located. Because shorter daylight hours in winter months and poor weather conditions due to rain or snow result in less irradiation, the output of solar energy systems will vary depending on the season and the overall weather conditions in a year. While we expect seasonal variability to occur, the geographic diversity in our assets helps to mitigate our aggregate seasonal variability.

Another aspect of seasonality to consider is in our construction program, which is more productive during warmer weather months and generally results in project completion during fourth quarter. This is particularly relevant for our projects under construction in colder climates like the Northeast.

As of December 31, 2023, our pipeline of opportunities totaled over one gigawatt and is comprised of a mix of operating acquisitions and development projects. The operating acquisitions are dynamic with new opportunities being evaluated by our team each quarter.

As of December 31, 2023, with respect to the portion of our pipeline made up of development projects, approximately 105 MW of these projects are currently in construction or pre-construction and approximately 160 MW of these projects are in the contracting or due diligence phase.

As of December 31, 2023, with respect to the portion of our pipeline made up of potential operating acquisitions, approximately 106 MW of these projects are in the closing phase and approximately 7 MW of these projects are in negotiation.

The remainder of the pipeline represents projects that are in the initial engagement phase of either development or acquisition.

On January 31, 2024, the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Altus Power, LLC, signed and closed on its purchase of approximately 84 MW of solar assets (the “Vitol Acquisition”) through an acquisition of the membership interests in various project companies. The Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, by and between Vitol Solar I LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and Altus Power, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, is dated as of January 31, 2024. The base purchase price for these assets is approximately $119.7 million. The base purchase price and associated costs and expenses was funded by cash on hand. The purchase price is also subject to customary adjustments for working capital and other items.

Our growth strategy depends in significant part on government policies and incentives that promote and support solar energy and enhance the economic viability of distributed solar. These incentives come in various forms, including net metering, eligibility for accelerated depreciation such as modified accelerated cost recovery system, solar renewable energy credits (“SRECs”), tax abatements, rebate and renewable target incentive programs and tax credits, particularly the Section 48(a) investment tax credits ("ITC"). We are a party to a variety of agreements under which we may be obligated to indemnify the counterparty with respect to certain matters. Typically, these obligations arise in connection with contracts and tax equity partnership arrangements, under which we customarily agree to hold the other party harmless against losses arising from a breach of warranties, representations, and covenants related to such matters as title to assets sold, negligent acts, damage to property, validity of certain intellectual property rights, non-infringement of third-party rights, and certain tax matters including indemnification to customers and tax equity investors regarding Commercial ITCs. The sale of SRECs has constituted a significant portion of our revenue historically. A change in the value of SRECs or changes in other policies or a loss or reduction in such incentives could decrease the attractiveness of distributed solar to us and our customers in applicable markets, which could reduce our growth opportunities. Such a loss or reduction could also reduce our willingness to pursue certain customer acquisitions due to decreased revenue or income under our solar service agreements. Additionally, such a loss or reduction may also impact the terms of and availability of third-party financing. If any of these government regulations, policies or incentives 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, our operating results and the demand for, and the economics of, distributed solar energy may decline, which could harm our business.

We regularly review a number of metrics, including the following key operational and financial metrics, to evaluate our business, measure our performance and liquidity, identify trends affecting our business, formulate our financial projections and make strategic decisions.

Megawatts installed represents the aggregate megawatt nameplate capacity of solar energy systems for which panels, inverters, and mounting and racking hardware have been installed on premises in the period.

Cumulative megawatts installed increased from 470 MW as of December 31, 2022 to 896 MW as of December 31, 2023, a 91% increase.

The following table provides an overview of megawatts installed by state as of December 31, 2023:

Megawatt hours (“MWh”) generated represents the output of solar energy systems from operating solar energy systems. MWh generated relative to nameplate capacity can vary depending on multiple factors such as design, equipment, location, weather and overall system performance.

Megawatt hours generated increased from 455,630 MWh for the year ended December 31, 2022, to 780,943 MWh for the year ended December 31, 2023, a 71% increase.

We define adjusted EBITDA as net income plus net interest expense, depreciation, amortization and accretion expense, income tax expense or benefit, acquisition and entity formation costs, stock-based compensation expense, and excluding the effect of certain non-recurring items we do not consider to be indicative of our ongoing operating performance such as, but not limited to, gain or loss on fair value remeasurement of contingent consideration, gain or loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment, change in fair value of redeemable warrant liability, change in fair value of Alignment Shares liability, loss on extinguishment of debt, net, and other miscellaneous items of other income and expenses.

We define adjusted EBITDA margin as adjusted EBITDA divided by operating revenues.

Adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin are non-GAAP financial measures that we use to measure our performance. We believe that investors and analysts also use adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin in evaluating our operating performance. These measurements are not recognized in accordance with GAAP and should not be viewed as an alternative to GAAP measures of performance. The GAAP measure most directly comparable to adjusted EBITDA is net income and to adjusted EBITDA margin is net income over operating revenues. The presentation of adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin should not be construed to suggest that our future results will be unaffected by non-cash or non-recurring items. In addition, our calculation of adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin are not necessarily comparable to adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin as calculated by other companies and investors and analysts should read carefully the components of our calculations of these non-GAAP financial measures.

We believe adjusted EBITDA is useful to management, investors and analysts in providing a measure of core financial performance adjusted to allow for comparisons of results of operations across reporting periods on a consistent basis. Factors in this determination include the exclusion of (1) variability due to gains or losses related to fair value remeasurement of contingent consideration and the change in fair value of redeemable warrant liability and Alignment Shares liability, (2) strategic decisions to acquire businesses, dispose of property, plant and equipment or extinguish debt, and (3) the non-recurring nature of stock-based compensation and other miscellaneous items of income and expense, which affect results in a given period or periods. In addition, adjusted EBITDA represents the business performance of the Company before the application of statutory income tax rates and tax adjustments corresponding to the various jurisdictions in which the Company operates, as well as interest expense and depreciation, amortization and accretion expense, which are not representative of our ongoing operating performance.

Adjusted EBITDA is also used by our management for internal planning purposes, including our consolidated operating budget, and by our board of directors in setting performance-based compensation targets. Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered an alternative to but viewed in conjunction with GAAP results, as we believe it provides a more complete understanding of ongoing business performance and trends than GAAP measures alone.

Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool, and you should not consider it in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP.

The Company derives its operating revenues principally from power purchase agreements, net metering credit agreements, solar renewable energy credits, and performance based incentives.

Power sales under PPAs. A portion of the Company’s power sales revenues is earned through the sale of energy (based on kilowatt hours) pursuant to the terms of PPAs. The Company’s PPAs typically have fixed or floating rates and are generally invoiced monthly. The Company applied the practical expedient allowing the Company to recognize revenue in the amount that the Company has a right to invoice which is equal to the volume of energy delivered multiplied by the applicable contract rate. As of December 31, 2023, PPAs have a weighted-average remaining life of 11 years.

Power sales under net metering credit agreements. A portion of the Company’s power sales revenues are obtained through the sale of net metering credits under net metering credit agreements (“NMCAs”). Net metering credits are awarded to the Company by the local utility based on kilowatt hour generation by solar energy facilities, and the amount of each credit is determined by the utility’s applicable tariff. The Company currently receives net metering credits from various utilities including Eversource Energy, National Grid Plc, and Xcel Energy. There are no direct costs associated with net metering credits, and therefore, they do not receive an allocation of costs upon generation. Once awarded, these credits are then sold to third party offtakers pursuant to the terms of the offtaker agreements. The Company views each net metering credit in these arrangements as a distinct performance obligation satisfied at a point in time. Generally, the customer obtains control of net metering credits at the point in time when the utility assigns the generated credits to the Company account, who directs the utility to allocate to the customer based upon a schedule. The transfer of credits by the Company to the customer can be up to one month after the underlying power is generated. As a result, revenue related to NMCA is recognized upon delivery of net metering credits by the Company to the customer. As of December 31, 2023, NMCAs have a weighted-average remaining life of 18 years.

SREC revenue. The Company applies for and receives SRECs in certain jurisdictions for power generated by solar energy systems it owns. The quantity of SRECs is based on the amount of energy produced by the Company’s qualifying generation facilities. SRECs are sold pursuant to agreements with third parties, who typically require SRECs to comply with state-imposed renewable portfolio standards.

Holders of SRECs may benefit from registering the credits in their name to comply with these state-imposed requirements, or from selling SRECs to a party that requires additional SRECs to meet its compliance obligations. The Company receives SRECs from various state regulators including New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources, and Maryland Public Service Commission. There are no direct costs associated with SRECs and therefore, they do not receive an allocation of costs upon generation. The majority of individual SREC sales reflect a fixed quantity and fixed price structure over a specified term. The Company typically sells SRECs to different customers from those purchasing the energy under PPAs. The Company believes the sale of each SREC is a distinct performance obligation satisfied at a point in time and that the performance obligation related to each SREC is satisfied when each SREC is delivered to the customer.

Power sales on wholesale markets. A portion of the Company’s power sales revenues is earned through the sale of energy (based on kilowatt hours) on the wholesale market operated by PJM Interconnection at floating spot prices. The promise to sell energy on a wholesale market is a separate distinct performance obligation and revenue is recognized as energy is delivered at the interconnection point.

Rental income. Rental income is primarily derived from long-term PPAs accounted for as operating leases under ASC 842. The Company's leases include various renewal options which are included in the lease term when the Company has determined it is reasonably certain of exercising the options based on consideration of all relevant factors that create an economic incentive for the Company as lessor. Certain leases include variable lease payments associated with production of solar facilities, which are recognized as rental income in period the energy is delivered.

Performance based incentives. Many state governments, utilities, municipal utilities and co-operative utilities offer a rebate or other cash incentive for the installation and operation of a renewable energy facility. Up-front rebates provide funds based on the cost, size or expected production of a renewable energy facility. Performance based incentives provide cash payments to a system owner based on the energy generated by its renewable energy facility during a pre-determined period, and they are paid over that time period. The Company recognizes revenue from state and utility incentives at the point in time in which they are earned.

In 2023, performance based incentives are primarily represented by cash awards granted to the Company by the New York State Energy Research & Development Authority ("NYSERDA") for the development of distributed solar facilities in the State of New York.

Revenue recognized on contract liabilities. The Company recognizes contract liabilities related to long-term agreements to sell SRECs that are prepaid by customers before SRECs are delivered. The Company will recognize revenue associated with the contract liabilities as SRECs are delivered to customers through 2037.

Cost of operations (Exclusive of depreciation and amortization). Cost of operations primarily consists of operations and maintenance expense, site lease expense, insurance premiums, property taxes and other miscellaneous costs associated with the operations of solar energy facilities. Altus expects its cost of operations to continue to grow in conjunction with its business growth. These costs as a percentage of revenue will decrease over time, offsetting efficiencies and economies of scale with inflationary increases of certain costs.

General and administrative expense. General and administrative expense consists primarily of salaries, bonuses, benefits and all other employee-related costs, including stock-based compensation, professional fees related to legal, accounting, human resources, finance and training, information technology and software services, marketing and communications, travel, rent, and other office-related expenses.

Altus expects increased general and administrative expenses as it continues to grow its business but to decrease over time as a percentage of revenue. Altus also expects to incur additional expenses as a result of operating as a public company, including expenses necessary to comply with the rules and regulations applicable to companies listed on a national securities exchange and related to compliance and reporting obligations pursuant to the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Further, Altus expects to incur higher expenses for investor relations, accounting advisory, directors' and officers’ insurance, and other professional services.

Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense. Depreciation expense represents depreciation on solar energy systems that have been placed in service. Depreciation expense is computed using the straight-line composite method over the estimated useful lives of assets. Leasehold improvements are depreciated over the shorter of the estimated useful lives or the remaining term of the lease. Amortization includes third party costs necessary to enter into site lease agreements, third party costs necessary to acquire PPA and NMCA customers and favorable and unfavorable rate revenues contracts. Third party costs necessary to enter into site lease agreements are amortized using the straight-line method ratably over 15-30 years based upon the term of the individual site leases. Third party costs necessary to acquire PPAs and NMCA customers are amortized using the straight-line method ratably over 15-25 years based upon the term of the customer contract. Estimated fair value allocated to the favorable and unfavorable rate PPAs and REC agreements are amortized using the straight-line method over the remaining non-cancelable terms of the respective agreements.

Accretion expense includes over time increase of asset retirement obligations associated with solar energy facilities.

Acquisition and entity formation costs. Acquisition and entity formation costs represent costs incurred to acquire businesses and form new legal entities. Such costs primarily consist of professional fees for banking, legal, accounting and appraisal services.

Fair value remeasurement of contingent consideration. In connection with various acquisitions, contingent consideration may be payable upon achieving certain conditions. The Company estimates the fair value of contingent consideration using a Monte Carlo simulation model or an expected cash flow approach. Significant assumptions used in the measurement of fair value of contingent consideration associated with various acquisitions include market power rates, estimated volumes of power generation of acquired solar energy facilities, percentage of completion of in-development solar energy facilities, and the risk-adjusted discount rate associated with the business.

Gain or loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment. In connection with the disposal of assets, the Company recognizes a gain or loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment, which represents the difference between the consideration received and the carrying value of the disposed asset.

Stock-based compensation expense. Stock-based compensation expense is recognized for awards granted under the Legacy Incentive Plans and Omnibus Incentive Plan, as defined in Note 17, "Stock-Based Compensation," to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Report.

Change in fair value of redeemable warrant liability. In connection with the our business combination with CBRE Acquisition Holdings, Inc. as described in Note 1, “General,” to our audited consolidated annual financial statements included elsewhere in this Report (the "Merger"), the Company assumed a redeemable warrant liability composed of publicly listed warrants (the "Redeemable Warrants") and warrants issued to CBRE Acquisition Sponsor, LLC in the private placement (the "Private Placement Warrants"). In October 2022, the Company redeemed all outstanding Redeemable Warrants. The redeemable warrant liability was remeasured through the date all outstanding Redeemable Warrants were redeemed, and the resulting loss was included in the consolidated statements of operations.

Change in fair value of Alignment Shares liability. Alignment Shares represent Class B common stock of the Company which were issued in connection with the Merger. Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share ("Alignment Shares") are accounted for as liability-classified derivatives, which were remeasured as of December 31, 2023, and the resulting gain was included in the consolidated statements of operations. The Company estimates the fair value of outstanding Alignment Shares using a Monte Carlo simulation valuation model utilizing a distribution of potential outcomes based on a set of underlying assumptions such as stock price, volatility, and risk-free interest rates.

Other expense (income), net. Other income and expenses primarily represent interest income, state grants, and other miscellaneous items.

Interest expense, net. Interest expense, net represents interest on our borrowings under our various debt facilities, amortization of debt discounts and deferred financing costs, and gains and losses on interest rate swaps.

Loss on extinguishment of debt, net. When the repayment of debt is accounted for as an extinguishment of debt, loss or gain on extinguishment of debt represents the difference between the reacquisition price of debt and the net carrying amount of the extinguished debt.

Income tax (expense) benefit. We account for income taxes under ASC 740, Income Taxes. As such, we determine deferred tax assets and liabilities based on temporary differences resulting from the different treatment of items for tax and financial reporting purposes. We measure deferred tax assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to reverse. Additionally, we must assess the likelihood that deferred tax assets will be recovered as deductions from future taxable income. We have a partial valuation allowance on our deferred state tax assets because we believe it is more likely than not that a portion of our deferred state tax assets will not be realized. We evaluate the recoverability of our deferred tax assets on an annual basis.

Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests. Net income or loss attributable to noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests represents third-party interests in the net income or loss of certain consolidated subsidiaries based on Hypothetical Liquidation Book Value.

Operating revenues, net increased by $54.0 million, or 53.4%, for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily due to the increased number of operating solar energy facilities in our portfolio. We have three main sources of revenue including via PPAs, NMCAs, and the sale of solar renewable energy credits. The revenue streams from PPAs and NMCAs vary slightly in how the customers are billed and in which states the projects earn credits, but both are products of long-term contracts with our customers who purchase power from our projects.

Cost of operations increased by $12.1 million, or 69.0%, during the year ended December 31, 2023, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily due to the increased number of operating solar energy facilities in our portfolio.

General and administrative expense increased by $7.4 million, or 29.7%, during the year ended December 31, 2023, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily due to increase in general personnel costs resulting from increased headcount in multiple job functions.

Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense increased by $24.0 million, or 81.2%, during the year ended December 31, 2023, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily due to the increased number of operating solar energy facilities in our portfolio.

Acquisition and entity formation increased by $0.9 million, or 24.2%, during the year ended December 31, 2023, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily due to costs associated with the True Green II Acquisition and the Caldera Acquisition (as defined in Note 6, “Acquisitions,” to our audited consolidated annual financial statements included elsewhere in this Report) completed during 2023.

Loss on fair value remeasurement of contingent consideration is primarily associated with the True Green II Acquisition (as defined in Note 6, “Acquisitions,” to our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Report) completed on February 15, 2023. Loss on fair value remeasurement was recorded for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, due to changes in the values of significant assumptions used in the measurement of fair value.

Loss (gain) on disposal of property, plant and equipment is associated with the disposal of land and solar facilities that occurred in 2022 and 2023, respectively (refer to Note 4, "Property, Plant and Equipment," to our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Report for further details). The gain or loss was calculated as the difference between the consideration received and the carrying value of the disposed asset.

Stock-based compensation expense increased by $5.6 million, or 59.3%, during the year ended December 31, 2023, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily due to restricted stock units granted in 2023 under the Omnibus Incentive Plan (as defined in Note 17, "Stock-Based Compensation," to our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Report).

In connection with the Merger, the Company assumed a redeemable warrant liability. As discussed in Note 9, "Fair Value Measurements," to our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Report, all outstanding warrants were redeemed on October 17, 2022, thus no gain or loss on remeasurement of redeemable warrant liability was recognized for the year ended December 31, 2023.

In connection with the Merger, the Company assumed a liability related to Alignment Shares, which was remeasured as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the resulting gain was included in the consolidated statements of operations. The gain was primarily driven by the decrease in the Company's stock price during each period.

Other expense was $1.8 million during the year ended December 31, 2023, primarily consisting of debt modification fees of $2.2 million, partially offset by interest income of $1.2 million, as well as other miscellaneous income and expense items. Other income was $3.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily consisting of a Hawaii state grant of $1.5 million, interest income of $2.4 million, and other miscellaneous income and expense items.

Interest expense increased by $25.3 million, or 114.3%, during the year ended December 31, 2023, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily due to the increase of outstanding debt held by the Company during 2023.

Loss on extinguishment of debt recognized by the Company during the year ended December 31, 2023, was associated with an amendment to the APAF III Term Loan (as defined in Note 8, "Debt," to our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Report), partially offset by a gain associated with extinguishing certain financing obligations recognized in failed sale leaseback transactions. Loss on extinguishment of debt recognized by the Company during the year ended December 31, 2022, was associated with the repayment of loans assumed in the DESRI acquisition.

For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company recorded an income tax benefit of $0.7 million in relation to a pretax loss of $26.7 million, which resulted in an effective income tax rate of 2.6%. The effective income tax rate was primarily impacted by $3.5 million of income tax expense from net losses attributable to noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests, $2.5 million of tax expense associated with nondeductible compensation, $1.2 million of income tax benefit related to fair value remeasurement of Alignment Shares liability, $0.3 million of income tax benefit related to investment tax credits, and $0.2 million of state income tax expense.

For the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company recorded an income tax expense of $1.1 million in relation to a pretax income of $53.2 million, which resulted in an effective income tax rate of 2.0%. The effective income tax rate was primarily impacted by $11.7 million of income tax benefit related to fair value remeasurement of redeemable warrants and Alignment Shares liabilities, $1.6 million of tax expense associated with nondeductible compensation, $0.7 million of income tax expense from net losses attributable to noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests, and $0.7 million of income tax benefit on transaction costs associated with the Merger return to provision adjustment.

Net loss attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests and noncontrolling interests was $16.6 million and $3.3 million during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The overall increase in attributable loss was primarily due to changes in funding provided by a tax equity investor and reduced recapture periods for investment tax credits. Overall loss was partially offset by acquisitions of tax equity partnerships with non-controlling interests, and changes in income and loss allocations in accordance with agreements.

As of December 31, 2023, the Company had total cash and restricted cash of $218.9 million. For a discussion of our restricted cash, see Note 2, “Significant Accounting Policies, Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Restricted Cash,” to our audited consolidated annual financial statements included elsewhere in this Report.

We seek to maintain diversified and cost-effective funding sources to finance and maintain our operations, fund capital expenditures, including customer acquisitions, and satisfy obligations arising from our indebtedness. Historically, our primary sources of liquidity included proceeds from the issuance of redeemable preferred stock, borrowings under our debt facilities, third party tax equity investors and cash from operations. Additionally, the Company received cash proceeds of $293 million as a result of the Merger. Our business model requires substantial outside financing arrangements to grow the business and facilitate the deployment of additional solar energy facilities. We will seek to raise additional required capital from borrowings under our existing debt facilities, third party tax equity investors, and cash from operations.

The solar energy systems that are in service are expected to generate a positive return rate over the useful life, typically 32 years. After solar energy systems commence operations, they typically do not require significant additional capital expenditures to maintain operating performance. However, in order to grow, we are currently dependent on financing from outside parties. The Company will have sufficient cash and cash flows from operations to meet working capital, debt service obligations, contingencies and anticipated required capital expenditures for at least the next 12 months. However, we are subject to business and operational risks that could adversely affect our ability to raise additional financing. If financing is not available to us on acceptable terms if and when needed, we may be unable to finance installation of our new customers’ solar energy systems in a manner consistent with our past performance, our cost of capital could increase, or we may be required to significantly reduce the scope of our operations, any of which would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. In addition, our tax equity funds and debt instruments impose restrictions on our ability to draw on financing commitments. If we are unable to satisfy such conditions, we may incur penalties for non-performance under certain tax equity funds, experience installation delays, or be unable to make installations in accordance with our plans or at all. Any of these factors could also impact customer satisfaction, our business, operating results, prospects and financial condition.

We enter into service agreements in the normal course of business. These contracts do not contain any minimum purchase commitments. Certain agreements provide for termination rights subject to termination fees or wind down costs. Under such agreements, we are contractually obligated to make certain payments to vendors, mainly, to reimburse them for their unrecoverable outlays incurred prior to cancellation. The exact amounts of such obligations are dependent on the timing of termination, and the exact terms of the relevant agreement and cannot be reasonably estimated. As of December 31, 2023, we do not expect to cancel these agreements.

The Company has operating leases for land and buildings and has contractual commitments to make payments in accordance with site lease agreements.

The Company enters into letters of credit and surety bond arrangements with lenders, local municipalities, government agencies, and land lessors. These arrangements relate to certain performance-related obligations and serve as security under the applicable agreements. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company had outstanding letters of credit and surety bonds totaling $60.1 million and $14.7 million, respectively. Our outstanding letters of credit are primarily used to fund the debt service reserve account associated with the Amended Rated Term Loan. We believe the Company will fulfill the obligations under the related arrangements and do not anticipate any material losses under these letters of credit or surety bonds.

On April 6, 2023, the Company entered into a Controlled Equity Offering Sales Agreement (the “Sales Agreement”) with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (“Cantor”), Nomura Securities International, Inc. (“Nomura”) and Truist Securities, Inc. (“Truist” and, together with Cantor and Nomura, the “Agents,” and each, an “Agent”). The Sales Agreement provides for the offer and sale of our Class A common stock from time to time through an “at the market offering” (“ATM”) program under which the Agents act as sales agent or principal, subject to certain limitations, including the maximum aggregate dollar amount registered pursuant to the applicable prospectus supplement. Pursuant to the prospectus supplement filed by the Company on dated April 6, 2023, the Company may offer and sell up to $200 million of shares of Class A common stock pursuant to the Sales Agreement. For the year ended December 31, 2023, no shares of common stock were sold through the ATM equity program.

On August 25, 2021, APA Finance, LLC (“APAF”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a $503 million term loan facility with Blackstone Insurance Solutions ("BIS") through a consortium of lenders, which consists of investment grade-rated Class A and Class B notes (the “APAF Term Loan”). The APAF Term Loan has a weighted average 3.51% annual fixed interest rate and matures on February 29, 2056 (“Final Maturity Date”).

On December 23, 2022, APA Finance II, LLC (“APAF II”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a $125.7 million term loan facility (the “APAF II Term Loan”) with KeyBank National Association ("KeyBank") and The Huntington Bank ("Huntington") as lenders. The proceeds of the APAF II Term Loan were used to repay the outstanding amounts under certain project-level loans. The APAF II Term Loan matures on December 23, 2027, and has a variable interest rate based on SOFR plus a spread of 1.475%. Simultaneously with entering into the Term Loan, the Company entered into interest rate swaps for 100% of the amount of debt outstanding, which effectively fixed the interest rate at 4.885%. The APAF II Term Loan is secured by membership interests in the Company's subsidiaries.

This funding facility provides for a term loan of $204.0 million at a fixed rate of 5.62%. The APAF III term Loan amortizes at a rate of 2.5% of outstanding principal per annum until the anticipated repayment date of June 30, 2033. The maturity date of the term loan is October 31, 2047. Upon lender approval, the Borrower has the right to increase the funding facility to make additional draws for certain solar generating facilities, as set forth in the Credit Agreement. On February 15, 2023, the Company borrowed $193.0 million from this facility to fund the True Green II Acquisition and the associated costs and expenses. The principal balance borrowed under the APAF III Term Loan was offset by $4.0 million of debt issuance costs and $6.3 million of issuance discount, which have been deferred and will be recognized as interest expense through June 30, 2033. The APAF III Term Loan is secured by membership interests in the Company's subsidiaries.

On December 20, 2023, the Company amended the APAF III Term Loan to add $163.0 million of additional borrowings, the proceeds of which were used to fund the Caldera Acquisition. The amendment increased the weighted average fixed interest rate for all borrowings under the APAF III Term Loan to 6.03%, and increased the rate of amortization for the new borrowings under the amendment to 3.25% per annum until June 30, 2033. The principal balance borrowed under the amendment was offset by $1.3 million of issuance costs and $0.8 million of issuance discount, which have been deferred and will be recognized as interest expense through June 30, 2033.

Additionally, in conjunction with the amendments of the facility, the Company expensed $0.8 million of financing costs, which are included in Other expense, net in the consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2023, and recognized a loss on extinguishment of debt of $0.2 million in the consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2023.

The following table sets forth the primary sources and uses of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash for each of the periods presented:

During the year ended December 31, 2023, cash provided by operating activities of $79.4 million consisted primarily of net loss of $26.0 million adjusted for net non-cash expense of $71.6 million and decrease in net assets of $33.7 million.

During the year ended December 31, 2022, cash provided by operating activities of $35.2 million consisted primarily of net income of $52.2 million adjusted for the net non-cash expense of $12.4 million and off-set by an increase in net assets of $4.5 million.

During the year ended December 31, 2023, net cash used in investing activities was $586.8 million, consisting of $117.8 million of capital expenditures, $432.4 million of payments to acquire businesses, net of cash and restricted cash acquired, and $38.9 million of payments to acquire renewable energy facilities from third parties, net of cash and restricted cash acquired, partially off-set by $2.4 million of proceeds from the disposal of property, plant and equipment.

During the year ended December 31, 2022, net cash used in investing activities was $163.2 million, consisting of $77.2 million of capital expenditures, $76.2 million of payments to acquire businesses, net of cash and restricted cash acquired, and $13.9 million of payments to acquire renewable energy facilities from third parties, net of cash and restricted cash acquired, partially off-set by $3.6 million of proceeds from the disposal of property, plant and equipment and $0.5 million of proceeds from other investing activities.

During the year ended December 31, 2023, net cash provided by financing activities was $527.0 million, consisting of $579.6 million of proceeds from issuance of long-term debt and $35.3 million of contributions from noncontrolling interests. Cash provided by financing activities was partially off-set by $51.1 million to repay long-term debt, $17.6 million of paid deferred purchase price payable, $5.0 million of debt issuance costs, $0.1 million of debt extinguishment costs, $3.9 million paid to redeem noncontrolling interests, and $4.9 million of distributions to noncontrolling interests.

During the year ended December 31, 2022, net cash used for financing activities was $3.0 million, consisting of $123.4 million to repay long-term debt, $5.3 million of debt issuance costs, $1.3 million of debt extinguishment costs, $2.6 million of distributions to noncontrolling interests, $0.7 million of transaction costs related to the Merger, $0.5 million paid to redeem noncontrolling interests, and $0.1 million of paid contingent consideration. Cash used for financing activities was partially offset by $124.7 million of proceeds from issuance of long-term debt, $6.1 million of contributions from noncontrolling interests, and $0.1 million of proceeds from the exercise of warrants.

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an on-going basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to inventories, long-lived assets, goodwill, identifiable intangibles, contingent consideration liabilities and deferred income tax valuation allowances. We base our estimates on historical experience and on appropriate and customary assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Some of these accounting estimates and assumptions are particularly sensitive because of their significance to our consolidated financial statements and because of the possibility that future events affecting them may differ markedly from what had been assumed when the financial statements were prepared.

While the Company’s significant accounting policies are described in more detail in Note 2, "Significant Accounting Policies," to the audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Report, it believes the following accounting policies and estimates to be most critical to the preparation of its consolidated financial statements.

The Company applies the definition of a business in ASC 805, Business Combinations, to determine whether it is acquiring a business or a group of assets. When the Company acquires a business, the purchase price is allocated to (i) the acquired tangible assets and liabilities assumed, primarily consisting of solar energy facilities and land, (ii) the identified intangible assets and liabilities, primarily consisting of favorable and unfavorable rate PPAs and SREC agreements, (iii) asset retirement obligations (iv) non-controlling interests, and (v) other working capital items based in each case on their estimated fair values. The excess of the purchase price, if any, over the estimated fair value of net assets acquired is recorded as goodwill. The fair value measurements of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed are derived utilizing an income approach and based, in part, on significant inputs not observable in the market. These inputs include, but are not limited to, estimates of future power generation, commodity prices, operating costs, and appropriate discount rates. These inputs require significant judgments and estimates at the time of the valuation. In addition, acquisition costs related to business combinations are expensed as incurred.

When an acquired group of assets does not constitute a business, the transaction is accounted for as an asset acquisition. The cost of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in asset acquisitions is allocated based upon relative fair value. The fair value measurements of the solar facilities acquired and asset retirement obligations assumed are derived utilizing an income approach and based, in part, on significant inputs not observable in the market. These inputs include, but are not limited to, estimates of future power generation, commodity prices, operating costs, and appropriate discount rates.

These inputs require significant judgments and estimates at the time of the valuation. Transaction costs incurred on an asset acquisition are capitalized as a component of the assets acquired.

A portion of the Company’s power sales revenues is earned through the sale of energy (based on kilowatt hours) pursuant to terms of PPAs. PPAs that do not qualify as leases under ASC 842, Leases, or derivatives under ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging, are accounted for under ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. A portion of PPAs that qualify as derivatives is not material. The Company’s PPAs typically have fixed or floating rates and are generally invoiced on a monthly basis. The Company typically sells energy and related environmental attributes (e.g., SRECs) separately to different customers and considers the delivery of power energy under PPAs to represent a series of distinct goods that is substantially the same and has the same pattern of transfer measured by the output method. The Company applied the practical expedient allowing the Company to recognize revenue in the amount that the Company has a right to invoice which is equal to the volume of energy delivered multiplied by the applicable contract rate. For certain of the Company’s rooftop solar energy facilities revenue is recognized net of immaterial pass-through lease charges collected on behalf of building owners.

A portion of the Company’s power sales revenues are obtained through the sale of net metering credits under NMCAs. Net metering credits are awarded to the Company by the local utility based on kilowatt hour generation by solar energy facilities, and the amount of each credit is determined by the utility’s applicable tariff. The Company currently receives net metering credits from various utilities including Eversource Energy, National Grid Plc, and Xcel Energy. There are no direct costs associated with net metering credits, and therefore, they do not receive an allocation of costs upon generation. Once awarded, these credits are then sold to third party offtakers pursuant to the terms of the offtaker agreements. The Company views each net metering credit in these arrangements as a distinct performance obligation satisfied at a point in time. Generally, the customer obtains control of net metering credits at the point in time when the utility assigns the generated credits to the Company, who directs the utility to allocate to the customer based upon a schedule. The transfer of credits by the Company to the customer can be up to one month after the underlying power is generated. As a result, revenue related to NMCA is recognized upon delivery of net metering credits by the Company to the customer. The Company’s customers apply net metering credits as a reduction to their utility bills.

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP requires the Company to report information regarding its exposure to various tax positions taken by the Company. The Company is required to determine whether a tax position of the Company is more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by the applicable taxing authority, including the resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on the technical merits of the position.

The uncertain tax position to be recognized is measured as the largest amount of benefit that is greater than fifty percent likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement, which could result in the Company recording a tax liability that would reduce net assets. The Company reviews and evaluates tax positions and determines whether or not there are uncertain tax positions that require financial statement recognition. Generally, tax authorities can examine all tax returns filed for the last three years.

Noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests represent third parties’ equity interests in the net assets of certain consolidated Solar Facility Subsidiaries. Third party equity interests are primarily represented by tax equity partnerships which were created to finance the costs of solar energy facilities under long-term operating agreements. The tax equity interests are generally entitled to receive substantially all the accelerated depreciation tax deductions and investment tax credits arising from Solar Facility Subsidiaries pursuant to their contractual shareholder agreements, together with a portion of these ventures’ distributable cash. The tax equity interests’ claim to tax attributes and distributable cash from Solar Facility Subsidiaries decreases to a small residual interest after a predefined ‘flip point’ occurs, typically the expiration of a time period or upon the tax equity investor’s achievement of a target yield. Because the tax equity interests’ participation in tax attributes and distributable cash from each Solar Facility Subsidiary is not consistent over time with their initial capital contributions or percentage interest, the Company has determined that the provisions in the contractual arrangements represent substantive profit-sharing arrangements. In order to reflect the substantive profit-sharing arrangements, the Company has determined that the appropriate methodology for attributing income and loss to the noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests each period is a balance sheet approach referred to as the Hypothetical Liquidation at Book Value (“HLBV”) method. Under the HLBV method, the amounts of income and loss attributed to the noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests in the consolidated statements of operations reflect changes in the amounts the third parties would hypothetically receive at each balance sheet date based on the liquidation provisions of the respective operating partnership agreements. HLBV assumes that the proceeds available for distribution are equivalent to the unadjusted, stand-alone net assets of each respective partnership, as determined under U.S. GAAP. The third parties’ noncontrolling interest in the results of operations of these subsidiaries is determined as the difference in the noncontrolling interests’ and redeemable noncontrolling interests’ claims under the HLBV method at the start and end of each reporting period, after considering any capital transactions, such as contributions or distributions, between the subsidiaries and third parties. The application of HLBV generally results in the attribution of pre-tax losses to tax equity interests in connection with their receipt of accelerated tax benefits from the Solar Facility Subsidiaries, as the third-party investors’ receipt of these benefits typically reduces their claim on the partnerships’ net assets.

The Company classifies certain noncontrolling interests with redemption features that are not solely within the control of the Company outside of permanent equity on its consolidated balance sheets. Estimated redemption value is calculated as the discounted cash flows attributable to the third parties subsequent to the reporting date. Redeemable noncontrolling interests are reported using the greater of their carrying value at each reporting date as determined by the HLBV method or their estimated redemption value in each reporting period. Estimating the redemption value of the redeemable noncontrolling interests requires the use of significant assumptions and estimates. Changes in these assumptions and estimates can have a significant impact on the calculation of the redemption value. See Note 11, "Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest," to the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Report.

In April 2012, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act, was enacted. Section 107 of the JOBS Act provides that an “emerging growth company,” or an EGC, can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, for complying with new or revised accounting standards. Thus, an EGC can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. Altus has elected to use the extended transition period for new or revised accounting standards during the period in which we remain an EGC.

We expect to remain an EGC until the earliest to occur of: (1) the last day of the fiscal year in which we, as applicable, have more than $1.235 billion in annual revenue; (2) the date we qualify as a “large accelerated filer,” with at least $700 million of equity securities held by non-affiliates; (3) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt securities during the prior three-year period; and (4) the last day of the fiscal year ending after the fifth anniversary of our initial public offering.

A description of recently issued accounting pronouncements that may potentially impact our financial position and results of operations is disclosed in Note 2, "Significant Accounting Policies," to our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Report.

We are exposed to various market risks in our normal business activities. Market risk is the potential loss that may result from market changes associated with our business or with an existing or forecasted financial or commodity transactions.

A significant portion of our outstanding debt has a fixed interest rate (for further details refer to Note 8, "Debt," in our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Report). However, changes in interest rates create a modest risk because certain borrowings bear interest at floating rates based on LIBOR plus a specified margin. We sometimes manage our interest rate exposure on floating-rate debt by entering into derivative instruments to hedge all or a portion of our interest rate exposure on certain debt facilities. We do not enter into any derivative instruments for trading or speculative purposes. Changes in economic conditions could result in higher interest rates, thereby increasing our interest expense and operating expenses and reducing funds available for capital investments, operations, and other purposes. A hypothetical 10% increase in our interest rates on our variable debt facilities would not have a material impact on the value of the Company’s cash, cash equivalents, debt, net income, or cash flows.

Financial instruments which potentially subject Altus to significant concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash and restricted cash. Our investment policy requires cash and restricted cash to be placed with high-quality financial institutions and limits the amount of credit risk from any one issuer. We additionally perform ongoing credit evaluations of our customers’ financial condition whenever deemed necessary and generally do not require collateral. The Company has no exposure to Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank or First Republic Bank or their affiliates because the Company holds its cash and equivalents, and marketable securities at diverse institutions and the Company is not party to any financing agreement with any of these institutions or their affiliates.

Board of Directors and Stockholders

Altus Power, Inc.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Altus Power, Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2023, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2023, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2023, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2023, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

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 audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“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 the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audit 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 audit 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 audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2023.

To the Stockholders and the Board of Directors of Altus Power, Inc.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Altus Power, Inc. and subsidiaries (the "Company") as of December 31, 2022, the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows, for the year ended December 31, 2022, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2022, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2022, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

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 audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (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 the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audit of the financial statements 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 audit 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 audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

March 30, 2023

We began serving as the Company’s auditor in 2015. In 2023 we became the predecessor auditor.

The following table presents the assets and liabilities of the consolidated variable interest entities (Refer to Note 7).