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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Elkort Daniel M.   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Pattern Energy Group Inc. [PEGI] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Exec. VP and General Counsel (Last) (First) (Middle) PIER 1, BAY 3 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/15/2018 (Street) SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Class A Common Stock 03/15/2018   D   4,067 (1) D $ 0 66,624 D   Class A Common Stock 03/15/2018   F   2,813 (2) D $ 18.55 63,811 D   Class A Common Stock 03/15/2018   A   18,050 (3) A $ 0 81,861 D   Class A Common Stock 03/15/2018   A   11,806 (4) A $ 0 93,667 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Elkort Daniel M. PIER 1, BAY 3 SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111			Exec. VP and General Counsel

Signatures

/s/ Dyann S. Blaine, attorney-in-fact		03/19/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Represents shares forfeited from performance based shares granted on April 10, 2015 (the "2015 TSR Award") that were eligible to vest based on certain financial performance objectives. Upon grant, the maximum vesting amount was reported in Table 1 of Form 4 filed April 14, 2015. On March 15, 2018, the Company determined that based on the Company's performance over the applicable performance period, 8,133 shares would vest and 4,067 shares would be forfeited.
(2)	Represents shares withheld for satisfaction of tax withholding obligation arising as a result of the vesting of the 2015 TSR Award. See footnote 1.
(3)	Represents the maximum number of shares granted pursuant to a performance share award which may become earned and vested based on relative total shareholder return over the three-year period ending December 31, 2020. The actual amount eligible for vesting will be between 0 and 100% of this number, depending on actual performance.
(4)	Represents a time-vested restricted share award which vests in 3 equal annual installments starting in December 2018.

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